Ozark Actors Theatre
Ozark Actors Theatre is an Equity[1] theater company in Rolla, Missouri[2] founded in 1987 by pianist Gail Andrews-Hintz and founding Artistic Director F. Reed Brown[3][4] with the help of actress Cindy Beger and her friend Kathy Pukas.[5] In 1993, The Cedar Street Playhouse became the home of Ozark Actors Theatre.[6][7] Ozark Actors Theatre quickly gained a reputation for doing quality theatrical productions, and drew acclaim in Missouri and nationwide.[8] In 2010 Jason Cannon became the artistic director,[9] and Pamela Reckamp took the position in 2015.[1]
| Formation | 1987 | 
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Rolla, Missouri | 
Stage Manager  | Jim Welch | 
| Website | ozarkactorstheatre.org | 
The only Equity theatre in the area,[8] they have produced more than 100 shows and are affiliated with the Missouri Arts Council.[10][11]
List of Shows
    
1988
- Godspell
 - The Diviners
 - Greater Tuna
 - Magic to Do
 
1989
- Bernstein: Music of the Maestro
 - I Do! I Do!
 - Voices
 - The Boys Next Door
 - The Foreigner
 
1990
- Broadway: The Last 10 Years
 - The Duck Variations
 - Graceland
 - Litko
 - Savage Love
 - Talley's Folly
 - The House of Blue Leaves
 - Lou Gehrig Did Not Die of Cancer
 - Quilters
 - A Christmas Carol
 - The Actor's Nightmare
 
1991
- A Christmas Carol
 - The Fantasticks
 - Barefoot in the Park
 - The Elephant Man
 - The Songs of Stephen Sondheim
 - The Voice of the Prairie
 
1992
- Nunsense
 - The Golden Age of Broadway
 - I Hate Hamlet
 - Jazz at Castleman
 - A Scent of Honeysuckle
 - The Actor's Nightmare
 
1993
- Love Letters
 - Nunsense II: The Second Coming
 
1994
- Dames at Sea
 - The Gifts of the Magi
 - Marvin's Room
 - Sea Horse
 - Lend Me a Tenor
 
1995
- Abundance
 - Smoke on the Mountain
 
1996
- In White America
 - On the Air
 - Cotton Patch Gospel
 - The Golden Age of Entertainment
 - The Nerd
 
1997
- A Command Performance
 - Happy Birthday, You're Dead!
 - Bye Bye Birdie
 - Steel Magnolias
 
1998
- Big River
 - All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
 - Wedding Bell Blues
 
1999
- Aunt Tilly's Funeral
 - The Music Man
 - Driving Miss Daisy
 - Little Shop of Horrors
 
2000
- Once Upon a Mattress
 - Grace and Glorie
 - To Kill a Mockingbird
 
2001
2002
2003
2004
- Route 66: A Celebration of America's Mainstreet
 - Fiddler on the Roof
 - Wait Until Dark
 - Nuncrackers
 
2005
- The Sound of Music
 - Forever Plaid
 - The Odd Couple
 - A Christmas Survival Guide
 
2006
- Gypsy
 - Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
 
2007
2008
- Pump Boys and Dinettes
 - The Music Man
 - Altar Boyz
 - It's a Wonderful Life
 
2009
- Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?
 - Clue
 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
 - Scrooge
 
2010
- The Mousetrap
 - Annie
 - The Fantasticks
 - Babes in Toyland
 
2011
2012
- 25th Anniversary Gala
 - The Wizard of Oz
 - Noises Off
 - The Diviners
 - Follies
 - Little Women
 
2013
2014
- The Comedy of Errors
 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
 - The Drowsy Chaperone
 - Follies
 - Cabaret 1: Hannah Bagnall & Brittany Proia
 - Cabaret 2: Blane Pressler & Maglione and Ruiz
 - Cabaret 3: Alyssa Flowers & Jake Mills
 - A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol
 
2015
- Meet Me in St. Louis
 - The Importance of Being Earnest
 - Lucky Stiff
 - The Story of Velveteen Rabbit
 
External links
    
    
References
    
- "Ozark Actors Theatre Appoints New Artistic Director - Visit Rolla". Visit Rolla.
 - "The Ozark Actors Theatre in Rolla". MissouriLife.com.
 - "Wizard of Oz showing at Ozark Actors Theatre - News - The Daily Guide - Waynesville, MO - St. Robert, MO". www.waynesvilledailyguide.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23.
 - "About Us". Ozark Actors Theatre.
 - Eddie O'Neill, "The little theater that could ... and still does 26 seasons later", The Rolla Daily News, July 25, 2013.
 - http://www.therolladailynews.com/article/20151113/news/151119483
 - http://www.brewerscience.com/news/471/59/Brewer-Science-Underwrites-Ozark-Actors-Theatre-to-Bring-Neil-Simon-s-FOOLS-to-Rolla
 - ""Good Theater Is Where You Find It- in Rolla" by Newmark, Judith - St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), June 16, 1996".
 - Judith Newmark, " Jason Cannon will head Ozark Actors Theatre", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 10, 2010.
 - Mark Bretz (13 July 2015). "'Importance of Being Earnest' Still Charms with Its Wit: Theater Review". Ladue News.
 - Mark Bretz (16 July 2014). "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Musical Review". Ladue News.