Dani Cleveland and Justin Payne

For our Season 2 Premiere, host David McKibbin sits down with Dani Cleveland and Justin Payne, a team of musical theatre writers based in Omaha Nebraska. In this episode, we discuss how Dani and Justin channeled their collective grief during the COVID-19 pandemic to write their musical Heaven Come Home, which will be presented as a staged reading this August at the University of Nebraska Omaha. We also dabble into how gentrification in Omaha influenced their musical Little Brown Boy.

Produced and Hosted by David McKibbin

Guests: Dani Cleveland and Justin Payne

Intro Music: "Talky Beats" by Twin Musicom

Outro Music: "One More Day" from Heaven Come Home, Music and Lyrics by Julie Baker