Nebraska Wesleyan University
42nd Street
This musical about a musical tells the story of staging an elaborate production at the height of the Great Depression. Winner of the 1980 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 2001 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival.
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Beatrice is the single mother of two daughters, Ruth and Tillie. Together, they try to make sense of their dysfunctional family and their abysmal status in life. This is a student-directed performance.
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Beatrice is the single mother of two daughters, Ruth and Tillie. Together, they try to make sense of their dysfunctional family and their abysmal status in life. This is a student-directed production.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this musical parable.
Enron
Greed, crime and recent history come alive in this play about the financial scandal at Enron.
Cabaret
Seven weekends of songs and stories. Every performance is different. Performed in an intimate cafe environment.
Medea
First produced in 431 BC, this play’s themes of passion, love and vengeance are as fresh as ever.
All My Sons
When business partners sell faulty cylinder heads to the USAAF during WWII, more than warplanes crash and burn. This play marks Arthur Miller’s first commercial success. This is a student-directed production.
A Christmas Carol
The Nebraska Wesleyan Theatre holiday tradition continues with even more Christmas cheer and carols this year.
Spring Awakening
This alternative, folk-infused rock musical is a modern adaptation of the 1891 German play that was banned in Germany for its explicit content. The show took home eight Tony Awards in 2007.
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Like all plays, this one begins with rehearsal. The script, the actors complain, is weak. So when six masked characters arrive and beg the producer to find them an author for a new play or to insert them into whatever they’re working on now, what do they have to lose?
100
"100" is a play that focuses on a single memory in a person's life.
In "100," characters choose a single memory from their lives — everything else is erased. Choosing that memory is their only way of passing through eternity.
Learned Ladies
This satire on academic pretension, female education and preciousness is one of Moliere’s most popular comedies.
Henry V (traditional cast)
Nebraska Wesleyan Theatre is producing two versions of this history play at the Battle of Agincourt. One features a traditional casting while the second features a more contemporary interpretation with an all-female cast.
Henry V (female cast)
Nebraska Wesleyan Theatre is producing two versions of this history play at the Battle of Agincourt. One features a traditional casting while the second features a more contemporary interpretation with an all-female cast.
