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 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 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 Amber Nore Murder on the Orient Express, Community Players, Thursday February 9, 2023, Final Dress Rehearsal Murder on the Orient Express is a stage adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie novel written and adapted by Ken Ludwig. It premiered in 2017 at the McCarter Center in New Jersey. Community theaters across the country were…
By Jamie Bullins Beatrice Community Players, Saturday, March 26, 2022, 7:30 pm. In his Director’s Clipboard, John Marinovich likens The Three Musketeers to “swashbuckling” movies and also stories of “daring-do.” Let’s harken back to the origin of that word “swashbuckler,” back to the 16th century with heroes, soldiers, adventurers, and the literal explanation of the…