Andre Perry

He currently serves as the executive director of Hancher Auditorium and the Office of Performing Arts and Engagement at the University of Iowa. In his role, he oversees a robust multidisciplinary year-round presenting program while stewarding collaboration and creative practice across the university’s performing arts campus.

He previously worked as executive director at The Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City, a 100-year-old historic performance hall, and as national talent buyer for The Mill, an intimate club that existed from 1962 – 2020. Perry co-founded Mission Creek Festival, an annual celebration of music and literature; he currently serves as the festival’s artistic director.

His debut nonfiction book, Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now, was hailed by NPR as ​“extraordinary” and Foreword called him ​“a fresh American voice that demands to be heard.” His next book, a work of narrative nonfiction, explores the lives of independent artists and musicians in the early 2000s.