Season 25
THE WIZARD OF OZ
By L. Frank Baum
Adapated by Frank Gabrielson
With Music and Lyrics of the MGM motion picture score by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Directed by Producing Artistic Director Jason Cannon
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman, the Cowardly Lion, and Toto will all finally appear on the OAT stage! This family favorite musical, featuring songs from the timeless MGM classic film, will kick off OAT's celebration of a quarter century of outstanding live theatre.
PERFORMANCES JUNE 21-JULY 1
Thursday, June 21, 7pm
Friday, June 22, 2pm
Friday, June 22, 8pm
Saturday, June 23, 8pm
Sunday, June 24, 2pm
Thursday, June 28, 7pm
Friday, June 29, 2pm
Friday, June 29, 8pm
Saturday, June 30, 8pm
Sunday, July 1, 2pm
All performances are presented at THE CEDAR STREET PLAYHOUSE, 701 North Cedar, Rolla MO, 65401.
(ALL COMING JUNE 2012)
Presented through special arrangement with Tams-Witmark.
NOISES OFF
By Michael Frayn
Directed by Producing Artistic Director Jason Cannon
Called the funniest farce ever written, NOISES OFF presents a manic menagerie as a cast of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called NOTHING'S ON. Doors slamming, on- and backstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.
"The most dexterously realized comedy ever about putting on a comedy. A spectacularly funny, peerless backstage farce. This dizzy, well-known romp is festival of delirium."—The New York Times
"Bumper car brilliance...If laughter is indeed the best medicine, NOISES OFF is worth its weight in Cipro."—New York Daily News
"The funniest farce ever written! Never before has side-splitting taken on a meaning dangerously close to the non-metaphorically medical."—New York Post
"As side-splitting a farce as I have seen. Ever? Ever."—New York Magazine
PERFORMANCES JULY 12-22
Thursday, July 12, 7pm
Friday, July 13, 2pm
Friday, July 13, 8pm
Saturday, July 14, 8pm
Sunday, July 15, 2pm
Thursday, July 19, 7pm
Friday, July 20, 2pm
Friday, July 20, 8pm
Saturday, July 21, 8pm
Sunday, July 22, 2pm
All performances are presented at THE CEDAR STREET PLAYHOUSE, 701 North Cedar, Rolla MO, 65401.
(ALL COMING JUNE 2012)
NOISES OFF is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
THE DIVINERS
By Jim Leonard, Jr.
Directed by OAT'S original Artistic Director F. Reed Brown
This marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. OAT is proud to present this production as a Silver Anniversary tribute to our history and founders, as THE DIVINERS was included in Season One back in 1988.
"A splendid drama by a playwright ... with poetic as well as human feeling." Variety.
"The Diviners, which would be meritorious from anyone, is astounding from so young a writer.... Renders the humor and horror of the hinterlands with staggering accuracy.... Compelling." New York Magazine.
PERFORMANCES AUGUST 2-12
Thursday, August 2, 7pm
Friday, August 3, 2pm
Friday, August 3, 8pm
Saturday, August 4, 8pm
Sunday, August 5, 2pm
Thursday, August 9, 7pm
Friday, August 10, 2pm
Friday, August 10, 8pm
Saturday, August 11, 8pm
Sunday, August 12, 2pm
All performances are presented at THE CEDAR STREET PLAYHOUSE, 701 North Cedar, Rolla MO, 65401.
(ALL COMING JUNE 2012)
THE DIVINERS is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
LES MISERABLES (student edition, an OAT Jr. production)
By Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg. Based on the novel by Victor Hugo. Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg. Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer.
Directed by Producing Artistic Director Jason Cannon
OAT is proud to present the world-wide smash musical as part of its expanded education program, OAT Jr. This incredibly moving story of Jean Valjean and the French Revolution will be performed entirely by students 18 years and younger.
PERFORMANCES SEPTEMBER 14-23
Friday, Sept 14, 8pm
Saturday, Sept 15, 2pm
Saturday, Sept 15, 8pm
Sunday, Sept 16, 2pm
Friday, Sept 21, 8pm
Saturday, Sept 22, 2pm
Saturday, Sept 22, 8pm
Sunday, Sept 23, 2pm
All performances are presented at THE CEDAR STREET PLAYHOUSE, 701 North Cedar, Rolla MO, 65401.
(ALL COMING JUNE 2012)
Presented through special arrangment with MTI.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Coming spring, 2012
Poster, Brochure, Banner, Playbill Cover, and Rack Card Design for the 2012 Summer Season by Marty Baragiola. (www.baragioladesign.com)
