Oklahoma!

Oklahoma! - RSAMD New Athenaeum Theatre, 20 - 25 September, 2004 The Theatre Guild committee were delighted to present Oklahoma! as our 2004 production. This was only the second time in the club's history that we had presented this classic musical (the first being back in 1995 in Glasgow's Mitchell Theatre)! With an all new production team, a new theatre, a largely new cast (and a significantly larger budget - £25k) we hoped to bring something fresh to our patrons. Audience figures finalised at around 84% and feedback was extremely positive. The production raised a total of £726 for Accord Hospice - a Renfrewshire based charity. We almost doubled our membership remaining from the previous year's Sweet Charity for this show. All in all it was noted that 2004 was a very good year for Theatre Guild! THE STORY The story follows Curly’s romantic pursuit of Laurey in the weeks leading up to the territory’s declaration as a state in the early 20th century. Laurey is secretly happy to be pursued but Curly has a rival in the form of rough farm hand Jud Fry. Meanwhile, Will Parker has returned from a trip to the big city hoping to woo his love Ado Annie. Unfortunately for Will she is the proverbial girl who can’t say “no” and hasn’t said “no” to any man since he left! Will finds that he has to romance Ado Annie away from the attentions of the Persian peddler - Ali Hakim. The two love stories meet at the picnic basket auction where tradition dictates that a man who really loves a woman will bid highest for her basket since he wins not only the food but her company when he eats it! Jud and Curly rage a fierce bidding war for Laurey’s basket but Curly sacrifices everything to win. Jud is a bad loser and tries to kill Curly. There is a fight and Jud is killed. Curly is cleared of wrongdoing and they all live happily ever after (aw!). Songs include Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin’, People Will Say We’re In Love, Kansas City, The Farmer and the Cowman and Oklahoma!

Cast List

The cast of our 2004 production of Oklahoma! (in order of appearance) was as follows:

Curly McLain Aunt Eller Laurey Williams Ike Skidmore Slim Will Parker Fred Jud Fry Ado Annie Ali Hakim Gertie Cummings Andrew Carnes Singing Girls Dream Laurey Cord Elam Mike Joe Tom	Cameron Lowe Norma Fingland Caroline Patterson Tony Smith David McCurrach Sean Stirling Jim Munro John Cuthbertson Suzanne Lowe Wilson Paterson Sharon Curley Les Hooper Alyson Steel Suzanne Wilson Victoria Ridyard Sarah MacKay David Sturgeon Chris Potter Hamish Fingland Stephen Armour

Production Team

The production team of our 2004 production of Oklahoma! was as follows:

Artistic Director Musical Director Choreographer Rehearsal Pianist Stage Director Stage Manager Properties Wardrobe Prompt	Alasdair Hawthorn Julie Ballantyne Margaret Carr Maryam Sherhan Ian Purves Mark Ridyard Jackie Garden Colin Hooper Christine Hooper Dorothy Bedford

Professional Services

Our thanks to the following companies who provided services for this production:

Set Costume	Albemarle, London Utopia, Dundee

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