Places Please

This special episode looks back at two ways CP impacted our community despite the challenges of 2020. We revisit interviews with Carla Loemker, and Noah and Ariason Snurr who share how their involvement with the theatre impacted their lives.

This episode is part of our year-end giving campaign to make sure CP is well positioned to start 2021 strong and come back at full strength once the pandemic has subsided. Make a donation to the theatre by visiting out website www.beatricecommunityplayers.com and clicking the donate button.

Music - "Coffee" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

Just in time for Halloween we bring you MURDERERS a dark comedy about three killers at a Florida retirement community. This show features just three actors and they present their stories as three separate monologues. In this episode we talk to all three actors about what it's like to perform in this type of show and some of the killer laughs in store for this production that is part "Golden Girls" and part "Murder She Wrote".

MURDERERS runs live at CP Oct. 23-25 and Oct. 30-Nov. 1. Streaming tickets will also be available Oct. 27-Nov. 1 for you watch the show from the comfort of your home.

Music - "Coffee" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

We are officially opening the 2020-2021 Season with the wonderful play SILENT SKY. In this episode we talk about some of the fascinating real-life events and people the play is based on. We also go "on location" for the second half of the podcast and visit with Megan Sothan from the Gage County Museum and learn about their special women's suffrage exhibit and how it ties into some of the themes of SILENT SKY. Live in-person performances are Sept. 11-13, 18-20. The show will be available for streaming Sept. 15-20.

Music - "Coffee" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

We are back with a live in-person production! THE OUTRAGEOUS ADVENTURES OF SHELDON & MRS LEVINE is a special two person comedy that eases CP back into production after our stage has been dark for nearly six months. Learn about the show, and why it was selected as a special event. The show runs Aug. 7-9, 14-16 in person at the theatre, and will be available for streaming Aug. 10-16.

Music - "Coffee" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

In our "Hold Please" series finale we visit with Jeff Porter who on July 11 will be doing a charity run to support Community Players. Jeff talks about what inspired him to start this fundraiser, his history with the theatre, and how important the organization is for the community. We also discuss the end of the "Hold Please" mini-series and what's next at CP.

Contribute to Jeff's 50K charity run at: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/jeffsrunforthetheatre/jeffporter12

Music - "Coffee" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

June is wedding season and this week we have a double wedding! Well not really. But we do talk with two couples who can trace their relationships to being involved at Community Players. First we talk with staff members Tyler and Elena Rinne who are celebrating their anniversary this week. Then we talk with Noah Snurr and Ariason James who were actually supposed to be getting married AT the theatre this weekend!

Music - "Coffee" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

This week we tackle our most epic interview yet. We have six guests all at once as the Frahm family talks about some of their involvement with CP over the years, how the arts are an essential part of their lives, and what the theatre has meant to them as a family.

Music - "Coffee" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

After taking a week off we are back with a new episode. This week we chat with Megan Decker whose experiences at CP helped inspire her career as a performer and educator.

Music - "Coffee" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

We are temporarily back with a regular episode! We preview the special pay-per-view event DINOSAUR VACATION. This "dramatic" reading is written and performed by CP Associate Artistic Director Tyler Rinne. The show goes live on Saturday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Music - "Coffee" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

This week we escape to a tropical paradise, at least our ears do, as we visit with Phill Russell. Phill joins us all the way from Hilo, Hawaii to talk about how much CP meant to him growing up in Beatrice, and how he's continued to stay active in the arts.

Music - "Coffee" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/