Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical returns to the Fred Kavli Theatre for the first time in twenty years. Oklahoma! is set in the frontier days of the old West, in the period leading up to Oklahoma State's official acceptance in the union. It follows the story of cowboy Curly McCain's wooing of farm girl Laurey Williams. Featuring the classics Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' and People Say We're in Love amongst many others, Oklahoma! is the quintessential American musical and there's no better time to see it than 2015, which marks the 60th Anniversary of the beloved movie adaptation.

This production comes courtesy of the Cabrillo Music Theatre Group, the highly esteemed non-profit company, who have been entertaining Southern California for over 30 years.

Oklahoma! holds a hallowed place in the history of musical theatre. It was the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein, who would go onto revolutionise the artform with later works The King and I, Carousel and The Sound of Music. It was also one of the first so called 'book musicals' which embedded song and dance into a real narrative, with the musical interludes actually driving the plot forward rather than existing simply as an entertaining aside.