Omaha Community Playhouse Welcomes New Artistic Director
The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP) is pleased to announce that Kimberly Faith Hickman has accepted the position of artistic director of the Playhouse. Hickman will begin at OCP full time on June 1, 2016 and is filling the position upon the dismissal of OCP's most recent Artistic Director Hilary Adams. Susan Baer Collins, former OCP associate artistic director, has been acting as interim artistic director since last December and she will work with Hickman in the transition. H
Omaha Community Playhouse hires new artistic director
The Omaha Community Playhouse has hired New York-based freelance director and choreographer Kimberly Faith Hickman as its new artistic director. Hickman replaces Hilary Adams, who was dismissed by Playhouse officials in December. When Adams was hired in 2013, Hickman was the second-place candidate, said Playhouse President Tim Schmad. She subsequently returned as a guest director for two shows — “Enron” and “Jesus Christ Superstar” — in the 2014-15 season. She also was the di
Know Theatre's BlackTop Sky: A Three-Part Harmony
What does it say about our world today when a young black woman can shout, “He was minding his own business!” and we can finish the sad story in our heads? Christina Anderson’s BlackTop Sky begins just this way, in mid-sentence, as Ida (Aziza Macklin) recounts the story of a young black man being assaulted by the police. Ida is headstrong and idealistic but young—in fact, she has reached at a pivotal moment of her life, having turned 18 and now deciding where to point her lif
