By Chris Berger A Christmas Carol, Community Players, Thursday December 11, 2025 I was excited to see a version of A Christmas Carol that I had not seen before. Having had some experience with it some years before at OCP and seeing many, many versions over the years, I was especially excited to see a…
By Lisa Steiner Sweeney Todd, Community Players in Beatrice, Friday October 24, 2025 When you enter the auditorium at Community Players in Beatrice, you are instantly drawn into 19th Century London’s Fleet Street, home to Sweeney Todd’s Tonsorial Parlour and Mrs. Lovett’s Pie Shop, the setting for the tale of Sweeney Todd. As the lights…
By Marikita Saure The Odd Couple, Community Players, Sunday September 7, 2025 Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple remains a comedy classic, and Community Players’ current production in Beatrice proves why. Whether you know it from the original play, the film, or the long-running TV series, this mismatched-roommate story still packs plenty of laughs. Fate (and…
By Regina Hinkley The Sound of Music, Community Players in Beatrice, Thursday June 5, 2025 “Maria, these walls were not meant to shut out problems. You have to face them. You have to live the life you were born to live.” Opening up the program of The Sound of Music at the Community Players Theater…
By Sam Pynes Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Community Players in Beatrice, Final Dress Rehearsal, Thursday December 5 2024 I’m always a little apprehensive when it comes to plays and movies that seek to continue or riff on beloved stories. So often, in the attempt to make a statement about the work, or the time-period…
by Lisa Steiner Godspell, Community Players, Friday June 7, 2024 Community Players in Beatrice is closing out their 48th season with the ever-catchy Godspell, directed by Noelle McVicar. Telling parables from the Gospel of Matthew of Christian bible fame, Godspell takes an approach of theater and improv games for the company to teach the audience…
By Dylan Warren Peter and the Starcatcher, Community Players in Beatrice, April 5, 2024 The best phrase I could use to describe Peter and the Starcatcher at Beatrice Community Players is “Happy Thoughts.” Quite the left turn from BCP’s last show Misery but a grand piece of entertainment for the whole family. Most know the…
By Rachele Stoops Misery, Community Players in Beatrice, Friday February 9, 2024 I’ve never seen the movie Misery (or read the book) – I know, I know! But I’ve picked up enoughfrom popular culture to think I had a pretty good idea of what was going to happen. I did not. Community Players’ production of…
