Theater Pops presents Tracy Letts’ “Man From Nebraska” March 31 – April 2, 2011

A luxury sedan, a church pew and visits to a nursing home form the comfortable round of Ken Carpenter’s daily life.  And then one night, he awakens to find that he no longer believes in God.  This crisis of faith propels an ordinary middle-aged man into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery.  This wickedly funny and spiritually complex play examines the effects of one man’s awakening on himself and his family.

Cast:

Ken Carpenter: Randall Whalen

Nancy Carpenter: Jan Nakonezny Simpson

Cammie Carpenter: Iris Ballou

Ashley Kohl: Jenifer Garret

Reverend Todd: Dave Garcia

Pat Monday: Lorie Lyon

Tamyra: September Champagne Boles and Kelli McCloud Schingen

Bud Todd: Dale Whisman

Harry Brown: Kurt Harris

2011-2012 Season

Theatre Pops is delighted to present our 2011-2012 Season. Our upcoming season proves to be a compelling and exciting selection of modern playwrights to include Theresa Rebeck and Yasmina Reza and an established favorite in Henrik Ibsen. Dates for these upcoming productions will be posted as they are secured with the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. See you in the Theatre!

Tinkerbell: An evening of contemporary monologues : SUMMER STAGE

Loose Knit: Theresa Rebeck: SUMMERSTAGE

The Wager: Mark Medoff: Fall 2011

God of Carnage: Yasmina Reza: Early 2012

A Doll’s House: Henrik Ibsen: Spring 2012

ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS OF OUR 2011-2012 POLL

Thank you for your participation in our 2011-2012 poll for two of our productions. The results are in and God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza and A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen will be added to our lineup for next season. Check back soon for the debut of our complete 2011-2012 season!

Auditions for Eye of God

Theatre Pops is holding a reading for its upcoming production of Tim Blake Nelson’s Eye of God on September 12 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Theatre Tulsa, 207 N. Main St. Eye of God will run Nov. 18-21 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.

We are looking for the following:
9 men and 3 women, (1 of the 9 Male Roles has been cast)
(1) young male 14-18 yrs.
(7) men 25-55 yrs.
(3) females 25-40 yrs.

For additional information, please see our Facebook page.

Getting Butts in the Seats

Check out this interesting article from the Huffington Post: “The Play’s the Thing”: Getting Butts in the Seats.

What are your thoughts on it? Why do you go to the theatre?

Tinkerbell is tomorrow!

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is your only chance to see the 2010 edition of Tinkerbell is Dead…Free Beer! It is going to be laid back, interesting, and tons of fun, so you won’t want to miss it. Stick around afterwards and say hi to everyone. Again, the show is Sunday night at 8 p.m. in the Norman Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15. We hope to see you there!

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Watch Tinkerbell Die Once More

Join us for Tinkerbell is Dead…Free Beer! on July 18 at the PAC.

This one-night-only performance of contemporary monologues will take place at 8 p.m. in the Liddy Doenges Theatre. The production is part of SummerStage 2010.

Tickets are $15 each. For more information, visit our Upcoming Shows tab at the top of the page. To reserve tickets, please call the Tulsa Performing Arts Center at (918) 596-7111 or visit the PAC website.

Come See The Misanthrope This Weekend!

Theatre Pops’ production of Moliere’s The Misanthrope opens Thursday at 8 p.m. and runs through Saturday. The show will take place in the Norman Theatre at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15. You won’t want to miss it!

Check out the great press we’ve received on the show so far:

• ‘The Misanthrope,’ June 24, 2010 in the Tulsa World
• All Life’s a Stage: SummerStage keeps the theaters hopping with a number of productions, June 23, 2010 in Urban Tulsa Weekly
• ‘The Misanthrope’ a story of man’s view of society, June 20, 2010 in the Tulsa World

SummerStage 2010 in the Tulsa World

On May 30, the Tulsa World ran a great preview of this year’s SummerStage festival, including the lovely mug of our very own Randall Whalen. Check out the article here for a little bit of history, humor and the season line-up. Don’t forget about Theatre Pops’ production of The Misanthrope, opening June 24!