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About the former Nazis who sent us to the 🌕. Six women play the men exposing a fact: “how the rockets were made matters.”
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This week @crystalskillman’s @therocketmenplay was announced as a part of the upcoming @alabamashakespeare season. Ready to blast off in this terrific lineup. 🙏🚀

Announcing our 2026-2027 Season!✨

The Play That Goes Wrong
Fences
Elf: The Musical
Marian: An Original Musical
William Shakespeare’s As You Like It
The Rocket Men
ANNOUNCING SOON! A Disney musical of mythical proportions... ⚡️

We hope you will join us for this exciting season! Single tickets go on sale July 20th, and season subscriptions are on sale NOW! Visit ASF.NET or call or box office at 334-271-5353. by @therocketmenplay

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Happy MLK day. @therocketmenplay by @crystalskillman directed by Inga Wilson featuring an incredible team is OPEN @octheatre running through February 1st! 🚀

It takes a tremendous amount to open a new play, still premiering (next stop Nebraska!). What took months to put together through opening night takes you just an evening…we promised you a trip.
Some of what we’ve heard online and in the dark:
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“I highly recommend Rocket Men at Oregon Contemporary Theatre . A deeply thought provoking piece with expert level performances all around. 10/10 - I still wanna talk about it.”

“This story and play completely blew me away.”

“WOW.”

Check out 🔗 in bio to the @octheatre program! by @therocketmenplay

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8 months ago

The Rocket Men @synchrotheatre has blasted off to the stars climbing higher & higher! 🗞️👀 👇Runs til 11/2! 2nd take off in @nationalnewplaynetwork roll 🚀

“Skillman has managed a finale so powerful that it is worth the price of admission on its own… a truly top-notch cast … “The Rocket Men asks us, when looking at our own history, to question who has the right to tell our nation’s stories — the benefactors of our nation’s choices, the survivors or the victims?”
- ArtsAtl
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The Rocket Men Is “Sharp, Surprising, and Full of Theatrical Invention.” - The Collector
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“It’s a story that exposes many layers, brings some things that are conveniently hidden in the shadows into the light, and provides a new perspective concerning our quest to reach for the stars…Director Rachel May does an excellent job of bringing Crytal Skillman’s script to life. Every element works together to pull off a stellar performance.”
- Speakeysie by @therocketmenplay

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Thank you @annegmorgan for this gorgeous list of plays to read on @newplayexchange featuring @therocketmenplay which just finished its @nationalnewplaynetwork roll, and will be out from Concord shortly- I just put the latest script on there to read. Next production in spring next year. 🙏❤️📕

This list is full of incredible writers including close friends @andrewrosendorf @elemfeld @anotherpieceofkay @mike_lew_asian_playwright @gwydions & heroes yet to meet. 👀 Read on! by @therocketmenplay

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Saying goodbye to the @therocketmenplay rewrites.
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This summer I’ve spent on my final dive (for now) into this world as the play comes out shortly from @concordshows (online manuscript to license & in print this fall). 🔗in bio…I hope this play can reach as many folks as possible. It has made me the writer I am today. by @therocketmenplay

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Honored to chat about @therocketmenplay alongside the brilliant Kelundra Smith chatting about her play The Wash as we share about our @nationalnewplaynetwork rolls with Amelia French for the spring issue of The Dramatist. by @therocketmenplay

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A final look at The Rocket Men…

We closed the book on this two-year long project yesterday to an outstanding crowd. Were you there?Lincoln - we cannot thank you enough for your support of new work in a time when it is needed the most. We hope this production left you with a curiosity for history hidden in the shadows. Through the triumphs of mankind, who is remembered? Whose stories do we tell?

To continue following the journey of this remarkable show, be sure to follow @therocketmenplay!

Until next time, friends 🚀❤

📸: @izzylewis.media by @therocketmenplay

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Thank you @officialbroadwayworld! Photo Flash of @therocketmenplay @angelstheatreco_lincoln @lied- I fly out this weekend!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/omaha/article/Photos-THE-ROCKET-MEN-Premieres-at-Angels-Theatre-Company-20260319 by @therocketmenplay

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Our mission is coming to an end, friends. We hope to see you this weekend for the final ascent of The Rocket Men! 💥

📸: @izzylewis.media

🚀 THE ROCKET MEN by Crystal Skillman
🗓 March 12-15 & 19-22
📍The Carson Theater at the Lied Center - 301 N. 12th Street, Lincoln NE
🎟 Tickets on sale now at the link in our bio! taken in Lied Center for Performing Arts by @therocketmenplay

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Thank you, Amber, for your spectacular review of The Rocket Men in @appearinglocally! We are incredibly grateful that you walked away from our production with much to reflect upon.

Read Amber's full review at the link in our bio and then get your tickets to weekend #2!

🚀 THE ROCKET MEN by Crystal Skillman
🗓 March 12-15 & 19-22
📍The Carson Theater at the Lied Center - 301 N. 12th Street, Lincoln NE
🎟 Tickets on sale now at the link in our bio! by @therocketmenplay

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It’s a rave kids. 🚀 “The Rocket Men explores a fascinating and complicated moment in history—the scientists who helped launch America’s space program after World War II, many of whom had previously worked for Nazi Germany. It’s a story about ambition, discovery, and the moral questions that sometimes sit quietly behind great achievements.

One of the most striking choices is that six women portray the scientists whose work eventually helped send Americans to the moon. It’s a bold theatrical device, and it works beautifully. Instead of feeling like a gimmick, it actually deepens the storytelling and invites the audience to engage with the history in a fresh way.

Without giving anything away, the final moments of the play landed with a quiet emotional power that really stayed with me. It’s the kind of ending that makes you reflect not just on the story you’ve watched, but on the complicated history behind it.” - Appearing Locally

Check out the amazing @angelstheatreco_lincoln production of @therocketmenplay - to see each revision gain stronger & stronger praise - so 🙏.

Harper Allen - Friend
Lillian Bornstein - Heinz Hermann-Koelle
Sasha Dobson - Werhner von Braun
Megan Fangmeyer - Helmut Hoelzer
Paige Fritz - Understudy
Noelle Rodriguez - William A. Mrazek
Lauren Silvernan Durban - Arthur Rudolph
Hannah Tewes - Sol Weissman

Jamie Bullins - Director/Interim Artistic Director
Brenna Thompson - Assistant Director/Crew
Stephanie Kahler - Stage Manager/Social Media & PR
Kieran Hoppe - Assistant Stage Manager
Mo Benes - Technical Director
Brenda Davis - Set Designer
Dan Novy - Projections Designer
Michelle Harvey - Lighting Designer
Abigail Phelan - Assistant Lighting Designer
Christy Hernandez - Sound Designer
Hannah Hansen - Costumes Designer
Julie Enersen - Properties Designer taken in Lincoln, Nebraska by @therocketmenplay

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What a blast off! First 👀Repost from @angelstheatreco_lincoln
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“When we pick who goes, who ascends...Who do we pick? Who are the names? Who will be allowed to live?”

If you missed us for opening night, don’t worry! There are seven chances left to catch The Rocket Men, including tonight at 7:30pm. Join us through March 22nd as we bring you the story of former Nazi engineers who took the United States to the moon, and the costs they paid to achieve their goal.

📸: @izzylewis.media

🚀 THE ROCKET MEN by Crystal Skillman
🗓 March 12-15 & 19-22
📍The Carson Theater at the Lied Center - 301 N. 12th Street, Lincoln NE
🎟 Tickets on sale now! https://www.liedcenter.org/event/angels-theatre-companys-rocket-men by @therocketmenplay

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