{"id":1311,"date":"2013-06-02T16:12:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psf.2ss.net\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2020-03-02T16:13:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T16:13:04","slug":"rodgers-hammersteins-oklahoma-opens-pennsylvania-shakespeare-festival-22nd-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pashakespeare.org\/press\/rodgers-hammersteins-oklahoma-opens-pennsylvania-shakespeare-festival-22nd-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodgers & Hammerstein\u2019s Oklahoma! Opens Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 22nd season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Contact: Lisa Higgins,\u00a0Lisa.Higgins@pashakespeare.org<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 610.282.9455, ext. 4<\/p>\n

Center Valley, PA \u2013 Rodgers and Hammerstein\u2019s first collaboration,\u00a0Oklahoma!<\/em>, which earned the legendary duo a special Pulitzer prize, opens the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival\u2019s 22nd season. The musical previews June 12th and 13th, opens June 14th, running through June 30th on the main stage.<\/p>\n

A celebration of the pioneer spirit that built America,\u00a0Oklahoma!<\/em>\u00a0contains iconic songs — \u201cPeople Will Say We\u2019re in Love,\u201d \u201cThe Surrey with the Fringe on Top\u201d and \u201cOh, What a Beautiful Mornin\u2019\u201d — capturing the joys and hopes on the horizons beyond the daily struggles of the settlers\u2019 life.<\/p>\n

Dennis Razze<\/strong>, PSF associate artistic director who directed last season\u2019s acclaimed production of\u00a0Sweeney Todd,\u00a0<\/em>directs.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma!<\/em>\u00a0changed the landscape of musical theatre when it premiered in 1943, creating the modern American \u201cbook musical\u201d by uniting well-drawn characters, linear plot structure, and integrated songs and dances.<\/p>\n

Life on the plains takes center stage \u2013 colored by romance and jealousy, adventure and adversity. Curly, an exuberant cowboy played by\u00a0Doug Carpenter<\/strong>, and Laurey, a farm girl played by\u00a0Christine Negherbon<\/strong>, deny their obvious attraction \u2013 creating an opportunity for the farmhand Jud, played by\u00a0Brent Bateman<\/strong>, to come between them. Laurey\u2019s friend, Ado Annie, played by\u00a0Julia Pfender<\/strong>, finds herself torn between her local beau Will,\u00a0Sean McGee<\/strong>, and the smooth-talking traveling salesman Ali Hakim,\u00a0Fran Prisco<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Longtime collaborator\u00a0Stephen Casey<\/strong>\u00a0has created the dances in\u00a0Oklahoma!<\/em>\u00a0Negherbon and Carpenter will dance the principal ballet \u2013 there will not be a \u201cdream\u201d Laurey and Curly.\u00a0Rick Sordelet<\/strong>, who has designed fight scenes for 56 Broadway productions, has directed the fight scenes between the cowboys and farmers, and Jud and Curly. The music in the production is directed and conducted by\u00a0Nathan Diehl<\/strong>. The production will feature a full live orchestra.
\nOklahoma!\u00a0<\/em>also features\u00a0Anne Lewis<\/strong>\u00a0as Aunt Eller, and\u00a0Matthew Davis Wiggin\u00a0<\/strong>as Joe.\u00a0Chris Kotera<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Cody Davis<\/strong>\u00a0play Fred and Slim, respectively.<\/p>\n

David P. Gordon has designed the setting of Indian Territory in Oklahoma. Tony nominee (Hair<\/em>, 2009)\u00a0Michael McDonald<\/strong>\u00a0has designed the costumes, and the lighting is designed by\u00a0Eric T. Haugen<\/strong>. PSF\u2019s resident designer\u00a0Matthew Given<\/strong>\u00a0designed sound and\u00a0Robin Grady<\/strong>\u00a0serves as stage manager, with\u00a0Alison Hassman<\/strong>\u00a0assisting her.
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\nOklahoma!<\/em><\/strong>
\nMusic by Richard Rodgers
\nBook & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
\nBased on the play\u00a0Green Grow the Lilacs<\/em>\u00a0by Lynn Riggs
\nOriginal Dances by Agnes de Mille<\/p>\n

Previews<\/strong>: June 12 and June 13<\/p>\n

Opens<\/strong>: Friday, June 14<\/p>\n

Closes<\/strong>: Sunday, June 30<\/p>\n

Performances<\/strong>: Tuesday at 7pm; Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm \u2013 except for Saturday, June 15. Sunday, June 16 at 7:30pm.<\/p>\n

Tickets<\/strong>: $25-55. Discounts for students, seniors, subscribers and groups.<\/p>\n

Meet the actors<\/strong>: Q&A after all Thursday performances, except previews.<\/p>\n

Box Office<\/strong>: 610.282.WILL [9455] Order online at: www.pashakespeare.org.
\nThe 2013 season also includes\u00a0The 39 Steps\u00a0<\/em>(June 19 \u2013 July 14), Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0Measure for Measure<\/em>\u00a0(July 18 \u2013 August 4) and\u00a0Henry VIII\u00a0<\/em>(July 24 \u2013 August 4) and Oscar Wilde\u2019s\u00a0The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em>(July 10 \u2013 August 4). The Festival also features the children\u2019s shows\u00a0Beauty and the Beast\u00a0<\/em>(through August 3) and\u00a0Shakespeare for Kids<\/em>\u00a0(July 24 – August 3).<\/em><\/p>\n

The production sponsor for\u00a0Oklahoma!\u00a0<\/em>is Alvin H. Butz, Inc. Co-Sponsors are Orlando Diefenderfer Electrical Contractors and Wills Hall Oblate Community. The Season Sponsors are Dr. & Mrs. Frank J. Szarko. The Associate Season sponsors are Linda Lapos and Paul Wirth. Season Media sponsors are Adams Outdoor, The Morning Call, and Service Electric Cable TV & Communications.<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth and a professional, not-for-profit, theatre company. An independent 501 c 3 organization, PSF receives support from DeSales University and relies on contributions from individuals, government agencies, corporations and foundations. PSF is a constituent of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and a member of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Lehigh Valley Arts Council and the Shakespeare Theatre Association.<\/p>\n

PRINCIPAL BIOGRAPHIES<\/strong>
\nDOUG CARPENTER<\/strong>, Curly. Regional: Skip in\u00a0Life Could Be a Dream\u00a0<\/em>(LA Weekly and LADCC Winner), Curtis in\u00a0Summer of Love\u00a0<\/em>(MTW and Ogunquit Playhouse), Lancelot In\u00a0Camelot<\/em>\u00a0(Pasadena Playhouse), Curly in\u00a0OK!<\/em>\u00a0(Fullerton Civic Light Opera), Tony in\u00a0West Side Story\u00a0<\/em>(FCLO). New York Theatre: Mr. Darcy in\u00a0Pride & Prejudice\u00a0<\/em>(NYMF). He is the 2013 Lotte Lenya Competition winner and the only performer to also be named the winner of the American Traditions Competition (2011) in Savannah, Georgia.<\/p>\n

STEPHEN CASEY<\/strong>, Choreographer. PSF:\u00a0South Pacific, Forum\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a01776<\/em>. Select credits:\u00a0Rent<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0What a Glorious Feeling\u00a0<\/em>(Bristol Riverside Theatre),\u00a0I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change<\/em>\u00a0(Montgomery Theatre),\u00a0Anything Goes\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0All Shook Up!\u00a0<\/em>(West Virginia Public Theatre),\u00a0Spring Awakening<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Legally Blonde\u00a0<\/em>(Theatre Arts Center),\u00a0Crazy for You\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Joseph\u2026Dreamcoat\u00a0<\/em>(Sooner Theatre). DeSales Act 1:\u00a0Millie, Camelot, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes, I Love a Piano, Joseph\u2026Dreamcoat<\/em>.<\/p>\n

MATTHEW GIVEN<\/strong>, Resident Sound Designer and Production Manager. He has designed over 40 productions for PSF including:\u00a0The Winter\u2019s Tale<\/em>,\u00a0Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, King Lear<\/em>,\u00a0Dracula<\/em>,\u00a0Hamlet\u00a0<\/em>(2011),\u00a0Romeo & Juliet<\/em>\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Sleeping\u00a0<\/em>Beauty and\u00a0The Mystery of Irma Vep<\/em>. Regional: The Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Theatre Exile, the Centenary Stage Company, and Arcadia University.<\/p>\n

DAVID P. GORDON<\/strong>, Set Designer. He has designed almost 300 productions. Recent designs for: Public Theater\/NYSF, Hartford Stage, Old Globe, Long Wharf, Goodspeed, Williamstown, Chicago Shakespeare, Arden, Wilma, Walnut St., Philadelphia Theatre Co., Kennedy Center, L.A. Opera, Berkshire and Sarasota Operas, and others. David has received five Barrymore Awards and the 2003 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Scenic Design, and has been nominated for IRNE, Carbonel and CT Critics Circle awards. He is a professor of set design at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts.<\/p>\n

ROBIN GRADY<\/strong>, Production Stage Manager. PSF:\u00a0Sweeney Todd<\/em>,\u00a0South Pacific<\/em>; Huntington Theatre Company:\u00a0Betrayal;\u00a0<\/em>Trinity Repertory Company:\u00a0Love Alone<\/em>, The Crucible<\/em>,\u00a0A Christmas Carol<\/em>,\u00a0Dead Man\u2019s Cell Phone<\/em>,\u00a0Shooting Star<\/em>,\u00a0Shapeshifter<\/em>; Lyric Stage Company of Boston:\u00a0Meet Vera Stark, The Mikado,<\/em>\u00a0Big River<\/em>,\u00a0Follies<\/em>,\u00a0Spelling Bee<\/em>; Ocean State Theatre Company:\u00a0Fools, RENT<\/em>; Actors Theatre of Louisville (33rd Humana Festival),\u00a0Slasher<\/em>; Colorado Shakespeare Festival:\u00a0Much Ado About Nothing<\/em>,\u00a0To Kill A Mockingbird<\/em>; Gamm Theatre:\u00a0Much Ado About Nothing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

ALISON HASSMAN<\/strong>, Assistant Stage Manager. Credits include: Trinity Repertory Company, McCarter Theater, West Virginia Public Theater, Plays and Players, The Active Theater.<\/p>\n

ERIC T. HAUGEN<\/strong>, Lighting Designer. PSF:\u00a0Sweeney Todd, South Pacific<\/em>,\u00a01776<\/em>,\u00a0Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker<\/em>,\u00a0King Lear<\/em>,\u00a0Amadeus<\/em>,\u00a0My Fair Lady<\/em>, and\u00a0Henry IV, Part 1<\/em>, among others. His theatrical lighting has been seen Off-Broadway and in regional theatres around the country. Eric’s company, Luminous Design Studios, provides lighting designs for television, themed entertainment, and architectural projects worldwide.<\/p>\n

MICHAEL MCDONALD<\/strong>, Costume Designer. Broadway & West End:\u00a0Hair<\/em>\u00a0(2009 Tony Award, Drama Desk and Hewes Award nominations). The Public:\u00a0Hair\u00a0<\/em>(Delacorte Theater). Off-Broadway & Regional:\u00a0The Irish Curse\u00a0<\/em>(Soho Rep),\u00a0A Perfect Future\u00a0<\/em>(Cherry Lane Theater),\u00a0Tartuffe\u00a0<\/em>(Tribeca Playhouse),\u00a0Amahl and the Night Visitors\u00a0<\/em>(Lincoln Center),\u00a0God of Carnage<\/em>, [Title of Show]<\/em>(George Street Playhouse);\u00a0Take me Out\u00a0<\/em>(Seattle Rep & Repertory Theatre of St. Louis);Johnny Baseball<\/em>\u00a0(American Repertory Theater, IRNE Nomination),\u00a0Dirty Blond, Omnium Gatherum, Crowns, Spring Awakening, Next to Normal<\/em>(Zach Scott Theatre);\u00a0Amadeus, Sweeney Todd, The Laramie Project, Angels in America<\/em>(Chatham Playhouse).<\/p>\n

CHRISTINE NEGHERBON<\/strong>, Laurey. Some credits: National Tours of\u00a0My Fair Lady,\u00a0<\/em>produced by Cameron MacKintosh (Eliza u\/s),\u00a0Best Little Whorehouse in Texas<\/em>,\u00a0Chicago, Crazy for you\u00a0<\/em>(Polly),\u00a042nd Street\u00a0<\/em>(Peggy – European Tour) and\u00a0The Radio City Christmas Spectacular.\u00a0<\/em>Regional: Jennyanydots in\u00a0Cats<\/em>\u00a0(Sacramento Music Circus, The MUNY – Kevin Kline Nomination for Outstanding Ensemble),Thoroughly Modern Millie\u00a0<\/em>(Millie),\u00a0Sound of Music\u00a0<\/em>(Maria),\u00a0No, No Nanette<\/em>\u00a0(Nanette) and\u00a0Singin’ in the Rain\u00a0<\/em>(Kathy Selden).\u00a0<\/em>TV credits:\u00a0Haunting Evidence\u00a0<\/em>(Court TV),\u00a0Law and Order – Criminal Intent.\u00a0<\/em>Founded\u00a0The Thriving Artists\u00a0<\/em>in 2007.<\/p>\n

DENNIS RAZZE<\/strong>, Director, and Associate Artistic Director of PSF. The chairman of the theatre department of DeSales University and a founding member of PSF. Act 1:\u00a0Chicago<\/em>. PSF:\u00a0Sweeney Todd<\/em>,\u00a0South Pacific<\/em>,\u00a0A Funny Thing\u2026Forum<\/em>,1776<\/em>,\u00a0Cyrano de Bergerac<\/em>,\u00a0My Fair Lady<\/em>,\u00a0Amadeus<\/em>,\u00a0Man of La Mancha<\/em>,\u00a0The Taming of the Shrew<\/em>,\u00a0Twelfth Night<\/em>,\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>, and\u00a0As You Like It<\/em>. Razze also composed musical scores for PSF\u2019s\u00a0Cyrano<\/em>,\u00a0The Tempest<\/em>,\u00a0The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em>, and others.<\/p>\n

RICK SORDELET<\/strong>, Fight Choreographer. NY: 56 Broadway shows including\u00a0The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Scottsboro Boys<\/em>, also the National Tours of\u00a0Beauty and the Beast<\/em>, and\u00a0Les Miz<\/em>. International: 53 productions worldwide:\u00a0Lion King, Beauty and the Beast,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Ben Hur Live<\/em>. Regional:\u00a0Sucker Punch<\/em>\u00a0at the Signature Theater in Washington DC,\u00a0King Lear<\/em>\u00a0at the Goodman. Film:\u00a0The Game Plan<\/em>\u00a0(starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson),\u00a0Dan in Real Life<\/em>\u00a0(starring Steve Carell, and Juliet Binoche). Television: Stunt Coordinator for\u00a0Guiding Light<\/em>\u00a0for 12 years;\u00a0One Life to Live<\/em>. Instructor: Yale School of Drama. Awards: Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence from the Lucille Lortel Off-Broadway League and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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