SUMMER 2025!

In collaboration with the UT Choral Area of the College of Music...

Performances

Thursday, June 5, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 6, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 7, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 8, 3:00 p.m.

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"Oh, What A Beautiful Morning!!!!"

With that tuneful, hopeful, opening song, Oklahoma! burst on to the Broadway stage on March 31, 1943. It was a box office hit and ran for an unprecedented 2,212 performances.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration was groundbreaking. It is considered to be the single most influential work in the American musical theatre. It is the first fully integrated musical play and its blending of song, character, plot, and even dance would serve as the model for Broadway shows for decades. Oklahoma! was greeted by critics and audiences alike as a watershed — the first successful truly unified musical, in which all creative elements worked together to support the story.

The Hamilton of its day, the show elevated the art form of musical theatre and kicked off a Golden Age of American musicals that lasted for several decades. The production was stunningly choreographed by Agnes de Mille (her first time choreographing a musical on Broadway), who provided one of the show's most notable and enduring features: a 15-minute first-act ballet finale (often referred to as the dream ballet).

Oklahoma! won numerous awards, from a special Pulitzer Prize to the 2019 Tony Award for its innovative Broadway revival. The 1955 film version is in the National Film Registry. And in 1998, a little known actor named Hugh Jackman became a star when he played Curly in the National Theatre's revival in London's West End.

At its heart, Oklahoma! is a love story between confident cowboy Curly and feisty farmer Laurey. As the road to romance and the road to statehood converge, Curly and Laurey are poised to carve out a life together in a brand-new state. But the road to love is as bumpy and fraught with all the dangers and excitement of the time.

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Jessica Magers-Rankin Director
Dr. Angela Batey Music Director
Gayle Greene Choreographer
Tyler Owens Stage Manager
Tami Newsom Rehearsal Accompanist
Andrea Markowitz Gantte Show accompanist
Dr. Christy Lee Show accompanist

Cast

Actor Role
Nicholas Johnson Curley
Olivia WIlliams Laurey
Rachel Owens Aunt Eller
William Brimer Will Parker
Bethany Lay Ado Annie
Jackson Ahern Jud Fry
Jarrod Rothstein Ali Hakim
Sam Hacker Ike Skidmore
Dance Ensemble
Olivia Squires Gertie Cummings
Dance Ensemble
Tom Hacker Andrew Carnes
Danny Hacker Fred
Dance Ensemble
Remington Stavros Slim
Dream Curley
Dance Ensemble
(TBD) Cord Elam
Mike
Joe
Sam
Nicole Rothstein Ellen
Afton Howard Kate
Dance Ensemble
Ally McNabb Armina
Dance Ensemble
Julia Heaton Aggie
Dance Ensemble
Chorus
Shannon Smith Virginia
Avery Struble Vivian
Dance Ensemble
Addison O'Dell Dream Laurey
Dance Ensemble
Chorus
Cayden Leftwich Dance Ensemble
Aidan Hudson Dance Ensemble
Chorus
Dalton Hensley Dance Ensemble
Chorus
Abigail McCarter Chorus
LisaKay Matchen Chorus
Vada Kasefang Chorus
Avacyn Owens Chorus
Lyra Owens Chorus
Christian Pence Chorus
Katy Pokelwaldt Chorus
Amelia Rothstein Chorus
Anna Swart Chorus
Joslyn Whitehead Chorus
Karina Horner Chorus
Hannah Basha Chorus
Holly Brennan Chorus
Will Conley Chorus
Danny Davis Chorus
Storm DeChant Chorus
Olivia Diaz Chorus
Dana Fox Chorus
Graham Fox Chorus
Alexis Gomez Chorus
Mary Ellen Haig Chorus
Allison Dobias Hall Chorus
Anna Grace Wilburn Chorus

Production support