Will Parker singing "Kansas City" with ensemble
All photos taken by Tymber Marsh unless noted otherwise.
Unique aspects:
Jud fires one of the guns in his smokehouse bedroom during a final dress rehearsal
Aunt Eller fires a gun during "The Farmer and the Cowman"
Will Parker and ensemble during "Kansas City"
Cowboys and girls dance during "Kansas City"
Curly sings to Aunt Eller during "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"
Curly sings "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" to an unamused Laurey
Ado Annie sings to Laurey during "I Cain't Say No"
Ali Hakim arrives with his cart outside Aunt Eller's house
Oklahoma! had about a ten week rehearsal process. Many of the initial rehearsals were spent working on learning vocal parts and choreography, with later rehearsals being spent on blocking scenes and putting vocals and choreography together onstage with the pit.
Laurey sings to ensemble girls during "Many a New Day"
Laurey and girls dance during "Many a New Day"
Ali Hakim and ensemble men sing "It's A Scandal! It's a Outrage!"
Curly and Jud sit in the smokehouse before "Pore Jud is Dead"
Awards:
Laurey holds onto her smelling salts before the Act I finale dream sequence ballet
Doubles for Curly and Laurey dance during the Act I finale dream sequence ballet
Jud and Laurey dance during a nightmarish section of the dream sequence
Several of Jud's "bar room girls" dance during the dream sequence
Jud and Dream Curly fight during the dream sequence
Aunt Eller stands atop a wagon during the auction scene
Rehearsal reports were sent out twice a week during the majority of the rehearsal process to all cast and crew members. They were sent out three times during tech week and every day of dress week.
Curly proposes to Laurey prior to "People Will Say We're in Love"
Curly and Laurey sing "People Will Say We're in Love"
The entire fifty person cast of Oklahoma sings onstage for the final song, "Oklahoma!"
Curly and Laurey, now married, sing "Oklahoma!" with the company
In the final scene, Curly and Laurey, now married, ride away on a surrey pulled across stage by four ensemble boys