Current Season
This season you’ll enjoy hit musicals (including a world premiere), Shakespeare, an outdoor family production and more. We are grateful for your continued support of NWU Theatre!
A family of grey squirrels has nuts enough for 10 winters. But their stores of greed and prejudice have likewise risen. When fox squirrels go hungry, fur flies. Savor this R-rated satire on savers and saviors.
A near-death experience sends a heartbroken Alex McKinney to the hospital. And a long line of her (long-dead) ancestors visits her bedside. Their goal: To resuscitate Alex’s heart—and her living relationships. Experience the world premiere of this contemporary new musical commissioned by NWU.
An empty stomach’s grumble is the villain in this entertaining musical on the fight against childhood hunger. This family-friendly production by Lincoln-based artists is touring Nebraska’s schools. Now’s your chance to catch the show that’s putting fire in bellies across the state.
Forget love triangles. Shakespeare draws love octagons in this play of separated twins, ingenious pranks and mistaken identities. Let your head spin on the shipwrecking waves of this comedy about gender expression and sexual identity.
In the spooky world of the Brothers Grimm, everyone has their secret wish. The different desires of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Baker all will cross as soon as they step into the woods.