Engagement Programming is made possible by the generous support of the Adah and Leon Millard Foundation.
Saturday, Feb. 7 | 6:45-7:30pm
Location: BLUEBARN Lobby
Join us in the lobby before the show for a delicious array of Filipino food hosted by Maria Villegas and Ono Pinay Kitchen of Bellevue. Dish up some traditional treats: chicken adobo, pancit – fried noodles with veggies, and bibingka – sweet rice cake. Feast before the show and join us afterwards as the Cast & Creatives dish up at the post-show chat. Share in the food, the fun, and the community as we celebrate a taste of Filipino culture.
Saturday, Feb. 7 | Directly following the show
Location: BLUEBARN Theatre
Moderator: Carrie Nath
Home. From the first read through to opening night, this word that appears 36 times in this play, has resonated. Oxford dictionary defines it as “the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.” Really? Join the cast and creative team of The Heart Sellers as they share their exploration of home, what it means to leave, and the challenges of creating a new one.
Home. It’s a place you love, it’s a place you leave, it’s a place you long for. It’s a place you Belong.
It’s a place you may never see again.
Saturday, Feb. 14 | Directly following the show
Location: BLUEBARN Theatre
Moderator: Carrie Nath
Family is everything — a cornerstone, a soft place to land.
Chaos and calm. Near and far.
By blood or by choice, they are our foundation, our home in the heart.
Join us after the show to share stories, enjoy some treats, and honor family.
February 5 – March 1
Curated by Josh Brown | Featuring Artists Visual Artists Kimberly Glass & Katie B Temple
Location: BLUEBARN Lobby
Price of Admission asks what does it cost to start over in a place far from home? Language, friends, and family become fungible. What will it mean for your yet-to-be-born children to be from a different world? Price of Admission examines those costs by exhibiting work that discusses the nature of home and self, rebirth and sacrifice.
Pre-Show Art Chat
with Curator Josh Brown and Artists Kimberly Glass & Katie B Temple
Saturday, February 21 | 6:50pm | BLUEBARN Lobby
All art proceeds go directly to participating artists. The exhibit will be open to the public 45 minutes before each show and during box office hours Monday-Friday 10 am-4 pm in the BLUEBARN Lobby during the run of The Heart Sellers.
ART in the BLUE is Sponsored by Jeff and Danielle Gordman
Location: BLUEBARN Lobby
In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Hart-Celler Act. Intended to open the gates to freedom while ending the national origins quota system, this act led towards a greater diversification of the American landscape. It reunified families and expanded employment opportunities. It also imposed limits on, and excluded, others. Visit our Next Chapter Books pop-up in the lobby and take a deeper dive into the Hart-Celler’s act and stories of the joys and tribulations of assimilation.
Donations can be placed in the pantry at the corner of 10th & Pacific, and larger donations can be dropped off inside during office hours (M-F, 10am-4PM). Can’t make it to the BLUEBARN but want to help? Pack the pantry virtually with items we have added to the top of our wishlist by clicking the button below!
Friday, September 26 | Directly following the show
Location: BLUEBARN Theatre
Moderator: Carrie Nath
“Polarized…Divisive…Implicitly biased…Chaotic” – these are just some of the words currently swirling around in this political climate. Join Producing Artistic Director Susan Clement and Katie Becker-Colon, along with other creatives to discuss reprising this production. How was this approach different? Or, was it? Does the story resonate differently when the Constitution is not only in question, but under fire?
Saturday, October 4 | Directly following the show
Location: BLUEBARN Theatre
Moderator: Carrie Nath
Guest Panelists:
Mindy Rush Chipman, Executive Director, Nebraska ACLU
Meg Mikolajczyk, Esq., Nebraska Civic Engagement Table
Professor Paul McGreal, Constitutional Law at Creighton University School of Law
“Is it protecting us, or, is it the source of our problems?” Should we “Throw out the Constitution, or, throw out the men that abuse it?” What the Constitution Means to Me brings up more questions than answers. Join these civic leaders as they break down the current political climate and work together to provide ways we can all move forward to preserve and protect rights for ALL. Ways we can BE BOLD. Because we all really do BELONG…
Saturday October 4 | 6:45pm
Location: BLUEBARN Lobby
What can I DO? How can I HELP? Where do I go to be IN THE KNOW? Representatives from the post-show panel will be in the lobby with the latest ways to make your presence, your thoughts, your ideas – your passion – present in the most disruptively positive ways. The Nebraska Civic Engagement Table, ACLU, and Constitutional Law Professor Paul McGreal will be available in the lobby to fuel your fire and focus your intention.
Book selection curated by:
Shelly Mutum – Next Chapter Books
Carrie Nath – BLUEBARN Theatre
Location: BLUEBARN Lobby
It is a conundrum. What powers lie in The Constitution? What lies have been created in our current climate utilizing this document to disenfranchise the American people and the laws we hold dear? From a graphic novel of the Faultlines to the most current American Covenant this tome holds, grab a book and get ready to arm your intelligence with fuel for the next fire.
Location: BLUEBARN Lobby
How to USA is open 45 minutes prior to every scheduled performance of What the Constitution Means to Me and during box office hours (10am-4pm, M-F) throughout the run. All art proceeds go directly to participating artists.
What the Constitution Means to Me asks “Who is all of this for?” How to USA attempts to answer that question by featuring images of people living in America and work that looks critically at the American project. This show celebrates the splendor of American diversity and the high cost many have paid to be a part of the story of this nation.
Featured Artists: Alex Jochim, Mary Mancuso, Rachel Mindrup, Drejon “Jill” Parrott, Ilaamen Pelshaw, Jonathan Seevers, and April Vendetta
ART IN THE BLUE is sponsored by Jeff & Danielle Gordman
Saturday, October 11 | 6:50pm, before the 7:30pm show
BLUEBARN is proud to continue its partnership with Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging (ENOA), now in its 18th year! Ornaments bearing the names of local elders in need will be on sale on the Giving HeARTS Tree located in the lobby. Become an elf for the elderly by fulfilling holiday gift needs for seniors in the region.
The ENOA “Giving HeARTs” Tree is located in the Mammel Lobby and will be on display throughout the run of the show.
As family, friends, and holidays bring us together in the cold, we weave together the familiar and the new. We encounter fiber every day. Interwoven asks patrons to pause and take a closer look at elevated examples of fine and functional fiber art.
All art proceeds go directly to participating artists. The exhibit will be open to the public 45 minutes before each show and during box office hours (Monday-Friday, 10 am-4 pm) in the BLUEBARN Lobby.
Featured Artists: Mary Zicafoose, Peyton Pearson, Shelby Seier, Sheila Hicks, Therese Straseski, Megan McCoy, and John Davison
Featuring Curator Josh Brown and Artists Mary Zicafoose, Peyton Pearson, and Shelby Seier
Sunday, December 7 | 5:20pm, before the 6pm show
