Go Beyond the Show!

Go Beyond the Show with post-show discussions following Enron. These discussions give audiences opportunities to discuss themes and subjects within a production with experts and community partners. They are free and open to the public and immediately follow a show.

Business Ethics and Enron: A community conversation
Facilitated by Amy Rodie
Sunday, Aug. 17 and Sunday, Aug. 24 following the matinee productions of Lucy Prebble's play Enron.

Amy R. Rodie, Ph.D.
James R. Schumacher Chair of Ethics
Associate Professor of Marketing
College of Business Administration
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Professor Rodie teaches a business ethics course to business majors, and students study what went wrong at Enron. She also teaches Principles of Marketing, Consumer Behavior and Marketing Service Products. Amy has served as associate dean of UNO’s College of Business Administration and teaches in many of the executive education programs offered by UNO’s College of Business Administration. She has been awarded UNO’s Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award and the College of Business Administration Dean’s Citation for Excellence in Teaching.


Enron Talk Back
Friday, Aug. 29
Join Enron's cast and crew to learn about the production process of the show.

To purchase tickets to Enron or for more information, visit the OCP Box Office, call (402) 553-0800 or click here.

Go Beyond the Show is a series of patron enrichment events that take a deeper look into the work that we produce on our stages.

Go Beyond the Show!

Go Beyond the Show with a community conversation following Race. These discussions give audiences opportunities to discuss themes and subjects within a production with experts and community partners. They are free and open to the public and immediately follow a show.

How do we talk about race and the intersectionality of race, gender and power?:  A community conversation
Facilitated by Peggy Jones
Sunday, May 25 and Sunday, June 8 following the matinee productions of David Mamet’s play Race.

Peggy Jones, (M.F.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln) is an associate professor and past interim chairperson of the University of Nebraska at Omaha's Black Studies department, a member of the Graduate and Women's and Gender Studies faculty and the Nebraska Humanities Council Speakers Bureau.

Her research interests include intersections between language and identity, White privilege and media (mis)representations of race and gender. She received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Nebraska Arts Council for The Journey, a play about Aaron Douglas, the first black graduate from the art department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1922. It premiered at The Rose Theater in Omaha, NE on February 16, 2013. Her most recent publication is a book chapter: My Mother Tongue: A Linguistic Autoethnography in African American Women’s Language: Discourse, Education and Identity.

To purchase tickets to Race or for more information, visit the OCP Box Office, call (402) 553-0800 or click here.

Go Beyond the Show is a series of patron enrichment events that take a deeper look into the work that we produce on our stages.

Go Beyond the Show - Next to Normal

Additional programming for Next to Normal is offered for the community to "Go Beyond the Show." Programs include community conversations about the show’s themes and content lead by UNMC health experts and the cast and crew of the show.

Science Café: The Science of Bipolar Disorder
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m.
The Slowdown

The University of Nebraska Medical Center is sponsoring Next to Normal.

Steven Wengel, M.D., a geriatric psychiatrist and professor and chair of the department of psychiatry at UNMC, will discuss symptoms, treatment and coping with bipolar disorder. The event is free and open to the public.

Post-show Discussions
At the Omaha Community Playhouse following the production. Free with the purchase of a ticket.
Join mental health experts coordinated through UNMC to discuss the themes of Next to Normal and learn more about bipolar disorder and mental health.

Sunday, February 16, 2014
Discussion lead by Rachel Labaton and Kristi Barth.

Rachel S. Labaton currently holds a doctorate in clinical psychology with a specialization in child and adolescent clinical/pediatric psychology. She has worked with diverse populations with conditions such as behavioral disorders, severe mental illness, learning disabilities, chronic health conditions, traumatic brain injury, neurological disorders and developmental and intellectual disabilities. She enjoys working with children and adolescents in underserved areas and reaching out to the communities she serves.

Kristi Barth is a mom of a son diagnosed with depression and bipolar disorder. She has a passion for educating people on the struggles that go along with teens having a mental illness and dispelling the stigmas attached.

Sunday, March 2, 2014
Discussion lead by Dr. Howard Liu.
Dr. Howard Liu is an assistant professor in the department of Psychiatry at UNMC. Dr. Liu maintains an outpatient practice treating children and adolescents with mood disorders, anxiety disorders and ADHD. He is a frequent commentator on media programs regarding issues in child and adolescent mental health.

Talk Back with Cast and Crew
Friday, February 21, 2014
Cast and crew lead a discussion about the show and their experiences producing it. Talk Backs begin five minutes after the performance.