Oklahoma!

by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Olathe North High School Theatre

Will Parker singing "Kansas City" with ensemble

All photos taken by Tymber Marsh unless noted otherwise.

Unique aspects:

Used firing weapons, used a gun wrangler backstage to ensure safety with handling weapons
Large 50 person cast
Entirely student designed and built set, lights, and most props (including Jud's "Little Wonder")
Several rented costumes
Several student designed and built costumes

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"

Oklahoma! Master Cue to Cue

Cue to Cue sheet - the rehearsal copy was used in Q2Q rehearsals to quickly give actors their starting lines without having to search through the script, and the backstage copy was used backstage without the clutter of the lines on the page.

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! Rehearsal Calendar

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:

Blue Star nomination for Outstanding Ensemble Member - Brian Weber
State Chapter Individual Events Superior Rating - Emily Martin, stage management
National Individual Events Showcase Superior Rating - Emily Martin, stage management

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

OklahomaRehearsalReport11017.pdf

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

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