INEVENTS
PINE-RICHLAND PRESENTS
‘OKLAHOMA!’
Pine-Richland High School students kicked
up their boot heels, rehearsed their Midwestern
drawls and harmonized their vocals for several
performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
musical “Oklahoma!”
The first musical created by famed composer
Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II,
“Oklahoma!” is one of the most celebrated musicals
of all time since its 1943 opening. The show ran on
Broadway for more than 2,000 performances, longer
than any previous musical. Based on the Lynn
Riggs play “Green Grow the Lilacs,” the production
has been revered for its triumphant melding of
emotional storytelling with song and dance.
The cast included 60 Pine-Richland High School
students, and featured and an all-student orchestra
and stage crew.
Set in Western Indian Territory just after the turn
of the 20th century, “Oklahoma!” tells the story of
a headstrong farm girl named Laurey with whom
cowboy Curly and farmhand Jud have fallen in love.
When Laurey plays hard-to-get with earnest Curly
and instead accepts dangerous Jud’s invitation to the
upcoming social, tensions rise between the men and
capture the interest of the whole town.
In Pine-Richland’s “Oklahoma!”, senior Helen
Krushinski portrayed Laurey and Gabe Schoone
played Curly, while junior Bryan Bails was Jud Fry.
Ado Annie Carnes (sophomore Paige Nelson)
and Will Parker (junior Tyler Hepler) were the
comic counterparts to Laurey and Curley, while
Aunt Eller (senior Morgan Engle) was the matriarch
and conscience of the show and Andrew Carnes
(junior Parker Schubert) served as the patriarch.
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