Editor's note: Due to predicted inclement weather, this event, originally scheduled for March 4, has been moved to March 11.
The Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is teaming up with Lincoln’s Angels Theatre Company and the Rural Reconciliation Project for a discussion related to the company’s upcoming production of “Eminent Domain.”
Playwright Laura Leininger-Campbell, director Timothy Scholl and University of Nebraska College of Law Professors Jessica A. Shoemaker and Anthony Schutz will discuss family farms, corporate interests and land use at 5:30 p.m. March 11 in the Nebraska East Union’s Arbor Room. The event, which is free and open to the public, will include short readings from the play.
In “Eminent Domain,” Nebraska rancher Rob McLeod is confronted with a threat underneath his land, which draws his entire family into a struggle to preserve their relationships, sense of community and heritage. The award-winning play digs into the critical question “How can a heartland way of life survive without its next generation?”
The shows are 7:30 p.m. March 20-22 and 27-29 and 2 p.m. March 23 and 30 in the Johnny Carson Theater at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Tickets are available here.
“This is a tremendously local and personal story,” Scholl said. “The themes are immediately relevant, and this is a conversation that we need to engage in our community. The legacy of our family farms is critical to our future.”
The Rural Reconciliation Project is an interdisciplinary research and engagement effort pursuing a new path forward through an honest accounting of rural past and present. Learn more.
