Its principle research mission is creative activity. By designing, directing, acting and writing for the Theatre both in their on-campus laboratory, Fisher Theater, and through guest residencies with other state, regional, national and international theatre companies, the Theatre faculty enhance their artistic and technological capabilities and enrich their effectiveness in the classroom. The Theatre Area serves as a resource to primary and secondary school teachers in the State of Iowa by providing special performances, workshops and study guides for students, and consultation in the areas of theatrical production and curriculum. Code of Ethics Theatre is a collaborative art. Collaboration implies individuals working as a unit and is predicated on mutual respect among those individuals as artists, as scholar, as people.
Theatre is a living art.
Teaching theatre to the next generation of imaginers, thinkers, and doers expects integrity and accountability to our students, our profession, our colleague collaborators. And, because teaching theatre is also a collaborative living art, it is intrinsically bound up with how well its collaborators, its living beings, function together. Professional in attitude, approach, and dedication. Intellectual, creative, or psychic energies, time, and talent are to be treasured, not wasted. Parochialism, prejudice, and divisiveness are meaningless and, in fact, incompatible with the nature and spirit of theatre and teaching as collaborative art and work.