15 Jan 2020
Mattingly named Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Lincoln, Neb.--Jacqueline Mattingly is the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts’ new Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
"I'm looking forward to having Jackie join the college administrative team," said Chuck O'Connor, endowed dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. "She will be instrumental, at least initially on an interim basis, in first defining this brand-new position and then figuring out how we can better serve students in the long term."
15 Jan 2020
Carson School presents Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'
Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film announces a special production for the 2019-2020 season, “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare. Performances are Thursday and Friday, Jan. 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 25 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Performances are in the Lab Theatre, third floor, Temple Building, 12th & R streets.
10 Dec 2019
Carson School Open House Studio event is Dec. 13
Lincoln, Neb.--Experience an evening of exploration and experimentation as students from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts share their works-in-progress from their first semester at the Open-House Studios event on Friday, Dec. 13 from 5-8 p.m. in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, 1300 Q St.
The event is free and open to the public. Registration is requested at https://go.unl.edu/xyjs.
09 Dec 2019
Nebraska Repertory Theatre celebrates the season with 'The Holiday Cabaret'
Lincoln, Neb.--The Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Nebraska’s Actors’ Equity Association professional regional theatre, presents “The Holiday Cabaret.” Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12-14 and Dec. 19-21 with 2:00 p.m. matinee performances on Sunday, Dec. 15 and Saturday, Dec. 21. Performances are in the Temple Building, 12th & R streets.
18 Nov 2019
Hixson-Lied College seeks applications for Nebraska Young Artist Awards
Lincoln, Neb.—The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is seeking applications for the 23rd annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards.
The Nebraska Young Artist Awards annually recognize 11th grade students from Nebraska who are gifted and talented in the areas of visual art, dance, music, theatre, and emerging media arts. These students exemplify the pinnacles of creativity in one of the fine and performing arts.
12 Nov 2019
Theatrix presents 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress'
Lincoln, Neb.--Theatrix, the student-run theatre company within the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, continues its 2019-2020 season with Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, written by Alan Ball and directed by University of Nebraska student, Hilda Esther Rey.
Performances are November 21-23 at 7:30 PM, and November 24 at 2:00 PM. All performances take place in the Lab Theatre in the Temple Building at 12th and R Streets.
04 Nov 2019
Conversations with Mary Zimmerman Nov. 14
Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents “Conversations with Mary Zimmerman” on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 3:30 p.m. at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center at 13th and R streets.
Zimmerman joins us for a presentation and Q&A about her work. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
24 Oct 2019
Carson Center dedication events begin Nov. 15
Lincoln, Neb.--Experts say the U.S. economy is being rapidly reshaped by emerging media technologies, with entire industries being “vaporized” and turned into software. This new economy is fundamentally changing the way companies go to market, influence their customers and engage their audiences.
These changes demand a workforce that is both technologically adept and imaginative.
23 Oct 2019 By Kathe C. Andersen
Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents 'The Glass Menagerie'
Lincoln, Neb.--The Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents Tennessee Williams’ timeless memory play, “The Glass Menagerie,” directed by the Rep’s Artistic Director Andy Park.
Performances are Nov. 6-17 in the Temple Building at 12th and R streets. For tickets and showtimes, visit http://www.nebraskarep.org.
The play follows the fragile Wingfield family: Tom, an aspiring poet; his painfully shy sister Laura; and their mother Amanda, a faded Southern belle.
14 Oct 2019
Carson Center’s Fleming has work selected for Cedars-Sinai permanent collection
Lincoln, Neb.—Jesse Fleming, assistant professor of emerging media arts in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at Nebraska, had his video work, titled “Jane the Baptist,” acquired by the permanent collection of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.