About the Theatre
OUR MISSION
Community Players engages and enriches Southeast Nebraska through the arts by deepening connections, utilizing inclusive programming, and producing quality live theatre.
VALUES STATEMENTS
Professionalism | Comes by maintaining the highest quality and standards in our productions, providing a consistent and polished experience for all patrons and volunteers, and utilizing the latest best practices in all aspects of the administration and business management of the organization.
Involvement | We work to provide a welcoming atmosphere for new volunteers and patrons, showing ongoing appreciation of work, treating all those involved with the organization fairly, and by providing opportunities to provide collaborative feedback for improving the organization.
Impact | We impact the lives of young people through our growing educational programs, provide creative and artistic outlets to all ages, and enlighten the community connecting our productions to broader themes and issues. These efforts enhance the economy and quality of life throughout the community and region.
Innovation | Through ongoing education and development opportunities for staff, board and volunteers we proactively make use of the latest technologies, trends, and concepts allowing us to continually evaluate and diversify our programing to address the needs of our community.
The Sound of Music
6/5 - 6/15/2025
One of the most beloved musicals of all time! In Austria, 1938, an exuberant young governess brings music and joy back to the family of ...
Omaha Critics Wanted
BWW is always seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage our over 130 regional areas. As a Contributing Editor, you will have the opportunity to review the shows of your choice, conduct interviews with local and touring talent, design features of your own choosing for publishing, and work/network with your local theater press reps to bring exposure to the theatrical offerings in your area.All applicants should have excellent writing skills and an interest for giving local theaters and productions some prominence on BroadwayWorld.com.
Your compensation as a featured writer with us not only includes exclusive press seats to all of the shows you cover (as is standard in your area and arranged between you and the theater) but also the opportunity to be published under your own byline and publishing profile on both the local and main pages of the site for maximum exposure to our 5M+ monthly visitors.
If this sounds like you, please send a resume and one writing sample to social@broadwayworld.com.
Past Shows
You Go, Goddess!
5/2 - 5/4/2025
When a vengeful sorceress curses Hercules and threatens to plunge humanity into eternal darkness, the only thing standing in her way is Calliope, the demigod's ...
Veronica's Room
4/4 - 4/13/2025
Students Susan and Larry are guests at the mysterious Brabissant mansion, enticed there by its elderly caretakers. Struck by Susan’s resemblance to the long-dead daughter ...
The Addams Family
2/14 - 2/23/2025
Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, sensible young man from a respectable family, and ...
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
12/6 - 12/15/2024
In this comic sequel to Pride & Prejudice, bookish middle sister Mary is the unlikely heroine. When the family gathers for Christmas at the manor, an ...
Melodramatics
11/8 - 11/10/2024
Alda Best and her struggling theatre troupe must mount the melodrama of all melodramas to save their company in the midst of the Great Depression, ...
This one-night(mare)-only event brings together malevolent monologues, spooky short stories, and creepy cuttings from Halloween-themed shows. Performed in the definitely-not-haunted basement of Community Players, witness ...
She Loves Me
12/8 - 12/17/2023
Amalia and Georg, employees of a 1930s perfumery, don’t see eye to eye. After responding to a “lonely hearts advertisement,” they now live for the ...
Space Princess Wars
7/20 - 7/23/2023
Home “sick” from school, Archer finds herself a captive audience for her dad’s latest masterpiece of a screenplay that’s full of wars in the stars ...
The Music Man
6/9 - 6/18/2023
Fast-talking salesman Harold Hill has arrived in River City, Iowa to con its residents into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he ...
The NeverEnding Story
5/5 - 5/7/2023
The fantastical plot of a mysterious book draws a bullied young boy deeper and deeper into its story. As he continues to read about the ...
Puffs
3/24 - 4/2/2023
For seven years, a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is the story of the Puffs, who ...
Murder on the Orient Express
2/10 - 2/19/2023
On the snowbound Orient Express, an American tycoon lies dead in his locked train compartment. With a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must ...
A Christmas Story: the Musical
12/9 - 12/18/2022
In 1940s Indiana, there is no Christmas gift more sought after by a nine-year-old boy than a Red Ryder air rifle. Join Ralphie Parker and ...
Happily Ever Before
11/11 - 11/13/2022
For Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty, things always work out “Happily Ever After,” until a group of fed-up villains reverse the clock to before ...
Four Old Broads
10/14 - 10/23/2022
Fans of The Golden Girls will fall for this comedy about a colorful group of assisted living residents who are desperately trying to plan a ...
Ordinary Days
9/9 - 9/18/2022
Follow four New Yorkers as they search for happiness, love, and a decent cab in this original musical for anyone whos ever struggled to appreciate ...
Singin in the Rain Jr.
7/21 - 7/24/2022
Now that sound has come to motion pictures, Hollywood will never be the sameand neither will the careers of a trio of silent film stars ...
Desperate Measures
6/10 - 6/19/2022
Johnny Bloods life is on the line, so hes put his fate in the hands of a mysterious sheriff, an eccentric priest, a saloon girl ...
The Three Musketeers
3/25 - 4/3/2022
All for one, and one for all! Young DArtagnan joins forces with the famous Three Musketeers to take on the deadly Cardinal Richelieu and defend ...
Clue: On Stage
2/11 - 2/20/2022
Its a dark and stormy night, and every guest at this dinner party has an alias, the butler is well-stocked with weapons, and the host ...
ELF: THE MUSICAL
12/3 - 12/12/2021
Unaware that hes really a human and not an elf, Buddy embarks on a journey to find his birth father and discover who he really ...
POPCORN FALLS
10/15 - 10/24/2021
When the sleepy town of Popcorn Falls is forced into bankruptcy and threatened to be turned into a sewage treatment facility, their only hope is ...
Gage County, NE
8/13 - 8/15/2021
Community Players, in collaboration with director/playwright Cecilia Rubino, is inviting audiences to reflect on the events that followed the tragic homicide of Helen Wilson in ...
Videos
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IT'S SHOWTIME
TADA Theatre (5/1 - 5/31) | ||
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Mystic Pizza
Lied Center for Performing Arts (6/14 - 6/15) | ||
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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
TADA Theatre (10/1 - 10/31) | ||
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Liverpool Legends The Complete Beatles Experience
The Admiral Theater (5/24 - 5/24) | |
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ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
TADA Theatre (8/1 - 8/31) | ||
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The Sound of Music
Community Players, Inc. (6/5 - 6/15) | |
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THE ANDREWS SISTERS HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!
TADA Theatre (12/1 - 12/31) | ||
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