Production History

Deborah Zoe Laufer’s Out of Sterno closed CST’s 29th season (2012–2013). The original CST announcement described the production as a feminist coming-of-age comedy with an Alice in Wonderland twist.

CST Connections

A’Mari Jo Rocheleau and Dalton Thomas served as production stage managers for My Name Is Asher Lev earlier in Season 29.
James Polk Wilson designed sets and lighting for both My Name Is Asher Lev and Mrs. Mannerly during the same season.
Rhonda Clark designed costumes for all three productions and directed My Name Is Asher Lev.
Christine Lanning later played Janie in Making Sweet Tea and Other Secrets (2024), also directed by Terry Veal.
Terry Veal’s earlier CST directing credits include Olympus on My Mind (1992), Murder by Misadventure (1994), and Never the Sinner (2001).

Press Coverage

“Theater Review: ‘Out of Sterno’” — The Oklahoman, July 7, 2013, attributed to John Brandenburg in the supplied research. The full text could not be retrieved to verify its assessment.
Oklahoma Gazette , July 3–9, 2013 issue, supplied contemporary coverage lead.
BroadwayWorld production listing.

Sponsors

Show sponsors: Mel and Cindy Ables; Karen Dickerson.

Institutional Support

Oklahoma Arts Council; National Endowment for the Arts; Allied Arts; Kirkpatrick Family Fund.

Licensing

Current listing: Concord Theatricals.

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