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SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-05/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
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SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-07/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
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SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-08/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
GEO:41.017801;-96.3160306
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mahoney State Park 28500 W. Park Highway Ashland Nebraska 68003;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=28500 W. Park Highway:geo:-96.3160306,41.017801
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260809T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260809T160000
DTSTAMP:20260604T042100
CREATED:20260513T175047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175050Z
UID:10037786-1786287600-1786291200@ohmyomaha.com
SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-09/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
GEO:41.017801;-96.3160306
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mahoney State Park 28500 W. Park Highway Ashland Nebraska 68003;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=28500 W. Park Highway:geo:-96.3160306,41.017801
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260811T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260811T203000
DTSTAMP:20260604T042100
CREATED:20260513T175047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175050Z
UID:10037787-1786476600-1786480200@ohmyomaha.com
SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-11/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
GEO:41.017801;-96.3160306
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175050Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-12/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
GEO:41.017801;-96.3160306
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mahoney State Park 28500 W. Park Highway Ashland Nebraska 68003;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=28500 W. Park Highway:geo:-96.3160306,41.017801
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260814T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260814T203000
DTSTAMP:20260604T042100
CREATED:20260513T175047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175050Z
UID:10037789-1786735800-1786739400@ohmyomaha.com
SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-14/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
GEO:41.017801;-96.3160306
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260815T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260815T203000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175050Z
UID:10037790-1786813200-1786825800@ohmyomaha.com
SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-15/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
GEO:41.017801;-96.3160306
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175050Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-16/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
GEO:41.017801;-96.3160306
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mahoney State Park 28500 W. Park Highway Ashland Nebraska 68003;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=28500 W. Park Highway:geo:-96.3160306,41.017801
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260818T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260818T203000
DTSTAMP:20260604T042100
CREATED:20260513T175047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175050Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-18/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
GEO:41.017801;-96.3160306
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260819T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260819T203000
DTSTAMP:20260604T042100
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175050Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-19/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
GEO:41.017801;-96.3160306
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260821T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260821T203000
DTSTAMP:20260604T042100
CREATED:20260513T175047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175050Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-21/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
GEO:41.017801;-96.3160306
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260822T193000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175050Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-22/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
GEO:41.017801;-96.3160306
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260823T150000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175050Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Melodramas
DESCRIPTION:Popcorn Productions and Mahoney State Park present three melodramas this summer:  “Witch of Waverly Wood\,” “Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\,” and “Showdown at Sundown” at the Kountze Theater inside the park. Performances start May 22 and run through Aug. 23. For ticket reservations\, call (402) 944-2957. \n\n\n\nSynopsis: \n\n\n\n“Witch of Waverly Wood” \n\n\n\nBy: Julie Eschliman \n\n\n\nIt’s been years since Gretel and her brother\, Hansel\, escaped from the candy house of an evil witch. Now all grown up\, Gretel is hoping for a quieter life as proprietress of the “Happily Ever After” Inn at the edge of Waverly Wood. Alas\, these woods come with a witch of their own: Pernicia\, who has dastardly plans involving a handsome young stranger named Jack. Can Gretel and her faithful friend\, Little Red Riding Hood\, save Jack from a terrible fate? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat” \n\n\n\nBy: John Burkhart \n\n\n\nThe scene is a general store interior in Stafford\, Kansas. Proprietor Maude Spickard is constantly harassed by Muskrat Sam Winchester\, a local trapper\, who is in love with her. Ma is being helped in her store by heiress Nora Larabee\, whose family owns the local flour mill. Nate Reese\, alias notorious Hogwash Harry\, is posing as the editor of the town newspaper while plotting to rid the town of the Larabee family. Then there is Pelican Pete\, a local trapper who is notorious for his tremendous appetite. He falls in love with Nora while attempting to save her and her family from Hogwash’s evil plot. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Showdown at Sundown” \n\n\n\nBy: D. Chapelle \n\n\n\nShady\, evil and dishonest doin’s are being done at Luke Lavender’s Log Lodge. Luke Lavender\, the type of snake in the grass that gives snakes a bad name\, and his slinky girlfriend Belladonna Slither are making money hand over fist at the lodge\, but for Lavender that isn’t enough! His evil plan is to use sweet and innocent mail order bride Annie Pleasant to make a killing! Enter Sam Steadfast\, handsome and brave rancher\, who falls in love with Annie at first sight. Sam is broken-hearted when he discovers that Annie is to marry another. Will Sam and good-hearted lady mule-skinner Carbine Molly Muldoon be able to save Annie or will there be a… Showdown at Sundown. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 22 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 24 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 26 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nMay 27 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 29 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nMay 30 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nMay 31 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJune 2 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 3 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 6 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 7 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 9 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 10 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 12 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 13 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 14 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 16 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 17 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 19 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 20 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 21 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJune 23 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 24 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 26 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 27 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJune 28 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJune 30 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nJuly \n\n\n\n\nJuly 1 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 3 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 4 — NO SHOW\n\n\n\nJuly 5 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 7 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 8 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 10 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 11 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 12 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 14 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 15 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 17 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 18 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 19 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nJuly 21 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 22 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 24 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 25 — 5:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 26 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 28 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nJuly 29 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nJuly 31 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\n\nAugust \n\n\n\n\nAugust 1 — 5:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown / 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 2 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 4 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 5 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 7 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 8 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 9 — 3:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 11 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 12 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 14 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 15 — 5:00 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat / 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 16 — 3:00 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 18 — 7:30 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood\n\n\n\nAugust 19 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 21 — 7:30 PM — Pelican Pete’s Amazing Feat\n\n\n\nAugust 22 — 7:30 PM — Showdown at Sundown\n\n\n\nAugust 23 — 3:00 PM — Witch of Waverly Wood
URL:https://ohmyomaha.com/event/summer-melodramas-2/2026-08-23/
LOCATION:Mahoney State Park\, 28500 W. Park Highway\, Ashland\, Nebraska\, 68003
CATEGORIES:Theater & Performing Arts
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