The Town & Gown Players’ latest main-stage production is Oklahoma!, the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein. Set in Oklahoma Territory at the turn of the 20th century, the family-friendly musical, directed by G. Derek Adams, centers on the romances between cowboy Curly (played by Joshua Darnell) and farm girl Laurey (Rebekah Lee), and cowboy Will Parker (Mitch Clayton) and his fiancée Ado Annie (Mackenzie Marr). Love is never easy; Laurey has agreed to attend a square dance social with pining, weirdo farm hand Jud Fry (Jason Weed) to spite Curly, and Annie has been getting cozy with Persian peddler Ali Hakim (Dustin Ah Kuoi) while Will has been out of town. On the eve of the social, the cowboys face off against their rivals to win over their lovers’ hearts. Under the musical direction of Jonathan Sparks, the classic songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein will be revitalized with all-acoustic orchestration. Thursday – Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m. and Sunday’s performance begins at 2 p.m. Tickets range from $10–18.
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