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Lance McDaniel with
CimarronARTS & Lyric Understudies
CimarronARTS!
teamed with Lyric Understudies to
present the February 23rd, Saturday
matinee of "Greater Tuna." One of the
most popular and performed plays in the
United States, "Greater Tuna" is showing
at the newly restored Plaza Theatre at
1725 NW 16th Street through March 2.
The February 23rd matinee was
followed by a CimARTS! hosted cocktail
reception next door at Plaza Java Cafe.
Co-created by
Bartlesville native Joe Sears, Greater
Tuna is the hilarious comedy about
small-town life in Tuna, the third
smallest town in Texas, where the Lion's
Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline
never dies. The eclectic band of Tuna
citizens are portrayed by only two
performers, making this satire on life
in rural America even more uproarious.
Lyric proudly presents Jonathan Beck
Reed and David Coffee as they depict the
inhabitants of Tuna -- men, women,
children and animals! Greater Tuna is
Lyric’s first ever non-musical comedic
play, intended to fill the Plaza Theatre
with unending chuckles and satisfying
belly laughs.
Watch for
more CimarronARTS! events this year,
advertised both on this page, and in the
Cimarron eNewsletter.
One
Act Play Festival March 30
Despite the horrific weather, over 50
people showed up to our first One Act
play Festival. Three plays were
presented. The Audience Award went to
Playwright Diana Silver and Director
Lauren Fair for their play about a
lesbian owning up to the truth and the
Judges Award went to Writer/Director
Matt Brown for his absurdist comedy
about two men at a bus stop. A few plays
scheduled to be performed were cancelled
due to the flooded streets and
tornadoes. Overall, the event was a
success and will be repeated in our next
season.
Winners of the CimarronARTS! Poetry
Slam
CimarronARTS! first event, Slammin’ Over
the Rainbow, was fantastic. Over 60
people packed into Galileo despite the
icy weather, watching Angel Hamilton
bring the house down with the sexiest
poetry of the evening. Paula Sophia
Shonauer took 2nd place and Jerome
Braggs 3rd place. Marcus Hooks won the
Spoken Word contest. The night was
filled with poetry about sex, love,
race, gender, stereotypes, emotions and
life. We are already fielding request
for another Rainbow Slam, so stay tuned.
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Visual Art Show
Winners
CimarronARTS! lured over a hundred
people to their first Visual Art Show at
Velvet Monkey Too Salon on Saturday,
February 24. Four winners split $250
worth of prize money, including Leigh
Tomlin, Audience Award Winner; Camista
Coyle, Audience Award Runner-Up; Ashley
Griffith, Judges Award; and, Delvie
McPherson, Judges Award. The show was
the second event from CimarronARTS!, a
project of the Cimarron Alliance
Foundation created to build community
around Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Art. “We were thrilled to
have such a big turnout,” gushed Josh
Beasley, co-chair of the event, “the
artists were great, the crowd was
enthusiastic and the crew from Velvet
Monkey was fabulous as always.” Several
pieces were sold at the event, including
a piece for silent auction won by the
always-generous Homer Cobb.
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