Platte River Bard Podcast

Jamie Ulmer, Managing Artistic Director of the Community Players in Beatrice, Nebraska is always such a pleasure to talk with!  They have a fun season lined up for us.  If you've never been to Community Players, you will want to make a plan to do so because you will always find quality productions, welcoming doors and really well-done theatre!  Hear Jamie talk about not just their shows for this 2022-23 Season, but also about how theatre has helped the community come together and heal through a devised piece and a partnership with HBO's show, Mind Over Murder.  This DocuSeries discusses how six people in Beatrice admitted to a terrible crime, when they were innocent and later exonerated.

Jamie Ulmer will also celebrate his 25th Season with Community Players, and we talk about the fun show their Board of Directors have put together for him.  So don't miss it, there's so much happening in Beatrice at Community Players!

COMMUNITY PLAYERS CONTACT INFO: 

Community Players are located at 412 Ella Street, Beatrice, NE, 68310

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommunityPlayersInc/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommPlayers

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bcplayers/

You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BeatriceCP 

Website: https://www.beatricecommunityplayers.com/ 

Email:  [email protected]

Places Please Podcast: https://www.audible.com/pd/Places-Please-Podcast/B08K574977 or anywhere you find your podcasts!

Part 2 of our discussion with Dylan Rohde, founder and owner of "The Backline", and also the founder of "The Omaha Comedy Fest", which is being held this weekend.  We talk to Dylan about some of the highlights of his career (so far!), training in LA at the Upright Citizens Brigade and iO West.  And we discuss what The Backline has to offer by way of shows and classes.  Plus, we also discuss his animated series, Troglo-bytes that he has been developing.   Dylan is one of the amazing Creatives in our town, so tune in for another fun interview!

THE BACKLINE CONTACT INFO: 

Website: https://www.backlinecomedy.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/backlinecomedy 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backlinecomedy/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_backline?lang=en 

TROGLO-BYTES:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6J5MH0dosqsTzwAktXf6uA/featured 

Beatrice Community Players are located at 412 Ella Street, Beatrice, NE, 68310

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommunityPlayersInc/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommPlayers

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bcplayers/

You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BeatriceCP 

Website: https://www.beatricecommunityplayers.com/ 

Email:  [email protected]

Podcast, Places Please:  https://www.beatricecommunityplayers.com/holdplease-cp

Subscribe to their other Podcast "Places Please."

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Music was used with permission by Screaming Skull Productions.  www.jollyrogerskc.com

© The Platte River Bard Podcast, 2020, Chris and Sheri Berger

Dylan Rohde, "ba-dah-ba-dah"!  This is Part 1 of a two-part interview with Dylan Rohde, founder and owner of The Backline, and also founder of the Omaha Comedy Fest!  In Part 1 we give you a fun conversation about what the Omaha Comedy Fest is this year in 2022.  They will be featuring comedians, such as Amber Ruffin and #IMomSoHard, as well as many other comedians, both local and from around the country!  The Festival also has Workshops available to attend.  If you have ever thought about how learning Improv could help you, this podcast will make you think even more about how beneficial it could be to your public speaking - or if you just want to have some fun!

Part 2 will be out in this weekend, and will feature a conversation with Dylan about his background, a little more detail about The Backline, projects he is working on. 

Don't miss the Omaha Comedy Festival which begins Thursday, September 1st and consists of many Workshops and Shows!  Go to https://omahacomedyfest.com for details and tickets!

OMAHA COMEDY FEST

Website: https://www.omahacomedyfest.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/omahacomedyfest

THE BACKLINE:

Website: https://www.backlinecomedy.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/backlinecomedy 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backlinecomedy/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_backline?lang=en 

Are you ready kids?  And grown-ups too?  Because this show is for all of you!  We talk with Matt Gutschick, Artistic Director at The Rose Theater in Omaha!  The Rose is producing The Spongebob Musical and it's full of zany costumes and a contemporary rock music score composed by some of the industries biggest names, including John Legend and David Bowie.  Matt talks about this incredible Cast of Creatives for this fun show, which includes:

• Roni Shelley Perez (SpongeBob)

The Show opens August 26th and runs until September 18th!  It is Directed by Carrie Smith Lewis with Musical Director Jerry Brabec.

THE ROSE THEATER CONTACT INFORMATION

Website: www.rosetheater.org 

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/the_rose_theater

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/therosetheater/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/RoseTheaterCo  @RoseTheaterCo

You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7oWcQQVIuQHWASiMucxsEw 

The Rose Theater, 2001 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 402.345.4849 

We LOVE TAGG.  We have been TAGGing for years!  So if you haven't heard of this wonderful organization that helps both businesses and non-profits in the area, you will definitely want to listen to this podcast.  And even if you do know about TAGG, and are a "TAGGer", you will want to listen and appreciate this business even more!  Meet Leslie Fischer and Holly Baker, the co-founders of TAGG.  They will tell us everything we need to know about the new changes to the process of uploading TAGG receipts to help our favorite designated organizations.  We are so appreciative of this non-profit here to help the Creatives in our state!

TAGG CONTACT INFORMATION:

Website: https://tagg.today/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/togetheragreatergood/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/togetheragreatergood/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoinTAGG 

The Bard crashed the rehearsals of the Benson Theatre, and had the rewarding opportunity to talk with Kathy Tyree, Jared Cernousek, Kerri Forrester, and Moira Mangiameli!  Their show "American Son" opens Thursday, August 18th and will run from the 18th-21st and the 27th-29th.  Join us for some really deep conversations about race and perspective in this show, which was written by Christopher Demos-Brown.  We were so honored to talk with Director, and Omaha's Queen of Soul, Kathy Tyree;  the talented classical singer and now Actor, Kerri Forrester; the recent UNO Graduate of Theatre and Directing, Jared Cernousek, and the Benson Theatre's Executive Assistant, Moira Mangiameli.  Moira tells us about the new Benson Theatre and it's creation, orchestrated by Executive and Founding Director, Amy Ryan. 

American Son made its world premiere at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA in June 2016. The play won the 2016 Laurents/Hatcher Award for Best New Play by an Emerging Playwright.  It then premiered on Broadway in 2018, and ran until 2019.   It was later adapted as a Netflix original movie which was nominated for an Emmy in 2020.  You may have heard us speak about Kenny Leon on our podcast before when talking about August Wilson's plays, and it’s important to note that  Kenny Leon directed both the Broadway play and the Film. 

Join us for a timely, heavy, yet fun interview about this play and meet the makers of this play at the new Benson Theatre!

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BENSON THEATRE CONACT INFO:

Website and Tickets: https://bensontheatre.org/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BensonTheatre 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bensontheatre/ 

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/BensonTheatre 

6054 Maple Street, Omaha, NE 

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Join us as we talk with Tamar Neumann, Executive Director of the Omaha Fringe Festival, Lara Marsh, Managing Director, and Jason Levering, Artistic Director.  The Omaha Fringe will again be held at UNO Weber Fine Arts and Big Canvas in Omaha! We discuss all of the events, so you won't want to miss it!

The Performances you won't want to miss are: 

• Chrysalis Studio Productions presents Dance of the Seven Veils

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Website and to get Tickets: https://omahafringe.square.site/

To Donate and Support:  https://checkout.square.site/buy/WYCOWEZP5POWMYDMCLU2UOHW

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/omahafringefest/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omahafringefestival/

Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/omahafringefestival/

#FirstOmahaFringe

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Meet Mitch Bean and Rachel Curtiss, Artistic Directors at the Brownville Village Theatre in Brownville, Nebraska.  This little theatre is brimming with high energy, company members, and full-on theatre!  About a dozen Company Members make this jam packed Summer Season of five shows a success.  If you are a performer, this model is fully immersive as you learn not just lines, but learn all the technical aspects of theatre.  If you are a theatre-lover, you will love quality theatre with a small town charm.  We also talk with two Company Members, Bella Walker and Ben Salazar about their experience in Brownville as well.  It's a great time to take a drive down to Brownville and experience it for yourself!

BROWNVILLE VILLAGE THEATRE CONTACT INFO:

Website: http://www.brownvillevillagetheatre.com/home.html 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BVT1967/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bvt1967 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brownvillevillagetheatre/ 

Brownville Village Theatre, 222 Water Street, Brownville, NE

402.825.4121

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