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. (Click on a performance for tickets)

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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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PEOPLE OF TVP

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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 Ellen Mike Joe Sam
	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
	Karina Horner	Chorus
	Vada Kasefang	Chorus
	Avacyn Owens	Chorus
	Lyra Owens	Chorus
	Katy Pokelwaldt	Chorus
	Amelia Rothstein	Chorus
	Anna Swart	Chorus
	Joslyn Whitehead	Chorus
	Allison Dobias Hall	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
	Anna Grace Wilburn	Chorus

Production support

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