{{Short description|Theater in Omaha, Nebraska, United States}} {{use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{use American English|date=March 2026}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2026}} The '''Bluebarn Theatre''', located at 1106 S. 10th Street in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, is a nationally recognized theater.

Begun in 1989, the theater was founded by a group of 1988 graduates from the theater program at Purchase College: Kevin Lawler, Hughston Walkinshaw, Nils Haaland and Mary Theresa Green.

The theater was started at the invitation of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, with whom the theater initially shared a space. In 2015 the theater built its own 96-seat theater with an indoor/outdoor performance space.<ref name="Bent15">{{cite news |last1=Bent |first1=Eliza |title=Can You Build a New Theatre Space Without Changing Course? |url=https://www.americantheatre.org/2015/05/06/can-you-build-a-new-theatre-space-without-changing-course/ |access-date=March 23, 2026 |work=American Theatre |date=May 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Jonathan |title=Omaha theatre soon to break ground on unique, new home |url=https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-theatre-soon-to-break-ground-on-unique-new-home/7645919 |access-date=March 23, 2026 |work=KETV |date=April 25, 2014 |language=en}}</ref>

The Bluebarn produces the works of contemporary American playwrights as well as original works. Omaha-born filmmaker Alexander Payne, who has been a longtime supporter of the theater, volunteered to be interviewed on the stage in 2002 for a fundraising event for the Bluebarn by Hughston Walkinshaw and current Artistic Director Susan Clement-Toberer.

==See also== * Theatre in Omaha

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==External links== * [http://www.bluebarn.org/ Official website]

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