history

Oklahoma City Repertory Theater was established in 2001 by founding company members Ruth Charnay, Jonathan Beck Reed, Charlotte Franklin, Kirk Rogers, Marcellus Hankins, James Tyra, Michael Jones, Russell Webster, Elaine Pfleiderer, Jackie West, Michele Wilson, and founding Artistic Director Donald Jordan. Over the next two decades, OKC Rep produced 77 productions, including classic revivals of plays and musicals, regional premieres, and co-productions with area universities. Under Jordan’s tenure, OKC Rep received several awards including recognition from Actors’ Equity (2010), the Governor’s Arts Award (2011), and the American Theatre Wing named OKC Rep among its National Theater Awards in 2012.

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After twenty years as the OKC Rep’s artistic director, Jordan announced that he would retire in 2021.  On July 31, 2021, Jordan’s retirement party was hosted at the historic Colcord Hotel where many of his friends, colleagues, and collaborators from the past two decades came to share stories and celebrate his new title: Artistic Director Emeritus.

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On July 6, 2021, Kelly Kerwin became OKC Rep’s second Artistic Director. Since then, Kerwin created a new mission, core values, EDI and sustainability plans, and staffing structure for OKC Rep. She began her tenure with The Reboot Season.

2021-2023

THIS IS THEATER

2022-2023

Bill's 44th

The Great Leap

Under The Radar: On The Road*

Superstitions

The Brothers Size

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*Presented in Association With The Public Theater

reboot season

2021-2022

An Evening With Immigrant

Piano Tales

Of A Mind: Oklahoma City

2017-2020

2019-2020

Every Brilliant Thing

A Doll's House: Part 2

Stiff

The Oklahoma City Project:

Radio Broadcast

2018-2019

The Music Man In Concert

The Second City: Benefit Show

Beyond Glory

Hair

The Curious Incident of the Dog

in the Night-time

2017-2018

A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline 

Heisenberg

Judy Collins: A Love Letter to Stephen  Sondheim

Greater Tuna

2014-2017

2016-2017

Pryor Rendering

A Tuna Christmas 

Defending The Caveman

Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play

An Evening With Audra McDonald

2015-2016

Peter and the Starcatcher (With UCO)

A Funny Thing...Forum (With OKCCC)   

Avenue Q

Bernadette Peters: Broadway's Brightest Star

Mandy Patinkin: Dress Casual

2014-2015

The Grapes of Wrath

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike  

The Mountaintop (With Pollard Theater)

Patti LuPone: Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda

The Amish Project

One Man Lord of the Rings

2011-2014

2013-2014

Godspell

Red

Much Ado About Nothing (with OKCU)

South Pacific (with OKCU)

One Man Star Wars Trilogy

2012-2013

November

A Normal Heart

Defending the Caveman

The Importance of Being Earnest (with OKCU)

Greater Tuna

2011-2012

The Last Night of Ballyhoo

Next to Normal

My Fair Lady (with OU)

The Complete World of Sports (Abridged)

Completely Hollywood (Abridged)

2008-2011

2010-2011

August: Osage County

A Tuna Christmas

The Santaland Diaries

Biloxi Blues (with OKCU)

The Great American Trailer Park Musical (with UCO)

2009-2010

The 25th Annual...Spelling Bee (with UCO)

A Tuna Christmas

The Santaland Diaries

Lysistrata

The 39 Steps

2008-2009

The Laramie Project (with Pollard Theatre)

A Tuna Christmas

Hay Fever (with OKCU)

Zombie Prom (With UCO)

2005-2008

2007-2008

The Fantasticks

A Christmas Carol (with OKCU and OK Children's Theater)

The Miser (with OKCU)

The Glass Menagerie

2006-2007

And Crown Thy God

Bad Dates

A Year with Frog and Toad

Moonlight and Magnolias

Our Town (with OKCU)

2005-2006

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Meshuggah-Nuns

The Big Bang

Tuesdays With Morrie

2002-2005

2004-2005

Driving Miss Daisy   

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown

Little Me

The Oklahoma City Project

Dirty Blonde

2003-2004

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

Fully Committed

Laughter on the 23rd Floor

Cotton Patch Gospel

2002-2003

The Leading Ladies  

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

I am the Teacher