LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Comes To Tulsa PAC 5/15-17 & 5/21-23

Long Days Journey Into Night will be performed at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in the John. H. Williams Theater May 15-17, 2009 and May 21-23, 2009. Tickets may be purchased at 587-8402, 596-7109, or online at www.myticketoffice.com

The cast is as follows:
James Tyrone, Sr.: Michael Massey
Mary Cavan Tyrone: Noel Fairbrothers
James "Jamie" Tyrone, Jr.: Justin McKean
Edmund Tyrone: Gus Haskell
Cathleen: Andrea Morey

Long Day's Journey Into Night takes place in the living room of a summer house in 1912, and unfolds during the space of one day; from morning until midnight. This autobiographical work details the tortured family background that shaped the life of its author, Eugene O'Neill. The plays characters include James Tyrone, Sr., a patriarch and retired actor who is well off, but a confirmed miser. His eldest son Jamie is a drunk, and his youngest son, Edmund, has tuberculosis. The matriarch of this colorful family, Mary, is a drug addict. The mother's addiction is a result of James Sr. sending her to a second-rate doctor. Jamie drinks from sheer frustration, while the old man has never been able to get over his magnified respect for money induced by an impoverished childhood. Even the illness of the Edmund, quite obviously the author, is being treated by the cheapest local physician, and the father is planning to send him to a state sanatorium where he will hopefully expire expensively. The
characters speak in the everyday language of our neighbors; their emotions rise and fall with the absurd devotion to insignificant things which provoke so many quarrels; these are all dimensional characters trying desperately to keep their doomed household together.

Theatre Tulsa is a proud member of the Tulsa Area Community Theatre Alliance, Tulsa Arts & Humanities Council, and the Oklahoma Community Theatre Association.

This production made possible by the Oklahoma Arts Council, the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, The George Kaiser Family Foundation, The Williams Companies, Urban Tulsa Weekly, Dale Gillman Antiques, Donna Simmons/Tulsa Tech Broken Arrow and all the proud sponsors of Theatre Tulsa.

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Theatre Tulsa
207 N. Main
Tulsa, Ok 74103
918- 587-8402
Contact: Theatre Tulsa
Email: theatretulsa@tacta.net
Web page: www.theatretulsa.org

Audition notice for Theatre Tulsa's SummerStage production of Laundry & Bourbon/Lone Star:

Theatre Tulsa has upcoming auditions for SummerStage 2009.

This year's production will be the comedies Laundry & Bourbon and Lone Star, directed by W. Bryan Thompson.

Auditions are on May 23rd at 3:00pm will consist of cold readings from the scripts.

Auditions will be held at the Theatre Tulsa office, 207 N. Main St. Tulsa, OK 74103.

Performance dates are July 9th, 10th, and 11th at 8:00pm at the Liddy Doenges Theatre in the Tulsa PAC.

Laundry & Bourbon takes place on a dusty front porch in Maynard, Texas. As the afternoon sun beats down, Elizabeth and Hattie catch up on small town tales between TV commercials and piles of boxer shorts. When Amy Lee, the town gossip, stops by unexpectedly, the bourbon starts to flow and the laundry starts to fly. There are rumors about Roy, Elizabeth's husband, but Elizabeth may have an even bigger secret under wraps.

3 women ages 25 - 35

Lone Star follows Roy, a Vietnam vet, and his brother Ray as they drink the night away out back of Angel's Bar. Roy loves his wife and he loves his '59 T-Bird, but nothing else seems certain anymore. A case of beer and several candy bars later (and after a contentious visit from Cletis, an old high school acquaintance), Ray reveals some hard and explosive truths. Roy is left with a two options - keep running, or stand tall and face the future.

3 men ages 25 - 35

For more information visit http://www.theatretulsa.org/

Theatre Tulsa is a proud member of the Tulsa Area Community Theatre Alliance, Tulsa Arts & Humanities Council, and the Oklahoma Community Theatre Association.

This production made possible by the Tulsa Performaing Arts Center Trust, Oklahoma Arts Council, the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, The George Kaiser Family Foundation, The Williams Companies, Urban Tulsa Weekly, Dale Gillman Antiques, Donna Simmons/Tulsa Tech Broken Arrow and all the proud sponsors of Theatre Tulsa.

 

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