Silent Write
2025-03-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-02-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-01-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-12-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-12-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-11-26 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) and 1 more date | Yates Illuminates, 3260 Davenport St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
Join us for a dedicated silent space for writing!
Noisy neighbors? Fractious family? Come to the GPTC’s classroom at Yates, bring your laptop and some headphones and get some focus.
Converstion welcome in the hall, but once you cross the threshold. SHHHHHH…….
Contact Ellen Struve with any questions at estruve@gptcplays.com

A BODY IN THE WILD GRASS by Kevin Lawler
2024-11-13 19:30 - 2024-11-14 19:30 | Yates Illuminates, 3260 Davenport St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
Great Plains Theatre Commons presents a workshop production of A Body in the Wild Grass by Kevin Lawler directed by Mary Beth Easley.
Cast: Verla Collier, Nils Haaland, Stephanie Jacobson
Designer: Stephanie Jacobson
Composer: Nevada Jones
Live Sound & Foley Artist: Mark Bruckner
Stage Manager: Asia Nared
Dramaturg: Jessica Traynor
Wednesday, November 13 @ 7:30pm (Livestream, link to follow)
Thursday, November 14 @ 7:30pm (ASL interpreted)
The play is an experimental drama that uses storytelling, poetry, and puppets to illuminate the joys, memories, longings, and dreams that arise during the extraordinary, liminal time at the end of one’s life.
A post show conversation will be held after each show with with medical professionals who specialize in aging and palliative care. On Wednesday, November 13th the moderator will be Ingrid Berg with panelists Lou Lukas, Mel Teply and Amy Haddad. On Thursday, November 14th the moderator will be Kelsey Noble with panelists Meg Ursick and Andy Moellering.
All public performances are at Yates Illuminates. 3260 Davenport Street.
A handful of tickets are held back for walkups at each performance. All performance venues are ADA compliant for accessibility. For any accessibility questions or needs please contact Quinn at q.corbin@gptcplays.com.

Create Your Look Makeup Workshop/Crea Tu Mirada A Taller De Maquillaje
2024-10-27 14:00 | Yates Illuminates, 3260 Davenport St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
Create Your Look Makeup Workshop/Crea Tu Mirada A Taller De Maquillaje with Juan Valdovinos
Hosted by Great Plains Theatre Commons
Sunday, October 27 @ 2pm
Yates Illuminates (3260 Davenport Street) | FREE ADMISSION
Come to GPTC’s classroom at Yates Illuminates on Sunday, 10/27 at 2pm for a free Día De Los Muertos Create Your Look makeup workshop hosted by Juan Valdovinos.

GPTC Reading of "Death Bird Queen" by Jackie Kappes
2024-08-24 19:00 | Yates Illuminates, 3260 Davenport St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
Director: Sarah Lynn Brown | Dramaturg: Fly Jamerson.
Jen: Hannah Clark
Nina: Katie Becker Colón
Lacey: Sophie Presser
Jade: Rachel Smart
Stage Directions: Sarah Lynn Brown
Jade attempts to piece together her father’s sudden disappearance but makes a startling discovery that leads her to believe she too may vanish. A play about our inevitable inheritances and what we do with them.
Jackie Kappes is a human who has had the privilege of working as a theatre artist and teacher in many vibrant communities, including Shanghai Children’s Art Theater, 7 Stages International Theatre, San Francisco Playback Theatre, Disney Musicals in Schools, StageWrite, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Lexington Children’s Theatre, Bay Area Children’s Theater and Chattanooga Theatre Centre. Her work at The Rose Theater ignited her passion for theatre for social change and she went on to receive her Masters in Counseling Psychology and Drama Therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Since she has utilized theatre to facilitate dialogue for communities and organizations around topics such as harassment, immigration, veteran’s issues, LGBTQ+ pride and much more. Jackie has also brought drama therapy practices into schools to support students and families in building feelings of confidence, working through trauma and grief, fostering more positive relationships and preparing for big life transitions. At current, she is interested in how playwriting may open space for dialogue and intergenerational healing.

Sweet
2024-05-26 16:00, 2024-05-25 19:00, 2024-05-24 19:00, 2024-05-23 19:00, 2024-05-19 16:00, 2024-05-18 19:00, 2024-05-17 19:00 | The Union for Contemporary Art, 2423 North 24th Street, Omaha, NE, 68110, United States
By: Harrison David Rivers
The Union for Contemporary Art in partnership with Great Plains Theater Commons
Directed by Denise Chapman
Synopsis
The Baker sisters have always been the best of friends, but when the neighbor boy returns home from college, desire threatens to tear them apart.

More of a Heart
2024-04-20 19:30, 2024-04-19 19:30, 2024-04-18 19:30, 2024-04-14 18:00, 2024-04-13 19:30, 2024-04-12 19:30, 2024-04-11 19:30, 2024-04-07 14:00 and 3 more dates | Bluebarn Theater, 1106 So 10th Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
A mother’s love. A son’s need for independence. As Zachary, an Autistic teenager, comes of age in a world that rewards him for neurotypical behavior, he begins to question his feelings about his upbringing. When tragedy strikes, hidden truths rise to the surface in this beautiful drama about what it means to live a fulfilling life.
