IU Jacobs School cuts half of opera performances for the 2023-24 season: Here's why

Rather than each production having a two-weekend run, potential attendees will now have only one weekend to catch a spirited performance of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" or the debut university-level production of Jack Perla's "An American Dream."

"We have a limited staff. We have limited space,” explained Chris Mills, director of communications for the Jacobs School.

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Those limitations spawned a series of questions, weighed upon by the Jacobs leadership.

"How can we satisfy everybody? How can we still have the community feel like they're involved and get to see what they want? (But at the same time), how can we give the students the opportunities they need, and how can we still have a variety of presentations for everybody?" Mills said.