22 Feb 2022
Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents ‘The Way to the Way’
Lincoln, Neb.--The Nebraska Repertory Theatre presents “The Way to the Way” Feb. 23-March 6.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23-26 and March 2-5 and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 27 and March 6 in Howell Theatre, located on the first floor of the Temple Building at 12th and R streets. For ticket information, visit https://nebraskarep.org.
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16 Feb 2022
Award-winning artist Dinkins to lecture Feb. 25
Update: This event will take place on Zoom only. RSVP required at https://go.unl.edu/dinkinsrsvp to receive the Zoom link.
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11 Feb 2022
Theatrix presents ‘Based on a Totally True Story’
Lincoln, Neb.--Theatrix, the student-run theatre company in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, presents “Based on a Totally True Story” by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and directed by Philip Crawford.
Performances are Feb. 28-March 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lab Theatre, which is located on the third floor of the Temple Building. Tickets are $7 general admission and $5 students and are available at https://unltheatretickets.universitytickets.com/ or cash only at the door.
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03 Feb 2022
Carson School alumna Richards receives first Rebecca Luker Theatrical Partnership
Lincoln, Neb.--Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film alumna Karen Richards (B.A. 2019) is the first recipient of The Rebecca Luker Theatrical Partnership. The initiative, from Clear Space Theatre Company in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and stage manager James FitzSimmons, helps widen audience outreach to underserved communities.
The partnership’s work with Richards will revolve around Clear Space’s upcoming production of Jeff Talbott’s “The Submission,” directed by and starring Richards.
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20 Jan 2022
Carson Center featured in HP video
Lincoln, Neb.--The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts and its founding director Megan Elliott are featured in a new promotional video by HP.
The film shows how the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is building a world-class emerging media arts program with world-class technology from HP to push the boundaries for the next generation of storytelling.
"If you want blue-sky thinking, you need blue skies. And if you want to experiment, you need space, and we've got plenty of that," Elliott says in the two-minute video.
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02 Dec 2021
Carson Open Studios events Dec. 10
Lincoln, Neb.--Students in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts will host an Open Studios event on Friday, Dec. 10 from 4-9 p.m. The events are free and open to the public.
The schedule is as follows:
4 p.m. Doors open for Open Studio
4:30 p.m. Welcome
4:40 p.m. Performance by Cooper Rohde (StoryWorlds) at the LED screen in the southeast window
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01 Dec 2021
Carson Center student-produced NFTs to be auctioned, exhibited at Great Plains Museum
Lincoln, Neb.--Students in Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts Jesse Reding Fleming’s Innovation Studio course Emergent Strategies for Regenerative Futures have produced NFT projects that will be auctioned online and exhibited physically at the Great Plains Art Museum.
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17 Nov 2021
Carson Center’s IGNITE features Emmy-winning interactive storyteller Su
Lincoln, Neb.--Bernie Su, a three-time primetime Emmy award-winning short form and interactive creator and showrunner will be featured at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts' IGNITE on Friday, Dec. 3.
Su's presentation will be Friday, Dec. 3 from 12:30-1:50 p.m. via Zoom at https://go.unl.edu/ignitefall2021 and also available at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at 13th and Q sts. IGNITE is free and open to the public.
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15 Nov 2021
Theatrix’s ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ performed at 3 locations
Lincoln, Neb.--Theatrix, the student-run theatre company in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, presents a staged reading of “The Thanksgiving Play.”
A troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month in this play by Larissa Fasthorse.
Performances will take place over three days in three locations in Lincoln:
• Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Swanson Auditorium at the city campus union, 14thand R streets.
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29 Oct 2021
Carson Center presents guest artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy
Lincoln, Neb.—The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts will present two events with guest artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy Nov. 11-12. Their visit is a collaboration between the Carson Center and Fiendish Plots.
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