Capacity 558 | Phone +1 402-553-0800 | |
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Address 6915 Cass St, Omaha, NE 68132, USA Similar Blue Barn Theatre, The Rose Theater, Creighton Orpheum Theater, Holland Performing Arts Center, Lauritzen Gardens Profiles | ||
Omaha community playhouse s a christmas carol with commentary by eleanor jones
The Omaha Community Playhouse, located at 6915 Cass Street in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, is a nationally recognized community theater.
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- Omaha community playhouse s a christmas carol with commentary by eleanor jones
- Omaha community playhouse anthem
- References
Founded in 1924, the Playhouse's first president was Alan McDonald, architect of the Joslyn Art Museum, and its first play, directed by Greg Foley in April 1925, was The Enchanted Cottage, which starred Dodie Brando, mother of Marlon Brando. When, later in the Playhouse's first season, the need arose for a young man to play the lead for You and I, Brando suggested that twenty-year-old Henry Fonda, son of her friend Herberta Fonda, contact the director. The Playhouse would later see the acting debut of Marlon Brando, Dorothy McGuire, and Julie Wilson, and appearances by Letitia Baldrige, Glenn Cunningham, and Lenka Peterson.
The Playhouse experienced tremendous growth throughout the 1980s and 1990s under the direction of Charles Jones.