By Deanna Walz Hollywood, Nebraska, Lofte Community Theatre, Friday March 21, 2025 Hollywood, Nebraska, the play could have been sponsored by Dorothy Lynch. The name-dropping product placement peppered throughout the Nebraska debut of this play made the experience as sweet as the well-known Nebraska made salad dressing. Playwright Kenneth Jones served up ample helpings of…
By Deanna Walz Escanaba in da Moonlight, The Lofte Community Theatre, Friday September 6, 2024 Having spent a good six years myself “up nort’ der” in North Dakota, this reviewer found so much of Escanaba in da Moonlight utterly charming, donchaknow. The obsession with taking down the big buck, the religious adherence to tradition and…
By Sheri Berger The Mousetrap, The Lofte Community Theatre, Friday September 1, 2023 Who doesn’t love a good old-fashioned sleuthy Agatha Christie mystery with many red herrings? It’s a wonderful choice for this time of year, when autumn begins lovely colors and spooky stories start to emerge. I encourage you to read this article and…
By Deanna Walz W;t, Lofte Community Theatre, Friday, May 5, 2023 The Lofte Theatre in Manley is well known for its fun, frothy comedies like Doublewide, Texas and Noises Off (which I had the pleasure of acting in this past fall.) Pulitzer Prize winning, W;t, written by Margaret Edson is something completely different. Funny, dry,…
By Jamie Bullins Lofte Community Theatre, Saturday, October 15, 2022, 7:00 pm. I must start by saying what a delight it was to visit the Lofte Community Theatre in Manley last evening. The drive from Lincoln was about 40 minutes or so, and just seeing this exceptional facility, kind of out in the middle of…
By Deanna Walz Something Rotten, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Friday September 16, 2022 7:30PM Full disclosure: I am currently the past-president of the Lincoln Community Playhouse. Knowing this, one might make the assumption that I am biased, but in fact the original reviewer for LCP’s production of Something Rotten was unable to attend. I figured I…
By Deanna Walz Noises Off, The Stage Theater, Saturday April 30, 2022 7:30PM There’s something magical about sitting in a theater and laughing with strangers. Not knowing what to expect and delighting in the thrill of discovering the jokes together. The audience of Noises Off at The Stage Theater in Hickman discovered that magic Saturday…
By Deanna Walz The first time I visited The Stage Theater, I had to visit the port-a-potties outside in December during intermission. Last night I was speechless as I walked in the doors of their brand new facility in Hickman, NE. The new Nebraska Communities Playhouse is a gorgeous modern facility that will be such…
