The Play's the Thing is set up like a book club that meets once a month to discuss new play scripts. The club is free and open to the public and patrons are encouraged to drop in for the discussion even if they cannot make each meeting or have not read the script.
2012-13 dates and plays:
Contemporary Plays Based on Earlier Works
June 26, 2012: Heddatron by Elizabeth Meriwether/Hedda Gabler by
Henrik Ibsen
July 31, 2012: Equivocation by Bill Cain/Macbeth by Shakespeare
Aug. 28, 2012: Temptation by Vaclav Havel/Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Sep. 25, 2012: El Nogalar by Tanya Sacharo/The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Oct. 30, 2012: Maria/Stuart by Jason Grote/Mary Stuart by Schiller
Nov. 27, 2012: Shakespeare's R & J by Joe Calarco/Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Jan. 29, 2013: The Big Meal by Dan LeFranc/The Long Xmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder
Feb. 26, 2013: Phaedra by Adam Bock/Phedre by Racine
March 26, 2013: Or by Liz Duffy Adams/The Rover by Aphra Behn
May 7, 2013: Abigail/1702 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa/The Crucible by Arthur Miller
June 25, 2013: Oedipus El Rey by Luis Alfaro/Oedipus by Sophocles
July 30, 2013: Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice/Peter Pan by JM Barrie
Meetings are held at 7 p.m. in the Guiou Boardroom. For more information, contact Amy Lane at alane@omahaplayhouse.com or (402) 553-4890, ext. 164.