Performed by Kim Jubenville
Amanda Gailey and Melody Vacarro of Nebraskans Against Gun Violence, will lead a conversation on gun violence in Nebraska.
Tickets are available for a Suggested Donation of $25 on Eventbrite at:
www.eventbrite.com/e/natural-shocks-tickets-44813017943
Proceeds to benefit NAGV
Based on Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” speech, NATURAL SHOCKS is a 65-minute, one-woman tour-de-force play that bursts to life when we meet a woman waiting out an imminent tornado in her basement. Her story—and the secret she reveals—puts the reality of guns in America front and center.
NATURAL SHOCKS is part confessional, part stand-up, and part reckoning.
This is a national campaign of theater activism against gun violence. Lauren Gunderson is making her new play NATURAL SHOCKS available for regional and community theaters, colleges, and high schools to produce readings the weekend of April 20, 2018, the 19th anniversary of Columbine and the day of the National School Walkout. She is waving royalties for these readings and in exchange asks that events raise money to address gun violence.
Visit www.naturalshocks.org to learn more about this national event for gun safety.
Visit www.nebraskansagainstgunviolence.org to learn more about their mission and impact.
With permission from the artist, a selection of 13 full-scale reproductions of Jamie Wyeth’s studies and portraits of Rudolf Nureyev will be on display in the Mammel Lobby. These works span some 30 years of work, including Wyeth’s posthumous meditations on the dancer.
The Mammel Lobby opens at 6:45pm on performance dates.
The exhibit is open to the public 11-4 M-F by appointment.
Above: Mort de Noureev, 2001; ©2002, The Wyeth Foundation
Choreographers from across Omaha will present pieces inspired by Nureyev’s Eyes. In the play, Nureyev imagines the ‘first dance’ ever created. Eight new or existing works will explore variations on this theme.
Featured choreographers: Kelly Holcombe Hanneman, Juliette Henning, Stepanie Huettner, Nichol Mason-Lazenby, Allyson Pfortmiller, Laura Sedivy, Brittany Steinger, and Michelle Strong.
Featured performers: Alison Ball, Annie Barton, Erin Brandt, Dominic Brown, Kendall Cameranesi, Kyan Doubet, Kara Gillmore, Stephanie Huettner, Jaeden Johnson, Erin Kouba, Nichol Mason-Lazenby, Phoebe Perry, Allyson Pfortmiller, Maria F. Reyes, Alyssa Rivera, Amanda Sealock, Scott Shinbara, Brittany Steinger, Kayla Strahan, and Michelle Strong
Doors at 5:30. Open to the Public. No reservations necessary. A suggested donation of $10-25 is encouraged. Proceeds will go to the artists.
Above: Profile, in Fur, Nureyev; 1977 © 2002 The Wyeth Foundation
Review by Betsie Freeman, Omaha World Herald
Preview article by Betsie Freeman, Omaha World Herald
An article by the BBC about innovative theatre design that includes the BLUEBARN.
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The BLUEBARN Theatre is now hiring creative teams
for the SEASON 29 – 2017-2018 season.
The BLUEBARN seeks artists/professional designers for the following positions:
Set
Costume
Sound
Lighting
Stage Manager
Master carpenter
The BLUEBARN’s 2017-2018 Season will consist of 5 productions, and each position will be contracted individually by show.
Please send your resume to BLUEBARN Production Manager Amy Reiner at areiner@bluebarn.org.
In our beautiful back porch, there are hundreds of Endicott Clay Bricks just waiting for its name. Join the other BLUEBARNers who have already chosen a name for their brick. Will it be named after you? Your dad? Your dog? Your brick awaits. Become a part of the BLUEBARN brick porchyard.
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Slate Magazine has published a list of “The Best Things America Built in 2016” and the BLUEBARN Theatre made eighth on the list! We’re right alongside the new Smithsonian building and several other fantastic creations.
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