The longest running repertory company in the Tulsa area dedicated solely to high school students.

This group, founded in 1985, has produced well over 100 shows. It performs three shows per year in its main season and provides many other performing opportunities for students during the year. Show performers are cast by audition, but the auditions are small, and chances are that hopefuls will get to be in more than one show during the year.

Membership in OnSTAGE is limited to 50 at any one time, which increases the chance for all members to get to participate. Not everyone may be cast in every show, but during the course of the year, persistence usually pays off.

Auditions

Tuesday, August 27, 7:00 p.m. at Clark Theatre.

It is mandatory that all students interested in auditioning prepare a 2-3 minute monologue. Students may also sing if they wish, but it is not required.

Rehearsals

Shows usually rehearse a production 4 times per week for two-hour periods. The normal length of a rehearsal period is 5-6 weeks.

It is important for students to attend all rehearsals unless prior arrangements are made.

OnSTAGE members are given participation points for being in a show. Students must accrue 80 points in a season to retain their membership. In addition, students are required to do 20 hours of tech or volunteer work with us during the year. There is ample opportunity to accomplish these two things.

Annual Registration Fee $15

Performance Fee $20 *

*Only paid by students who are cast in a show.

The fees are only a fraction of the troupe's expenses, and are generously subsidized by Tulsa Parks and the citizen advisory council.

The people of this comedy are fresh, creative, and unpredictable. From the avaricious landlady who rents the pantry as a bedroom � so what if the bed has to be leaned against the wall � to the man on the roof trying to develop homing vultures, this is a rooming house filled with a wild assortment of characters. Each has his own problems; most of them weird and unsolvable, and the plot is involved with trying to solve them.

On an impulse, a young girl makes up a story, and the complications that result from it are extremely funny. Suddenly needing an excuse, the girl fumbles for a moment and then blurts out that there has been a death in the family. Actually, the only thing wrong in this family is that the cat is missing. In any case, people start coming over to express their concern and sympathy. The parents think they�re all referring to the missing cat and the hilarious complications just continue to multiply.

Times apply to both Roomers, and Oh, What A Tangled Web

Sep 5, 7:00 p.m.

Rehearsals

Tue. and Thurs. 6:30-9:30, Sun. 3:00-5:00

Students $5

Adapted by Sherman Sergel based on the movie by Reginald Rose

A 19-year-old boy has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. It looks like an open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others� eyes to the facts. Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry people.

The final verdict and how it is reached will electrify the audience. This is an exceptional piece of dramatic literature that will keep audience members on the edge of their seats.

Performance Dates: May 2-4, 2003

TBA

Rehearsals

Mon. and Wed 6:30-8:00, Sun. 1:00-2:30

$5

That lovable tale about the Herdsman's, and how they learn the true meaning of Christmas. Clark has been performing this show since 1987.

Performance Dates: Dec. 12-14 at 7:30pm and Dec. 15 at 2pm

Nov 2, 2:00 p.m. (Open Auditions, ages: 7-18)

Rehearsals

Times Vary

$5

From the series created by George Newall and Tom Yohe/Based on an idea by David McCall

A pop culture phenomenon comes to Clark Theatre! The Emmy Award winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, science, and politics through clever, tuneful songs. While instructing a new generation to �Unpack Your Adjectives� and �Do The Circulation�. Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher nervous about his first day teaching tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such beloved Schoolhouse Rock songs. This is surefire entertainment that�s simply good, clean educational fun.

Performance Dates: March 6, 2003

Jan. 5, 2003 at 2:00 pm

Rehearsals

Times Vary

Tickets

$5 for Students/$6 for Adults