We speak with Ron Himes, Director of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre’s production of “Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea” November 10-21st. This play, written by Nathan Alan Davis, is a coming-of-age story, and is yet another successful collaboration with the The St. Louis Black Repertory Company, in which Ron founded. His credits and experience are quite extensive, but we hope we can at least give you a glimpse of his talent and his vast contribution to the national theatre community. It is also an example of the commitment to amplifying voices that the Nebraska Repertory Theatre, under Christina Kirks' (Director of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film) fine leadership and collaboration, brings to our state - and something we are so thankful for. *********** NEBRASKA REPERTORY THEATRE CONTACT INFORMATION:  Get your tickets now at  https://nebraskarep.org/season_specific.php?show=1  Website: https://nebraskarep.org/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nebraskarep Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nebraskarep/ Box Office phone number 402-472-2567. 301 N 12th St, Lincoln, NE 68508 *********** ST LOUIS REPERTORY COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION:  Website:  https://www.theblackrep.org/  *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!

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Ron Himes from the St. Louis Black Repertory Company Directs ”Dontrell Who Kissed The Sea” at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre

We talk with Fran Sillau, Executive Artistic Director at the Circle Theatre about his TWO upcoming shows next weekend:  All Together Now, a Music Theatre International fundraiser for Circle Theatre on November 13th at 7PM.   All Together Now! features songs from MTI’s beloved catalogue of musicals including Annie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Come From Away, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, Godspell, Guys and Dolls, Hairspray, Into the Woods, Les Misérables, Little Shop of Horrors, Mamma Mia!, Matilda, My Fair Lady, Once on This Island, Rent, Waitress and many more! ALL TOGETHER NOW A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre Friday, November 12th at 7PM Hanscom Park United Methodist Church 4444 Frances Street, Omaha, NE   When We Go Away, stories about Nebraska Holocaust Survivors on November 14th at 2PM. The stories of Holocaust survivors Dr. Fred Kader, Rachel Rosenberg, Helena Tichauer, and Katherine Williams are interwoven into this new play written by playwright J.R. Dawson and commissioned by the Institute for Holocaust Education. Using minimal sets and costuming, the play asks us to focus on the stories, how they connect to each other, to us, and ultimately what will happen when the storytellers go away. Both a call to remember and to act, When We Go Away not only informs the audience but asks it to become part of the story. Fran is such a pleasure to talk with and his work is so important to Nebraska artists.  Don't miss these two productions that are bound to tug at your heart.  Welcome Circle Theatre back to the stage! WHEN WE GO AWAY  Institute for Holocaust Education and Circle Theatre Sunday, November 14  2:00 pm  ALAN J. LEVINE PERFORMING ARTS THEATER Jewish Community Center of Omaha 333 South 132nd Street, Omaha, NE *********** FRAN SILLAU:  http://www.fransillau.com/  ********** CIRCLE THEATRE CONTACT INFORMATION: Website: http://www.circletheatreomaha.org/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/circletheatreomaha  Instagram: https://instagram.com/circle.theatreomaha  Twitter: https://twitter.com/circleomaha    *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!

Fran Sillau from Circle Theatre presents ”All Together Now” and ”When We Go Away” - Welcome Circle back to the stage!

Find out What's Happening in the Arts in Eastern Nebraska, November 3rd-10th, 2021!   *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!

What‘s Happening? November 3rd - 10th!

Join us as we talk with Hannah Mason, Managing Director, and Phillip Crawford, Artistic Director of Theatrix!  Theatrix is a fully student-run theatre of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film in Lincoln Nebraska on the UNL campus.   Their Fall Season has been announced - and beginning this week, November 4th-7th they open with their first production of the season,  The Revolutionists, a dramedy about four women during the 1793 French Revolution.   They have a comedic and introspective season ahead!  Find out what they have planned! ***** THEATRIX CONTACT INFO:  Website: https://www.unl.edu/theatrix/woke  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unltheatrix  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/unl_theatrix/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/unl_theatrix Tickets on-sale now: https://unltheatretickets.universitytickets.com 215 Temple Building 12th and "R" Street Lincoln, NE *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!

The Revolutionists begin the season for Theatrix!

Happy Halloween!  The Platte River Bard Podcast brings you Poetry and Prose by Edgar Allan Poe.  Performed by Chris Berger.   *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!   Sound effects were used by https://www.zapsplat.com/ 

Halloween with Edgar Allan Poe and the Bard!

Find out What's Happening in the Arts in Eastern Nebraska October 27 through November 4th, 2021!  *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!

What‘s Happening? October 27 - November 4, 2021

We talk with Director of Community Engagement and Dramaturg, Barry Carman, for the Bluebarn Theatre in Omaha.  We discuss their current production Heroes of the Fourth Turning, a little about their 33rd Season, and the role of dramaturgy in today's theatre.   CONTACT THE BLUEBARN THEATRE:  Website:  http://bluebarn.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluebarn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluebarntheatre_omaha/  Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/bluebarntheatre_omaha/ Bluebarn Theatre: 1106 S. 10th St. (10th and Pacific) Omaha, NE PH: 402-345-1576 *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!

Barry Carman with Bluebarn Theatre!

Find out What's Happening in the Arts in Eastern Nebraska for October 20-27th, 2021!    *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!

What‘s Happening? October 20-27th, 2021

Stephanie Jacobson and Corduroy join us for a talk about their upcoming production of Corduroy!  We talk about all things puppets in this episode with Stephanie, who is a delightful guest and talented Director and Teaching Artist at The Rose Theater in Omaha!   *THE ROSE THEATER CONTACT INFORMATION* Website: www.rosetheater.org  Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/therosetheater/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/RoseTheaterCo  @RoseTheaterCo You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7oWcQQVIuQHWASiMucxsEw  Blog Posts: https://www.rosetheater.org/connect/news/  The Rose Theater, 2001 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 402.345.4849    *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!

Stephanie Jacobson - Director of CORDUROY - which opens Oct 29th - at The Rose Theater!

What‘s Happening? October 20-27th, 2021 S3 Ep 4

Stephanie Jacobson - Director of Corduroy at The Rose Theater!

Join us to find out What's Happening in the Arts in Eastern Nebraska this week, October 11-18, 2021! *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!

What‘s Happening? October 11-18, 2021

Join us for a fun and spooky conversation with Andy Park, Artistic Director of the Nebraska Repertory Theatre and Kevin Rich, Director of Applied Shakespeare at the University of Colorado Boulder.  Together, these creative and talented minds have created Nebraska Rep's next performance, ShakesFEAR, which opens October 15th and runs until October 31st.  This is an immersive theatre experience unlike no other - and the reportedly haunted Temple Building is the perfect place for the demented characters of Shakespeare to terrify brave patrons this fall season! *********** NEBRASKA REPERTORY THEATRE CONTACT INFORMATION:  Get your tickets now at  https://nebraskarep.org/season_specific.php?show=1  Website: https://nebraskarep.org/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nebraskarep Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nebraskarep/ Box Office phone number 402-472-2567. 301 N 12th St, Lincoln, NE 68508   *********** HOW TO LISTEN TO THE PLATTE RIVER BARD PODCAST Listen at https://platteriverbard.podbean.com or anywhere you get your podcasts. We are on Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Podbean, Overcast, Listen Now, Castbox and anywhere you get your podcasts. You may also find us by just asking Alexa. Listen on your computer or any device on our website: https://www.platteriverbard.com. Find us on You Tube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCPDzMz8kHvsLcJRV-myurvA. Please find us and Subscribe!

ShakesFEAR is almost here - with Andy Park and Kevin Rich!

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