Oklahoma!: Youth Edition

Performed May 5th - May 7th, 2022 at Countryside Christian Church

3350 W Jackson Street, Nixa, MO  65714

(417)576-7341

The groundbreaking musical that set the stage for all that followed! Rodgers and Hammerstein's exuberant classic is a lively, tuneful musical full of cowboys, farmers, romance and fearless optimism.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma: Youth Edition is a one-hour adaptation of the beloved musical, designed especially for young performers.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, setting the standards and rules of modern musical theatre. In a Western territory just after the turn of the 20th century, a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful background for Curly, a charming cowboy, and Laurey, a feisty farm girl, to play out their love story. Their romantic journey, as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road, contrasts with the comic exploits of brazen Ado Annie and hapless Will Parker in a musical adventure embracing hope, determination and the promise of a new land.

In this adaptation for pre-high school students, the content has been edited to better suit younger attention spans, but all the elements that make this show a classic remain. You and your students will be enchanted by the timeless story and the dazzling score while learning about theatre and its production.

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Music by

Richard Rodgers

Book and Lyrics by

Oscar Hammerstein II

Original Dances by

Agnes de Mille

Directed by Kevin Miranda, Choreographed by Ashley West, Musical Direction by Tina Miranda.