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  • Assassins, a dark carnival, revelation of history

    Hit the Prez. Win a prize. The last production of “Assassins” Saturday evening invited the audience in with the revels of faded glory, a wooden plank stage and carnival-esque scenery.

  • UNO theatre announces 2012-2013 season

    The UNO theatre department will stage five mainstage productions next year: William Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus,” Mary Zimmerman’s “Mirror of the Invisible World,” Liz Duffy Adams’ “Or,” Caridad Svich’s “The Archaeology of Dreams” and Steven Gooch’s “Female Transport.”

  • assassins1 UNO Theatre welcomes unique musical

    When you think of political assassinations, you don’t usually think of dark comedy and musical theatre.

  • deboer UNO student returns to the university stage one last time

    Many performers play a part once and move on to different, more exciting parts, but sometimes there are those parts that an actor needs more than one go at. For UNO Theatre graduate student Erika DeBoer, that part is "Maggie" in Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

  • ‘Cat’ lands on its feet opening weekend

    Continuing its run this weekend is UNO Theatre's production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." The third production of the 2011-2012 season, "Cat" gave its nearly sold-out audience an excellent opening night performance.

  • catona1 UNO Theatre to present ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

    "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," UNO's next theatre production previewing this week, is directed by graduate student Mark Schnitzler. Schnitzler is the theatre director at Scutt Catholic High School, where he's been teaching for 18 years. The production is part of Schnitzler's graduate thesis project.

Sports

Milliken heads UNO bass fishing club

Ben Milliken started a bass fishing club at UNO because he enjoys fishing and the competition it provides. When he is fishing, Milliken said, he thinks about where the fish will be, how to line up the next cast and whether to stay or go to a different location on the water.

Entertainment

UNO student dishes out on-air laughs

Age is no barrier to success. Perform in a band, write field guides, attend college and perform an on-air comedy show are just a few items on Ben Tompkins’ list of daily activities; items most people would only find on their bucket list. Tompkins seems to be a real-life Energizer bunny.