Journey From Idea To Production

Topic: Lincoln South Rotary Club Meeting 2022_1014
Time: Oct 14, 2022 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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BIO

As a high schooler, Nancy was bitten by the theatre bug when, from the last row of the highest balcony, she saw A Chorus Line on Broadway. She is thrilled to move from the audience to backstage with her first play, This Mortal Life Also, produced by the Angels Theatre Company and part of the 2021-22 Lied Center for Performing Arts season. This Mortal Life Also tells the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the 20th century’s most renowned theologians, who opposed National Socialism and became in the plot to assassinate Hitler. Nancy’s work explores personal integrity and the search for meaning during times of societal upheaval. The production will receive the Mayor’s Arts Award for Outstanding Arts Event this month.

Nancy’s presentation to Lincoln South Rotary will take members on the journey from idea to production of her play.

Nancy is co-host of the Front Porch Book Club podcast (https://frontporchbookclub.com) and is at work on a contemporary novel based in the United States that explores notions of community. She is also working on another play.

Nancy retired as Associate Director of the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center where she supported the public policy aims of national, state, and local organizations. She earned a PhD in Human Sciences and an MBA from the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE), and a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, PA).

Nancy is a member of: Dramatists Guild (New York, NY), New Play Exchange, Playwrights’ Center (Minneapolis, MN), and Playwrights Collective (Lincoln, NE).

Find Nancy at https://nancyshank.com