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Witching Hour 2012-2013 Season Proposal Meeting

Have an idea for a play? Want to experiment with a new form of storytelling? Been having crazy dreams lately? WE WANT TO HEAR ALL ABOUT IT! Share your proposals with us. Each person will get 2 minutes to share what you have -- your full concept, photographic inspiration, stories that you think are begging to be explored. These two minutes will be YOURS with no interruptions. Stick around and listen to others' proposals. Sometimes the best plays are built from inspiring each other. Contact bbwitchinghour@gmail.com with any questions.

- FREE

• Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 7:00pm

Blue Barn at The Downtown Space - 614 S. 11th St., Omaha
- Phone: (402) 345-1576
- Web: http://www.bluebarn.org

tags: Live Theater

AUDITION: 1776

- FREE

• Monday, July 23, 2012 at 7:00pm
• Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 7:00pm

Bellevue Little Theater - 203 Mission Ave., Bellevue
- Phone: (402) 291-1554
- Web: bellevuelittletheatre.com

tags: Live Theater

Summer Performing Intensive

The Broadway Dreams Foundation (BDF) is pleased to announce that acclaimed directors Stafford Arima (Carrie), Dan Knechtges (Lysistrata Jones) and Matt Lenz (Hairspray) have joined the creative team of Express Yourself: The 2012 Summer Intensive Tour. BDF teaches America’s youth how to kick start their career through unique, week-long performance intensives taught by Broadway’s brightest stars and savvy industry insiders. Attendees receive first-rate training in acting, dance and vocal performance before participating alongside their Broadway idols in a one-night concert event open to the public and directed by one of the industry’s finest directors.

- $895

• Monday, July 9, 2012 at 12:00am
• Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 12:00am
• Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 12:00am
• Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 12:00am
• Friday, July 13, 2012 at 12:00am
• Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 12:00am
• Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 12:00am

Holland Performing Arts Center - 1200 Douglas St., Omaha
- Phone: (402) 345-0202
- Web: omahaperformingarts.org

tags: Class • Live Theater

Raq the Casbah

The Raqs Awn Belly Dance Collective will host a Oriental dance showcase to benefit Autism Center of Nebraska, Inc.

- $8

• Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 7:30pm

Pizza Shoppe Collective - 6056 Maple St., Omaha
- Phone: (402) 932-9007
- Web: pscollective.com

tags: Live Theater

Encore Performance of Skull Sketch The Musical

What happens when you have Music, Comedy, and Dance filled extravaganza featuring the likes of Darth Vader, A trash talking Gaspump, Cyborg Al Gore, and more hilarious creations? You have Skull Sketch's first ever Musical show!

• Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 8:00pm

Pizza Shoppe Collective - 6056 Maple St., Omaha
- Phone: (402) 932-9007
- Web: pscollective.com

tags: Live Theater

AUDITION: Broadway Dreams Summer Intensive

Dance performers should bring dance shoes and attire; vocal performers will need to be prepared to sing 16 – 32 bars of a song and should provide their own accompaniment CD. From passionate musical theatre fans to promising performers, participants from age nine and up are welcome. To register for an audition, please visit MyBroadwayDreams.com.

- FREE

• Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 11:00am
• Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 10:00am

Holland Performing Arts Center - 1200 Douglas St., Omaha
- Phone: (402) 345-0202
- Web: omahaperformingarts.org

tags: Live Theater

The Super Sounds of the Sixties

Some of TADA's finest vocalists gather to pay tribute to the chart toppers of that magical musical period including such tunes as Save The Last Dance For Me, I'm Sorry, It's Now Or Never, Chain of Fools, One Fine Day, It’s My Party, The Twist and more!

- $18

• Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 7:30pm

TADA Theatre - 701 P St., Lincoln
- Phone: (402) 438.8232
- Web: tadaproductions.info

tags: Live Theater

Spirit Awakening

An electrifying rock adaptation of Frank Wedekind's expressionist play of the same title. Set in 19th Century provincial Germany, the story centers on a group of teenagers coming of age in an uncomprehending world. Wedekind's play explores the difficulty of finding a place of equilibrium in a world that, round about 14, starts to look strange and terrifying through the distorting prism of puberty.

- $25; Students and Seniors: $20

• Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Friday, May 25, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Friday, June 1, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 6:00pm
• Friday, June 8, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 6:00pm
• Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Friday, June 15, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 6:00pm

Blue Barn at The Downtown Space - 614 S. 11th St., Omaha
- Phone: (402) 345-1576
- Web: http://www.bluebarn.org

tags: Live Theater

The Boys Next Door

The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly "burned out" young social worker named Jack. Norman, who works in a doughnut shop and is unable to resist the lure of the sweet pastries, takes great pride in the huge bundle of keys that dangles from his waist; Lucien P. Smith has the mind of a five-year-old but imagines that he is able to read and comprehend the weighty books he lugs about; Arnold, the ringleader of the group, is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer, who suffers from deep-seated insecurities and a persecution complex; while Barry, a brilliant schizophrenic who is devastated by the unfeeling rejection of his brutal father, fantasizes that he is a golf pro. Mingled with scenes from the daily lives of these four, where "little things" sometimes become momentous (and often very funny), are moments of great poignancy when, with touching effectiveness, we are reminded that the handicapped, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth.

- $22; Students and Seniors: $18

• Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 3:00pm
• Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Friday, May 25, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 7:30pm
• Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 3:00pm

John Beasley Theater - 3010 R. St, Omaha
- Phone: (402) 502-5767
- Web: johnbeasleytheater.org

tags: Live Theater

Annie

In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie, with help from her friends, foils the evil Miss Hannigan and her brother Rooster, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and finds a new family and home in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary Grace Farrell and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

- $10; Students/Seniors: $8

• Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 7:00pm
• Friday, May 18, 2012 at 2:00pm
• Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7:00pm
• Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 7:00pm

Haymarket Theatre - 803 Q St., Lincoln
- Phone: (402) 477-2600
- Web: haymarkettheatre.org

tags: Live Theater