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Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain
3/20 - 3/30/2025


An award-winning play, written by Nebraska playwright Laura Leininger-Campbell, Eminent Domain digs beneath the day-to-day struggles facing our family farms. 

Veronica's Room
Veronica's Room
4/4 - 4/13/2025


Students Susan and Larry are guests at the mysterious Brabissant mansion, enticed there by its elderly caretakers. Struck by Susan’s resemblance to the long-dead daughter ...

You Go, Goddess!
You Go, Goddess!
5/2 - 5/4/2025


When a vengeful sorceress curses Hercules and threatens to plunge humanity into eternal darkness, the only thing standing in her way is Calliope, the demigod's ...

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
5/9 - 5/18/2025


May 9-11 & 16-19, 2025 Fri-Sat 7:30PM & Sun 2PM By Robert Harling Steel Magnolias is a heartfelt and hilarious play that explores the strength ...



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Review: THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL at Nebraska Wesleyan University


by Christine Swerczek - February 26, 2025

THE LIGHTNING THIEF: The Percy Jackson Musical, based on Rick Riordan’s popular novel of the same name, is playing at Nebraska Wesleyan University’s McDonald Theatre through March 2. With music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki and book by Joe Tracz, this production has something for adults and children ali...

Review: APPROPRIATE: Uncovered and Uncomfortable at Bluebarn Theatre


by Christine Swerczek - February 08, 2025

What did our critic think of APPROPRIATE: UNCOVERED AND UNCOMFORTABLE at Bluebarn Theatre?...

Review: WAITRESS at Omaha Community Playhouse


by Christine Swerczek - January 27, 2025

One of my favorite pieces of musical theatre opened at the Omaha Community Playhouse on January 24th. WAITRESS, featuring the prodigious music and lyrics of Sara Bareilles and book by Jessie Nelson, was adapted from Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 film script of the same name. Shelly wrote, directed and co-s...

Review: GIRLS LIKE US: A LITTLE NAUGHTY, MOSTLY NICE at Omaha Community Playhouse


by Christine Swerczek - December 08, 2024

What did our critic think of GIRLS LIKE US: A LITTLE NAUGHTY, MOSTLY NICE at Omaha Community Playhouse?...

Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL at Lied Ceter For Performing Arts


by Analisa Swerczek - October 10, 2024

Audiences in Lincoln, Nebraska are abuzz with news of the current sit down of Back to the Future: The Musical currently playing at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Adapted from the 1985 Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film, Back to the Future, the show blends original music seamlessly wi...

Review: MATILDA THE MUSICAL is Marvelous at Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre


by Christine Swerczek - October 06, 2024

What did our critic think of MATILDA THE MUSICAL IS MARVELOUS! at Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre?...

Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at Bellevue Little Theatre is Freakishly Fun!


by Christine Swerczek - September 21, 2024

What did our critic think of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at Bellevue Little Theatre?...

Review: THE REVOLUTIONISTS at Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre: Not as simple as it appears


by Christine Swerczek - September 20, 2024

Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre has a history of mounting an impressive variety of plays and musicals. Currently, Lauren Gunderson’s revolutionary play about four women during the 1793 Reign of Terror in Paris, is a compelling production running in the Enid Miller Lab Theatre. Some would call t...

Review: JERSEY BOYS: MY EARS ADORED IT at Omaha Community Theatre


by Christine Swerczek - September 13, 2024

Oh, what a night! I just spent 2 1/2 hours of pure delight listening to four phenomenal vocalists in Omaha Community Theatre’s current production of JERSEY BOYS. It will be difficult to pinpoint what I liked best (everything) and easy to point out what didn’t work (absolutely nothing.) OCP has a blo...

Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ: A Child's Dream at Ralston Community Theater


by Christine Swerczek - July 22, 2024

I grew up with “The Wizard of Oz.” Every year we set aside that one night when the 1939 MGM film with Judy Garland as Dorothy came on our black and white console television. We huddled around the screen with bowls of popcorn and feasted on the fantasy world of Oz. ...



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