The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts is hosting a Student Filmmaker Festival to show works from our students, past and present, during the Lincoln Arts Festival on Sept. 21-22.

16 Sep 2019    

Carson Center to host film festival Sept. 21-22

Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts is one of the sponsors of this year's Lincoln Arts Festival this weekend, so it's the perfect opportunity to shine a light on our outstanding students, past and present, with a student filmmaker festival!

See the incredible work of Michaela Wadzinski, Adam Vincent Turner, Alexander Jeffery, Elizabeth Baquet, Mattie McIntosh, Victor Collazo Vargas, Natalia Hernandez, Luke Spinner Tidball, Connor Huggett, and many more.

STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

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The "Find Yourself at the Rep" season of Nebraska Rep opens Oct. 2 with "The Legend of Georgia McBride." Single tickets for all Rep shows go on sale Aug. 8 at the Lied Center Box Office.

16 Sep 2019    

Nebraska Repertory Theatre single tickets on sale now

Lincoln, Neb.--The Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Nebraska’s Actors’ Equity Association professional regional theatre, is pleased to announce that 2019-2020 season single tickets will go on sale Aug. 8, 2019. Single tickets, as well as season packages, the best value, are available by contacting the Lied Center Ticket Office at 402.472.4747 or 800.432.3231 or at the ticket office window at 301 North 12th Street Lincoln NE between the hours of 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Clockwise from upper left: Katie Anania, Byron Anway, Jesse Fleming, Christina Kirk, Ash Smith, David Long and Nathan Koch.

13 Sep 2019    

New faculty begin this fall

The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts welcomes the following new faculty this fall:

Katie Anania is assistant professor of art history in the School of Art, Art History & Design. She comes to Nebraska from Georgia College, where she was assistant professor of art history. Prior to her work at Georgia College, Anania was a 2018 Wallace Fellow at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.

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Stephen Hailo (left) and Kasey Halvorson star as Harman and Grace Doski in The Healing of Harman. Photo by Jordan Opp.

13 Sep 2019    

Carson Film enjoys success on film festival circuit

Lincoln, Neb.--The most recent film in the Carson School Film Series, "The Healing of Harman," has enjoyed success with several awards and entry into several film festivals since its premiere last fall in Lincoln and Los Angeles.

“I had more than 20 mentees, including three students that I promoted to producers, and I would tell them ‘Awards are never the goal, but they get your work seen, which leads to other work,’” said Julie Uribe, a lecturer in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film who served as executive producer and co-wrote the screenplay.

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Kevin Cunningham (left) and Tom Donahue will each present during the Carson Center's IGNITE colloquium on Sept. 13.

09 Sep 2019    By Kathe C. Andersen

IGNITE to feature Cunningham, Donahue on Sept. 13

Lincoln, Neb.--Award-winning, New York-based artist and producer Kevin Cunningham and director and producer Tom Donahue will be presenting at the next IGNITE colloquium at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.

Cunningham and Donhue will each present during the event from 12:30-1:50 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13 in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts Rm. 101. The Carson Center is located at 1300 Q St. The event is free and open to the public.

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Eighteen students from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film studied at London’s Globe Theatre this summer. Photo courtesy of Michael Zavodny.

04 Sep 2019    

Carson School presents Globe Showcase

Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film presents “The Tale of Two Kings:  A Restaging of scenes from ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Richard II’ from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre" on Monday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m.

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The Lied Center for Performing Arts presents "Broadway at the Lied" on Sept. 11.

04 Sep 2019    

Lied Center presents 4th biennial ASCAP/Grow a Show and Broadway at the Lied

Lincoln, Neb.--“Broadway at the Lied” on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts is a showcase of the best of Broadway, performed by some of Nebraska’s top talent, and joined onstage by professional Broadway composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie.

The cast of the show will feature award-winning University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni, students and Equity artists, accompanied by a professional music ensemble.

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Joseph Krings

04 Sep 2019    By Kathe C. Andersen

Film editor, UNL alum Krings presents Q&A at Ross

Lincoln, Neb.--Joseph Krings, a film editor and a 1998 graduate of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, will be on campus in September to participate in the Norman A. Geske Cinema Showcase at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and visit classes in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.

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Megan Elliott. Photo by Wyn Wiley.

29 Aug 2019    

Elliott is featured speaker at premiere IGNITE colloquium

Megan Elliott, the founding director of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, will be the featured speaker at the premier IGNITE colloquium on Friday, Aug. 30 from 12:30-1:50 p.m. in CEMA 101. The event is free and open to the public.

IGNITE is a weekly colloquium for all Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts students, which will involve guest lectures, workshops and seminars around creative development and professional development. The colloquiums are open to the entire university community, as well as the public.

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Mitch Tebo

28 Aug 2019    By Kathe C. Andersen

From the Howell Theatre to the Broadway stage: Tebo earns supporting role in revival of 'Oklahoma'

Lincoln, Neb.--Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film alumnus Mitch Tebo (B.F.A. 1972) is playing the supporting role of Andrew Carnes in the revival of , now playing on Broadway and winner of this year’s Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

“It has been great,” Tebo said. “I am part of an ensemble in a supporting role. It is the ensemble nature of this production that has been the most satisfying aspect. It is a wonderful and talented cast, many of whom I’ve worked with since the first production of the show at Bard College SummerScape in 2015.”

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