The New Play Festival was founded in 2006 by Metropolitan Community College, and continues, now that the GPTC is its own nonprofit, as a vibrant community partnership between the two organizations. The Festival takes place each spring at the Swanson Conference Center on MCC’s historic Fort Omaha Campus. Each year, the Festival helps to develop a group of new plays that are selected from a pool of around 1000 submissions. During the Festival, local and national playwrights, actors, directors, dramaturgs, designers and Omaha community members, share a week of stories, workshops, readings, meals, performances and celebrations. All public festival events are free to attend. Click here for more information, including links to the schedule and featured playwrights, artists, dramaturgs, and directors.
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African American debutante cotillion ball history (Read More)
Dr. Nikita Harris will give a lecture on the history and significance of African American debutante cotillion balls. Dr. Nikita Harris is a distinguished scholar, public historian, and advocate for preserving African American cultural heritage who used her Reese Phifer Fellowship to study African American Cotillions and Black Debutante Social Programs across the United States. She also spearheads the National Black Debutante Project and the International League of Cotillions. For more information contact [email protected] or call 531-622-2253.
A one-day-only exhibit on the history and significance of African American debutante cotillion balls will be available in room 201A of Building 22, Swanson Conference Center on the Fort Omaha Campus of Metropolitan Community College, in conjunction with a 5:30 p.m. lecture by Dr. Nikita Harris. For more information contact [email protected] or call 531-622-2253.
