OKLAHOMA
April 5-7 & April 12-14, 2024
The Red Barn at Fountain Park
883 Tinkham Rd Wilbraham, MA
CAST
Miss Daisy - Anna Giza
Hoke - Floyd Patterson III
Boolie - Joe Lessard
Director - Mark Giza
Stage Manager - Gail Weber
Pulitzer Prize-winning, Driving Miss Daisy, is set in Atlanta and spans twenty-five years, from 1948 to 1973. When Daisy Wertham,
a stubborn, elderly Southern widow, crashes her new car into the neighbor’s garage, her son, Boolie, forces her to take on a chauffeur. He employs Hoke Coleburn, much to her chagrin. At first, Daisy refuses to rely on a black man to get her from one place to the next and Hoke spends two weeks sitting in the kitchen doing nothing. Gradually, however, Daisy’s prejudices are broken down and, against all odds, he becomes her best friend. Daisy teaches Hoke to read and write, while Hoke encourages Daisy to let go of her insecurities. Alfred Uhro’s delicate drama explores the experience of aging while the world around you moves forwards at great pace.
CAST
Aunt Eller - Kathy Renaud
Curly - Joey Valencourt
Laurey - Ally Reardon
Ike Skidmore - Lou Scungio
Fred - Leo Tassinari
Will Parker - Max Levheim
Jud Fry - Nick Adams
Ado Annie Carnes - Dominque Libera
Ali Hakim - Joe Lessard
Gertie Cummings - Ashleigh Thayer
Andrew Carnes - Ben Bump
Cord Elam - Jeff Erb
Ensemble:
Kimberly O’Connor, Julie Rybacki,
Mindy Meeker, Gail Weber, Monique Lussier
Directors - Christopher Rojas & Mark Giza
Music Director - Bobby Scott
Choreographer - Dina DelBuono
The first collaboration of famed partners Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Oklahoma! set the American musical theatre standard. Set in Western Indian Territory just after the turn of the 20th Century, the spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the backdrop for the love story between Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a beautiful farm girl. The road to true love is anything but smooth, but there is no doubt that these two romantics will succeed in making a life together. As the road to romance and the road to statehood converge, Curly and Laurey are poised to spend their new life together in a brand new state:
O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A - OKLAHOMA!
DRIVING MISS DAISY
October 18-20 & October 25-27, 2024
Thornton W. Burgess School
85 Wilbraham Road Hampden, MA
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