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Theater

Sump’n Like Wings

Mint Theatre Company
(music arrangements and sound design)
Theatre Row

Written by Lynn Riggs
Directed by Raelle Myrick-Hodges

 

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Sump’n Like Wings is the story of Willie Baker, a 16 year old girl too proud and too wild for the life she’s living. Her mother runs the dining room in the hotel her uncle owns. Willie is stuck helping her, squirming under her thumb while her uncle argues for tenderness and compassion.

Sump’n Like Wings is set in Oklahoma, six years after the Indian and Oklahoma Territories became the 46th state in the Union in 1907. Lynn Riggs owes his lasting fame to the musical named after his home state, Oklahoma!, based on his 1930 play Green Grow the Lilacs.

 

The music draws from old-time music of the Ozarks along with original arrangements based on the song “There Was a Girl”, which Riggs included with the play.

 

Performers: Julia Brothers, Andrew Gombas, Traci Hovel, Lukey Klein, Richard Lear, Mariah Lee, Mike Masters, Leon Pintel, Buzz Roddy, Lindsey Steinert, Joy Avigail Sudduth

 

Musicians: Christian Apuzzo, Tom Regouski, Sean Hagerty

 

Scenic Design: Georgia Lee
Lighting Design: Isabella Gill-Gomez
Music & Sound Design: Sean Hagerty
Costume Design: Emilee McVey-Lee
Props: Chris Fields
Dialects & Dramaturgy: Amy Stoller

Production Stage Manager: Jeff Meyers
Stage Manager: Arthur Atkinson & Miriam Hyfler
Technical Director: Rob Reese