The play “Indecent” at Blue Barn theatre, where UNO Instructor of Violin, Olga Smola served last spring as music director, actress and violinist, won the award for Outstanding Play at the Theatre Arts Guild Awards!

“Indecent” is a play by Paula Vogel which explores of immigration woes, anti-Semitism and homophobia. It recounts the controversy surrounding the play «God of Vengeance» by Sholem Asch, which was produced on Broadway in 1923. The cast of the original production was arrested on the grounds of obscenity.

The play was nominated for three Tony Awards in 2017 and won 2 of them.