Boo the villain! Cheer the hero! Throw popcorn! And learn from the travails of poor Mabel Winthrop, turned out in the cold through the nefarious dealings of a polished villain. Follow her from the farm to the evils of the big city and back to the Old Nebraska Home and a final victory over evil as the Hastings College Department of Theatre Summerstage presents “The Old Nebraska Home, or Dirty Deeds on the Little Blue: An Old-Fashioned Melodrama.”
Adapted from “The Old New Hampshire Home” by Frank Dumont, performances are scheduled for June 12-13, 19-20 at 7:30 p.m. and June 14, 21 at 2:00 p.m. in Scott Studio Theatre (806. N. Turner Ave.) The box office will be open Monday-Friday from noon-5 p.m., from June 8-19 and can be reached at tickets@hastings.edu or 402.461.7380. Tickets will be $10 for general admission and $7 for seniors, students and children.
Now in its third year, Summerstage provides local students and community members the opportunity to participate in additional theater experiences including creating set pieces, working backstage and acting.
Hastings College Department of Theatre Summerstage presents, ““The Old Nebraska Home, or Dirty Deeds on the Little Blue: An Old-Fashioned Melodrama”
CAST
Jessica Brock from Hastings, Nebraska – MABEL WINTHROP, Farmer Winthrop’s daughter
Patrick Crawford from Hastings, Nebraska – FARMER WINTHROP, A rugged Nebraska farmer
Cheyenne Knehans from Riverton, Nebraska – ZELDA WATKINS, A country girl “up to snuff” and not a bit green
Megan Lee from Hastings, Nebraska – MRS. WINTHROP, The Farmer’s wife
Nate Mohlman from Blue Hill, Nebraska – OLIVER STANHOPE, A young blacksmith, in love with Mabel
Jessie Neuhart from Hastings, Nebraska – MUFFINS, A young lady with a mind of her own and not afraid to speak it
Sarah Nottage-Tacey from Hastings, Nebraska – RUBY LA RUE, a “business woman” in league with Van Dusen
Zach Oehm from Hastings, Nebraska – EDWARD VAN DUSEN, A polished villain, secretly married to Mabel
Emma Parrish from Sterling, Colorado – TILLY, Her maiden aunt
Nathaniel Sass from Hastings, Nebraska – MICKY MARTIN, A traveling tinker
Trevor Pekas from Hastings, Nebraska – MAX FENSTER, A glazier
CREW
Directed by Jim Fritzler, Chair of the Hastings College Theatre Department
Designed by Annette M. Vargas, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Hastings College
Costumes by Margaret Marsh, Adjunct Professor, Hastings College
Stage Manager – Jordan Samuelson from Kearney, Nebraska
