Playmakers Announce 06-07 Season

There’s a lot of comedy and music in The Playmakers upcoming season, beginning with the youth production, a musical based on Aesop’s Fables, and ending with a musical based on Robert Fulghum’s credos, developed he says, from things he “learned in Kindergarten.” Not every play is about childhood things, though those silly, somewhat childlike ladies from the Farndale Housing Estate will add to the laughs. And, some of the characters in the classic comedy, “Bus Stop,” are still quite innocent.
The Playmakers are bringing back the discounted Flexible pass but have combined it with a Season Ticket for this eleventh season. These ‘passes’ may be purchased in groups of four, six, or ten, and may be used in any combination for the five regular season shows. However, they must be purchased by September 5th. Further information is available by calling The Playmakers, 918-786-8950.
“Don’t Count Your Chickens Until They Cry Wolf,” is the lively musical with almost sixty characters from Aesop’s Fables. The Off Broadway Troupers, the youth wing of The Playmakers is already hard at work to make this production a delightful experience for all ages. Opening September 9, it will run Saturdays, Sundays, and Tuesdays through September 24.
It is followed by the zany British Farce, “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of The Christmas Carol.” If you missed the first Farndale production, you are advised to get your reservations early, and take a break from the holiday stress to laugh yourself silly. It opens Thanksgiving weekend on November 24 and runs through December 9.
Oklahoma’s centennial will be celebrated with an original drama by an Oklahoman.
“Onxy Sky,” by Bret Jones, Director of Theatre at East Central University in Ada, Ok.,
is a drama set in the “dust bowl” period in Lyle, Oklahoma. The story centers upon a young married couple who are trying to survive, settle down with one another, and deal with family issues, including the death of a brother. The play is naturalistic in tone with a sense of foreboding concerning the constant fear of the coming “black rollers” that act metaphorically as another character in the play. The play is based upon historical events and upon situations that the playwright’s grandparents experienced during this period time living in Oklahoma. The Playmakers, Oklahoma’s Theatre of the Year, is the first community theatre to produce this play. It runs from February 16 through March 4.
Who could forget Marilyn Monroe in “Bus Stop,” the classic comedy by William Inge which opens April 13 and runs through April 29. And where is Grove’s “Marilyn” just waiting in the wings for a chance to be a star? This may be the only classic play in which the ‘cowboy gets the girl.” The girl is Cherie, who “won a amateur contest down in Joplin, Mo.” The cowboy is Bo Decker, a champion rodeo rider who’s hardly ever seen a girl, and seems to think he can just rope & tie her as he does one of his steers. Put them together in the middle of a spring snow storm in a tiny bus stop, and watch both of them learn about love.
A musical version of “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” opens July 13 and closes July 28. This is a refreshingly intimate combination of musical theatre and storytelling based on Robert Fulghum’s best selling credos, derived, he says, from childhood. So tell all those friends and family members to come to the lake at this time, and you’ll know what to do with them.
For a brochure with details about the Season as well as the Flexible Season passes, call The Playmakers at 918-786-8950.

In Photo: Students rehearsing for "Don't Count Your Chickens Until They Cry Wolf: Back row from left: Rylee Tate, Alen Cantrell, Scott Sanders, Lynsey Popp and Raven Feather.
Front row from left: Zac Johnson, Krayton King, Kabrey King, McKenzie Miller, Delany Vaughn, and Heather Cantrell.