Summer Stage Kicks off with Momentum and Full Bill
CURTAINS AWAY: Summer Stage is packed with talent. Photographed here are a handful of this summer?s acts celebrating the kick-off event at the PAC. On the back row, from left are John Cooper, Brad Piccolo of the Red Dirt Rangers, Pam Van Dyke, Janet Rutland, Kathleen Kennedy, John Wooley and Ben Han of the Red Dirt Rangers. On the front row, from left are Brad Evans and Clint Scholz, Paul Bohnwagner, and Jordan Lindsey, of Our Master?s Voice.
SummerStage is an eight-week performing arts festival held during June and July in the Tulsa Performing Arts Center?s John H. Williams Theatre, Liddy Doenges Theatre and Charles E. Norman Theatre. Performances include a variety of disciplines from musicals, drama, comedy and dance to cabaret theatre events.
Performers this year include members of the Red Dirt Rangers, Light Opera Oklahoma, members of the Greenwood Cultural Center, the Ancient Dreams Orchestra, the Resonance Center for Women, Bradini Magic Productions and many more.
Shows range from the ever-familiar My Fair Lady to a Chet Baker Tribute to the Clark Teen Laughing Matter Improv. The full schedule is available at Tulsa Trust.
SummerStage provides local arts groups and individual artists the opportunity to work together in forming a showcase of artists from Tulsa and the surrounding communities. The result is a cohesive, colorful, balanced, diverse and high-energy festival that culminates in a unique departure from main season arts events and one that offers something for everyone.
The Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust is the presenting sponsor of the Festival providing free rent, security and administrative support to all participants.
Sponsors for this year?s SummerStage include the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust, Public Radio Tulsa, the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Garage Media, JD Young, MyTicketOffice.com, the George Kaiser Foundation and Third Floor Design.
SummerStage would like you to become a sponsor. You may join the Tulsa Performing Arts Center Trust in continuing to grow Tulsa?s gifted performing arts culture and in helping Tulsans become leaders in the arts.
Financial sponsorship is applied to numerous marketing projects, educational workshops and media to benefit participants beyond the festival. Visit www.tulsapactrust.org for a downloadable sponsorship guide.
Applications and guidelines for SS2010 will be accessible at Tulsa Trust Aug. 15, 2009 with a deadline of Dec. 1, 2009. For More Information: 596-7111.
Big Mama Speaks
June 19 at 2 pm ? June 19, 20 at 8 pm
Greenwood Cultural Center ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
Onstage at the Midnight Social Club
June 19-20 at 8 pm
Sweet & Hot Productions ? Liddy Doenges Theatre
Cabaret
June 21 at 7:30 pm
Light Opera Oklahoma ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
Earthover
June 21 at 7: 30 pm
Ancient Dreams Orchestra ? Liddy Doenges Theatre
Time Changes Everything
featuring the Red Dirt Rangers
June 25 at 7:30 pm
Skylark Pictures ? Liddy Doenges Theatre
A Little Night Music
June 25, 27 at 8 pm ? June 28 at 2:30 pm
continued in July
Light Opera Oklahoma ? John H. Williams Theatre
Clark Teen Laughing Matter Improv
June 26 at 8 pm
Clark Theatre ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
HO!!! KRSNA
June 26 at 7:30 pm
Sanskriti School of Dance ? Liddy Doenges Theatre
Not Your Mother?s Broadway
June 27 at 8 pm ? June 28 at 2 pm
Council Oak Men?s Chorale ? Liddy Doenges Theatre
Tulsa Community Theatre Youth Conference
June 27 at 8 pm
TACTA ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
The Gondoliers
July 1 at 8 pm
Light Opera Oklahoma ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
A Little Night Music
July 2-3 at 8 pm
Light Opera Oklahoma ? John H. Williams Theatre
Caf? Aman: The American Dream
July 2-3 at 7:30 pm
Tulsa Folkloric Dance Theatre ? Liddy Doenges Theatre
Cairde na Gael
July 2 at 8 pm
Cairde na Gael ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
The Red Alert: Oklahoma Weather
July 3 at 8 pm
The Red Alert ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
My Fair Lady
July 5 at 2:30 pm
Light Opera Oklahoma ? John H. Williams Theatre
Cabaret
July 5 at 7:30 pm
Light Opera Oklahoma ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
Lone Star / Laundry and Bourbon
July 9-11 at 8 pm
Theatre Tulsa ? Liddy Doenges Theatre
Resonating Voices: Transcendance
July 10-11 at 8 pm
Resonance Center for Women ? Charles E. Norman
Carnival of Magic
July 12 at 3pm
Bradini Magic Productions ? Liddy Doenges Theatre
Illusions Beyond Belief
July 12 at 7pm
Bradini Magic Productions ? Liddy Doenges Theatre
Our Master?s Voice?Full Throttle Bluegrass Gospel
July 12 at 2:30 and 6:30 pm
Our Master?s Voice ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
Around the World in 80 Days
July 14 at 7:30 pm ? July 15-18 at 8 pm
July 19 at 2 pm
American Theatre Company ? John H. Williams Theatre
Lend Me a Tenor
July 16-18 at 8 pm ? July 19 at 2 pm
The Playhouse Theatre ? Liddy Doenges Theatre
Chet Baker Tribute
July 16 at 7 pm
Chet Baker Foundation ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
One for My Baby
July 17 at 7:30 pm
Janet Rutland ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
Tink Has Left the Building
July 18 at 8 pm
Theatre Pops ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
Guitars Gone Wild II
July 19 at 6 pm
Tulsa Guitar Society ? Charles E. Norman Theatre
Updated 06-15-2009
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