OKLAHOMA (1996)

‘Best Musical’ Award, Belfast Telegraph 1996

Grand Opera House, Belfast

Cork Opera House

Town Hall Theatre, Galway

CAST:		PROFESSIONAL STAFF:
Aunt Eller	Tara Lynne O’Neill	Director/Designer	Michael Poynor
Curly	Glen Wallace	Musical Director	Mark Dougherty
Narrator	Colin Hand	Choreographer	Martin Wong
Curly (dream)	Jonjo O’Neill	Lighting Designers	Michael Poynor
Laurey	Karen Rush		Alastair Kerr
	Eimear Hughes	Sound Designer	Patrick Dalgety
Laurey (dream)	Deborah Maguire	Production Manager	Marianne Crosslé
Ike Skidmore	Greg McGeown	Aerobic Dance Instructor	Martin Wong
Fred	James Rafferty	Costume Designer	Pat Musgrave
Slim	Stephen Smyth	Voice Coach	Debra Salem
Will Parker	Emmanuel McStravick	Laban Movement Coach	Anne-Marie Matthews
	Jonjo O’Neill	Wardrobe Mistress	Pat Musgrave
Jud Fry	David O’Toole	Master Carpenter	Alastair Kerr
Ado Annie	Donna Murdoch	Scenic Artists	Stuart Marshall
	Rachel Murray	Mask Making Instructor	Frank Quinn
Ali Hakim	Chris Robinson	Fight Director	Michael Poynor
The Preacher	Paraic Duignan	Projection Designer	Alastair Kerr
	Emmanuel McStravick	BAND:
Gertie Cummings	Susan McKeen	Keyboards/MD	Mark Dougherty
Ellen	Julie Alderdice	Trumpet/Flugel Horn	Alisdair Wallace
Kate	Lynne Truesdale	Guitars/Banjo	Joe Quigley
Sylvie	Sharon Clarke	Saxaphone/Clarinet	Gerry Rice
Armina	Roberta Wilson	Violin	John Fitzpatrick
Aggie	Natasha Deddis	Bass	Rod Patterson
Eliza	Seana Montgomery	Drums	Andrew Lavery
Annie	Gillian O’Regan
Andrew Carnes	Paraic Duignan
Cord Elam	Stephen Mackey
Jess	Christopher Logan
Joe	Gerard McCarthy
Stage Manager	Stephen Maguire
Tech SM	Colin O’Hare
DSM	Clare Ewing
ASM	Emma Calvert
	Wallace Aldridge
	Clare Newman
	Philip Walsh

Those in bold italic type went on to pursue careers in the Performing Arts.

MEDIA QUOTES:

For my money the musical of the year was not the glamour of ‘Evita’ or the sugar and fizz of ‘High Society’ … it was the Ulster Theatre Company’s production of ‘Oklahoma’. This innovative production … breathtaking moments.

BELFAST TELEGRAPH

A stunning and mind bending production. Moments of high theatre, drama, gripping set-edge excitement and sheer ‘oomph’ pleasure that many a fully professional company would envy.

NEWSLETTER

Most exciting and vibrant interpretation of this grand old musical that I have ever seen.

CORK EXAMINER

As good as anything you might see in New York or London.

CORK EVENING ECHO