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George Mason High School Drama Students to Present "Oklahoma!" This Week
Performances begin Thursday night.
The George Mason High School Drama Department will present "Oklahoma!" starting Thursday in the school auditorium.
The Western musical is set in 1906 in the Oklahoma territory. It tells a story about the romance between cowboy Curly McLain (George DeMars) and farm girl Laurey Williams (Sophie DeLeo) along with her aunt’s slave Jud Fry (Joseph Warren), according to The Lasso, the high school's student newspaper.
The show also involves the secondary romance between cowboy Will Parker (George Castillo) and his flirtatious fiancée Ado Annie (Lily Constance) along with a victim of Ado Annie’s flirting Ali Hakim (Alex Warren), according to The Lasso.
Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the school, located at 7124 Leesburg Pike. Admission is $5 for students and $10 for the general public.
"Oklahoma!" was the first musical written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. The musical is based on the 1931 play "Green Grow the Lilacs," by Lynn Riggs.
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