The Wanda L. Bass School of Music’s first musical of the semester, 9 to 5, will show this weekend.
The show is an adaptation of the 1980 movie, which starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin as frustrated office workers who kidnap their obnoxious, sexist boss and run the company themselves.
“What I like about this show is that it really hits, in a comic way, everyone’s proclivities,” David Herendeen, director of music and theater said.
The musical 9 to 5 is one of many recent OCU mainstage musicals to be adapted from movies.
The school has also performed Legally Blonde and The Wedding Singer in recent years.
“It is a very light show; it tends to be at OCU that the first musical is very light, which sets the tone for a good year,” said Seth Adams, music education junior.
In addition to the student cast, students fill many of the show’s technical positions, such as pit musicians, stage management and costume crew.
Set and lighting design are done by a faculty members, but students assist in these areas as well.
The musical is an upbeat, lighthearted comedy.
“It is a potato chip. It is great and crunchy and you really enjoy it, but there’s no nutrition,” Herendeen said. “We deserve potato chips.”
The musical will be in the Kirkpatrick Auditorium in the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center Sept. 27-28 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 29 at 3 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased in the box office and at the door.
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