The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln completes its spring semester season with “A Bright New Boise,” by Samuel D. Hunter.
“A Bright New Boise,” directed by Chadwick Taylor in partial fulfillment of his Master of Fine Arts degree in Directing for Stage and Screen, tackles the prickly issues of faith, forgiveness and second chances.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. April 13-15, 19-22 and at 2 p.m. April 23 in the Temple Building, Howell Theatre.
Seating is general admission. The play is performed without intermission. Tickets may be purchased through the Lied Center Ticket Office, or online. Admission is $18 for general public, $16 for faculty, staff and senior citizens, $12 for students with an NCard and members of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
The main character Will, played by Clayton Shellgren, struggles in his faith.
“Testing his faith and pleading for recognition from the universe, he beckons a rapture, a transcendent event in which souls will be freed from their earthly human vessels by a benevolent god and will ascend in a glorious light towards a perfect spiritual eternity,” Taylor said.
The cast members, undergraduates and in the Theatre Performance emphasis in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, include:
- Clayton Shellgren playing Will
- Jackson Belva playing Alex
- Simon Gissler playing Leroy
- Ciara Hergott playing Anna
- Karen Richards playing Pauline
The design team includes:
- Dylan Warren, properties, undergraduate student
- Shannon Humiston, stage manager, undergraduate student
- Brendan Greene-Walsh, technical director, graduate student
- Alex Andersen, lighting, undergraduate student
- Rebecca Armstrong, costumes, graduate student
- Zachary Bartlett, projections, undergraduate student
- Kaitlyn Peterson, scenic, undergraduate student
