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First Stage Theatre Academy gets a new format and a new director!

This year's students participating in the two week theatre academy will dive into the world of theatre with a new challenge: two weeks to write, build and create their own original production.

This year's camp will be lead by Matthew Pyle who has been seen on the OCP stage in Becky's New Car, A Streetcar Named Desire and A Night with the Family. He has done fight choreography for many OCP shows as well as the Circle Theatre, and is directing the opening play reading for the OCP 21 & Over series, Exit Pursued by a Bear. Lana Brown-Rogal and Kay Johnson will round out the teaching team for choreography and music.

Are you up to the challenge? To register, contact Denise Chapman, director of education, by email or by phone (402) 553-4890, ext. 131. More information is available here.

July Metro Arts and Culture Pass Deal

CORRECTION: This deal was established before Joslyn Art Museum started to offer free admission. We're sorry for the confusion. There will not be a Metro Arts and Culture Pass deal this month.

Enjoy the arts with a Metro Arts and Culture Pass! If you are a season subscriber to the Omaha Community Playhouse, in the month of July, you can receive $1 off admission per person at the Joslyn Art Museum.

The Metro Arts and Culture Pass is sponsored by The Reader and features various nonprofit arts organizations around Omaha. In order to be a Metro Arts and Culture Pass member, you only must be a member or subscriber to one of the participating organizations. Every month, OCP members can enjoy a discount at a different featured Omaha arts organization.

Other participating organizations include:
Omaha Children's Museum
Omaha Performing Arts
Bemis Center
Durham Museum
Opera Omaha
El Museo Latino
The Rose
Film Streams
Nebraska Shakespeare
Joslyn Art Museum
Fontenelle Nature Association
The Arts Center
Ballet Nebraska
Love's Jazz and Arts Center
Lauritzen Gardens
Bluffs Arts Council

Strategic Air and Space Museum
Nebraskans for the Arts
BlueBarn Theatre
Kaneko
For more information about the Metro Arts Pass, contact the director of sales at lkaup@omahaplayhouse.com or (402) 553-4890, ext. 147.

June Metro Arts & Culture Pass Deal

Enjoy the arts with a Metro Arts and Culture Pass! If you are a season subscriber to the Omaha Community Playhouse, in the month of June, you can receive a free bag of popcorn to Shakespeare on the Green through Nebraska Shakespeare. The dates are June 20-23 and 27-30.

The Metro Arts and Culture Pass is sponsored by The Reader and features various nonprofit arts organizations around Omaha. In order to be a Metro Arts and Culture Pass member, you only must be a member or subscriber to one of the participating organizations. Every month, OCP members can enjoy a discount at a different featured Omaha arts organization.

Other participating organizations include:
Omaha Children's Museum
Omaha Performing Arts
Bemis Center
Durham Museum
Opera Omaha
El Museo Latino
The Rose
Film Streams
Nebraska Shakespeare
Joslyn Art Museum
Fontenelle Nature Association
The Arts Center
Ballet Nebraska
Love's Jazz and Arts Center
Lauritzen Gardens
Bluffs Arts Council

Strategic Air and Space Museum
Nebraskans for the Arts
BlueBarn Theatre
Kaneko
For more information about the Metro Arts Pass, contact the director of sales at lkaup@omahaplayhouse.com or (402) 553-4890, ext. 147.

Sister is back in Late Nite Catechism 3!

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Late Nite Catechism, an interactive comedy and one of the longest-running shows in Chicago and United States theatre history. The show has visited every state in the U.S. as well as Canada, the U.K. and Australia. In this unique one woman show, Sister teaches students about all things Catholic. Now after years of doing so, Sister is ready to turn her attention to the topic of marriage with the production of ‘Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3. Called part catechism class and part stand-up routine, she’s back in Omaha with the third installment.



Written and created by Maripat Donovan and Vicki Quade, the series has seen much success. Donovan found her inspiration at a dinner party in 1992. After hearing Donovan talk about St.Maria Goretti (the patron saint of virginity), a friend said to her, “This is so funny. You should do something with this.” That’s exactly what she did. Donovan contacted an acquaintance who ran a theatre in Chicago and created the first show of note about a nun since the musical Nunsense. Donovan and Quade wrote the original Late Nite Catechism in about three weeks and it premiered in 1993. Since the first production, audiences world wide have been pupils in Sister’s classroom, with five different versions of the show.

 

‘Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3 is focused on the Sacrament of Marriage and Last Rites. Sister even presents her own wacky and hysterical version of the Newlywed Game, using audience members as contestants.

Be sure to grab your significant other and your sense of humor and visit the OmahaCommunity Playhouse for some special couples counseling from Sister. The show runs from June 14, through July 21, 2013 in the Howard Drew Theater; Wednesday–Saturday, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $35 per person. For groups of 12 or more, tickets are $32 per person. To purchase tickets, or for more information, call (402) 553-0800, visit the OCP Box Office or click here.

Article by Brittany Locke

Become a BizTix subscriber and receive $12 tickets!

Be a part of Carl Beck’s and Susie Baer Collins’ last season as they, along with your favorite performers, transport you to other times and worlds. An exclusive BizTix subscription contains ten ticket vouchers to each of our ten season productions (including Les Misérables and A Christmas Carol) for you to wow and woo your clients or reward your employees. 

You receive a total of 100 tickets for $1,200. That’s only $12 per ticket for productions that are regularly priced at $35-$40 per ticket! You can even receive a significant discount on Prompter advertising with a BizTix Plus package.

 

To subscribe or for more information, call or email Lora Kaup, director of sales at (402) 553-4890, ext. 147 or lkaup@omahaplayhouse.com. 

21 & Over presents 'Enron'

Omaha Community Playhouse's 21 & Over program presents Enron.

Monday, June 17, 2013
7:30 p.m.
Omaha Community Playhouse
Free and open to the public, with an opportunity for donations. No tickets or reservations are necessary.

Enron, by Sheila Callaghan

A theatrical tour de force chronicling the collapse of a company through a satirical mix of documentary and fiction. Inspired by real events, Enron follows CEO Jeffrey Skilling through the journey of the company’s meteoric rise and catastrophic fall. Part epic tragedy and part savage black comedy, Enron is an insider’s peek at what has been called “the corporate crime that defined the end of the 20^th century.”

The 21 & Over productions are intended for a mature audience and discretion is advised. For more information on 21 & Over and other OCP alternative programs, contact Amy Lane, Resident Director, at alane@omahaplayhouse.com or (402) 553-4890, ext. 164.

21 & Over is sponsored by Omaha Steaks and media sponsored by Omahype.

Illuminate your Fourth of July!

Are you looking for a way to illuminate your Fourth of July holiday? Support the Omaha Community Playhouse by purchasing fireworks!

The city of Omaha is allowing the sales of fireworks again this year within city limits with sales benefitting a sponsoring nonprofit organization.

Crazy Cracker Fireworks stand at 840 Saddle Creek Rd. (located in the No Frills Supermarket parking lot) will benefit the OCP. A portion of proceeds goes directly to the Omaha Community Playhouse!

Stock up on your favorite fireworks and support the Omaha Community Playhouse at the 840 Saddle Creek Rd. location!

Sales begin on June 24, 2013, and last until July 4, 2013.