Coordinator, Theatre & Dance - I am the Coordinator for the Thearte and Dance programs within the Fine & Performing Arts Department.
Associate Professor
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Amy M . Lane, PhD
Coordinator, Theatre & Dance - I am the Coordinator for the Thearte and Dance programs within the Fine & Performing Arts Department.
Associate Professor
Department
Fine & Performing Arts
Position
Associate Professor
Scripts
- Taming of the Shrew
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival 2015
General
- Broadway World
Sunday in the Park with George Review 2015 - Omaha Reader
Sunday in the Park with George Review 2015 - Omaha Reader
Cabaret Review 2015 - Omaha World-Herald
Cabaret Review 2015 - Omaha World-Herald
Buffalo Bill’s Cowboy Band Review 2015
Presentations
- Director of the world premiere production of Eminent Domain at the Omaha Community Playhouse. 2017
- Director of NE Shakespeare's 30th anniversary production of The Taming of the Shrew. 2016
- Director of world premiere production of Buffalo Bill's Cowboy Band at the Rose Theater. 2015
Other
Recipient of Sarah M. Aicher Fund grant for the Our Town Now project focused on using theatre for social justice in developing and presenting a play about immigration issues and their effect on rural Nebraska.
Recipient of funding for a Creighton Global Initiative project: Our Town Now: a Theatre for Social Justice Project. The project focused on developing an original dramatic work highlighting the effects of immigration issues on rural Nebraska. This play was performed in venues throughout Omaha and presented at the 2017 Conference on the Commitment to Justice in Jesuit Higher Education.
Recipient of Magis Core Curriculum Faculty Development Grant for the development of an Intersections level course titled Theatre for Social Justice.
Awards
- Cabaret: Best Director of a Musical
Omaha Entertainment Award - Cabaret: Best Musical
Omaha Entertainment Award - nomination for Sunday in the Park with George: Best Director of a Musical
Omaha Theatre Arts Guild Awards - Cabaret: Best Musical
Omaha Theatre Arts Guild Award - Cabaret: Best Director of a Musical
Omaha Theatre Arts Guild Award - Best Director for August: Osage County atthe Omaha Community Playhouse
Omaha Theatre Arts Guild Awards - nomination for Race: Best Drama
Omaha Entertainment Award - nomination for Race: Best Director
Omaha Theatre Arts Guild Award - nomination for Race: Best Drama
Omaha Theatre Arts Guild Award - nomination for Next to Normal: Best Musical
Omaha Theatre Arts Guild Award - Exit, Pursued by a Bear: Best Special Event
Omaha Theatre Arts Guild Award - nomination for Race: Best Director
Omaha Entertainment Award