Omaha's Forgotten Century Finale Performance

Описание: FREE event available live in person at the Orpheum Theater, or streamed to Facebook and YouTube.

Experience the story of young Ernie and his Grandpa Apa as they converse, reminisce, and share memories about their Black and Latino heritage in Omaha through an original commissioned production created by Peggy Jones, Kathy Tyree, Broadway choreographer Ray Mercer and community creative consultants and featuring local actors and visual artists and New York-based dancers.

Creative Team for Omaha’s Forgotten Century

Creative Director and Choreographer Ray Mercer – Broadway actor, dancer and choreographer in his 17th year as a dancer and fight captain in Disney’s The Lion King

Director Kathy Tyree – award-winning Omaha director and performer

Creative consultant Jade Rogers – historian, educator at Metropolitan Community College and UNO and the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of The House of Afros, Capes, & Curls

Scriptwriter Peggy Jones – Associate Professor, past Interim Chairperson of the Black Studies Department, and Women's and Gender Studies faculty at UNO

Creative consultant Linda Garcia – local artist and co-founder of Mexican American Society of the Midlands

Creative consultant Jose Garcia – local artist and co-founder of Mexican American Society of the Midlands

Designer and visual artist Hugo Zamorano – Omaha artist helping to create the backdrop for the Voices AMPLIFIED! finale

Producer and creative consultant Andy Cassano – O-pa Vice President of Programming and Education

Creative consultant Aaron Gregory – O-pa Community Engagement Specialist, dancer and choreographer