NWU Theatre Box Office

The box office opens August 21. Services will be available Monday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. when classes are in session and one hour before performances.

(402) 465-2384
theatre [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (theatre[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)
Elder Theatre Center
51st Street and Huntington Avenue

Ticket Policies

  • Each person must have an individual ticket.
  • Tickets may be exchanged for a another performance within the 2023–2024 season if arranged with 24-hour notice.
  • All sales are final.
  • Sales tax will be added to each purchase.
  • Seating begins one half hour prior to the performance. Late seating is not guaranteed.
  • Seating in McDonald Theatre is reserved. All other venues use general seating.
  • Your presence at a performance constitutes your consent to be photographed or recorded for promotional use by NWU.
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Current Season

This season you’ll enjoy dramatically different dramas, hit musicals, Shakespeare and more. We are grateful for your continued support of NWU Theatre!

 

In close families, no emotion runs deeper than love—except maybe for hate. Passions young and old, hot and cold, clash in the greatest tragic love story ever told.

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Fearless telephone operators in World War I played an essential role in wartime communications. They were also overlooked heroes in the fight for gender equity. Rediscover their stories in this new musical about joy in service, love in humanity and growth in society.

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If laughter is the best medicine, Neil Simon prescribes us a powerful dose of Chekhov. This play’s writer/narrator deals with his writer’s block by hopping from story to story in Chekhov’s colorful medicine cabinet.

Student-directed spotlight.

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The snowed-in setting of this countryside guesthouse could’ve been the stuff of Christmas carols. But this is Agatha Christie we’re talking about, and there’s a killer on the loose. This spine-tingling whodunnit has run for a record-setting 70 years and counting in London.

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A Midwestern school district doesn’t want the spectacle of a school dance open to same-sex dates. So they cancel the prom. Spectacle arrives anyway in the form of some fading Broadway stars hungry for a publicity bump as they advocate for inclusive student participation. Who will have the last dance?

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In the cutthroat world of competitive air guitar, it’s shred or be shredded. Everything you need to rock is already inside you. Let this comedy with music bring out your inner airness. 

For mature audiences.

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Join us in this Tony Award-winning musical as Prince Pippin searches for an “Extraordinary” life of passion, significance and purpose. But inside this charismatic and sensual circus troupe, reality takes many shapes. And greatness shows up in unexpected places.

Some sexually suggestive content.

 

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In Sarah Ruhl’s modern reimagining of the classic Greek myth, we follow Eurydice as she tumbles into the Underworld. Along the way, she encounters an eccentric cast of loved ones lost. What would you be willing to risk for one more look at the people you love?

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A brave stranger saved Willum Cubbert’s life in Vietnam. What could be cooler than finally getting to meet him and pay his respects? It doesn’t take long for Willum to realize: Even root canals are cooler than The Nerd.

Student-directed spotlight.

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Where on earth does Buddy belong? Raised by elves, his spirit is sweeter than syrup. But his toymaking is … very human. Buddy slides into an icy quest to find his biological father. Sure, he might struggle to fit in. But in this musical based on the 2003 hit holiday film, misfits are the largest family of all.

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