2011-2012 Season of Classics
"We are excited to produce the classic thriller, Wait Until Dark, as the opening of our 2011-2012 Season of Classics. Our goal is to present a diverse selection of productions for both our audiences and our actors. By doing so, our actors and crew are met with a different set of challenges in each production, and our audiences can have a variety of theatre experiences as a family, couple, or group of friends. With our 2011-2012 Season of Classics, there is something for everybody!"
-Joshua Branson Barker, Artistic Director
Upcoming production:
The Lost Pages of Cinderella and the Phantom Fairy
February 29 - March 3, 2012 at Tulsa Performing Arts Center
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2011-2012 Season of Classics
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Wait Until Dark * October 2011
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe * November 2011
A Christmas Story * December 2011
The Lost Pages of Cinderella and the Phantom Fairy * March 2012
Winnie the Pooh * Summer 2012
Peter Pan * Summer 2012
The Wizard of Oz * Summer 2012
A Classic Thriller... Wait Until Dark
By Frederick Knott
October 14-16, 2011 at Tulsa Performing Arts Center
This masterfully constructed thriller moves from one moment of suspense to another as it builds toward an electrifying, breath-stopping final scene. A sinister con man, Roat, and two ex-convicts, Mike and Carlino, are about to meet their match. They have traced the location of a mysterious doll to the apartment of Sam and his blind wife, Susy. Sam had been persuaded by a woman to transport the doll across the Canadian border, not knowing its valuable contents. The con man and his ex-convicts, through a cleverly constructed deception, convince Susy that the police have implicated Sam in criminal activity, and the doll is evidence. She figures out she is the victim of a bizarre charade, and knows the only way to play fair is by her rules, so when darkness falls she turns off all the lights, leaving them to maneuver in the dark until the game of cat and mouse ends.
A Literary Classic... The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
By C.S. Lewis
November 11-13, 2011 at Tulsa Little Theatre
This dramatization of C.S. Lewis' classic faithfully recreates the adventures of the four Pevensie children who inadvertently wander from an old wardrobe into the land of Narnia. The intense action features chases, duels and escapes as the White Witch is determined to keep Narnia in her possession and to end the reign of Aslan, the great lion. This story of love, faith, courage and giving, with its triumph of good over evil, is a true celebration of life.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is an annual tradition with Encore! directors, Joshua and Mindy Barker.
A Christmas Classic... A Christmas Story
By Jean Shepherd, Adapted by Philip Grecian
December 8-11, 2011 at Tulsa Little Theatre
Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the mid-west of the 1940's follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, teacher, and even Santa Claus himself at Goldblatt's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out." All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking; Ralphie's fantasy scenarious and more.
A Classic Fairy Tale...
The Lost Pages of Cinderella and the Phantom Fairy
Dramatized by Joshua & Mindy Barker
February 29 & March 1-3, 2012 at Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Here is the classic fairy tale loved by generations, but with a twist! The Evil Stepmother hires a trio of villains to take care of Cinderella before she reaches the ball. The paths of Cinderella, Fairy Godmother, Puss in Boots, Red Riding Hood, Snow White's Stepmother, the Huntsman, Goldilocks, and more all collide in this exciting fairy tale filled with adventure, comedy, swordfights, chases, magic, and more!
A Classic Fairy Tale...
The Lost Pages of Snow White and the Search for the Dark Scrolls
Dramatized by Joshua & Mindy Barker
April 12-15, 2012 at Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Another classic fairy tale with a darker twist! Our adaption of Snow White entertwines with the story and characters of our production of The Lost Pages of Cinderella and the Phantom Fairy. Years after the events in Cinderella, Mischief envies her new stepdaughter and develops her magic powers; the Prince seeks help from his brother and new sister-in-law, Cinderella, to save Snow White; Phantom reconciles with the Fairy Council and meets Malificent; Mayhem works as a huntsman; and seven dwarves teach Snow White how to survive in the dark forest. Characters from Cinderella will reappear, including Puss in Boots, Red Riding Hood, Fairy Godmother (and Godfather), Cinderella's Stepmother, and many more!
A Children's Classic... Winnie the Pooh
By A. A. Milne
Dramatized by Bettye Knapp
July 5-7, 2012 at Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Liddy Doenges Theatre
Christopher Robin has decided to run away with his friends Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger and the rest. Probably they'll go to the North Pole or to the South Pole. For there is a dark, mysterious threat that he's to be sent away to Education. Nobody knows exactly what or where that is, and if he's sent to such a distant place, what can his friends possibly do without him? So it's generally agreed that they'll run away. As the situation becomes clearer, Christopher Robin isn't quite so sure that running away is the answer.
Audition dates TBA
A Classic Fantasy... Peter Pan
By J. M. Barrie
July 19-22, 2012 at Tulsa Performing Arts Center
John H. Williams Theatre
The whimsical tale of a boy who wouldn’t grow up! Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of the youngest ‘gang’ ever, playing and fighting with mermaids, Indians, fairies, and pirates. Fly away with Peter Pan, Wendy, John, Michael, and Tinkerbell as the Lost Boys and Tiger Lily's Indians join forces to defeat Captain Hook and his band of motherless pirates once and for all!
Audition dates TBA
A Family Classic... The Wizard of Oz
By Frank L. Baum
August 2012
Blown to the Land of Oz by a Kansas cyclone, Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, are at a loss to know how to get back home. Wearing the magic ruby slippers and protected by the kiss of the good Witch of the East, Dorothy goes in search of the Wizard of Oz in the hope that he can solve her problem. On the way, she picks up some delightful new friends- Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion- who join her in seeking out the mighty Wizard. But it is many adventures later before she discovers the way to get back home.
Audition dates TBA
