Miracle on 34th Street

Performance Dates Miracle on 34th Street Merryman Performing Arts Center 225 West 22nd Street • Kearney, Nebraska Winter 2022 A holiday classic, Miracle on 34th Street is sure to fill you with happiness and cheer for the holiday season in 2022. Based on the classic 1947 film, it tells the tale

The Miracle Worker

"Interesting, absorbing and moving." “A powerful true-life story related in heart-tugging fashion.” “Profoundly moving." BUY TICKETS SHOW & PARKING INFORMATION Season Tickets available beginning July 15. General Public Tickets available beginning July 22. PERFORMANCE DATES The Miracle Worker Trails and

Pretty Fire

"Pretty Fire is inspiring, illuminating, and engrossing." “One of the most positive pictures of the black-American experience I've ever seen on stage.” “A profound celebration of life." Performance Dates Pretty Fire The World Theatre • Kearney, Nebraska February 2021 Is there anything pretty about fire?

Every Brilliant Thing

“A perfect balance between conveying the struggles of life, and celebrating all that is sweet in it.” “Funny, clever, and surprisingly uplifting.” “A piece that demonstrates why life is worth living." “Genuinely wonderful and life-affirming. It is impossible not to love.” “Filled to the brim with joy... beautiful, heart-wrenching,

The All Night Strut

"A bright, tuneful, totally entertaining revue... a rollicking, joyous evening!" "Red hot and cracking, stimulating and irresistible!" "Bebopping pizzazz, high steppin' swing and slithering jive. It's sensational." PERFORMANCE DATES The All Night Strut The World Theatre 2318 Central Avenue • Kearney, NE 68847 Spring 2021 Swing’s the thing

A Christmas Story

Performance Dates A Christmas Story Merryman Performing Arts Center 225 West 22nd Street, Kearney, Nebraska Winter 2021 Kick off your holiday season with the adaptation of the classic Christmas movie we all know and love! A Christmas Story follows nine-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a

Letters From Home

Performance Dates Letters From Home Yanney Park 2020 11th Street, Kearney Fall 2020 Crane River Theater values the health and safety of our patrons, volunteers, and artists. As a result, we have implemented several precautions for all events and performances. For more information on these measures, please see

Mamma Mia!

"A certified hit.... A giddy guilty pleasure." "The theatrical equivalent of comfort food." "Mamma Mia! flies as tuneful as a lark and as smart as a cuckoo. It offers one of those nights when you sit back and let a nutty kind of joy just sweep over you." "A triumph

Cinderella

"Cinderella’s magic triumphs...The score is as enchanting as ever!" "Gossamer and magic! The score soars...Cinderella is a good show for kids." "Cinderella is a thorough, total delight, full to overflowing with magic and romance." "There is magic in what they did, as though a fairy's wand has touched it all

God of Carnage

"[It] delivers the cathartic release of watching other people's marriages go boom. This play is... satisfyingly primitive entertainment." "Elegant, acerbic and entertainingly fueled on pure bile. It's Reza's sharpest work since 'Art'." "Brutally entertaining!" “A fierce little domestic farce." Performance Dates God of Carnage