ABOUT THE LIED

ABOUT THE LIED

Mission, Vision & Goals

Our mission is to educate, inspire and entertain the people of Nebraska through the performing arts.

    Goals

    • Building Artistic Programs 
    • Providing a Superior Venue and Patron Experience
    • Increasing Student Involvement
    • Enhancing Technology at Lied Center
    • Maximizing Success of Lied Center Staff
    • Enhancing Financial Health of Lied Center

      Our vision is to transform the lives of the people of Nebraska through the performing arts by:

      • Expanding the presentations of artists of great distinction representing all art forms and genres—both from Nebraska and around the world.
      • Engaging people and communities from across Nebraska with exceptional experiences
      • Providing first-hand experiences for youth and college students
      • Revitalizing our facility and investing in our human resources to take the Lied to new stages of excellence.
      • Creating new artistic works which contribute to the diverse culture of Nebraska and the world. 
      • Serving the state as an arts leader and collaborator to celebrate creativity, discovery and diversity.
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      Board Members
      & Staff

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      PRESS & NEWS

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      Welcome to another spectacular season of music, theater, dance, and more at the Lied Center!

      You’re invited!

      Join us to experience the greatest artists in the world

      Sharing an exceptional performing arts experience with family and friends is truly one of life’s great joys. There are few times when we are more connected to those around us than when we’re seated together in a theater, witnessing something thrilling or inspirational or entertaining. For an hour or two, we escape the real world and travel to a place of laughter, romance, beauty, excitement, culture and so many things that fill our souls.

      Every season at the Lied is unique, combining encore performances from legendary artists with breathtaking talent that has never graced the Lied Center stage. This season we are thrilled to welcome back many of our favorite artists of all time! Yo-Yo Ma, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Boston Pops, and Canadian Brass all return to the Lied Center as many of our community’s favorite artists of all time.

      It's a big year for orchestral music as we welcome the Philadelphia Orchestra back to Lincoln! Recognized as one of the “Big Five” American orchestras, this nationally treasured ensemble is celebrating 125 years of musical excellence as one of the top orchestras in the world. It’s been over 25 years since this orchestra has filled the Lied Center with music. Plus, America’s orchestra returns! The beloved Boston Pops orchestra, celebrating the music of John Williams under the baton of Keith Lockhart, will deliver another celebrated performance.

      It’s going to be a thrilling year in family entertainment, kicked off by Disney’s Frozen! This Broadway spectacle takes over the Lied Center for two weeks in August, bringing the beloved smash-hit film to the stage. Speaking of Disney classics, we’ll also welcome the live-to-film concert of Moana, featuring the full movie accompanied by a live Polynesian band. Illusionist Reza returns to the Lied after thrilling a sold-out crowd in 2023! He’s one of the many artists whose dreams took shape right here at the Lied, and he takes great joy in creating magical experiences for the next generation of audiences. Youth graphic novel favorite Dog Man also makes his debut appearance at the Lied Center this season!

      Your Create Your Own Season package gets you seats to the most popular shows in the season, including Glenn Korff Broadway series programs such as Hadestown, The Music Man, A Christmas Story, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, and SUFFS, the new hit musical making its Nebraska premiere. Winner of the 2024 Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book of a Musical, this moving show tells the story of the brave, passionate, funny, inspirational women who fought to win the right for women to vote in the United States.

      I could go on and on about this season (Johnny Carson’s 100th Birthday Celebration! Cirque Kalabante! Stars of American Ballet, The Soweto Gospel Choir! The 2025 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist!), but I’ll leave you the joy of uncovering all the treasures for yourself. Head over to liedcenter.org/events and start exploring the possibilities for countless date nights, outings with the family, or the best of times with friends featuring the world’s best music, theater and dance artists. As a season ticket holder, you enjoy the best seats at the best prices! I hope you will join us for 5, 10 or 20+ shows, as there is something for everyone. Take the time now to plan and schedule your favorite moments of the year with us. Life is short. Eat the cake. Buy the tickets. Enjoy these once-in-a-lifetime moments that we can treasure together forever.

      Bill Stephan,

      Executive Director and Chief Artistic Officer

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      LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

      WE ACKNOWLEDGE that the University of Nebraska, with the Lied Center for Performing Arts, is a land-grant institution with campuses and programs on the past, present, and future homelands of the Pawnee, Usni Ponca, Juwere and Nutachi, Umon hon (or Omaha), Dakota, Lakota, Hinono’eino, Kaw, and Tsitsistas and So’taahe Peoples, as well as those of the relocated Ho-Chunk, Nemahahaki, and Báxoje Peoples.

      WE ACKNOWLEDGE that this land where the Lied Center currently sits, before it was part of the university, before it was part of the Nebraska State Fairgrounds, was a site of salt gathering and a shared resource of many of the peoples just named. The Lied Center is committed to continuing the practice of gathering and sharing with indigenous people and others.

      WE ACKNOWLEDGE that our coming together here does not usurp or counter any past, present, or future claims of Native peoples also to this space and that it behooves us to know whose lands we are about to temporarily share.

      Land acknowledgment adapted from a document created in conversation with UNL Native Studies, the Institute of Ethnic Studies, UNITE, and others. For more information or additional resources and support, please reference the following webpage entitled Recognizing the Land at: https://diversity.unl.edu/recognizing-land

      Information for this statement is courtesy of Dr. Margaret Huettl.

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