The Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is teaming up with Angels Theatre Company and the Rural Reconciliation Project for a discussion related to the company’s upcoming performance of “Eminent Domain.” Join Playwright Laura Leininger-Campbell, Director Timothy Scholl, and UNL Law Professors Jessica Shoemaker and Anthony Schutz for a conversation about family farms, corporate interests, and land use. Part of the discussion will include short readings from the play.

About the play: When Nebraska rancher Rob McLeod is confronted with a threat underneath his land, his entire family is drawn into a struggle to preserve their relationships, their sense of community, and their heritage. “Eminent Domain” digs into this critical question: how can a Heartland way of life survive without its next generation? An award-winning play, written by Nebraska playwright Laura Leininger-Campbell, “Eminent Domain” digs beneath the day-to-day struggles facing our family farms.

Angels Theatre Company is a professional theatre company located in Lincoln, Neb., with a mission to create and produce new plays. “This is a tremendously local and personal story,” Scholl said. “The themes are immediately relevant, and this is a conversation that we need to engage in our community. The legacy of our family farms is critical to our future.”

The Rural Reconciliation Project is an interdisciplinary research and engagement effort pursuing a new path forward through an honest accounting of rural past and present.

See the play: March 20-22, 27-29, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. and March 23 and 30, 2025 at 2 p.m. in the
Johnny Carson Theatre at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. https://www.liedcenter.org/event/angel-theatre-companys-eminent-domain

This Paul A. Olson talk is free and open to the public.