In 2010, Oklahoma City Theatre Company launched the Native American New Play Festival to showcase the creative talents of indigenous playwrights. In June, the festival staged Round Dance by Arigon Starr, and the production was the company’s most financially successful in five years, according to a press release from the festival’s directors, and State Representative David […]
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Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s production of Hir is a dark comedy wrapped in complex issues
The play is written by acclaimed playwright Taylor Mac.
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Native American New Play Festival endeavors to tell cultural stories and bring history to life
The festival is April 8 and 15 and highlights Native works and creates community for playwrights.
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Oklahoma City Theatre Company presents Beyond the Stratosphere as a modern Christmas tale
The heavy but inspiring drama by local playwright La’Charles Purvey deals with HIV and AIDS in the black community.
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“It’s a story about how those dysfunctional things are something that can be appreciated, as well.”
“It’s a story about how those dysfunctional things are something that can be appreciated, as well.”
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Local theater companies tell us what to look forward to this fall
Artistic directors guide us through what one hopes will be a challenging, thought-provoking, enlightening and entertaining season.
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Welcome pest
By: Emily Etherton Some strong acting highlights an uneven production of Tracy Letts’ drama Bug, a collaboration between OKC Theatre Company and Ghostlight Theatre Club. It takes a while to get going, but the show hits a thrill bump in the last scene, which is played under the eerie glow of real bug zappers. Directed […]
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Anything but a drag
Opening its 14th season with gusto, Oklahoma City Theatre Company presents Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The show boasts a cult following; its inaugural Oklahoma City show was staged in 2001. The leading role of Hedwig has been performed by Matthew Alvin Brown each time. “When I was living in New York, I would see […]
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‘Buried’ issues
Calling the Illinois farm family in Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child” dysfunctional would be the understatement of the year. Here’s how patriarch Dodge puts it: “You think just because people propagate they have to love their offspring? You never seen a bitch eat her puppies?” These are the type of people who play keep-away with a […]
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Pioneer woman
Surely, you saw the musical history lesson “Quilters” sometime late in the last century. Originally produced in Colorado, the show was popular in the 1980s. In case you didn’t or even if you did, Oklahoma City Theatre Company is presenting a passable production at the Freede Little Theatre. I’m glad they are, because running down […]