HEAVEN COME HOME

University of Nebraska Omaha Theatre

The College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media, and UNOTheatre along with Megan Ann Rasmussen Productions invite you to the reading of a new musical by Justin Payne and Dani Cleveland.

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HEAVEN COME HOME

Live Reading Event

 

 

August 20, 2022

Live Reading Event

Featuring a cast of community professionals and university students.

Location:

School of the Arts / UNO Theatre

Located within the Weber Fine Arts Building, 6505 University Dr. South

 
 

11:00 am UNO Student Cast

 

2:00 pm Professional Community Cast

 
 

About the Show

Written by award-winning theater makers and Omaha Natives, Heaven Come Home tells the tory of two families, both rocked by grief, who wish to have their departed loved ones back for ‘One More Day.’ Will they find forgiveness for themselves and each other amidst their hurt? Will lives be made whole?

Heaven Come Home is a new musical featuring musical styles of Pop, R&B, Soul, Broadway, and some sung rap.

 CREATIVE TEAM

Hal France

PRODUCER

Justin Payne

MUSIC & LYRICS

Denise Chapman

DIRECTOR

Nik Whitcomb

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Professional Community Cast

  • Leanne Carlson

  • Marcel Daly

  • Corbin Griffin

  • Doriette Jordan

  • Camille Metoyer Moten

  • Zhomontee Watson

UNO Student Cast

  • Kylah Calloway

  • McKenna Cottone

  • Yasmine Elrefaie

  • Isabel Gott

  • Allen Griffin

  • Wayne Hudson II

Heaven Come Home cast members from the recording of “One More Day” share why this new musical is important to each of them. Featuring Alexxis McDade, Allen Griffin, Dani Cleveland, Doriette Jordan, Hal France, Isabel Gott, John Lim, Julie Baker, Justin Payne, Kevin Jones, Kylah Calloway, Roni Shelly Perez, Yasmine Elrefaie, Zhomontee Watson.

One More Day

Listen to the cast of Heaven Come Home share their reasons why this is an important work

Directions and Dialogue

Host David McKibbin sits down with Dani Cleveland and Justin Payne, a team of musical theatre writers based in Omaha Nebraska. In this episode, they discuss how Dani and Justin channeled their collective grief during the COVID-19 pandemic to write their musical Heaven Come Home, which will be presented as a staged reading this August at the University of Nebraska Omaha.