41°15′26.44″N 95°56′13.82″W / 41.2573444°N 95.9371722°W / 41.2573444; -95.9371722 The Magic Theatre is located at 325 South 16th Street in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded in 1968 by Jo Ann Schmidman, the theatre is designed to be an experimental theatre by and for people in the Midwest.[1] The Magic Theatre has toured around the world, including the Suwon Castle International Theater Festival in South Korea. The theatre itself was closed and sold by the city of Omaha in 2007.
Today Schmidman is the Theatre's Director, with Megan Terry serving as the playwright-in-residence[2] and as Magic Theatre's "literary manager"[3] Among their best known productions are Approaching Simone, Viet Rock, Calm Down, Mother, and Hot House. The archives of the Omaha Magic Theatre have been placed in the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley.[4]
In addition to performing work by playwrights from across the country,[5] Schmidman and Megan Terry have published several of the Magic Theatre's original productions.[6]
Earlier, unpublished productions include the musicals "Choose A Spot On The Floor" (1971) and "Stranger Than Spending A Night In A Fort Dodge Truck Stop" (1972).