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10/22/2026

OKLAHOMA PREMIERE!
"The Minutes" by Oklahoman Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright Tracy Letts runs 10/16 - 11/1/26 at Carpenter Square Theatre in OKC. Scathing comedy about a city council protecting the town's historical myth. Directed by Rhonda Rhonda M. Clark.

Features Dillon Rasberry, Sean Spencer, Jacey Nichole, Chris Crane, Stephanie Henson, James Coplen, Chelsea McIntire, K. Der Ron Vinson, Andrew Cohoon, Kenneth Chambers and Lewis Mize.

Tickets at carpentersquare.com, free CST mobile app, or 405-232-6500. Free parking across the street.

10/16/2026

OKLAHOMA PREMIERE!
"The Minutes' by Oklahoman Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright Tracy Letts runs 10/16 - 11/1 at Carpenter Square Theatre in OKC. Scathing comedy about a city council protecting the town's historical myth. Directed by Rhonda Rhonda M. Clark. Tickets at carpentersquare.com, free CST mobile app, or 405-232-6500. Free parking across the street.

10/13/2026

NEW PODCAST ALERT!
Way before Mary Frates knew that one day she would coordinate the first Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, she was a Ponca City High School grad attending a small college in the nation’s capital. There she met Fidel Castro, Nikita Khrushchev, and Richard Nixon among others. A classmate was Nancy Pelosi. Because only cultural and political events were exempted by the early curfew, Mary did both, attending performances and protests!

Mary finished her education at OU then began organizing cultural field trips for OKC Public Schools. That ultimately led to the creation of the Oklahoma Arts Institute with a two-week summer camp for high schools students and fall weekend workshops for teachers. Mary served as the OAI director for 25 years, and here gives a true behind-the-scenes account of how it happened 50 years ago.

On all podcast platforms. Click picture for Substack.

Post-production by Fred O. Bishop
Sponsored by Carpenter Square Theatre

S2E22 Mary Frates

10/10/2026

We said goodbye yesterday to OKC theatre legend Jane Hall. What a force of nature this petite woman was! When Jane was honored by Carpenter Square Theatre in 2012, I wrote this short minute play for her. She's joined by dear friend Mary Gordon Taft and Christine Jolly. Directed and narrated by Rhonda Clark.

10/05/2026

RECYCLED PODCAST ALERT!!

In honor of my old college buddy Jim Beaver winning the Best Male Actor award at last weekend's Broken Arrow Film Festival for the short film CHIMERA, I'm reposting the This Town OKC podcast we recorded last summer. CHIMERA was written and directed by Anne Lower. I helped produce it with a 90% local crew and cast.

Post-production by Fred O. Bishop
Sponsored by Carpenter Square Theatre

S1E09 Jim Beaver

09/21/2026

FINAL WEEKEND! This one's for you, Thunder Fans!!
Carpenter Square Theatre in OKC presents King James by Rajiv Joseph Sep 11-27. Directed by Lilli Bassett with Olen Cox and Mikael Dashawn. Tickets at 405-232-6500. carpentersquare.com or the CST mobile app. Free parking right across the street.

09/21/2026

NEW PODCAST ALERT!

Before he owned restaurants in This Town, Sean Cummings had a couple in Kansas City. Plus he spent a year on the circuit as a standup comic! Sean also admits that his courtship and marriage to the late dynamo, Cathy, was the least romantic one in history. How they ended up in This Town is quite interesting, though, as is how he and Cathy got involved in politics. This restauranteur-turned-political activist has a lot to say!

Post-production by Fred O. Bishop
Sponsored by Carpenter Square Theatre

On all platforms. Substack link:
https://rickallenlippert.substack.com/p/this-town-okc-podcast-s2e21-sean?r=17il7g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

09/14/2026

Carpenter Square Theatre in OKC presents King James by Rajiv Joseph Sep 11-27. Directed by Lilli Bassett with Olen Cox and Mikael Dashawn. Tickets at 405-232-6500. carpentersquare.com or the CST mobile app. Free parking right across the street.

09/08/2026

NEW PODCAST ALERT!
As a fresh graduate with two degrees in architecture from the University of Manchester, Anthony McDermid came to the U.S. to look for work. His first job interview lasted all of five minutes. Before long, he formed his own firm, TAP, with a partner. He’s now “tapering off” after 40 years, but only after designing and building hundreds of projects all over the country. Anthony talks about rugby, his childhood fascination with the construction of rebuilding his war-ravaged and bombed-out hometown of Bristol, England, his community involvement in This Town, and his love of traveling.

Post-production by Fred O. Bishop

Sponsored by Carpenter Square Theatre

Om all platforms. Substack link:
https://rickallenlippert.substack.com/p/this-town-okc-podcast-anthony-mcdermid?r=17il7g&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true