Patrick Hobbs has only one scene in the play "8." And it takes, in his estimation, about 40 seconds for him to say and do all that is required of his character. But the number of lines he was given had no bearing on Hobbs' enthusiasm for the play that three local theater companies have joined together to produce.
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As the nation anxiously awaits a U.S. Supreme Court ruling -- expected in June -- on same-sex marriage, three local companies mount the timeliest of productions.
But it's just an accident that Theatre Tulsa, Odeum Theatre Company, and Theatre Pops chose to perform 8, a staged-reading drama by David Lance Black.
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Adam Bock's play "A Small Fire" is aptly named. It is a compact little drama, made up of common, even mundane materials that require careful tending and a powerful spark to rise up in flames. Fortunately, Heller Theatre's production of this play, which opened Friday at the Henthorne PAC, benefits from the careful tending of David Lawrence's sensitive direction and the spark of Kathryn Hartney's uncompromising, fully lived-in performance as the play's main character.
Sit back in your seat, listen to the crackling sounds of static as Hipockets Duncan, played by Steve Thomson, spins the tunes of Buddy Holly singing “That’ll Be the Day” on the Muskogee Little Theatre stage.
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Doing everything that needs to be done, said Sue Wiedemann, treasurer of the Tulsa Spotlighters, would require about $4 million.
The amount of work it would take to get the Spotlight Theatre into good condition would mean that, at some point, the building would have to close. And suspending the run of "The Drunkard" is the last thing the Tulsa Spotlighters want to do.
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