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Platte River Bard Podcast — 212 episodes
Playwright and Director Mark Reid Presents "Regrets" at the Omaha Fringe Festival
The 2026 Omaha Fringe Fest is Here! With Lara Marsh, Executive Artistic Director
Julian Adair and Ever After Productions Present "A Suite for Small Spaces IV" at Omaha Fringe 2026
"Control + Alt + Script" Written by Kirk Adams Premiered by The Florentine Players
"Orange Julius" Presented by VIA Omaha at Shelterbelt Theatre!
Limited Engagement: A 60's Rock 'n Roll Musical "Beehive" is coming to PART Theatre!
Julian Adair and Ever After Productions Presents "A Suite for Small Spaces III" at Shelterbelt Theatre!
"Legally Blonde The Musical" Presented by the Elkhorn Community Theatre Opens June 19th!
"Legally Blonde The Musical" Presented by the Elkhorn Community Theatre Opens June 19th!
Bellevue Little Theatre's Nebraska Premier of "The Cottage" by Sandy Ruskin
Chanticleer Community Theater and PACE Arts Iowa present "Oklahoma!"
The Spring Platte River Art Show at Mahoney State Park Kicks Off April 23rd!
Omaha Community Playhouse Announces the 2026-2027 Season - With Vincent Orduna and Brandon Box Higdem
Addie Barnhart Directs "Dial M for Murder" at the Omaha Community Playhouse!
We Visit the 2026 Omaha Fringe Fest Lottery Event Coffee & Connections!
Chris Berger in "Every Brilliant Thing" at PART Theatre with Gordon Cantiello, Directing!
Bellevue Little Theatre's "Fiddler on the Roof" opens March 14th!
Angels Theatre Company presents "The Rocket Men" by Crystal Skillman
Voices in Alliance Omaha opens "Skintight" March 4-21st at Shelterbelt Theatre
Mills Masquers Musical "Between the Lines" opens February 27th!
Camille Metoyer Moten - OEAA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Playwright Spotlight: Fred Ohles writes "Drawn Back"
PART Theatre opens "An Act of God" February 13-22nd!
"Other Desert Cities" Directed by Adam Fulbright at Bellevue Little Theatre!
"Log Cabin" by Jordan Harrison Opens at SNAP! Productions / Ghost Light Theatre
Omaha Community Playhouse Opens August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson"
Kimberly Faith-Hickman Debuts "A Krampus Carol" with YES! at SNAP! Productions
Nebraskans For the Arts with Lance Nielsen: Arts and Culture Day on February 4th, 2026
"Meet Me In St. Louis" - and - Chanticleer Community Theatre at PACE for Christmas!
Bellevue Little Theatre Celebrates Christmas with "Miracle on 34th Street"
SNAP! Productions Presents the Musical "Spring Awakening"
Voices In Alliance Omaha Presents "Mothers & Sons" By Terrence McNally
"The Night of the Living Dead" Opens at the Wilson Performing Arts Center!
The Ollie Webb Center Produces "The Looking Glass" by Kevin Lawler - Nebraska Playwright!
The Florentine Players Embraces the "Darque" with "Future Imperfekt" by Mark Reid, Nebraska Playwright
Nebraska Playwright, Alex Lubischer's "Pivot" opens in Lincoln by the Angels Theatre Company!
Where Art Meets Autumn: The Fall Platte River Art Show at Mahoney is September 26th-28th!
The Sun is Out - Chanticleer Community Theatre opens "Annie Jr." at PACE!
Brigit St. Brigit Theatre Company Opens the Season with "Doubt: A Parable" by John Patrick Shanley
Bellevue Little Theatre opens "Rocky Horror Picture Show" during it's 50th Anniversary!
SNAP Productions opens "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
"Pivot" by Alex Lubischer opens in Omaha at Shelterbelt and in Lincoln with the Angels Theatre Company
"Charm" has it's Nebraska Premiere by Voices in Alliance Omaha!
Flatwater Shakespeare Presents "Punk Rock Romeo and Juliet"!
The 2025 Omaha Fringe Festival is here!
Omaha Community Playhouse Welcomes VJ Orduña and Brandon Box-Hidgem!
"Coffee Tonk" Premieres at the Omaha Fringe Festival August 8-10, 2025!
A blast from the past - and Happy Hour! "Rock of Ages" opens at Ralston Community Theatre
Are You Ready to Take the Ride? "Ride the Cyclone" The Musical is at SNAP! Productions Ghost Light Theatre
Add this musical - "Unexpected Joy" - to your Summer Musical List!
Join us for the 10th Annual First Flight Festival by Angels Theatre Co. - with Jamie Bullins, Dave Chapelle, and Adrien Loehring!
The Brownville Village Theatre's 2025 Summer Season Includes a World Premiere!
It's going to be a Shrek-tastic Summer at Elkhorn Community Theatre! Shrek, The Musical Opens June 20th!
Nebraskans for the Arts Gives Us A Call to Action: Make Your Voice Heard Against DOGE Cuts!
A Whimsical Outdoor Family Opera Awaits! Opera Omaha brings "Fantastic Mr. Fox" to Lauritzen Gardens!
Ken Ludwig's "Moriarty" opens at the Bellevue Little Theatre - Let the sleuthing begin!
"Steel Magnolias" Promises Laughter and Charm at Chanticleer Community Theater at PACE
Find out about the 101st Season at Omaha Community Playhouse!
"Sweeney Todd, A Thriller Musical" opens at SNAP! April 25th...and there's much more!
Voices in Alliance Omaha presents "Scissoring" by C. Quintana April 3-13
The Upcoming 2025 Omaha Fringe Festival - plus their Button Contest begins!
Nia Karmann presents the 2025 Spring Platte River Art Show at Mahoney State Park
Leo Adam Biga - Omaha Journalist and Author
"Stuck with Lemons" with Playwright Marie Schuett and Director Amy Lane!
"Misery" Loves Your Company at SNAP! Productions - with Kaitlyn, Jeremy and our own Chris Berger!
"The Girl on the Train" arrives at Bellevue Little Theatre!
The OEAA Awards are "Celebrating Omaha's Imagination" on February 16, 2025!
Opera Omaha Announces their 25 / 26 Season!
It's "RENT In Concert" for one night only at the Lied Center for Performing Arts!
Roll for Initiative: Sara Scheidies Directs "She Kills Monsters"!
Learn about RESPECT with Dr. Patricia Newman!
Chanticleer Community Theatre is Dreaming of a "White Christmas" at PACE!
"The Remarkable Series of Ordinary Events at Holiday Tower" by the Holiday Lights Collective opens at Benson Theatre!
BLT's World Premiere of their adaptation of "It's A Wonderful Life!"
The Madrigal Christmasse Feaste is back and will be held at PACE!
Steve Krambeck Directs "A Very Special Holiday Special" at Shelterbelt Theatre
The Fall Platte River Art Show at Mahoney State Park is here!
VIA Omaha opens "Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties" by Jen Silverman at the Shelterbelt Theatre!
SNAP! Productions opens "Freakshow" by Carson Kreitzer on November 8th!
SNAP! Productions at the Ghost Light Theatre Opens "American Psycho The Musical"
Young Frankenstein opens at Bellevue Little Theatre - with Todd Uhrmacher!
VIA Omaha opens "Plot Points in Our Sexual Development" August 15th!
Directors Roundtable Lincoln! With Morrie Enders, Timothy W. Scholl and Jamie Bullins!
Spongebob The Musical Opens at Mills Masquers opens August 2nd!
2024 Omaha Fringe Festival with Tamar Neumann and Lara Marsh!
"The Cleanup Lady" a New Play by Clay Farris Naff Premiers in Lincoln and Omaha!
Old School Shakespeare's "A Midsummers Night's Dream" opens July 25th!
Opera Omaha's 24-25 Season! With Allison Swenson and Katrina Thurman
Table Grace The Musical with Simone Weber, CEO of Table Grace Cafe!
Brownville Village Theatre opens their 2024 Summer Shows!
Heathers The Musical opens June 7th at SNAP Productions!
Chris Scott, Director of Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" at Bellevue LIttle Theatre!
Rave On Productions brings "The Awesome 80's Prom" to Lincoln! Plus this summer promises "The Outsiders" and McGuigan Arts Academy Camps!
BLUEBARN's POTUS has opened! We talk with Kim Jubenville, Kim Gambino and Ashley Kobza!
Popcorn Productions presents Melodramas at Mahoney State Park!
Directors Roundtable: Ron Zank and Jamie Bullins!
One Singular Sensation: "A Chorus Line" at Chanticleer Community Theatre at PACE!
"The Inheritance Part 2" begins Season 2 for VIA Omaha - with Thom Davis, Dramaturg
The Platte River Art Show at Mahoney State Park - May 4-5th! With Nia Karmann
"The Firehouse Memoir" Book Launch with the Legendary Dick Mueller - April 21st at Upstream!
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche by SNAP! - We Are Egg-static!
Theatre Arts Guild Omaha Calling for All Theatre Creatives, with Dylan Peck
Great Plains Theatre Commons: Season, Playfest, and more! With Manager, Quinn Corbin
On Golden Pond - with Don Keelan-White and BevVan Phillips at Chanticleer Community Theatre at PACE
Get ready for the 2024 Omaha Fringe Festival!
Old School Shakespeare Omaha Brings Us "Julius Caesar" in Four Engagements with Jay Hayden
The Flick, with Jamie Bullins and Mekhi Mitchell - opens February 29th at the NE Repertory Theatre
COCK by Mike Bartlett Begins OmniArts Nebraska's 12th Season!
"Boy" by Anna Ziegler Opens at Snap! Productions at Ghost Light Theatre
Lara Marsh Directs ”A Christmas Story, The Musical” at Chanticleer Community Theater at PACE
Brigit Saint Brigit and Benson Theatre’s Collaboration of ”Holiday Lites: Winter’s Wonderful Gifts” is here!
Benson Theatre presents the ”42nd Asbury Short Film Concert” and ”The Benalto Ball” - with Beaufield Berry and Maddie Radcliff
Voices In Alliance (VIA Omaha) inspires with ”The Inheritance Part 1” - with Randall T. Stevens and Travis Manley
The Fall Platte River Art Show is here!
”American Idiot” Premieres in the Omaha Area by SNAP! Productions
SNAP! Productions is back! With Todd Brooks and Joey Hartshorn
Sense and Sensibility at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre with Rafael Untalan
The Nebraska Repertory Theatre Announces The 23-24 Season and The Arrival of Hank Stratton, Executive Director!
Fundraiser for Warhawk PTSD Service Dogs ”Chords for Canines” with Kevin Doncaster and Jimmy Weber
You’re invited to ”The Prom” at the Bellevue Little Theatre!
Oliver! Jr. at Chanticleer Community Theater at the Hoff Center at PACE is here!
Timothy Scholl, Executive Director of Angels Theatre Company Announces the 2023-2024 Season!
Omaha Fringe Festival 2023 is almost here! August 10-13th with the Preview Party August 7th!
Brownville Village Theatre: Their 56th Season and a World Premiere Event!
The Angels Theatre Company’s 8th Annual First Flight Festival 2023 with Jamie Bullins!
”Wit” with Artistic Director, Kevin Colbert and Actor, Jennifer Gilg of the Lofte Community Theatre
The Senior Showcase at Creighton Theatre is here!
What’s Happening for May 2023!
Twelfth Night at Benson Theatre with Moira Mangiameli and Ryan Kathman
Renaissance Festival of Nebraska is here! We talk with Producer, Howard Coffin!
Opera Omaha’s 2023-24 Season Begins! With Lauren Medici and Kurt Howard
Musing Miscellanea Volume 2 with Seth Fox and Laura Kelly
Playwright Ellen Struve and Director Dr. Amy Lane talk Old Bat at Benson Theatre and GPTC PlayFest!S4E16
Mary Feminear and Michael Adams Singing Together in Opera Omaha’s The Marriage of Figaro
What’s Happening? Lucky in Theatre - March 2023
Mackenzie Zielke, Director of ”Into the Woods” at Chanticleer Community Theater!
Emily A. Rollie, Ph.D. & Director talks UNO Theatre’s Men On Boats!
What’s Happening? Loving Theatre in February 2023
Predicting a Revolution and a World Premiere at the Angels Theatre Company
Holiday Lites! - A Collaboration between Benson Theatre and Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre Company!
What’s Happening? December 2022 - Free tickets and More!
Join Chanticleer Community Theater’s ”The Cemetery Club” at PACE!
Circle Theatre opens their 39th Season - Stronger Than Strong!
”Into The Woods” opens at UNO Theatre!
OmniArts Nebraska’s 2022-23 Season with Dustin Witte and Jillian Carter
Playwright Edie Goodwin and Director Lori Lynn Ahrends present ”Love Is ?” at Chanticleer Community Theater
The 2022-2023 Season of Opera Omaha with Lauren Medici and Andrea Joy Pearson!
Weirdos Welcome! Becky Boesen and Petra Wahlqvist Announce the Blixt Storefront Theater’s New Season Line-up!
Prepare to make some magic with the Cast and Director of Aladdin Jr at Chanticleer!
The Angels Theatre Company Premiers ”Dove” Written by Local Playwright Brigid Amos
The Omaha Mobile Stage brings back the Youth Talent Auditions with Jessica Scheuerman and Keiria Marsha
Americans for the Arts Launches AEP6 with Troy Gagner and Dr. Genna Styles-Lyas!
Creative Spotlight: Dylan Rohde founder of The Backline and Omaha Comedy Fest s03ep56
Jamie Ulmer talks about the Community Players Season Line-up and HBO!
Ghost Walk and Murderers! with Community Players - Jamie Ulmer, Managing Artistic Director
Dylan Rohde talks about The Omaha Comedy Fest!
The Spongebob Musical is at The Rose Theater!
Meet the founders of TAGG (Together a Greater Good)!
American Son at the Benson Theatre - Directed by Kathy Tyree
The Omaha Fringe Fest 2022 has something for everyone!
Brownville Village Theatre is a buzz for their 55th Summer Season!
Welcome Stephen Santa, Artistic Director and Season 98 at the Omaha Community Playhouse!
Morrie Enders is ”Stepping into Season 77” at the Lincoln Community Playhouse S0348
Great Plains Theatre Commons New Play Conference with Kevin Lawler
What are ”The 39 Steps”? Time to laugh and find out at Chanticleer!
The 56th Annual Melodrama opens May 5th by the Florentine Players!
It’s a bit of a party with Charles James Adams in ”Our Town” at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre!
Shawn Whitsell inspires us as Mr. Webb at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre’s production of ”Our Town.”
Christopher Austin plays the Stage Manager in ”Our Town” at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre!
The Black Rep performs ”Sweat” by Lynn Nottage and gears up for ”Jitney”!
Meet Joni Thomas - UNL Theatre Alumni in ”Our Town” at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre
The Music of Nebraska Repertory Theatre’s “Our Town” with Craig Woerz and Charlie Alterman
Meet Shawn K. Jain from the the Nebraska Repertory Theatre’s production of ”Our Town!”
Dr. Arthur Feinsod Directs ”Our Town” at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre
Seth Fox, Story Curator talks about the upcoming Musing: Life and Death
Murphy Wulfgar discusses ”God On Trial” at Brigit St. Brigit Theatre Company
Ron Himes Directs ”Traveling Shoes” at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre! S3E34 (EPISODE 100)
UNO High School Summer Musical Theatre Academy Auditions are here with Hal France!
Jill Anderson, Freelance Theatre Artist and Musician, Guest Directs ”King Lear” at Bluebarn!
The Blithe Spirit cast from Mills Masques in Glenwood, Iowa opens March 12th!
”Grease” is the word at Bellevue Little Theatre - Directed by Todd Uhrmacher!
Crossing the Street: A Festival of Many Voices at the UNO Theatre
”The Way To The Way” by Andy Park of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre
Now You Are Dead: The Audience is in charge at the Florence Community Theater - with Eric Green and Nate Hunzeker!
What’s Happening? February 2022
Meet Petra Wahlqvist with Nebraskans for the Arts!
Seth Fox, Curator of Musing, A Storytelling Series at Bluebarn!
Jon Flower Directs ”Death by Design” at the Bellevue Little Theatre S3 Ep23
What’s Happening? in January 2022 - with music from Mark Haar and Jennifer Novak Haar!
What‘s Happening? December 19th - 31st, 2021
What‘s Happening? December 8-19th, 2021
Lori Lynn with Overall Buddies publishes her first children‘s book!
Josh Peyton, Actor in ”It‘s A Very Die Hard Christmas” - Yippee-Ki-Yay!
Daena Schweiger, Emily Moore, and Sean Graves talk Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Olde Glory Theatre‘s Miracle on 34th Street in Seward, Nebraska!
The Sanders Family Christmas at Brownville Village Theatre with Mitch Bean and Rachel Curtiss
Christmas at Leon‘s at the Lofte Community Theatre with Mick Kovar and Kevin Colbert!
It‘s a Wonderful Life at The Rose Theater with Marcel Daly and Delaney Jackson!
What‘s Happening? Nov 10-17th
Ron Himes from the St. Louis Black Repertory Company Directs ”Dontrell Who Kissed The Sea” at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre
Fran Sillau from Circle Theatre presents ”All Together Now” and ”When We Go Away” - Welcome Circle back to the stage!
What‘s Happening? November 3rd - 10th!
The Revolutionists begin the season for Theatrix!
Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe and the Bard!
What‘s Happening? October 27 - November 4, 2021
Barry Carman with Bluebarn Theatre!
What‘s Happening? October 20-27th, 2021
Stephanie Jacobson - Director of CORDUROY - which opens Oct 29th - at The Rose Theater!
What‘s Happening? October 11-18, 2021
ShakesFEAR is almost here - with Andy Park and Kevin Rich!
What‘s Happening? October 4th - 11th, 2021
Disney‘s Descendants at The Rose Theater - A Platte River Bard Review!