THEATrical
BROADWAY
Oklahoma!
SET IN FARM COUNTRY, OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF CLAREMORE, INDIAN TERRITORY, IN 1906, OKLAHOMA! TELLS THE STORY OF FARM GIRL LAUREY WILLIAMS AND HER COURTSHIP BY TWO RIVAL SUITORS, COWBOY CURLY MCLAIN AND THE SINISTER AND FRIGHTENING FARMHAND JUD FRY. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN REINVENTED THE AMERICAN MUSICAL, THIS IS OKLAHOMA! AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD IT BEFORE, REORCHESTRATED AND REIMAGINED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.
Come From Away
FOLLOWING THE 9/11 ATTACKS, 38 PLANES AND 6,579 PASSENGERS WERE FORCED TO LAND IN GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND, DOUBLING THE POPULATION OF ONE SMALL TOWN ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH LOCALS, COME FROM AWAY IS ABOUT HOW HOSTING THIS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF STRANGERS SPURRED UNEXPECTED CAMARADERIE IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
WAITRESS
JENNA, A WAITRESS AND EXPERT PIE MAKER, IS STUCK IN A SMALL TOWN AND A LOVELESS MARRIAGE. WHEN A BAKING CONTEST IN A NEARBY COUNTY OFFERS HER A CHANCE AT ESCAPE, JENNA MUST WEIGH HER COMMITMENTS AGAINST A RARE SHOT AT FREEDOM AND RECOGNITION. HER CUSTOMERS, CO-WORKERS, AND THE TOWN’S HANDSOME NEW DOCTOR ALL OFFER HER CONFLICTING RECIPES FOR HAPPINESS BUT JENNA MUST ULTIMATELY DECIDE FOR HERSELF.
THe Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
GREENWICH VILLAGE, 1964: A MAGNET FOR IDEALS AND ACTIVISM OF EVERY STRIPE. AT THE CENTER IS SIDNEY BRUSTEIN’S APARTMENT, THE GATHERING PLACE FOR AN ECLECTIC GROUP OF BOHEMIANS DURING A TIME OF RAPID CHANGE. AS SIDNEY GETS INCREASINGLY SWEPT UP IN THE RADICAL ISSUES OF THE DAY, HOWEVER, HE IGNORES THE EQUALLY DANGEROUS TESION MOUNTING BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS WIFE IRIS, THE ONE PERSON HE HOLDS MOST DEAR.
Pippin
PIPPIN TELLS THE STORY OF A YOUNG PRINCE ON A DEATH-DEFYING JOURNEY TO FIND MEANING IN HIS EXISTENCE. WILL HE CHOOSE A HAPPY BUT SIMPLE LIFE? OR WILL HE RISK EVERYTHING FOR A SINGULAR FLASH OF GLORY?
a time to kill
A TIME TO KILL IS THE INCENDIARY STORY OF A SOUTHERN COMMUNITY TORN IN HALF BY AN UNSPEAKABLE CRIME. AS THE SHOCKING NEWS HITS THE PUBLIC, SMALL TOWN AMERICA BECOMES THE CENTER OF A MEDIA STORM, WHERE INNOCENCE IS THE VICTIM, RACE IS ON TRIAL AND LIVES HANG IN THE BALANCE.
WEST END
Waitress
JENNA, A WAITRESS AND EXPERT PIE MAKER, IS STUCK IN A SMALL TOWN AND A LOVELESS MARRIAGE. WHEN A BAKING CONTEST IN A NEARBY COUNTY OFFERS HER A CHANCE AT ESCAPE, JENNA MUST WEIGH HER COMMITMENTS AGAINST A RARE SHOT AT FREEDOM AND RECOGNITION. HER CUSTOMERS, CO-WORKERS, AND THE TOWN’S HANDSOME NEW DOCTOR ALL OFFER HER CONFLICTING RECIPES FOR HAPPINESS BUT JENNA MUST ULTIMATELY DECIDE FOR HERSELF.
Come From Away
FOLLOWING THE 9/11 ATTACKS, 38 PLANES AND 6,579 PASSENGERS WERE FORCED TO LAND IN GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND, DOUBLING THE POPULATION OF ONE SMALL TOWN ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH LOCALS, COME FROM AWAY IS ABOUT HOW HOSTING THIS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF STRANGERS SPURRED UNEXPECTED CAMARADERIE IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Memphis the musical
IN THE UNDERGROUND NIGHTCLUBS OF 1950S MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, THE SOUL OF A NEW ERA IS DAWNING AS THE FIRST INCREDIBLE SOUNDS OF ROCK 'N' ROLL, BLUES AND GOSPEL ARE EMERGING INTO THE MAINSTREAM.
U.S. TOUR
pippin
PIPPIN TELLS THE STORY OF A YOUNG PRINCE ON A DEATH-DEFYING JOURNEY TO FIND MEANING IN HIS EXISTENCE. WILL HE CHOOSE A HAPPY BUT SIMPLE LIFE? OR WILL HE RISK EVERYTHING FOR A SINGULAR FLASH OF GLORY?
OFF-BROADWAY
flipside: the patti page story
SOFT SPOKEN CLAREMORE NATIVE CLARA ANN FOWLER WOUND UP MAKING A BIG NOISE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY: SHE BECAME THE HIGHEST SELLING FEMALE RECORDING ARTIST OF THE 1950S WITH TV SHOWS ON ALL THREE MAJOR NETWORKS ON HER WAY TO SELLING OVER 100 MILLION RECORDS WITH HER NON DE SWOON, THE FABULOUS PATTI PAGE…AND THIS IS HER TALE.
Film
A VERY SORDID WEDDING
A VERY SORDID WEDDING EXPLORES THE QUESTIONS, BIGOTRY AND THE FALLOUT OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GAY MARRIAGE COMES TO COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT QUITE READY TO ACCEPT IT. BIGOTED “RELIGIOUS FREEDOM,” MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND CULTURAL ACCEPTANCE ARE ALL EXPLORED WITH DEL SHORES’ TRADEMARK APPROACH TO USING COMEDY AND HIS MUCH-BELOVED SORDID LIVES CHARACTERS TO DEAL WITH THESE IMPORTANT CURRENT SOCIAL ISSUES AND THE VERY REAL PROCESS OF ACCEPTING YOUR FAMILY FOR WHO THEY ARE INSTEAD OF WHO YOU WANT THEM TO BE.
Live concert
MisFest
IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR, MISFEST IS A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND MUSIC FESTIVAL IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, SHOWCASING SIX MUSICAL ARTISTS FROM THE REGION. MISFEST (SHORT FOR MUSIC IS SHE) PROVIDES A PLATFORM TO EMPOWER WOMEN TO SUCCEED IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. WE HOPE TO FOSTER COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATION AMONG FEMALES IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS WHILE SHOWCASING THEIR EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS IN A VARIETY OF AREAS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO!) SONGWRITING, PERFORMING, INSTRUMENTATION, MUSIC AND VIDEO PRODUCTION, AND SOUND ENGINEERING.
