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Guthrie’s Pollard Theatre offers actor-driven comedy God of Carnage
God of Carnage features the boiling emotions of parenthood.
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Jewel Box Theatre to hold auditions for 58th season
Jewel Box Theatre is hosting auditions in preparation for its 58th year.
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Such a gem
Chuck Tweed By: Mark Hancock In June, Tweed celebrated his 40th anniversary working with Jewel Box Theatre, 3700 N. Walker, where he started as a part-time volunteer and actor. Now, as the community outlet’s most decorated production director for 35 years, he said he has no plans of retirement. “It’s in my contract that when […]
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Two is the right ‘Number’
Jewel Box Theatre continues its 55th season with a double bill of one-act plays. First up is The Ugly Duckling, a comedy by Winnie-the-Pooh creator A.A. Milne. Set in an undefined fairy tale kingdom, the duckling in question is Princess Camilla, the recipient of a magic spell that fools the world into thinking that she […]
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The game is afoot
Based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel, Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles chronicles a case in which the Great Detective and his colleague, Dr. Watson, are hired by a country doctor to discover the truth behind a mysterious family curse. The charming adaptation by Harvey Mackie, a beloved figure in the Oklahoma […]
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Dark humour
A one act by Peter Shaffer (“Equus,” “Amadeus”) set during the mid-1960s in London, “Black Comedy” focuses on a momentous night in the life of struggling artist Brindsley Miller. He’s due to meet a prospective buyer for his work in the presence of his fiancé’s disapproving father. Things go off the rails when a fuse […]
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On-fire farce
Set in a New York City restaurant kitchen, Tom Rooney’s “Flaming Idiots” is a contemporary farce that has nothing to do with mentally deficient homosexuals, but instead follows the entrepreneurial misadventures of two former postal employees in their attempt to run a gourmet health-food restaurant. One problem: Carl and Phil have no idea what they’re […]
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On-fire farce
Set in a New York City restaurant kitchen, Tom Rooney’s “Flaming Idiots” is a contemporary farce that has nothing to do with mentally deficient homosexuals, but instead follows the entrepreneurial misadventures of two former postal employees in their attempt to run a gourmet health-food restaurant. One problem: Carl and Phil have no idea what they’re […]
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Tenn. man
Will Mann’s first trip to Civic Center Music Hall was disastrous. As a University of North Texas opera student in Denton, he heard “Rent” was being staged at the downtown Oklahoma City venue. Having never seen it, he bought a ticket, looked up directions and made the drive … only to end up somewhere other […]