Quilters
By Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek
Freede Theatre
Season 13 begins with this joyous, dramatic, and moving musical tribute to American women. Combining music, dance movement and scenes of comic brilliance and vivid dramatic intensity, the play pays eloquent tribute to the courage and spirit of American pioneers. Originally developed and produced at the Denver Center Theatre company, Quilters became a record-setting regional theater success before its presentations on Broadway and at the Edinburgh Festival. "Who would have thought that quilts, quilting--quilters--had so much joy and pain, laughter and tears, so much life, beauty and drama in them?" --Drama-Logue. Directed by Rachel Irick with Music Direction by Jeanise Morton and choreography by Andrea Rogers.
Performances on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm. PREVIEW Performance Thursday, September 15, 8:00 pm (Preview Admission: $10)
We are offering one special weekday matinee for area school children on Thursday, September 29th, at 10:00 am. If your school would be interested in attending, call (405) 593-6600 to hear about special pricing deals for your students! This production is appropriate for middle school and high school students (or 4th grade and up) and is an excellent compliment for your class study of American History and Oklahoma History. Don't merely talk about history; EXPERIENCE it!
September 16 - October 2, 2011
Buried Child
by Sam Shepard
City Space Theatre
Winner of the 1979 Pulitzer Prize. Revised for the 1996 Broadway production. This powerful and brilliant play probes deep into the disintegration of the American Dream. "Shepard is one of the most prolific of our playwrights, and, for that matter, certainly one of the most brilliant." -NY Post. "Mr. Shepard is an uncommon playwright and uncommonly gifted..." -NY Times. "...wildly poetic, full of stage images and utterances replete with insidious suggestiveness..." -NY Magazine. Directed by Doug Van Liew.
Performances on October 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, November 3, 4, and 5 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, November 6, at 2:00 pm. Preview Performance October 20, 8:00 pm. (Preview admission: $10)
October 21 - November 6, 2011
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Barbara Robinson
Freede Theatre
In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids--probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem--and the fun--when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on! "An American classic."-- McCall's Magazine "One of the best Christmas stories ever-- and certainly one of the funniest."-- The Seattle Times. Directed by Deborah Draheim.
Performances on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00. One Saturday matinee at 2:00 on Saturday, December 17. PREVIEW Performance on December 1st at 8:00. (Special Preview Admission Price: $10)
We are offering two matinees for area school children on Thursday December 8th and Thursday, December 15 at 10:00 am. If your school would be interested in attending, call (405) 812-7737 to hear about special pricing deals for your students! This production is appropriate for elementary, middle school, and high school students.
December 2-18, 2011
Same Time, Next Year
by Bernard Slade
City Space Theatre
Bring your Valentine and laugh at one of the most popular romantic comedies of the 20th century! Same Time, Next Year ran four years on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for lead actress Ellen Burstyn, who later recreated her role in the successful motion picture. It remains one of the world's most widely produced plays. The plot follows a love affair between two people, Doris and George, married to others, who rendezvous once a year. Twenty-five years of manners and morals are hilariously and touchingly played out by the lovers. Directed by Cristela Carrizales.
In a special arrangement with the producers of OKC Improv, one of OKC's most popular improv groups "The Ones Your Mother Warned You About" will be performing at 7:30 to open each of our Saturday performances. That's two great performances for the price of one! (Saturday performances only) "The Ones Your Mother Warned You About" is an original two-man, two-woman long form improv troupe that specializes in creating rich, smart, jazzy scenes that explore the complexities of life, love, and relationships. Read more about them on Facebook.
Performances on Thursdays and Fridays: February 3, 9, 10, 16, 17 at 8:00 pm; Saturdays: February 4, 11, 18 at 7:30 pm; and Sundays, February 5, 12, and 19 at 2:00 pm. PREVIEW Performance on Thursday, February 2, 8:00 pm (Preview Admission: $10)
February 3-19, 2012
Gypsy
by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne
and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Freede Theatre
Suggested by memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, GYPSY is the ultimate story about an aggressive stage mother. Join Rose, June and Louise in their trip across the United States during the 1920's, when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born. Jule Styne's music and Stephen Sondheim's lyrics include Let Me Entertain You, Some People, You'll Never Get Away from Me, If Momma Was Married, All I Need Is the Girl, Everything's Coming Up Roses, You Gotta Get A Gimmick and Together Wherever We Go. This is a gripping story of one of the most frightening aspects of show business. Directed by Chad Anderson with Music Direction by Jeanise Morton and starring Deborah Draheim as "Mama Rose."
Performances on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm. PREVIEW Performance on Thursday, March 8, 8:00 pm (Preview Admission: $10)
March 9-25, 2012
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Dale Wasserman
based on the novel by Ken Kesey
City Space Theatre
A charming rogue contrives to serve a short sentence in a mental institution (run by a tyrannical nurse) rather than prison and leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can see the world series on television, and arranges a rollicking midnight party. Winner of the 2001 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival. "Cuckoo is captivating." --N.Y. Post "Scarifying and powerful." --N.Y. Times. Directed by George Adams.
Performances on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays: April 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28 at 8:00 pm and on Sundays: April 22 and 29 at 2:00 pm. PREVIEW Performance Thursday, April 12th at 8:00. (Preview Admission: $10)
April 13 - 29, 2012
Native American New Play Festival featuring SALVAGE by Diane Glancy
All performances in City Space Theatre
A two-week celebration of the Native American Playwright, the third annual Native American New Play Festival will feature a two week run of a new play by celebrated Native American poet, novelist, and playwright Diane Glancy entitled Salvage and staged readings on June 9th of the 2012 Festival finalists. Join us for this one-of-a-kind cultural event in the region. (Click here if you are a playwright and would like more information about submission guidelines. Plays are being accepted now through March 15, 2012.)
SALVAGE is set in Cut Bank, Montana; a small town off the Blackfeet reservation near Browning in northwestern Montana, where Blackfeet Salvage Yard lines the north side of Highway 2. When a man is involved in a deadly car accident, his family is immediately forced into a cycle of revenge with the Stover family who were in the other car. Salvage is about the swift and irrevocable change in a family's way of life. The play in one word: collision. Read more about our featured playwright Diane Glancy by clicking here. Salvage will be directed by Oklahoma City University Assistant Professor of Theatre Sarah dAngelo.
Performances of Salvage on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays: June 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, June 3, at 2:00 pm. PREVIEW Performance on Thursday, May 31, at 8:00 pm (Preview Admission: $10); Scroll down for the full Festival Schedule on June 10th.
JUNE 10th, 2012 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
12:00 pm LUNCH (provided) Meet and Greet the Playwrights*
1:30 pm FREE Staged Reading, City Space Theatre
3:00 pm Coffee and Snack Break
3:30 pm FREE Staged Reading, City Space Theatre
5:00 pm QUESTIONS & ANSWERS with Playwrights
PLEASE RSVP FOR THE COMPLIMENTARY LUNCHEON to (405) 812-7737 by June 5th, 2012
June 1 - 10, 2012