SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
Below is a brief history of the Nightingale Theater and the Midwestern Theater Troupe as illustrated by selected shows. View full articles (when available) on our Reviews & Press page.
May 2008
Stand Up Comedy NightVarious PerformersOriginal: Icons: The Lesbian & Gay History of the World Volume III Jade Esteban Estrada
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
April 2008
Stand Up Comedy NightVarious PerformersOriginal: The Ed Forman Show, with ME! ED FORMAN!Aaron Ross
Faustus, by David MametMidwestern Theater Troupe
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
March 2008
Living Arts New Genre Festival XVLiving Arts of TulsaMr. Marmalade, by Noah HaidleEvandrake Productions
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
February 2008
Original: Down The Ol' HoleMidwestern Theater TroupeStand Up Comedy NightVarious Performers
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
January 2008
Original: Unwrapped50 SwatsStand Up Comedy NightVarious Performers
Modern VaudevilleCrispy Family Carnival
Original: Born Again YesterdayJustin McKean
Sex Workers' Art ShowVarious Performers
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
December 2007
Original: Unwrapped50 SwatsOld Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
November 2007
Stand Up Comedy NightVarious PerformersOriginal: Icons: The Lesbian & Gay History of the World Volume II Jade Esteban Estrada
Gobble Gobble: Free Thanksgiving Arts SamplerVarious Performers
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
October 2007
Original: Old-Fashioned Poison Candy50 SwatsOld Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
September 2007
Proof, by David AuburnEvandrake ProductionsOriginal: The Grimsby CurseCast Me!
Original: Tortilla HeavenJade Esteban Estrada
Modern VaudevilleCrispy Family Carnival
Improvisational ComedySuperOVUM, Girls Girls Girls, and Parallelogramophonograph
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
August 2007
Original: Born Screaming in America: A Tribute to Bill HicksBrian RattlingourdOriginal: Born Again YesterdayJustin McKean
Acoustic Music and HumorArigon Starr
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
July 2007
Original: Locked In: The 24-Hour Play ExperimentNightingale TheaterOld Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
June 2007
Original: Dirty Thoughts50 SwatsBurlesque Eye Candy Burlesque
Independent Film: Tabula RasaMatt Phipps and Locomotion Skateboard Media
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
May 2007
Film: InspirationsTulsa Artists Support GroupBig BeefNightingale Theater
Original: Born Again YesterdayJustin McKean
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
April 2007
One Act FestivalYouth OnstageOld Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
March 2007
Original: Woof! The RoadshowRagged Blade ProductionsLiving Arts New Genre Festival XIVLiving Arts of Tulsa
Improvisational ComedySee Dick Run
Original: Glowstick, The MusicalNightingale Theater
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
February 2007
Film: Who Killed the Electric Car?Sustainable Green CountryBig BeefNightingale Theater
Improvisational ComedySuperOVUM
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
January 2007
Stand Up Comedy NightVarious PerformersOriginal: Humans50 Swats
Big BeefNightingale Theater
Improvisational ComedySuperOVUM
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
Art SoupYouth Services of Tulsa
December 2006
Done to Death, by Fred CarmichaelYouth OnstageOriginal: SedimentsMonica Huggins Dance Theatre
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues by Jeff GoodeNightingale Theater
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
November 2006
Improvisational ComedySee Dick RunThe Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh Theatre Club
Burlesque Eye Candy Burlesque
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
October 2006
Original: Old-Fashioned Poison Candy50 SwatsBurlesque Eye Candy Burlesque
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
September 2006
Art SoupYouth Services of TulsaImprovisational ComedySuper OVUM
Puppets Gone Wild 3D: The Director's CutAndrew Agee
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
August 2006
Improvisational Workshop ExhibitionTulsa Acting IntensiveOld Crow ConfessionsNightingale Theater
The Buzzed BeeNightingale Theater
Rocky Horror Picture ShowNightingale Theater
July 2006
Old Crow ConfessionsNightingale TheaterThe Buzzed BeeNightingale Theater
Dirty Dirty Disco v2Electrocore
Backwards and in HeelsSuper OVUM
Sideshow IdolCrispy Family Carnival
June 2006
BurlesqueThe SpiderlilliesAcoustic Music and HumorArigon Starr
Improvisational ComedySee Dick Run
May 2006
Improvisational ComedySee Dick RunOriginal: Woman Who was Captured by GhostsThunder Road Productions
Bizarro Baloney Show: Comedy for a CauseDan Piraro
Art SoupYouth Services of Tulsa
Improvisational ComedyDribble Funk
April 2006
Improvisational ComedySee Dick RunThe Cyclops by EuripidesMidwestern Theater Troupe
One Act FestivalYouth Onstage
March 2006
Stand Up Comedy: The Last BreakfastSam HigginsImprovisational ComedySee Dick Run
Living Arts New Genre Festival XIIILiving Arts of Tulsa
February 2006
Independent Film: ThirstSustainable TulsaPoona, the Fuck Dog by Jeff GoodeNightingale Theater
Improvisational ComedySee Dick Run
January 2006
Original: Love of Last ResortRagged Blade ProductionsImprovisational ComedySuper OVUM
December 2005
Original: Lottie In DreamlandMidwestern Theater TroupeNovember 2005
On the Verge by Eric OvermyerTheatre ClubImprovisational ComedyAvailable Cupholders and Super OVUM
October 2005
Original: More Old-Fashioned Poison Candy50 SwatsImprovisational ComedySee Dick Run
The Light in the Mill by D. K. OklahomaYouth OnStage
September 2005
Original: BeginningsMonica Huggins Dance TheatreImprovisational ComedySee Dick Run and Super OVUM
August 2005
Debbie Does Dallas , the Musical adapted by Erica SchmidtNightingale TheaterJuly 2005
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot by Jose RiveraNightingale TheaterOriginal: An Evening with Jerry RabushkaRagged Blade Productions
June 2005
Alcestis by Euripides, adapted by Ted HughesTheatre ClubImprovisational ComedySee Dick Run
May 2005
Original: Tortilla HeavenJade Esteban EstradaOriginal: JuicylandNightingale Theater
April 2005
Original: Glowstick, The MusicalNightingale TheaterRelationships That BITE!Youth Onstage
Improvisational ComedySee Dick Run
March 2005
The Underpants by Steve MartinTheatre ClubImprovisational ComedySee Dick Run
February 2005
Improvisational ComedySee Dick RunOriginal: Down The Ol' HoleMidwestern Theater Troupe
January 2005
Original: Icons: The Lesbian & Gay History of the World Volume I Jade Esteban EstradaOriginal: Amazons, Gypsies, and Wandering MinstrelsDeborah J. Hunter
December 2004
Original: Snowballs50 SwatsNovember 2004
Baby Blues by Drew Hayden TaylorTulsa Indian Actors' WorkshopThe Actor's Nightmare & Sister Mary by Christopher DurangTheatre Club
October 2004
Living Arts New Genre Festival XIILiving Arts of TulsaImprovisational ComedySee Dick Run
Instant Karma FestVarious Performers
The Mirror of Dori Gray by John MatteraYouth Onstage
Original: Old-Fashioned Poisoned Candy50 Swats
September 2004
Poona, The Fuck Dog by Jeff GoodeMidwestern Theater TroupeIndependent Film: RushRandall Rush
Independent Film: Birddog and Kicking BirdAngry Filmmaker
August 2004
Original: My Poems are Too LoudDeborah J. Hunter21A by Kevin KlingJoel Swails
July 2004
Geek Circus, The Twisted ShockfestScott BakerOriginal: Occupancy 70Katrina Lofgren
June 2004
Second Tulsa Area Comedy Micro FestivalVarious PerformersPlayhouse Creatures by April De AngelisTheatre Club
Independent Film: Plucked!Tattered Remnants Productions
May 2004
Original: Just Some Good Ol' BoysFlopsweat TheaterDanny & The Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick ShanleyLiving Stage Theatre
Original: Workaday PiecesTulsa Contemporary Dance Theater
April 2004
The Memorandum by Vaclav HavelTheatre ClubIndependent Film: Peaceable KingdomNortheastern Oklahoma Animal Helpers
Original: Myopia and Butoh Dance WorkshopDjalma Primordial Science
Improvisational ComedySuper OVUM
March 2004
The Golden Ass by ApuleiusMidwestern Theater TroupeWorking by Studs TerkelYouth Onstage
February 2004
Movie NightsNightingale TheaterJanuary 2004
Original: No Takebacks... Flopsweat TheaterMovie NightsNightingale Theater
Independent Film: Ape CanyonJon Olson
Tulsa Area Comedy Micro FestivalVarious Performers
December 2003
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues by Jeff GoodeNightingale TheaterNovember 2003
Fashion Show: Fall Collection 2003Marilyn Ihloff SalonTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareYouth Onstage
Improvisational ComedyMild Dementia Improv
October 2003
Living Arts New Genre Festival XILiving Arts of TulsaThe History of the Devil by Clive BarkerTaurus Productions
September 2003
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteYouth OnstageImprovisational ComedySuper OVUM
August 2003
Franny and Zooey by J.D. SallingerFLAM TheaterOriginal: Linda Zoblotsky Is LuvchildLinda Zoblotsky
Improvisational ComedySuper OVUM
July 2003
Independent Film: D.I.Y. or DIEMichael W. DeanIndependent Film: ZombiegeddonChris Watson
Curse of the Starving Class by Sam ShepardWilhelmena
June 2003
Sex by Mae WestTheatre ClubThe Seagull by Anton ChekhovWind-Up Theatre
May 2003
Original: Star Quest and GrassScott NorvellIndependent Film: Busload of PoetsGary Glazner
Independent Film: The Gas CafeAngry Filmmaker
April 2003
Chamber Music by James JoyceYouth OnstageGeography of a Horse Dreamer by Sam ShepardYouth Onstage
Original: Sister Loves Circus and Sideshow SpectacularLipstick Librarians
March 2003
Lysistrata by AristophanesNightingale TheaterFebruary 2003
A Winter's Tale by William ShakespeareMidwestern Theater TroupeThe Play About the Baby by Edward AlbeeTheatre Club
January 2003
Independent Film: The Witness Northeastern Oklahoma Animal HelpersDecember 2002
Closer by Patrick MarberTheatre ClubNovember 2002
Fashion Show: Fall Collection 2002Marilyn Ihloff SalonDearly Departed by David Bottrell & Jesse JonesYouth Onstage
October 2002
Living Arts New Genre Festival XLiving Arts of TulsaHe Who Gets Slapped by Leonid AndreyevMidwestern Theater Troupe
September 2002
Film Festival: Show Us Your Shorts, TulsaMe HeadAugust 2002
Independent Film: Birddog Kelley BakerHedwig and the Angry Inch Starving Shark Productions
July 2002
Independent Film: Prom Night and Stall StalkerIndie TulsaSoulsinc ArtshowA. Nigh Herndon and Phillip Condley
June 2002
Runaways by Elizabeth SwadosYouth OnstageThe Laramie Project by Moises KaufmanTheatre Club
Improvisational ComedyF.L.A.M.
May 2002
Original: Remains of a SupernovaLipstick Librarians ProductionsRocky Horror Picture ShowNightingale Theater
Film Festival: Show Us Your Shorts, TulsaMe Head
Independent Film: D.I.Y. or DIEMichael W. Dean
Independent Film: This is What Democracy Looks LikeIndependent Media Center
Original: The Goddess SpeaksOKRep!
April 2002
Kafka's Dick by Alan BennettTheatre ClubUncle Jae's Earth Day HootenannyNightingale Theater
March 2002
Search and Destroy by Howard KorderTaurus ProductionsFebruary 2002
Curtain Going Up by Gregory JohnsonYouth OnstageImprovisational ComedySingle Servings
Endgame by Samuel BeckettTheatre Club
January 2002
24-Hour Play FestivalTulsa Experimental Theatre (TEXT)Original: Occupancy 70Katrina Lofgren
December 2001
Coriolanus by William ShakespeareMidwestern Theater TroupeNovember 2001
Fashion Show: Fall Collection 2001Marilyn Ihloff SalonFilm Festival: Show Us Your Shorts, TulsaMe Head
October 2001
Living Arts New Genre Festival IXLiving Arts of Tulsa70 Scenes of Halloween by Jeffrey JonesTheatre Club
The Bindlestiff Family CirkusThe Bindlestiff Family
Rocky Horror Picture ShowNightingale Theater
Book Signing: Hot Schlock HalloweenJohn Wooley
September 2001
Rocky Horror Picture ShowNightingale TheaterOriginal: NormalAbbetuck Productions
Fashion Show: Fall Collection 2001Marilyn Ihloff Salon
Midnight MoviesNightingale Theater
August 2001
Rocky Horror Picture ShowNightingale TheaterFilm Festival: Show Us Your Shorts, TulsaMe Head
Original: Warm Delicious PlayMidwestern Theater Troupe
July 2001
Rocky Horror Picture ShowNightingale TheaterFilm Festival: Show Us Your Shorts, TulsaMe Head
Improvisational ComedyF.L.A.M.
Aslut Fest Visual Art and Multimedia ShowJennings Hanna
June 2001
Pippin by Roger Hirson & Stephen SchwartzYouth OnstageFilm Festival: Show Us Your Shorts, TulsaMe Head
Improvisational ComedyF.L.A.M.
Stop Kiss by Diana SonTheatre Club
May 2001
Rocky Horror Picture ShowNightingale TheaterImprovisational ComedyF.L.A.M.
Film Festival: Show Us Your Shorts, TulsaMe Head
Red Bull Promotional PartyElement Records
Student ShowcaseDamar School of Drama
Retro Fashion Show and BenefitCheap Thrills and Deco to Disco
April 2001
Rocky Horror Picture ShowNightingale TheaterAmerican Buffalo by David MametTheater Pops!
Wine Tasting EventTulsa Vinos
March 2001
Lonesome West by Martin McDonaghTheatre ClubWine Tasting EventTulsa Vinos
Independent Film: Rushmore by Wes AndersonMe Head
Independent Film: Good Grief by Andrew DicksonAndrew Dickson
Improvisational ComedyF.L.A.M.
Midnight MoviesNightingale Theater
February 2001
Coarse Acting by Michael GreenYouth OnstageMidnight MoviesNightingale Theater
Improvisational ComedyF.L.A.M.
January 2001
The Vagina Monologues by Eve EnslerTheatre ClubMidnight MoviesNightingale Theater
December 2000
Cymbeline by William ShakespeareMidwestern Theater TroupeNovember 2000
Art Show and BenefitYouth OnstageImprovisational ComedyF.L.A.M.
Wine Tasting EventTulsa Vinos
October 2000
Living Arts New Genre Festival VIIILiving Arts of TulsaImprovisational ComedyF.L.A.M.
Largo Desolato by Vaclav HavelTheatre Club
September 2000
Improvisational Comedy F.L.A.M.Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard Taurus Productions
Original: Harbored Thoughts King Bear Productions
Fashion Show: Fall Collection 2000 Marilyn Ihloff Salon
Original: Booze, Broads & BukowskiTheatre Pops!