Tecumseh Grad Finds Success In Theatre

  • Tecumseh High School graduates Jerry Jay Cranford and Chad Anderson pose in their Wizard of Oz costumes in years past. Cranford is now playing Barry Glickman in “The Prom” at Lyric Theatre, which runs through July 16 at Civic Center Music Hall in OKC. Photo provided.
    Tecumseh High School graduates Jerry Jay Cranford and Chad Anderson pose in their Wizard of Oz costumes in years past. Cranford is now playing Barry Glickman in “The Prom” at Lyric Theatre, which runs through July 16 at Civic Center Music Hall in OKC. Photo provided.
  • Jerry Jay Cranford graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1980 and has gone on to be a successful actor and choreographer. He is shown here in 2000 while working on Broadway in “Les Miserables.” Photo provided.
    Jerry Jay Cranford graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1980 and has gone on to be a successful actor and choreographer. He is shown here in 2000 while working on Broadway in “Les Miserables.” Photo provided.
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    Tecumseh High School’s Class of 1980 can see one of their classmates this week, starring in “The Prom” with Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. Jerry Jay Cranford plays Barry Glickman in the play, which runs through July 16 at the Civic Center Music Hall in OKC. But this isn’t, by any means, Cranford’s first play. Cranford recalled in an email interview that his f...

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