Kitty Roberts, who has guided Tulsa's American Theatre Company since its inception, has been named the recipient of the Mary Kay Place Legacy Award from the Tulsa Awards for Theatre Excellence.
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Wes Studi, whose career has included memorable performances in the films "Last of the Mohicans," "Avatar" and "Germonino," will be the 2013 recipient of the Distinguished Artist Award at the fifth annual Tulsa Awards for Theatre Excellence. Studi will be honored during the awards ceremony, to be held June 23 at the Cascia Hall PAC, 2525 S. Yorktown Ave. The evening will begin with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session with Studi. The awards presentation will follow.
This is quite a busy weekend in local theatre, with seven different shows either opening or concluding their runs.For those interested in the Tulsa Awards for Theatre Excellence, three shows that are in the running for a portion of the TATE’s $20,000 in cash awards can be seen this weekend.
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For the Depression-era realism of his settings, and the plainspoken earthiness of his characters, John Steinbeck was essentially a fabulist.
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John Steinbeck conjured up a host of memorable characters in his novels and stories, from the Joad family of "The Grapes of Wrath" to the denizens of such Monterey, Calif., neighborhoods as "Tortilla Flat" and "Cannery Row."
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