Susan Baer Collins

Review: GIRLS LIKE US: A LITTLE NAUGHTY, MOSTLY NICE at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Christine Swerczek - Dec 8, 2024

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

Review: HELLO, DOLLY! YOU'RE LOOKING SWELL! at Omaha Community Theatre
by Christine Swerczek - Jun 9, 2024

What did our critic think of HELLO, DOLLY! YOU'RE LOOKING SWELL! at Omaha Community Theatre?

Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG: A Triumphant Disaster!
by Christine Swerczek - Jan 26, 2024

If you need a prescription for winter blues, get to the Omaha Community Playhouse and laugh yourself red in the face with THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG. I dare you to not get caught up in its zany, madcap shenanigans. It is two hours of nonstop fun!

Stephen Santa to Join Omaha Community Playhouse as New Artistic Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 14, 2021

The Omaha Community Playhouse has announced that Stephen Santa will be joining the organization as the new artistic director beginning on November 1, 2021. Susan Baer Collins, former OCP associate artistic director, has been acting as interim artistic director since January. Collins will work with Santa during the transition.

Kimberly Faith Hickman to Leave Her Role as Artistic Director at OCP
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2020

After serving as artistic director for four-and-a-half years, Kimberly Faith Hickman has announced she is leaving her role at the Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP) at the end of 2020. Hickman plans to return to OCP in spring of 2021 as a guest director for the highly anticipated production of Willy Wonka and to teach for OCPa??s Henry Fonda Theatre Academy.

BWW Review: SUPERIOR DONUTS is Good Food for Thought
by Christine Swerczek - May 5, 2017

Sometimes you see a play that's so rich, you can't stop chewing on it. That's how I felt about the Omaha Community Playhouse production of "SUPERIOR DONUTS." Written by Tracy Letts, multiple layers are woven into a funny, yet sadly moving, exploration of the people going in and out of the small Chicago donut shop.

Photo Flash: Meet the Stars of SUPERIOR DONUTS at Omaha Community Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2017

Superior Donuts, running at the Omaha Community Playhouse May 5 - June 6, 2017 in the Howard Drew Theatre, takes place in the historic Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, where Arthur Przybyszewski runs the donut shop that has been in his family for 60 years. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars in character below!

Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our Broadway World - 1/27; ALWAYS... PATSY CLINE in Raleigh, THE LAST FIVE YEARS in Los Angeles and More!
by BWW Special Coverage - Jan 27, 2017

BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature IN THE HEIGHTS in Detroit, ALWAYS... PATSY CLINE in North Carolina, THE LAST FIVE YEARS in Los Angeles and more.  Check out our top features below!

BWW Review: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Will Make Your Head Spin at the Omaha Community Playhouse
by Christine Swerczek - Jan 21, 2017

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS might make your head spin like a globe. Opening at the Omaha Community Playhouse with five versatile actors directed by Carl Beck, this play adapted by Mark Brown from the Jules Verne's classic novel, takes us on a whirlwind adventure.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL and YESTERDAY AND TODAY to Bring the Holidays to Omaha Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Nov 18, 2016

The holiday classic A Christmas Carol and Yesterday and Today, the interactive Beatles show featuring Billy McGuigan and his brothers, return to the Omaha Community Playhouse this holiday season.

Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Omaha Community Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Nov 18, 2016

A Christmas Carol will run at the Omaha Community Playhouse in the Howard and Rhonda Hawks Mainstage Theatre Nov. 18-Dec. 23, 2016. This will be the 41st year for this holiday production at OCP. BroadwayWorld has a peek at previous productions of the show below!

Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Omaha Community Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Nov 7, 2016

A Christmas Carol will run at the Omaha Community Playhouse in the Howard and Rhonda Hawks Mainstage Theatre Nov. 18-Dec. 23, 2016. This will be the 41st year for this holiday production at OCP. BroadwayWorld has a peek at previous productions of the show below!

A CHRISTMAS CAROL and YESTERDAY AND TODAY to Bring the Holidays to Omaha Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Sep 29, 2016

The holiday classic A Christmas Carol and Yesterday and Today, the interactive Beatles show featuring Billy McGuigan and his brothers, return to the Omaha Community Playhouse this holiday season.

BWW Reviews: CALENDAR GIRLS Exposes Character
by Christine Swerczek - Apr 15, 2016

There's something deliciously undercover at the Omaha Community Playhouse. CALENDAR GIRLS, directed by Susan Baer Collins, opens tonight for a four-week run. The strong ensemble cast reveals distinct, fully rounded personalities.  I had so much fun watching their characters unfold, particularly the six friends who belong to the British social club for women, the WI (Women's Institute).

Photo Flash: Meet the Lovely Ladies of CALENDAR GIRLS at Omaha Community Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - Apr 1, 2016

CALENDAR GIRLS, running April 15 - May 8, 2016, directed by Susan Baer Collins, in the Hawks Mainstage Theatre at the Omaha Community Playhouse, is a bare-all play featuring sisterhood and side-splitting laughs. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in costume below!

BWW Review: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE: Will it Change You?
by Christine Swerczek - Feb 15, 2016

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE is shaking up the Omaha Community Playhouse.  The closest to this musical that I've seen on stage is FUN HOME, winner of five 2015 Tony Awards, including best original score by Jeanine Tesori. 

Omaha Community Playhouse Welcomes New Artistic Director
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 8, 2016

The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP) is pleased to announce that Kimberly Faith Hickman has accepted the position of artistic director of the Playhouse. Hickman will begin at OCP full time on June 1, 2016 and is filling the position upon the dismissal of OCP's most recent Artistic Director Hilary Adams. Susan Baer Collins, former OCP associate artistic director, has been acting as interim artistic director since last December and she will work with Hickman in the transition.

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE to Open Next Month at Omaha Community Playhouse
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 29, 2016

Caroline, or Change, running February 12 - March 20, 2016 in the Howard Drew Theatre at the Omaha Community Playhouse, is a powerful, sung-through musical set in Lake Charles, Louisiana, during the American civil rights movement.

Bluebarn Theatre Closes Season with OUR TOWN, Now thru 6/7
by BWW News Desk - May 7, 2015

The BLUEBARN Theatre concludes Season 26 with Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Our Town. The play opens tonight, May 7th and runs through Sunday, June 7th, 2015. Our Town will be the last show performed at 614 S. 11th Street before the BLUEBARN Theatre moves to its own home at 10th & Pacific.

Bluebarn Theatre to Close Season with OUR TOWN, 5/7-6/7
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 27, 2015

The BLUEBARN Theatre concludes Season 26 with Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Our Town. The play opens Thursday, May 7th and runs through Sunday, June 7th, 2015. Our Town will be the last show performed at 614 S. 11th Street before the BLUEBARN Theatre moves to its own home at 10th & Pacific.