The Durham Museum’s new exhibit, The Art of Stagecraft: Jim Othuse and 40 Years at the Omaha Community Playhouse will be open to the public through November 9th. The exhibition explores the extraordinary craftsmanship of nationally renowned set designer Jim Othuse in honor of OCP’s 90th Anniversary season. The exhibit features 30 meticulously-crafted, one-half inch scale set models used in the development of many of the Omaha Community Playhouse’s most popular productions, as well as accompanying photographs dating from 1974 to today. The intricately detailed stagecraft will be displayed in two installments of 15 unique models each:
ACT I (on display through September 12):
The Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, Not About Nightingales, Hair, Annie, Wonder of the World, Dracula, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Evil Dead: The Musical, The Sound of Music, Sugar Babies, Peter Pan, Arsenic and Old Lace, Zombie Prom, The Wiz
ACT II (September 13 – November 9):
Mack and Mabel, A Christmas Carol (multiple scenes), August: Osage County, Les Misérables, Chicago, Oliver, M. Butterfly, The Veldt, Terra Nova, Yesterday and Today, Urinetown
The exhibit is included in general museum admission and is free to members and children age 2 and under. For information about The Durham Museum please visit DurhamMuseum.org.