OKLAHOMA REPERTORY THEATRE GROUP INCORPORATED
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Mission Statement
Oklahoma City Repertory Theater is dedicated to championing new ways of making theater, supporting innovative artists, and growing the cultural ecology of Oklahoma City.
About This Cause
Oklahoma City Repertory Theater was founded in 2001 by founding company members Ruth Charney, Jonathan Beck Reed, Charlotte Franklin, Kirk Rogers, Marcellus Hankins, James Tyra, Michael Jones, Russell Webster, Elaine Pfeiderer, Jackie West, Michele McNalley Wilson, and founding artistic director Donald Jordan. In November of 2002, the company produced its first show, The Leading Ladies, starring Karen Culliver, Lisa Vroman, and Teri Bibb—a trio of musical theater actresses who all had played the role of Christine in Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera. This production was held at The Civic Center Freede Little Theater in downtown Oklahoma City. 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 Donald 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. 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. On May 14th, 2021, it was announced that Kelly Kerwin would succeed Jordan as OKC Rep’s second artistic director. She began her tenure on July 6, 2021.