We’ve been lucky here at Anastasis to add some new and amazing individuals to our board. Without them, we couldn’t do what we do. Meet Andrea Padilla-Rosas! Andrea Padilla-Rosas was born and raised in Central California. Her immediate family still lives in California – her parents, older sister, twin sister, and younger brother. She moved […]
Author Archives: Haley Haas
2020 in high gear
2020 has barely started and we’ve been kicking it into high gear in Anastasis-world. We’ve completed a draft of our play, Stories: on the Brink, our piece based on the stories of people in Omaha who have experienced homelessness, and have begun taking it around to shelters in town for feedback. On January 11th, we […]
Giving
It has been a whirlwind of eye-opening, fun and engaging work in 2019. We’ve teamed with the fantastic fellows of Opera Omaha, co-directed with Great Plains Theatre Conference on EPIC, held story circles at shelters all over the city, been blown away by the writings and performances of the guys at Nebraska State Penitentiary, presented […]
“Justice of Eating” presentation: Come join us!
On Friday, November 15th, at 7:30 pm at the B Side in Benson, Anastasis will be putting on a presentation/performance about hunger in Omaha. This is a collaboration with a great shelter in town, the Stephen Center, and Saving Grace, another excellent nonprofit working to end food waste and combat hunger in town. The show […]
All together in one room
We haven’t posted in a while, but for wonderful reasons…we’ve been busy! We’re continuing to work with the guys at Nebraska State Penitentiary (whose writings never stop blowing us away) and we recently had a public reading of our play about homelessness in Omaha, Stories on the Brink. Great Plains Theatre Conference , without whom […]
Souls in prison
“While there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” ― Eugene V. Debs “Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison.” HEBREWS 13:1-3 “All people make mistakes. All of us are sinners. All of us are criminals.” –Michelle Alexander In the Spring of 2018, I was in the […]
Circles of vulnerability
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.” ― Brené Brown Haley and I have been hosting story circles at various homeless shelters around Omaha for a year now. We’ve gathered around tables and in small circles at Open Door Mission, Siena/Francis House, Stephen Center, and Lydia […]
The board
A nonprofit is a tough thing to get off the ground. There are tax codes, mission statements, websites, fund-raising and not to mention the actual work at the center of the endeavor. It’s important and joyful work, though, and made possible only by people lending their time and talents. Anastasis is lucky to have a […]
An epic theater conference
Every year, a magical event happens here in little ol’ Omaha: the Great Plains Theater Conference. At the end of May, theater artists from all over the world work together to share in their love of their craft and support playwrights. There are workshops, design displays, free plays, free food and a lot of nerding […]
Opera Omaha
Anastasis Theater Co. was incredibly fortunate to collaborate with the Holland Community Opera Omaha Fellows on their Spring Celebration on April 27th of this year. For those of you who don’t know about this Fellowship Program …allow me to geek out for a moment. Lauren Medici and Britta Tollesfrud are a powerhouse team at Opera […]