Oklahoma!

Oklahoma! - Mitchell Theatre, 10 - 14 October, 1995 The Theatre Guild committee were delighted to present Oklahoma! as our 1995 production. This was the first time in the club's history that we had presented this classic musical! This show represented an 'All or Nuthing' bid by the club to recover from near insolvency 12 months before. Following on from our fund raising review Singing Our Songs in 1994 it was hoped that this perennial favourite would put some money in the bank. This is did with some style - the show turned a profit of almost £4,500 - a figure not beaten to this day! The club owes a great deal to this production!! 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 1995 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 Viviene Principal Dancers Cord Elam Joe	James McCluskey Fiona McNicol Amanda Letarte Les Hooper Ian MacPherson Cameron Lowe David Miller Iain Bell Suzanne Lowe David Sanderson Jean Duncan David Brown Lyndsay MacDonald Moira McLeod Frances Goodfellow Alex Stenhouse Allan Gallagher

Production Team

The production team of our 1995 production of Oklahoma! was as follows:

Artistic Director Musical Director Choreographer Rehearsal Pianist Stage Director Stage Manager Properties Wardrobe Prompt	Iain Fraser Isobel Edgar Annette Moore Jean McGregor Alistair Wylie Liz McGoldrick George Collins Anna McGillivray Dani Simpson

Show Programme

Click on the links below to view pages from the original show programme:

Inside Detail
Outside Detail

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