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A Nebraska Shakespeare Collaboration

A Nebraska Shakespeare, University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), and Creighton theater collaboration.

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A Nebraska Shakespeare Collaboration

Nebraska Shakespeare, Nebraska's own professional theatre company and nonprofit organization dedicated to all things the Bard, has teamed up with the Theatre Department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and Creighton Theatre to present A War of Roses.

The collaboration is a two-part retelling of William Shakespeare's Henry 6 Trilogy: Part one, A War of Roses: Foreign Flames and A War of Roses, and part two, A Fire Within, and a first-of-its-kind collaboration. Both productions feature casts and production teams comprised of faculty and students from both UNO and Creighton, as well as alumni professionals hired by Nebraska Shakespeare. Over 100 people plan to make this a reality. Read more by visiting the Nebraska Shakespeare blog.

  • A War of Roses: Foreign Flames | Nov. 3-6 | Nov. 10-13 | UNO Weber Fine Arts Building
  • A War of Roses: A Fire Within | Nov. 11-13 | 17-20 | Creighton Lied Center

Nebraska Shakespeare is known for their wildly popular annual Shakespeare on the Green events. Interim Artistic Director, Vincent Carlson-Brown says that "this project has been three years in the making. It's a special project to celebrate the organizations 30th anniversary and having both universities work with each other is important.”

We used the Weitz CEC as a home base for cross-collaborative meetings. Both teams- directors, designers, management, marketing- met periodically to work through the unique endeavor. Additionally, we were able to use the building as a dialogue and work-space with the Creighton students who were involved on the UNO side of production.

 Vincent Carlson-Brown

About Nebraska Shakespeare

Nebraska Shakespeare has been a Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (Weitz CEC) Building Partner Organization since 2014. Learn more about the organization by visiting their website.

In keeping with its mission to engage, educate, and entertain its audiences, Nebraska Shakespeare also offers a variety of activities including workshops; film, literary, and production seminars; classes; backstage tours; and the introduction of the state-wide event: Talk Like Shakespeare Day. Nebraska Shakespeare remains committed to its partner universities and their students and, in 2016, will produce A War of Roses, a collaborative production of the Henry VI trilogy in two parts. The first part is to be presented at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and the second part is to be presented at Creighton University.

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Unless otherwise clearly stated, any views or opinions expressed as part of events at the Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center (Weitz CEC) should not be viewed as endorsements by the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and do not reflect the official position of UNO or the University of Nebraska system. Please also be aware, the responsibility for any changes to events held at the Weitz CEC, including cancellation, lie solely with the event organizer and not UNO or the Weitz CEC.