While we, as theatre artists, are always looking ahead to the next opening night, next season, next promotional event or what have you, sometimes it can be a joy to look back and reflect on works of the past. In honor of Throwback Thursday, today we are going to do just that, with a glimpse back to Nebraska Rep's 2013 season!
We opened the season with Jon Jory's adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, featuring Jessie Tidball and Sean Schmeits. Emma is convinced that she is the perfect matchmaker. But, in an attempt to set up her friend, Harriet, with Mr. Elton, Mr. Elton falls for Emma. As Emma deters Mr. Elton, she sets up her friend, Mr. Knightly with Harriet, which of course backfires when Emma begins to fall for Mr. Knightly. In true Jane Austen fashion, by the middle of the play, everyone seems to be in love with the wrong person!
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| Mr. Knightly (Sean Schmeits), Emma Woodhouse (Jessie Tidball), and Mr. Woodhouse (Alan Knoll) |
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| The Cast of Emma (Alan Knoll, Jessie Tidball, Emily Martinez, Chet Kincaid, Sasha Dobson, Richard Nielsen, Sean Schmeits, Dan Rodden; Not pictured: Jaimie Pruden, Alexander Jeffery, Kimberly Clark Kaczmarek) |
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| Emma Woodhouse (Jessie Tidball) and Mr. Knightly (Sean Schmeits) |
Next, we polished our etiquette skills with Mrs. Mannerly by Jeffrey Hatcher, starring Mark McCarthy and Juanita Pat Rice. In this comedy, a young boy by the name of Jeffrey attends a manners and etiquette class taught by none other than Mrs. Mannerly herself. In preparation for the final test, for which Jeffrey aims to achieve a perfect score (never before reached by one of Mrs. Mannerly's students), Jeffrey and Mrs. Mannerly may learn things about themselves they never knew, and develop an unlikely friendship along the way.
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| Mrs. Mannerly (Juanita Pat Rice) and Jeffrey (Mark McCarthy) |
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| Mrs. Mannerly (Juanita Pat Rice) and Jeffrey (Mark McCarthy) sit down for a drink together. |
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| Mrs. Mannerly (Juanita Pat Rice) and Jeffrey (Mark McCarthy) get up to dance! |
Finally, our season closed with the stories of holidays past in Making God Laugh by Sean Grennan, with Alan Knoll and Melissa Epp. Spanning a time frame of four decades, this story focuses on Bill & Ruthie's family, with their children, Rick, Maddie, and Tom. The audience witnesses their Thanksgiving celebration in 1980, Christmas in 1990, New Year's Eve of 2000, and finally, Easter in 2010. A heartwarming dramedy, this play had audiences laughing and crying by the end of it!
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| Melissa Epp and Becky Key Boesen take a photo backstage before the show! |
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| Tom (Dan Rodden), Maddie (Becky Key Boesen), Ruthie (Melissa Epp), Rick (Mark McCarthy), and Bill (Alan Knoll) attempt to eat the infamous cheese dip. |
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| Bill (Alan Knoll) braces himself before taking a bite of Ruthie's fantasia cheese dip. Alan is back at NRT this season to direct Unnecessary Farce! |
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| Maddie (Becky Key Boesen), Tom (Dan Rodden), Ruthie (Melissa Epp), Rick (Mark McCarthy), and Bill (Alan Knoll) pose for their traditional family photo. |
As we look back on the successful 2013 season of NRT, it only makes us more excited to share the 2014 season with you! We're less than a month away from our first opening, so get ready to start making new memories with the Rep.
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