Bonnie Gill and Mark Manhart decided to start a community theatre of live performances for older adults and those who like to work with older generations.
Our first play was a one-act play, “Any Body For Tea?” It was mounted to play for three performances in Omaha. The cast included six women and two men whose average ages hovered from 72 to 84.
The rest is history as the Grande Olde Players Company flourished for 25 years with 12 performances of each of the six shows per year, bringing good solid entertainment to the Omaha community. Unfortunately we had to close the theatre facilities. It had become Omaha’s finest small theatres. Time had caught up with us, but we continue as a company of older people who love theatre and want to help other small theatres.
We now offer our expertise in live theatre highlighting older people any way we can: acting, directing, writing or just good commonsense advice.