“ Annie Get Your Gun”
THEATRE OF THE BIG BEND’ S 5OTH BIRTHDAY
Irving Berlin’ s beloved musical set to be reprised
BY steveLANG
the Theatre of the Big Bend’ s 50th year will be celebrated with a bang, featuring performances of Irving Berlin’ s beloved musical,“ Annie Get Your Gun,” June 26-July 19.
The reprise of the 2006 production that set ToBB attendance records, will again be held in the San Antonio Livestock Exposition( SALE) Rodeo Arena at Sul Ross State University’ s Turner Range Animal Science Center. Performances are scheduled Friday-Sunday, June 26-28; Thursday-Friday, July 2-3; Sunday, July 5; and Friday-Sunday, July 10- 12 and 17-19 at 8:15 p. m. For ticket information, visit the website at Sulross. edu / ToBB.
“ To my knowledge, we are the only company who has ever done this production in a rodeo arena, with horses, and we’ re doing it again,” said Dona Roman, Sul Ross professor of Theatre, who has acted in, directed and produced ToBB productions for the past 17 years.
“ Thanks to the wonderful collaboration with Dr. Rob Kinucan( Dean of the College of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences) and ANRS personnel, we had a highly successful production( in 2006) and we’ re looking forward to this production,” Roman said.“ The City of Alpine has also been generous in its support of our efforts.”
Roman called the continued success of the Theatre of the Big Bend“ a credit to the countless performers, volunteers and an appreciative audience.”
“ We are blessed with a very hardy West Texas ranching patrons and a frontier spirit that also describes the tenacity of the Sul Ross theatre and music faculty. It continues to be a really incredible experience.”
Since 1966, the Theatre of the Big Bend has filled a summer entertainment niche for the vast tri-county region of Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio and an ever-expanding beyond. In addition, the theatre provides a summer repertory experience for community actors and musicians, artists and students to work with professionals from Sul Ross and elsewhere.
Annie Get Your Gun performances begin June 26, 2015.
“ Fifty years of providing summer theatrical entertainment is a significant achievement,” said Roman. She said that the establishment of summer internships and the Theatre of the Big Bend guest artist program in 2006 has expanded both the talent base and creative opportunities.
“ The Theatre of the big Bend will always be community-oriented, but we want to continue to grow,” said Roman.“ We really try to be a part of the community and also provide a theatre experience for our students and students from other universities as well.”
Roman noted that over half of the audience now comes from outside the tri-county area.“ The Theatre of the Big Bend offers great exposure to the region and is great for tourism.”
“ The summer musical will always be family-oriented and broadbased,” she said. It has become an institution that our audiences have come to expect.” aT
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