Meet Your Hosts
Chris Berger
Actor, Director, Stage Manager, Properties
Chris Berger is an Actor and Performer from Kansas City and moved to Nebraska in 2015. You may have seen him in the Omaha Community Playhouse's production of A Christmas Carol. From 2016-2018 and also in 2021, he played Bob Cratchit, and in 2019 he was the Spirit of Christmas Present. Chris has played King Arthur in Spamalot, Harold Hill in The Music Man, Fagin in Oliver!, and Michael (#2) in I Do I Do I Do I Do!, and Nick in Making Spirits Bright (2020), and Rod in Calendar Girls (2019) and at the Lofte Community Theatre. He was also the Narrator in the play, Who Shot Liberty Valance (2017) at the Omaha Community Playhouse. Chris also played Sam in Mamma Mia! (2019) at the Performing Arts Repertory Theatre.
Awards
Chris was nominated for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for Mamma Mia! in 2020 from the OEAA Omaha Entertainment Awards, and in 2016 he was nominated for the Bill Bailey Award at the Omaha Community Playhouse for his role as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol.
Chris was also awarded the Lofte Community Theatre's 2022 Backstage Volunteer Award for Stage Management, Assistant Director and other assistance behind the scenes for their 2022 Season.
Chris was also recently nominated for Broadway World's 2023 "Best Supporting Actor in a Play" for The Mousetrap. He was also recently nominated for "Outstanding Prop Design" for Doublewide Texas (2023) by the OEAA Omaha Entertainment Art Awards.
Recent Work
Some of his recent projects have been in the Omaha Film Festival (2020-2023), the Omaha Fringe Festival (2020-2024). And the 2022 Fright Fest with Omni Arts Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, as well as the staged reading of Love Is? (2022) at Chanticleer Theatre at PACE.
Chris has recently directed Mix and Machinate (2023) for the First Flight Festival (Angels Theatre Company) in Lincoln, NE.
His Assistant Directing credits have been, The Diary of Anne Frank (2022), Noises Off (2022), and Behind Every Bush (2023). He also was the Assistant Director of Wit at the Lofte Community Theatre (2023).
Chris' most recent acting roles have been "Baby" in the Lofte Community Theatre's Doublewide Texas (2023), and Doublewide Christmas. In 2023, he was also in W!t, The Mousetrap, 9 to 5, and The Nerd . He was in the Lofte's 2022 Christmas Production of Every Christmas Story Ever Told and Then Some. He is also a frequent performer for the past several years in the Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at the Lofte.
Chris also has been involved and Props and Stage Management for the Lofte Community Theatre's Nosies Off (2022), Every Christmas Story Ever Told and Then Some (2022) and Doublewide Texas. (2023), The Nerd (2023), W!t (2023), The Mousetrap (2023), The Nerd (2023), Doublewide Christmas (2023), Sunshine Express (2024), and Radium Girls (2024).
Chris occasionally writes for Appearing Locally, which is part of the LTA (Lincoln Theatre Alliance). And you may have also seen him in local Omaha commercials!
Chris Berger, Actor
You may have seen Chris in some of these roles in the Omaha and Lincoln area:
Chris Berger as "Kane"
Performer, Recording Artist and
Founding Member of The Jolly Rogers
Chris performed and recorded music with The Jolly Rogers for 32 years (1991-2023), and produced over 13 albums. You may have seen him at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, the Muskogee Renaissance Festival, or many others across the country including Scarborough Faire in Texas, Bristol Ren Faire in Wisconsin, Arizona Renaissance Festival, Renaissance Festival at Iowa Western, and Louisiana Pirate Fair. Chris was a founding member of The Jolly Rogers and helped create a pirate group who perform comedy skits, bawdy songs, sea shanties and traditional and newly written songs. Chris left the Jolly Rogers in May of 2023 so he can concentrate on theatre and other creative endeavors. Chris is a talented "Shantyman" and because he is so good at it, there will be more to come!
Your Hosts
Sheri Berger
Business Minion and Dog Momma
Sheri Berger is not a performer, but is instead a Business Minion. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and has studied for her MBA, as well as industry designations in her field. Back in the day, before all of that, she was originally a music major, who sang, played piano, and saxophone, and dreamed of learning a stringed instrument so she could tour the world in an Orchestra. Instead, life took her elsewhere, and she has spent her time in the business world, which much of it working for non-profits. Some say that we marry the person we would most like to be, and with Chris, she thinks that is perhaps true for her.
Ever since the podcast began, Sheri developed a love for promoting theatre and its social, emotional and economic importance in our lives. The pandemic made many of us more resolute in making sure the Arts survive and thrive - as so many of us picked up a paintbrush, or a pen, or whatever Art form used as a mechanism to stay engaged and happy during the times of forced solitude.
Sheri spends much of her time volunteering in local theatre mostly working behind-the-scenes in lighting and costume positions as well as front-of-the-house positions. She has assisted with costumes in the Lofte Community Theatre's production of Oliver (2018), and assistant stage managed for the Lofte's 2022 Christmas production, Every Story Ever Told and Then Some. In 2023, Sheri was the Stage Manager for the Lofte production of The Nerd (2023), and will never quite look at boiled eggs the same again. She has steadily worked the front of the house positions as well and in 2017 was awarded their Usher Volunteer Award and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Sheri has also been an actor in various Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre productions, and was the Narrator in Love Is? (2022) which was a staged reading at Chanticleer Community Theatre at PACE.
Sheri is a frequent writer and reviewer for Appearing Locally, which is part of the LTA (Lincoln Theatre Alliance). You'll find her reviews on their website.
Sheri has spent much of her life sewing and making costumes for science fiction fans. She also made pirate costumes for Chris that he wore while performing for The Jolly Rogers.
She works hard behind the scenes of the podcast, and also enjoys networking and meeting so many talented individuals.
Chris and Sheri also love their dogs! And they both immensely appreciate the listeners and guests of our podcast!
Sheri Berger
Not nearly as much in front of the camera, but there's a few pictures out there!