Show Synopsis:
Curley McLain and Jud Fry have both asked Laurey Williams to the box social dance, and even though she likes Curley, Laurey accepts Jud to spite Curley's teasing nature. Ado Annie has been seeing the Persian peddlar Ali Hakim while her sweetheart Will was in Kansas City and does not want to choose between the two of them. Annie's father Andrew forces Ali to propose to Annie while Curley tries to convince Jud to go to the dance with someone else. Laurey has a smelling salt-induced nightmare where she realizes that Curley is the man she wants, but she leaves for the dance with Jud anyway. Ali buys all of Will's souvenirs from Kansas City so that Will will have an acceptable amount of money for Andrew to approve of him proposing to Annie. In the basket auction, where men bid on the women's baskets and thus win dates with them, Ali tries to outbid Will so that Will will save his money, and Curley and Jud enter a bidding war in which Curley sells everything he has to win Laurey's basket. Annie promises Will she will not flirt with other men if they marry and Jud threatens Laurey, who accepts Curley's proposal of marriage. Three weeks later, a drunken Jud reappears at their wedding and tries to kill Curley, accidentally killing himself in the process. Laurey and Curley go off on their honeymoon.	

Character:
Ado Annie Carnes, a young woman who is extremely gullible and flirtatious; loves Will but also has a sense of duty to her father; best friends with Laurey.

Song Context:
Laurey has told Annie she has to choose between Ali and Will because it is not fair for the boys to be strung along, but Annie feels like she cannot resist either of them.	

Fun Facts:
1. This musical was based on a play by Lynn Riggs called Green Grow the Lilacs. 
2. The role of Ado Annie was originated by Celeste Holm, and Oklahoma was her first Broadway musical. 
3. Gloria Grahame was cast as Ado Annie in the 1955 film adaptation of Oklahoma!, but was so insecure about her singing that the recording of this song was created by splicing together many words spoken or sung at different times.