The King's Players Melodrama

02/18/2026

You have been warned: This is NOT a quiet evening at the theatre. 🎭 😜

You may feel compelled to laugh, gasp, cheer, sigh, or boo (enthusiasm is encouraged) during the King's Players production of "Fainting Bertha…or She Had a Knack for It."

Live theatre is magic, and that's why Bryan and I started producing and directing these shows 24 years ago. We love seeing the magic come alive in the hearts of our young Players, and on the local stage. Come be a part of the magic! Live theater, family-friendly, and made for local audiences!

We perform at the charming Olde Glory Theatre and Community Hall in Seward, NE. Excellent concessions are sold starting 60 minutes before curtain, and doors open 30 minutes before curtain. (Pro tip: Get enough tasty hot popcorn to allow for eating, and tossing at the villain!)

Playwright's note: Bertha Liebbeke was a local pickpocket in 1890s Lincoln, NE, who confounded the local sheriff and pickpocketed her way to infamy. Her nickname was "Fainting Bertha," and she escaped from several hospitals and insane asylums across the Midwest before landing in Lincoln. She makes a few appearances in this melodrama, set in Lincoln. Other historical figures make their mark on the play, as well.

Shows are filling up quickly! Get your tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kingsplayersmelodrama/2023651

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02/15/2026

Only a week until dress rehearsals, then on to Show Week!

Come watch the King's Players do their thing, performing our 24th annual melodrama: "Fainting Bertha...or She had a knack for it!" on February 26, 27, and 28th, at the charming Olde Glory Theatre and Community Hall in Seward, NE!

Reserve your tickets today! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kingsplayersmelodrama/2023651

02/14/2026

Criminal conspiracies! True love! Intrigue! Honor! Switchel by the mug! Prize chickens! All this and more are entwined in our 24th annual melodrama, "Fainting Bertha...or She had a knack for it!" set right here in Nebraska!

Come join us for an evening of fun, cheering for the good and roundly booing the evil (as is right and proper!) and enough popcorn tossing to satisfy the most rowdy participant!

We still have tickets available! Five shows, from Thursday, Feb 26 through Saturday, Feb 28th. Matinees and evening shows both, to accomodate the busiest of schedules.

Come play with us! Enjoy great art in your own hometown--or very nearby! Come enjoy an old-fashioned evening of musical melodrama in the historic Olde Glory Theatre and Community Hall in Seward, NE.

More deets here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1212111583813540?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D

Reserve your tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kingsplayersmelodrama/2023651

02/12/2026

TODAY is a good day to reserve your tickets for our 24th annual old-fashioned melodrama! Just two weeks from today is our OPENING NIGHT!

JOIN US! for "Fainting Bertha...or She had a knack for it!" a rollicking show that will take you back to a simpler time...when heroes always got the girl, the dastardly villain got run out of town on a rail (or worse!) and (spoiler alert!) good always triumphed over evil. Plenty of laughs and the I can guarantee that the popcorn will be flying!! Family-friendly fun at the charming Olde Glory Theatre and Community Hall in Seward, NE.

Performances are Feb 26, 27, 28, both matinees and evening shows to suit your schedule!

Popcorn, hot dogs and other excellent concessions will be available an hour before the show!

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02/24/2025

Come! This is a very entertaining show put on by a stellar group of young actors and actresses! We'd love to see you at our show!

Did you know that our melodrama “Adrift in the Wicked City…or the Miser’s Secret” is a brand new play, and that it is being performed for the first time ever in Seward, Nebraska, this week? At the charming Olde Glory Theatre and Community Hall??

Participate in a bit of whimsy and history this week and come enjoy this fun new action-packed show!!

We still have tickets available for the Wednesday evening show, and the Friday matinee! We would love to see you there!!

Reserve your tickets here: https://shorturl.at/CNGyA

02/24/2025

Did you know that our melodrama “Adrift in the Wicked City…or the Miser’s Secret” is a brand new play, and that it is being performed for the first time ever in Seward, Nebraska, this week? At the charming Olde Glory Theatre and Community Hall??

Participate in a bit of whimsy and history this week and come enjoy this fun new action-packed show!!

We still have tickets available for the Wednesday evening show, and the Friday matinee! We would love to see you there!!

Reserve your tickets here: https://shorturl.at/CNGyA

01/30/2025

Throwback Thursday!
From last year's show "Pure as the Driven Snow...or the Working Girl's Secret," everybody gawks as a strange, QUITE TALL, heavily-veiled wom--er, ah, person in a dress bursts in. And claims to be the mother of the sweet foundling discovered in the barn!!

Did everybody fall for it?? Did anybody fall for it?? Well....if you came to the show, you may remember the shocking conclusion of this show!

This year's show also will SHOCK YOU!!

Come join us! "Adrift in the Wicked City, or...the Miser's Secret," playing February 26 through March 1.

Reserve your tickets today! click here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kingsplayersmelodrama/1496516?fbclid=IwY2xjawIHmmNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHcxJxQtguCaIIaa5cmOAzn6VULnElzg4SXMOUIs86siGFT1x6x60h1pcjg_aem_vudWN4M7XP_VutrB0SXNCg

For more information about the melodrama, click here:
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