Ozark Actors Theatre (OAT)

OZARK ACTORS THEATRE: Enhancing Our Quality of Life Through Inspired Performance

MISSION STATEMENT: We believe that the performing arts are one of the most positive and powerful transformative forces in people's lives. Ozark Actors Theatre exists to enhance the cultural life and livability of our community through the presentation of professional performing arts and the offering of performing arts education and training.

OUR STORY: Ozark Actors Theatre (OAT), is a hidden jewel in the rolling hills of the Ozarks. OAT is one of only two professional summer stock theatres in out state Missouri. Located in Rolla, OAT is a non-profit organization. Founded in 1987 by Gail Andrews-Hintz, a Rolla native returning from New York, and F. Reed Brown; along with a founding Board of Trustees consisting of citizens from Rolla, Cuba, Waynesville and other communities in south central Missouri, the desire of these interested citizens was to bring quality live professional theatre to the Ozarks.

Since its inception, OAT has received financial assistance from the Missouri Arts Council and has produced more than 100 shows, including a wide range of comedies, dramas, full-scale musicals, and musical reviews. OAT draws tourists from throughout the state and beyond. The education program, OAT Jr., offers Summer Drama Camps and Master Classes for teens, and will begin presenting fully mounted youth productions in 2013. In recent years, OAT has produced holiday shows, fundraisers, and launched a Performing Arts Series that brings an even wider variety of performing arts to the community.

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