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Buffalo Women
A BLACK COWGIRL MUSICAL DRAMEDY
BOOK AND LYRICS BY BEAUFIELD BERRY
MUSIC AND ADDITIONAL LYRICS BY J. ISAIAH SMITH
DIGITAL PLAYBILL
JUNE 2021
BLUEBARN | 32 | Season of the Unknown
S eason 32 marks a profound shift in perspective. This year we give focus to
building on BLUEBARN’s transformative programming and services, seeding
the fires that will light our way for years to come.
A different kind of season awaits us.
A different kind of membership awaits you…
In these extraordinary times, we invite you to
become caretakers of BLUEBARN’s mission.
We invite you to provoke thought, emotion,
action, and change in our community. Your
BLUEBARN membership is a commitment,
not to a certain number of productions or
nights of theatre, but to the BLUEBARN’s
essential work on and off the stage, our
values, our art, and our artists.
Incomparable theatre and incandescent
storytelling remain at the core of our
work. For these wild times, we have
imagined adventurous new ways to bring
the power of story back into all our lives.
We have also dreamed up better ways to
harness your BLUEBARN membership to
“The future is in
disorder. extend the reach of our art and sustain
A door like this the lives of artists.
has cracked open
BLUEBARN is proud to announce a host
five or six times
since we got up of programs and programming that we
on our hind legs. It hope will ignite and inspire you. We
is the best possible must acknowledge as we do so the very
time to be alive, when real uncertainty of the coming year.
almost everything you Our season accepts disruptions and
thought you knew was adaptations to shifting circumstances as
wrong.”
givens.
— Tom Stoppard,
Arcadia The mission stands. The work continues.
Join us in lighting the fires that will
guide us through this Season of the
Unknown and into the future.
With gratitude,
Susan Clement-Toberer
Producing Artistic Director
—2—
TRUBLU MEMBERSHIP
SEASON HAPPENINGS:
Holiday Hootenanny | Music, song, Bonfire Series | Five Extraordinary
dance, story. For the longest nights, Works of Theatre. Dozens of
the warmest of fires… and joy to us Extraordinary Artists.
all! | Dec 17th-20th The Shape of Things to Come.
Marjorie Prime | The great pause ————————
began March 17th. Our set still stands
R33 | Sarah Brown after
ready on our stage. We’ll premiere as
Shakespeare
soon as it’s safe.
Three actors. One monster. What
Digital Access | Live-streamed would you sacrifice to overcome
shows. Virtual Tours. Special events. tyranny?
The best seats in the house. Your own.
For Black Trans Girls… |
Radical Hospitality | Arts access is Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
a human right. BLUEBARN will offer A choreopoem. A fantasia. Love and
pay-what-you-wish attendance for justice for a new generation.
those facing economic barriers.
Escaped Alone | Caryl Churchill
Artists Fund | BLUEBARN is the only One of the most revered living
professional contemporary theatre in playwrights. A most deranged tea
Omaha committed to a living wage party.
for all its artists.
Before After | Knapman & Price
Out of the Blue | A new path. What if you had a second chance
Education. Touring. On the road. to get it right the first time? A new
Online. Only from the BLUEBARN musical.
Buffalo Women | Beaufield Berry
Juneteenth. Newfound freedom.
New lives. A Black cowgirl musical
comedy.
Anti-Racist Ethos | BLUEBARN owns that systemic racism is real and
must be fought against wherever and however it shows up–in our
community, in our theatre, in ourselves.
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—4—
WELCOME FROM THE PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Welcome to the BLUEBARN! Hospitality has always been one of our core
values. Welcoming you to this space, to embrace the transformative power
of live theater, is our great joy and the most important part of our work
in service to the community. You are invited to bring your full self to the
experience. You are invited to sit back, lean in, laugh audibly (even if you
are the only one laughing), cry if you need to. For some people theatre is
church, for some a meditative space, for others an escape, and we invite you
to respect that the ways that others engage the experience based on their
individual or cultural practices.
Audible moments of reaction and response are absolutely welcome; the
performers thrive on the energy of room, whether its rapt silence or explosive laughter and
everything in between. No, of course don’t distract them or get in the way of the performance, and
yes, please please silence your phones.
Did you know that when an audience gathers at the theatre, their heartbeats synchronize? We may
respond differently, but we join together as one. Let’s allow one another the grace to come as we
are, to breathe together, celebrate together, and share our joy together, however we choose.
Giddy-up!
Susan
We are indebted to the work of countless BIPOC artists who have labored to make our cultural spaces
truly inclusive and welcoming to audiences all cultures and identities. By gathering at the BLUEBARN
you have committed to a shared experience in community with others, free from etiquette shaming,
microaggressions, and entitled behavior.
WELCOME FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT
Greetings BLUEBARNers!
Welcome BACK. Who knew that one year ago, it would be this long before
I would have the pleasure, the relief, of saying that? The inimitable actress
Lynn Redgrave once said “I think the theatre is as essential to civilization
as safe, pure water.” I have to agree, but can also relate to this on a more
personal note. Prior to the pandemic, I knew that theatre was a critical part
of my life and my heart. But a few months in, it became clear that my need
for live theatre - beauty, community, creativity, art - approximated my need
for water. A basic need that could not quite be fulfilled by livestreams and
podcasts. So, here we are dipping a toe in, and hoping this is the beginning
of a path back to full scale production in this venue and all others where we can share community,
love, emotion, and growth. Together, in person, once again.
And here’s to the amazing minds that came together to design and construct the space that is the
BLUEBARN. A space with such amazing adaptability that allows us to begin this journey back...
around a bonfire.
Enjoy this wonderful series - I really can’t wait to see you all again.
Devin
—5—
PRESENTS
A WORKSHOP PREVIEW OF
NEXT SEASON’S WORLD PREMIERE EVENT
Buffalo
Women
A BLACK COWGIRL MUSICAL DRAMEDY
BOOK AND LYRICS BY BEAUFIELD BERRY
MUSIC AND ADDITIONAL LYRICS BY J. ISAIAH SMITH
— IN-PERSON —
June 18th - 27th, 2021
— STREAMING —
June 25th, 2021
This performance runs about 75 minutes,
followed by a conversation with the audience
about the creation of this epic adventure.
The sound of gunfire will be used in this performance.
PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES AND PAGERS.
The use of video, still or sound recording devices
is strictly prohibited.
—6—
The Promise of Juneteenth: Why We Can’t Wait 1
“Juneteenth has always been touched with irony. Although it is the most popular Emancipa-
tion Day holiday in the country, it marks neither the (de jure) nor the de facto end of slavery in
the country… Juneteenth, rather, celebrates a belated liberation.” — Vann R. Newkirk II 2
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun
According to historian Eric Foner, the reality of freedom varies for Americans. He stated
that, in general, “Most Black people in this country think that freedom is something they
are aspiring to achieve. It’s a process. It’s something to be fully gained in the future.” 3 A
question for Americans to ask might be, “For how long into the future must Black people
wait?”
Throughout American history, freedom is a constant theme, which is not surprising given
the realities of enslavement. The U.S. Civil War had slavery as a primary or secondary
cause, depending on whose version of our history you find most credible. During the war,
President Lincoln enacted the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, which only “freed”
those in bondage in the Confederate states. Not surprisingly, leaders of those states
ignored the order, given their rebellion from the U.S. government. Enslaved peoples did
not ignore the Proclamation. More and more used their agency to claim their freedom by
leaving the sites of their oppressive forced servitude and dehumanizing commodifica-
tion.
Vann Newkirk writes that,
“(e)nslaved people in the Confederacy who didn’t manage to escape across
Union lines … had to wait until the end of the Civil War to take their first free
breaths. In isolated Texas, word of the official end of fighting…arrived late.
Freedom finally came to Texas on June 19 of that year, after a proclamation by
General Gordon Granger in Galveston solidified the emancipation of the quar-
ter million enslaved people in the state. 4
On June 19, 1865, “Granger issued General Order No. 3, which informed the people of
Texas that, ‘in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all
slaves5 are free. This involves an absolute equality (emphasis added) of personal rights and
rights of property between former masters and slaves…’” 6
Both regrettably and typically, this promise of “absolute equality” was put in doubt just
a few sentences later with the patronizing edict that the newly freed people were to
“remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages,” along with the racist threat
that “they will not be supported in idleness…” 7
If only the contradiction of freedom with demeaning restraints were the exception,
rather than the norm for Black people in the United States. From our nation’s inception,
people of African descent have had to face what W. E. Burghardt Du Bois called a “dou-
ble-consciousness.” Their self-awareness was sullied by their knowledge that others often
saw them as the “problem” with regard to race-based issues.8 Though asserted by Du Bois
one hundred and twenty years ago, one could easily argue this “double-consciousness” is
in full effect today.
—7—
Irrespective of its stated goal of
“absolute equality,” the general
order leading to the formation
of Juneteenth was (like Recon-
struction) another half-hearted
attempt to create a true U.S.
democracy without racial
socio-political hierarchies.9 The
promises of freedom made to
Black people via the so-called
Reconstruction Amendments to
the Constitution10 were sub-
sequently revoked or greatly
weakened, often by the people
charged with the implementa-
tion of those guarantees.
Nicholas Lemann writes in The
Promised Land, “[B]lacks in the South were denied social equality from Emancipation on-
ward, and, beginning in the 1890s, they were denied the ordinary legal rights of American
citizens as well.” To be clear, these rights were deprived not only to the four and a half
million formerly enslaved, but also to many Blacks who had never known this degrad-
ing condition. While their basic rights as American citizens were (and are) not upheld,
African Americans are nonetheless expected to maintain the American delusion of White
supremacy and Black inferiority. In other words, one must contend with the cognitive
distortion arising from the gap between the American dream and American reality.11
What, then, are we to do with this dissonance? We must remember that the celebration of
Juneteenth is key for all Americans, to make real the hopes of “liberty and justice for all.”
We must fully commit to the assurances elaborated in the Declaration of Independence
and the U.S. Constitution. If we are to live as true Americans, we must give the liberatory
premises and promises of the Juneteenth recognition their due.
Peggy Jones, M.F.A., Associate Professor – Theatre
Department, School of the Arts, University of Ne-
braska at Omaha, 15 June 2021
1 Homage to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s text, 7 Ibid.
Why We Can’t Wait, about the nonviolent movement against 8 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1897/08/
racial segregation in the United States. strivings-of-the-negro-people/305446/. See also https://plato.
2 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/ stanford.edu/entries/double-consciousness/
juneteenth-celebration-police-brutality-justice/530898/ 9 See Historian Eric Foner On The ‘Unresolved Legacy Of
3 See Historian Eric Foner on The ‘Unresolved Legacy Of Re- Reconstruction’
construction,’ https://www.npr.org/2020/06/05/870459750/ 10 The Thirteenth ended enslavement, the Fourteenth grant-
historian-eric-foner-on-the-unresolved-legacy-of-reconstruc- ed birthright citizenship and equality under the law, and the
tion Fifteenth conferred universal male suffrage (or voting rights).
4 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/ 11 See Race and Epistemologies of Ignorance, ed. by S. Sulli-
juneteenth-celebration-police-brutality-justice/530898/ van and N. Tuana. https://www.sunypress.edu/p-4439-race-
5 When quoted, materials in this essay might be occasion- and-epistemologies-of-igno.aspx
ally offensive. For example, the preferred term is “enslaved
persons,” so as not to imply that enslavement was the only
relevant identifier for the human beings referenced. General Order 3, delivered by Union General Gordon
6 https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/juneteenth-origi- Granger on June 19th , 1865
nal-document
—8—
Cathay Williams
BUFFALO SOLDIER
American Hero, Cathay Williams, was
the first Black woman to enlist in the
U.S. Army. On November 15, 1866,
Cathay enlisted as a 22yr old cook
under the name “William Cathay.” An
army surgeon examined her
and pronounced her fit for duty, even
though Army regulations forbade
the enlistment of women. She joined A painting and a bust of Williams, Leavenworth, Kansas.
the 38th U.S Infantry and traveled the west with her unit.
Over 400 women served in the Civil War posing as male soldiers, but Cathay was the only
documented woman in the army during the Indian Wars, and the only female Buffalo Sol-
dier. William’s determination to serve her country demonstrates the extraordinary feats
Black women have accomplished simply trying to live their lives.
Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldier were members of one of six all-black Calvary
and Infantry Regiments created by congress following the Civil
War. These regiments served on the western frontier and were
tasked with controlling the Native Americans of the Plains,
capturing cattle rustlers, and protecting settlers, wagon trains,
and railroad crews.
According to the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, the name ‘Buffalo Soldiers’ origi-
nated as a sign of respect from Cheyenne and Comanche peoples, likening the soldiers’
prowess in battle and their wooly hair and coats, to the the animal they most revered, the
buffalo. Buffalo Soldiers is now used to refer to army units that trace their lineage lineage
to the Black regiments formed in 1866.
In Her Own Words
Cathay Williams story was first revealed in an interview with the St Louis Daily Times on
January 2, 1876, excerpted here:
“You will see by this paper that on the 15th day of November 1866 I enlisted in the
United States army at St. Louis…only two persons, a cousin and a particular friend,
members of the regiment, knew that I was a woman. They never ‘blowed’ on me.
They were partly the cause of my joining the army. Another reason was I wanted to
make my own living and not be dependent on relations or friends…
…..the post surgeon found out I was a woman and I got my discharge. The men all
wanted to get rid of me after they found out I was a woman. Some of them acted
real bad to me. After leaving the army I went to Pueblo, Colorado. I got married
while there, but my husband was no account. He stole my watch and chain, a hun-
dred dollars in money and my team of horses and wagon. I had him arrested and
put in jail, and then I came here. I like this town. I know all the good people here, and
I expect to get rich yet.”
—9—
COVID-19
PROTOCOLS
Safety Procedures for BLUEBARN Patrons
At the BLUEBARN we are working to reopen as safely as possible. We are following CDC and
State guidelines, and measures are being taken to ensure our Patrons, Artists and Staff’s
safety. We reserve the right to cancel any in person performance if the Douglas County
COVID numbers exceed 10%.
Upon Arrival
Masks are required to be worn at all times when moving around the building. Those
guests who are fully vaccinated may remove their mask when seated only. If you are not
vaccinated, please keep your mask on at all times.
Cleaning Procedures
Hand sanitizer dispensers are available throughout the buildings.
The theatre, lobby and bathrooms will be thoroughly cleaned before and after each
performance for your safety. Doorknobs, railings, counter tops, and other common touch
points are sanitized with increased frequency.
Social Distancing
Patrons are asked to be respectful of each other’s personal space when entering and exiting
the building, visiting the bar, and using the restrooms.
Digital Playbill
Digital playbills will now be available prior to opening night. Printed playbills will no longer
be provided.
Concessions
Shield guards are installed in areas where guests and staff come into close contact such as
the box office and bar.
Additional Time for Seating
We realize these precautions may mean that it will take additional time to be seated. We
thank you for your patience and consideration.
If you have any additional questions, please reach out at (402) 345-1576,
or bluebarn.org/contact.
— 10 —ACCESS
Due to the extraordinary circumstances and restrictions at play during the ongoing pandemic,
many elements of our access initiatives are currently suspended or altered.
These adjustments are reflected in italics below.
BLUEBARN Theatre is committed to ensuring that our boundary-breaking theatre is accessible
to everyone. We are committed to easing cost barriers for young professionals and students. We
are committed to providing low-cost, last-minute opportunities for anyone to see a show. We are
committed to recognizing those that give the most in service to our community.
BLUCrew Program for Young Patron Development
Anyone 35 or under is eligible. Members receive rush pricing for most Sunday and Thursday
shows throughout the season with no upfront cost. Due to capacity restrictions, BLUCrew
members will receive special pricing for digital access to our productions.
Rush Tickets
Every unsold seat. Every show. $20. Available only at the box office, 45 minutes before cur-
tain. If we’re not sold out, you have a new way in. Rush tickets are unavailable this season.
Nebraska Educators, Healthcare Workers, and Military Personnel
$5 off all tickets. All the time.
Captioning will be available for virtual performances upon request.
To request captioning, please contact Barry at bcarman@bluebarn.org.
A sign-language interpreted performance is offered for every mainstage production on
the second Friday show, generously supported by the Nebraska Arts Council. For pandemic
impacted performances, ASL services will be provided upon request.
Audio enhancement devices are available for the hearing impaired for mainstage productions.
Bonfire Series productions will be miked and amplified.
The BLUEBARN Theatre offers an Audio Description Service for the blind and visually impaired.
Audio description provided by Outlook Nebraska. These performances fall on the third Thursday
of each run, when requested. Audio description will be unavailable for the Bonfire Series.
To request additional accommodation or for more information,
please call (402)345-1576 or email Barry at bcarman@bluebarn.org.
BLUEBARN THEATRE is an Associate Member of the
National New Play Network.
NNPN is an alliance of professional theatres across the country who are evolving and exploring
the frontiers of the American theatre. BLUEBARN has long been Omaha’s home for professional
contemporary theatre, bringing diverse perspectives, new voices, and provocative work to our
community. The National New Play Network has become the most powerful, growing force in new play
development, production, and promotion in the nation.
BLUEBARN is committed to seeking out collaborative relationships with other NNPN member
theatres, producing and supporting the work of the most dynamic emerging voices in contemporary
playwrighting, and promoting local artists on a platform with national reach.
To support New Play Development at the BLUEBARN contact Barry at bcarman@bluebarn.org. To learn
more about NNPN and their programs visit www.nnpn.org
— 11 —Say Her Name is a podcast that breaks down some of the most vile and
controversial state sanctioned killings of Black women in recent history.
Each episode will take us behind the scenes, discussing the case, the
players, social blowback, final outcomes and what we can do next.
Each episode is paired with a second show called Say Her Name, Too where
Beaufield Berry sits down with Black women working in liberation today.
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Available on all podcasting platforms
Engagement
ENGAGE events are FREE
and available
AfterWORDS: Buffalo Women
to stream.
Join us following each performance for a different conversation
surrounding the creation of Buffalo Women:
JUNE 18th: Juneteenth / Why We Celebrate with Dr. Peggy Jones & Beaufield Berry
JUNE 19th: Juneteenth / Celebration Conversation with the Cast & Creative Team
JUNE 20th: Spotlight on the Playwright Beaufield Berry & Katherine MacHolmes
JUNE 25th: Art+Justice with Beaufield Berry & Katherine MacHolmes
JUNE 26th: How the West Was Won / Genre Talk with Beaufield & Dr. Peggy Jones
JUNE 27th: Closing Night Send Off Celebrate with the Cast and Creative Team
BLUEBARN Creative Conversations
Centering Black Women
A conversation with playwright Beaufield Berry! Available the week of June 21st
A BLUEBARN Crossroads Event
Podcast-a-Palooza
Join Beaufield Berry and Katherine Macholmes as they discuss their podcasts Say Her
Name and LiberationBae. Available beginning the week of June 28th.
Available via our YouTube Channel and Facebook Page.
Engagement events are free and available to stream.
CROSSROADS EVENTS and CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS
are all available via our YouTube Channel:
n Rising Stars n Imagining New
Hal France interviews our Song Spotlight Ways of Being
performers featuring Dane
Figueroa Edidi &
n Musical Theater: A Love Story Kat MacHolmes
an interview with Hal France
n Creative
n Shakespeare, Sages, and Seers Conversations:
expert young artists discuss R33 For Black Trans Girls…
featuring Dominique Morgan & Dane
n The Prime of Life Figueroa Edidi
with the cast and crew of Marjorie Prime
n Escaped Together
n Being Human featuring the playwrights of GPTC
featuring Susie Collins, Jannette Davis, & Commoners Program
Dan Whelan
A special thanks to our Bonfire Series Community Partners:
Black and Pink, k+r strategies, UNO Theatre, Great Plains Theater Commons,
and the Out of the Blue Program
— 13 —LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The BLUEBARN invites you to join us in practicing an acknowledgement of the land, a
baseline step in recognizing the effects of colonization and anti-Indigeneity. We invite you
to draw your awareness to your physical relationship to the earth, from wherever you are
joining us today, if possible by making direct contact or grounding yourself in whatever way
is accessible to you in this moment.
We acknowledge that the land on which we find ourselves is occupied territory. This is true
of anywhere we find ourselves or gather in the United States. It is the traditional land and
ancestral home to Native American, Indigenous, and First Nations peoples. The BLUEBARN
is located on the unceded territory of the Umonhon (“umAHhah”) and Ochéthi Šakówin, in
colonized Omaha, NE. We invite you give focus to and honor the people whose lands were
forcibly taken from their stewardship. (Use this website, www.native-land.ca, to discover the
occupied native land on which you reside or currently find yourself.)
We also invite you to draw your awareness to the way we are connecting in these
times, virtually, digitally. The BLUEBARN recognizes that our internet-based activities
use technology and equipment not available to many Indigenous communities and
communities of color today. This technology and equipment have a negative impact on
the environment. Climate change has a disproportionately negative impact on indigenous
communities and communities of color worldwide.
We invite you to join us in recognizing these truths, and the tensions they bring up, as
well as our shared power and responsibility to radically re-imagine and boldly co-create a
different world.
As we recognize our collective participation in the ongoing process of colonization, we
invite you to take a step within the next week that furthers your education about the
Indigenous peoples of your region and how you can combat anti-Indigeneity… and share it
with another person.
This acknowledgement was developed in community with our partners k+r strategies, a local anti-racism
and anti-oppression firm, and is rooted in their practice whenever they gather.
BLUEBARN will continue to refine and build on this practice as we all collectively journey toward equity
and justice. Below please find further resources for exploration and ways to connect with the peoples of the
native lands where the BLUEBARN is located.
RESOURCES
A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgment
nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/
A Truthful Indigenous Peoples’ Day
usdac.us/news/indigenouspeoplesday
Make Connections with People
facebook.com/omahatribeofnebraska
facebook.com/IllumiNativeOrg
facebook.com/nuihc
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska: www.omahatribe.com
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska: www.poncatribe-ne.org
— 14 —SHOW SPONSORS:
Bonfire Charitable
Whitmore Series Sponsors:
Trust Marjorie Prime Sponso
The BLUEBARN Theatre
The BLUEBARN 2020-2021
Theatre seasonseason
2020-2021 is generously supported by: by:
Sara Foxley is generously supported Jannette Davis
SEASON SPONSORS:
James
Anonymous & Susan Tracy
Foundation Ace Rent-to-Own
The BLUEBARN Theatre 2020-2021
Anonymous
Charitable season is generously
Foundation supported by:
Amy Haddad & Steve Foundation
Martin
Amy Haddad & Steve Martin
Paul and Oscar Giger Foundation,
Rich Giger
&Foundation
Fran JuroInc.
Paul and Oscar
Anonymous Foundation, Inc.
Mammel Foundation
Amy Haddad
Mammel & Steve Martin
Foundation
Fred & Eve Whitmore Charitable
Simon Charitable
Paul &
and
Foundation Trust
Fred EveOscar Giger
Simon Foundation,
Charitable Inc.
Foundation
Taos Community Foundation
Mammel– Esperanza
Foundation De Corazon Fund
Taos Community Foundation – Esperanza De Corazon Fund
Bruce
Fred &Reneaud
Eve Simon & Charitable
Kerry Dobson
Foundation
Bruce Reneaud & Kerry Dobson
Devin Fox
Taos Community Foundation – Esperanza De Corazon Fund
Devin Fox
Bruce Reneaud & Kerry Dobson
Devin Fox
Bonfire Series Sponsors: Marjorie Prime Sponsors: Sunset to Starlight Sponsors:
Bonfire
Bonfire Series Sponsors:
Series Sponsors: Marjorie
Marjorie Prime
Prime Sponsors:
Sponsors: SunsetSunset to Starlight
to Starlight Sponsors:
Sponsors:
Sara Foxley Jannette Davis Vernie and Carter Jones
Sara
Sara Foxley
Foxley Jannette
Jannette Davis
Davis Vernie
Vernie and Carter
and Carter Jones Jones
James & Susan Tracy Ace Rent-to-Own
James & Susan
James Susan Tracy
Tracy AceAce
Rent-to-Own
Rent-to-Own
Charitable Foundation
Charitable Foundation Virtual Programming Sponsor:
Charitable Foundation VirtualVirtual
Programming Sponsor:Sponsor:
Programming
Rich & Fran Juro
Rich &
& Fran
Fran Juro
Rich Juro
Whitmore Charitable Trust
Whitmore CharitableTrust
Whitmore Charitable
Trust
THANK YOU!
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— 16 —CAST
Brandi Smith..................................................................................................................Bethula
Nadia Ra’Shaun................................................................................................................ Zadie
Echelle Childers..............................................................................................................Cathay
MUSICIANS
Justin Payne............................................................................................................... Keyboard
Wanisha Clements..........................................................................................................Violin
PRODUCTION CREATIVES
Director............................................................................................................Beaufield Berry
Music Director.....................................................................................................Justin Payne
Producing Artistic Director........................................................................Susan Clement
Stage Manager........................................................................................... Chris Hernandez
EDI Advocate....................................................................................Katherine MacHolmes
Props Designer...................................................................................................... Amy Reiner
Sound Designer..........................................................................................................Bill Kirby
STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susan Clement Dr. Devin Fox, President
Producing Artistic Director
Robert Peters, Treasurer
Amy Reiner
Director of Production Kasey Hesse, Secretary
Propmaster Carolyn Owen Anderson
Barry Carman Ethan Bondelid
Community Engagement Jannette J. Davis
Dramaturgy/Rentals
Sara Foxley
Heather Hoyt Mark Hinrichs
Development Director
Sara McClure
Bill Kirby Jim McKain
Resident Creative and Technical Director
Laura Peet Erkes
Tricia Cottrell Michael Walenta
Bookkeeper
Susan Clement (ex-officio)
— 17 —CAST
Brandi Smith – She/Her – Bethula
This is Brandi’s second performance on the BLUEBARN
stage, after playing the role of Hannah in Red Summer. Prior
to Red Summer, Brandi was last seen in a staged reading
of A Day Of Absence at The Union for Contemporary Art,
and More Than Neighbors, written and directed by Denise
Chapman, on the same stage. Other credits include The
Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin and Centering
The Margins both at The Union, Hairspray! with the Omaha
Community Playhouse, Crowns and The Wiz with the John
Beasley Theater, and many other readings with the Great
Plains Theater Conference. Brandi can also be seen singing around town as backup
for Dominique Morgan and the Experience, and is a part time student studying
Chemical Dependency Counseling.
Nadia Ra’Shaun – She/Her – Zadie
Nadia is a Nebraska based performing artist and choreog-
rapher. This is her first time working on stage at the BLUE-
BARN Theatre. She is the recipient of the 14th Annual OEA
Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for her work as
Viveca Stanton in The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon
Skin. Her work as both an actress and choreographer have
been seen in various spaces around the country and Cana-
da including Theatre Calgary, Denver Center of Performing
Arts, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, The Union for Contempo-
rary Art, and The Rose.
nadiarashaun.com | IG: @nadiarashaun
Echelle Childers – She/Her – Cathay
Echelle is beyond excited to be back “on stage” at the
BLUEBARN and eager to share this piece with everyone.
Her last two shows (Escaped Alone and Wakey, Wakey)
were right here! Echelle has done a lot of theatre, a lot of
places, and has been doing it for all the years. She plans
to continue this tradition with a new full-time position as
Manager of Internal Systems at the new Benson Theatre
(www.bensontheatre.org), opening this September. She
is in love with this project and blessed to have been a
part of this process. “Thank you Beau for including me!!”
Echelle is the luckiest mama ever with four remarkable kiddos: Andrea, Alexia, Ava
and Greyson, who support her through all of her craziness and thankfully judge
silently! “Love you!!” She is also in constant gratitude to her “partner in all things
that only make sense to us,” Michal - “Thank you.”
— 19 —MUSICIANS
Justin Payne – Music Director and Keyboard
For Justin, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, music has always
been a part of his life. His musical influences come from
both sides of his family. His instrumental gifts in particular,
come from his father’s side of the family where he learned
how to play the piano from his grandmother and aunt. He
continued to expand his instrumental base by learning
clarinet, drums, tuba, and organ.
Justin has sung on stages in Munich, Germany; Vienna,
Austria; Todi, Italy; Beijing, China; and Arezzo, Italy for various
collegiate music programs and summer opera programs. Justin currently teaches
music in the Omaha community and is the minister of Music at Pleasant Green
Baptist Church. One day he hopes to perform opera and other music genres pro-
fessionally and ultimately open a charter school for music.
Just has sung locally on the Holland Performing Arts stage as a Tenor soloist with
the Voices of Omaha for their Handel’s Messiah Presentation. Justin studied voice
formally at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Michigan State University. His
teachers are Paul Koenig and Richard Fracker.
In 2019, Justin took a minor career shift when he started to take his composition
and playwriting abilities more seriously. In the summer of 2019, he partnered with
playwright/author Lisa Harrison Jackson to compose The Draft a new musical that
deals with the hardships African American male athletes face who don’t have a
father in the home. Shortly after, Justin journeyed to compose the music, write the
lyrics, and create the story for a new musical titled Belle Terre the Musical which is a
whimsical story that sends an adolescent young woman on a journey to self-dis-
covery with music inspired by the New Orleans brass band style. More recently,
Justin partnered with Dani Cleveland & Julie Baker to compose a new musical
titled Heaven Come Home which is a riveting new musical that sends the audience
on an emotional journey as they answer the question, “If you had ‘One More Day’
with a loved one who has passed on, how would you spend it?” The hit single from
that show One More Day is set to release this winter with the creators of the show
performing it. Currently Justin has teamed up with Dani Cleveland again to start
on a new musical titled Little Brown Boy that deals with the effects of gentrification
on the communities that are impacted. Heaven Come Home is currently awaiting
development and Belle Terre just finished its first workshop in 2021.
facebook.com/Jleonpayne
— 20 —Wanisha Clements – She/Her – Violin
Wanisha is an active violinist who holds a Bachelor degree
in Music from the University of Nebraska Omaha. Origi-
nally from Los Angeles, Wanisha started playing the violin
at the age of 9. A 2000 Gradute from Omaha North High
School, Wanisha studied the violin with Chris Hake, Phyllis
Duncan, Anne Nagosky, Judy Divis, and Ruth Meints.
Currently, she performs with the Heartland Philharmonic
Orchestra in Omaha, Nebraska and the Kanesville Sym-
phony Orchestra in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Wanisha teaches
violin and viola instruction for the Omaha School of Music
and Dance and Arts For All. While being busy with multiple gigs and projects, her
most recent projects were for Omaha Benson High School for the musical Dogfight
in March 2019. Wanisha also performed for the Chanticleer Theater musical of
Little Women in January 2019. She is being featured in Buffalo Women, performing
on violin.
PRODUCTION CREATIVES
Beaufield Berry-Fisher – She/Her – Book & Lyrics
and Director
Beaufield is an Omaha-based playwright, novelist, and
arts education professional. Her work has been performed
across the country and in multiple conferences, including
the Great Plains Theater Conference, Philadelphia Spark-
fest, Manhattan Rep, and Colorado New Play Summit. She
has served as a guest artist with Inge Fest in Indepen-
dence, Kansas, and on several panels and boards, including
as Vice President of the Omaha Entertainment and Arts
Awards and as an educator with Omaha Performing Arts.
Beaufield’s work was last scene (pre-pandemic) at the BLUEBARN with Red Summer
in the fall of 2019 and inside of the pandemic with One More Chair, commissioned
by the Tri-faith Initiative. Buffalo Women is Beaufield’s first musical and a dream
coming true. She lives life with her husband Rob and their children, Shine, Oscar
and Georgia. None of whom care at all that their mother is a writer. Her play In
The Upper Room (O’Neill 2018 Finalist) will be produced at the Denver Center for
Performing Arts in January of 2022.
THANK HETRA
YOU! www.hetra.org
— 21 —J. Isaiah Smith – He/Him – Music and Additional Lyrics
J. Isaiah is an internationally produced playwright and a
self-taught composer and lyricist. His independent play
works consist of several short plays for high school and col-
lege level performers focusing on internal morality, corrup-
tion, and self-empowerment. His compositions and songs
have a variety of styles; however he favors classical and jazz
arrangements. He has been composing for six years (3 years
professionally) and is excited to share his small arrange-
ments that he hopes accurately to depict the characters of
Buffalo Women and their journey.
Chris Hernandez – He/Him - Stage Manager
This is Chris’s third show with the BLUEBARN Theatre,
having stage managed Marjorie Prime and Sunset to Star-
light earlier this season. Previously, he worked as a stage
manager at Midland University on Legally Blonde, Once
Upon a Mattress, and The Miracle Worker, and received the
Outstanding Technical Arts Student of the Year as a senior.
Before that he toured as a stage manager with The Young
Americans, both nationally and internationally. Chris is
originally from Oakland, California, and is a huge Bay Area
sports fan!
Katherine MacHolmes – She/Her – EDI Advocate
Katherine was raised in North Omaha, and resides on the
unceded territory of the Umoⁿhoⁿ (“umAHhah”) and Očhéthi
Šakówiŋ, in colonized Omaha, NE. She is a writer, podcaster,
activist, artist, and co-founder of k+r strategies, a firm that
centers equity, justice, and anti-oppression in its work with
communities and institutions. Liberation work is the center
of her work, including her artistry as an actor, dramaturg,
and antioppression theatre consultant. Katherine is a fur
mom, a Leo Sun with an Aquarian moon, an avid reader, and
delighted to be in community with all people.
Instagram: @katt_theatrix and @liberationbae
Personal Website: www.katherinemacholmes.com
Company Website: krstrategies.com
— 22 —RESIDENT CREATIVES
Susan Clement – She / Her / Hers - Producing Artistic Director
Susan has served as BLUEBARN’s Producing Artistic Director since 2002. She has
directed numerous productions at the BLUEBARN, beginning with The Night Larry
Kramer Kissed Me in 1993 and most recently Circle Mirror Transformation, The City
in the City in the City and Every Brilliant Thing. Awards include TAG Award – Best
Director: Our Town (2015), Spring Awakening (2012), Three Tall Women (2011), The
Goat or Who is Sylvia (2009), A Piece of my Heart (2003); Best Drama: The Christians
(2016), 33 Variations (2014), Bug (2012), Rabbit Hole (2010), The Dresser (2006); OEA
Awards – Best Director: Our Town (2015), 39 Steps (2013), Spring Awakening (2012),
Seascape (2008); Best Play - Our Town (2015), Red (2013), The Pillowman (2006). Re-
cent award-winning shows include The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Silent Sky. As
director of the BLUEBARN, Susan alongside Shannon Walenta (Managing Director
at the time) spearheaded the capital campaign that enabled the BLUEBARN to
build its own stand-alone theater, and saw the dream fulfilled when BLUEBARN
moved into its new home at 10th and Pacific in 2015. Susan holds a BFA in Theatre/
Film from the State University of New York at Purchase Conservatory.
Barry Carman - He / Him / His –Resident Dramaturg, and Director of Engage-
ment
Barry’s affiliation with the BLUEBARN began in 2002, as production dramaturg
for Arcadia. He has since served as dramaturg for a host of BLUEBARN productions,
counting The Pillowman, The Christians, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Hir, and Venus
in Furs among his favorites. In 2004, he co-founded BLUEBARN’S Witching Hour, a
collaborative ensemble for which he wrote, performed, and directed for five years.
In 2009, Barry joined Out of Hand Theater in Atlanta where he conceived and
directed The SHOW!, and developed Without Which Nothing. In 2017, he joined the
BLUEBARN staff as Resident Dramaturg and Director of Engagement. He directed
BLUEBARN’s productions of Wakey, Wakey and I and You, Natural Shocks and The
Trump Card for BLUEBARN’S Out of the Blue Series, and 8 Songs for a Mad King for
the Omaha Under the Radar Festival. He was most recently onstage in the BLUE-
BARN’s production of The Woodsman. He holds a B.A. in Theatre Studies from
Emory University.
Amy Reiner – She / Her / Hers - Director of Production and Props Designer
Amy Reiner joined the BLUEBARN in 2012 as Production Manager and Properties
Master. Amy previously worked for 12 years as Properties Master at The Omaha
Community Playhouse. Prior to that, she freelanced in Los Angeles in the fields
of film and television. She holds a BFA in technical theatre with an emphasis on
Scenic and Lighting Design from The University of Nebraska Lincoln.
— 23 —Bill Kirby – He / Him / His – Technical Director and Sound Designer
Bill joined the BLUEBARN staff as the Resident Creative and Technical Director in
2019, after working as a freelance designer for the two previous seasons. Favorite
BLUEBARN productions include Venus in Fur, Wakey, Wakey, Indecent (OEA Award
for Outstanding Sound Design), and Red Summer (OEA Award). Before relocating to
Omaha in 2017, Bill spent 10 years as the resident sound designer and head sound
engineer at Princeton University’s McCarter Theatre Center. Bill’s favorite McCarter
productions include sound designing the original workshop production of Danai
Gurira’s Eclipsed and serving as the production sound engineer for the world pre-
mier of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which would
go on to win the 2013 Tony Award for best play. Kirby has worked nationally and
internationally, including productions at the New York Fringe Festival, LA’s Kirk
Douglas Theatre, and the Wuzhen Grand Theatre in China. Bill is a graduate of the
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
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In a Season of the Unknown. In our
32nd year. The curtain rose, the fires
burned, and a wild, dream season
emerged that will shape the future of
the BLUEBARN… because of your vision.
Here’s a look back at 2020 and beyond…
| 8 Shows in 6 Months | Embracing the Porchyard Stage Experience
| Launching Virtual Access to BLUEBARN Programming | Community
Partnerships and Outreach Events | HOLIDAY HOOTENANNY | Sustaining and
Supporting Nearly 100 Artists During the Pandemic | BLACK & PINK | 8 D I F F E R E N T
C R E AT I V E T E A M S F E AT U R I N G E M E R G I N G A N D E S TA B L I S H E D A R T I S T S | The
Bonfire Series | Collective Action in Service to Artists and the Community | R33 |
Adoption of Anti-Racist Ethos | New audiences experienced BLUEBARN virtually from across
the nation and as far away as Japan | Member of the National New Play Network’s First Bridge
Program Cohort | Marjorie Prime | Giving Tree Campaign FOR THE
EASTERN NEBRASKA OFFICE ON AGING | Investing in Vital Voices and Stunning Original
Work | Recipient of NEA Arts Project Grant to Support Artist
Residencies | BLUEBARN Creative Conversations
Series | ArtStock Cohort | For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss A Mother FuckER
Out When Snatching an EDGE AIN’t Enough | Red ALERT-Restart | VIRTUAL TOURS
AND WORKSHOPS | Building an Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppression Action Plan
| k+r strategies | Escaped ALONE | Supporting Local + National Playwrights Who
Drive Change | Before After: A Musical Love Story | BLUEBARN Crossroads
Events | Acting Against Hunger for the Sienna Francis House |
Amplifying Artists of Color and Early Career Artists | Sunset to Starlight :
A Celebration of American Musical Theater | ADOPTING ECO-FRIENDLY SUSTAINABILITY
PRACTICES | BUFFALO Women | …all with our mighty staff of six
And you.
Thank you for embracing the
unknown,
The BLUEBARN Family
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July 1, 2019 – May 14, 2021
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Thatcher Davis Benjamin Dey
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Bill Gaus
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Debra Christensen Jeremy Hatch
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Babe Cohn Denise Hill
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Stuart Schlanger Scott and Krista Daly Kathy Howland
Michele and Peter Silberstein Susan and David Davies Jacqueline Hoyt
Suzanne Titus Jeffrey Day Cindy and Christopher Huerter,
M.D.
George Wimmer and Steve and Tippi Denenberg
John and Nancy Hurley
— 29 —BLUEBARN Theatre
Season Contributors
July 1, 2019 – May 14, 2021
Sheri and Steve Idelman Eric Pearson & Lorraine Chang Ann M. Van Hoff
Carol Johnson David Peet Gail and Irv Veitzer
Coulter Jones Bruce and Deanna Plath Judd and Pat Wagner
Pamela and Matthew Kayl Jerry and Elizabeth Powell Errol Waits
Ruth Keene Thomas Purcell Kim Walker
Mary Keitel Elizabeth and Robert Recker Diane and Julie Walker
William and Maureen Kessler Thomas and Audra Redington Diane Watson
Jimmy Khandalavala Leslie Regan Tom and Sue Weidner
Elizabeth Kimball James and Jan Reinert Don Westling and Jo Bartikoski
Julia and Joseph Knezetic Michaela Reilly Lucia Williams and William
Merlyn Knudson and James Brett Render Dittrick
Davis Therese Rennels Philip and Sara Willson
Lynn and Maria Knudtson Eric Rice Dave Wingert
Susan Ann Koenig W. Eric Riley Jonathan Wood
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David and Vicki Krecek Todd Robinson Damian Zuerlein
Michael Kreikemeier Carol and Rick Russell
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Alice Lindsay Grassmeyer Jan and Gail Andersen
Patricia Lontor Mark Schulze Daryl Anderson
William and Constance Gene and Kathleen Emily Andres
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James Luyten Richard Scott David and Jilla Arthur
Moira J. Mangiameli Aaron Shaddy Steven Baker
Mark Manhart and Bonnie Gill Laura Shiffermiller Elizabeth Banset
Valrie Massemgale Chris Shonka Kevin Barratt
Gerry and Christy McAndrew Todd and Betiana Simon Angela Barry
Deb and John McCollister Sandra Smiley Brian Barton
M E McDaniel Laurie Smith Camp Kathryn Bass
Amy McGaha Susie and Stuart Smoler Richard Beam
Martin McGuire Shane Sobotka Katie and Mitch Bean
Jill and Todd Moeller Amy Sorensen Sabrina Beck
Steve Mohr John and Sandy Spessard Tom Becka
Lee and Kathryn Morrow Sandra Squires Tamra Becker
William and Patricia Munro Joan Squires Barb Becker
Lynne Mytty Mary Eileen Stark Kelli Bello
Karen and Larry Nelsen Mary Stultz Heather Belt
Mary Newman Joseph Sullivan Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado
Christy Nielsen Tony and Christine Swerczek Bob Bennett
Patty and Steve Nogg Judy Torrens Karen Benson
Thomas Obrien Katie Twit Sam Bertino
Mary Olig Jenny Pullen and Karol Ulmer Doug and Liz Bisson
— 30 —BLUEBARN Theatre
Season Contributors
July 1, 2019 – May 14, 2021
Marvin J Bittner Jeff Dickinson Kristine Hull
Bryan and Kristen Blum Jaclyn DiGiacomo Oltmans Audrey Hulsey
Karen Bluvas Dan Dixon Andrea Hunter
Meghan Boucher Maguerite Dunn John and Laura Iliff
Dr. Diane Bowley Jay Durmaskin Catherine Ingalls
Sarah Brown Pete Eckerman and Sarah Taylor Jackson
Pat Bruening Wengert Taylor Jackson
Eddith Buis Lori Ecklebe and Tom Joanie Jacobson
Jean Burggraf Shomaker Richard Jensen
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Katie Cameron Myrna Esluer Susan Johnson
Larry Carlson Beth Feltus Ann Johnson
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Kerri Coughlin Chris Hawkinson Connie Lee
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Diane Crouch Shari Hess Ryan Lewis
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Mary Deak Gail Houghton Gary Luckert
Stephen and Susan DeCamp Jacob Houser Linda Mack
Todd DeFreece Andrea Howard Anna Maio
David DeMarco Laura Howell Nicole Malone
Catherine DePriest Heather Hoyt
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Season Contributors
July 1, 2019 – May 14, 2021
Ross and Jill Manhart Priesman Stephen Scott Van Den Top
Martin Marchitto Stephanie Purcell Sally Vandeberghe
Doug and Laura Marr Erik & Sara Quam Christopher Violett
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