OKC Theatre Company

Native American New Play Festival Schedule

Festival Events during the day on April 20-21 are offered FREE to the public. There is no charge for lunch on April 21, but reservations must be made in advance by April 18.

April 11-13 (Thu-Sat) – Nightly Performances of CHALK IN THE RAIN 8:00 pm April 14 (Sunday) – Matinee Performance of CHALK IN THE RAIN 2:00 pm

April 18-20 (Thu-Sat) Nightly Performances of “Sparrow” a one-woman performance commemorating the Oklahoma City Bombing followed by CHALK IN THE RAIN 8:00 pm

April 20 (Saturday afternoon)
1:00 Welcome Reception
1:30 Staged Reading – MANAHATTA by Mary Kathryn Nagle
3:00 Q&A – “Manahatta: From the Perspective of the Delaware Lanape Today” (Tribal Elders and Leaders)
3:30 Featured Artist “Songs of The People” (Caddo Songs with Michael Edmonds)
5:00 Staged Reading – HUNKA by Larrisa FastHorse

April 21 (Sunday afternoon)
12:00 Meet & Greet – Luncheon in Honor of Festival Playwrights
1:00 Storyteller – Jenice Bigbee
1:45 “Music of the Comanche People” (Hymns and Hand-drumming, Chad Tahchawwickah)
2:30 Staged Reading – JACOBSON AND THE KIOWA FIVE by Russ Tallchief
4:30 Q&A – “A Discussion with the Festival Playwrights”

Congratulations to all the 2012 Awards Gala nominees and winners! What a fun and wonderful way to end our 13th season — probably one of the most successful seasons in our company’s history — and kick off a new season, which promises to build on the successes of the last 13 years. What an honor it is for all of us to live and work here in OKC where theatre is thriving all over town! In our 14th season, we will be engaging in two co-productions, one with St. Gregory’s University (Frankenstein) and a second with the talented artists of Ghostlight Theatre Club (Bug). We will open our season with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a revival of the 2011 production at The Boom with the original cast and production crew who worked so hard to bring that show to OKC. Hedwig starts our season off with a BANG and the loud, throbbing sounds of rock ‘n roll. There’s never been anything like this presented at Civic Center Music Hall, so don’t miss this show in its limited two-weekend run.

We have an incredible line-up of shows for Season 14, so whether you’re an actor, artist, or audience member; we hope you’ll join OKCTC for another great year! As our founding Artistic Director Rick Nelson taught us to say, “We’ll see you at the show!”

The final show of our ground-breaking 12th season opens this weekend. A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer prize winning masterpiece will be directed by Founding Artistic Director Richard Nelson. The play introduces us to two of the most iconic figures in American theatre, Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski and our production stars professional actors of Actors’ Equity Association and other local OKC theatre scene favorites.

When we say “ground-breaking 12th season” it’s not propaganda! This season we have seen an almost 80% increase in ticket sales from last season and have enjoyed a much higher profile in the community. We owe this success in large part to our new Board of Directors who was headed this past season by Harry Kocurek with energy, vivacity, and an undaunted faith in our company. Harry has resigned effective at the end of this season, and we will sincerely miss him. He will be succeeded by Keith Parker, someone we all have an equal amount of faith in to spear-head the administration of our company for the next two seasons. Keith is a passionate individual who approaches everything with a strategic foresight and a deep passion to bring this company to its full potential.

The past few seasons have been marked with changes, not the least of which has been saying goodbye to our Founding Artistic Director Richard Nelson who brought OKCTC through years of successes and challenges with grace and perseverance. Thank you, Rick, for your many years of faithful leadership and calm direction. Associate Artistic Director Rachel Irick, who Nelson calls “the obvious choice to be the next AD” has already begun her transition to the AD role behind the scenes, but the opening of Streetcar will mark her official beginning in the position.

We’re already heavily involved in launching season 13 with the musical Quilters, so hold on to your hats, folks! This train isn’t about to slow down. If you have yet to join the thousands of others who have enjoyed years of critically acclaimed audience favorites from OKCTC, it’s time you got to know us. Join us for Streetcar July 22-31, and find out why OKCTC is quickly becomming the most talked-about theatre company in OKC and one of the fastest growing arts organizations in the metro.

About 70 volunteers showed up bright and early at 7:30 am this past Monday to appear as extras and help raise money for OKCTC. Some of them stayed for over 15 hours with a positive attitude and smiles on their faces. What an unbelievable show of support! The volunteer spirit among our people is amazing.

If you were among those who helped us, WE APPRECIATE YOU!!! The money you helped raise will provide crucial start-up funds for Season 13. As you know, arts’ funding is being cut across the country, so events like this are very very helpful. THANK YOU!!!

We’re currently working on recruiting another group for a shoot on Wednesday, July 6th. We’re told it will be MUCH shorter day. If you would like to participate, send your name, age range, and general ethnicity to rachel@okctc.org, and we will add you to our list.

We’re super-excited about starting rehearsals for this highly-anticipated production of Tennessee Williams’ classic American play A Streetcar Named Desire. Cast members include Tom Huston-Orr, Chair of the OU School of Drama along with OU Faculty member Allissa Millar and Oklahoma City University Professor D. Lance Marsh. Other cast members include Deborah Draheim, Rick Cheek and Erin Hick-Cheek. Several OU School of Drama Students and other community actors round out this talented cast. Streetcar opens June 22 and will be performed in the Civic Center’s Freede Theatre. Don’t miss it!

Thanks to everyone who came out to see our two shows in the New Voices Series. We had great audiences come to see two fantastic new plays. Thank you for your feedback and for the great attendance Friday night at the reception. Special thanks to Board President Harry Kocurek, other Board members, and OKC Theatre Company member (by marriage) Terry Sroufe for arranging such a lovely reception after the show.

We launched our new website today thanks to the hard work of the designers and programmers at T&S Web Design Company. Thanks, T&S!

Much Ado About Nothing will run in the Freede Theatre February 3rd-20th with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm.

Congratulate our cast!

• DON PEDRO Trinity Goodwin
• LEONATO David Pasto
• ANTONIO/SEXTON TBA
• BENEDICK Johnnie Payne
• BEATRICE Rachel Bouton
• CLAUDIO Marty Rogers
• HERO Calen Cabler
• MARGARET/MESSENGER Danielle Gendron
• URSULA Lindsay Pittman
• DON JOHN Brent Noel
• BORACHIO/FRIAR Leavell Javon Johnson
• CONRADE Chris Stanford
• DOGBERRY/VERGES Jerrad Allbritton
• FIRST WATCHMAN Randall Beavers
• SECOND WATCHMAN Jason Emly
• DANCERS Andrea Rogers and others TBD

We’re excited to launch our new, dynamic website. We are planning to make use of our blog, updating it on a regular basis. This is where you’ll find the latest and greatest information on the OKC Theatre Company, including audition information, photo galleries and ticket purchasing information.

We’re also excited that the new website T&S Web Design created for us is much easier to update on an ongoing basis. That means we’ll be able to keep our patrons much more up-to-date on everything we have to offer. Not only will the blog be updated, but the rest of the site will have current information as well.

So bookmark our website or add our RSS feed. We’re looking forward to communicating more with you, our patrons and fans.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us!