Students from a special topics devising class will perform plays at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
The event will be from 6-8 p.m. March 8 at OKCMOA, 415 Couch Dr.
As part of the class, students have to view art pieces and write a one-minute play inspired by the piece of their choice. Students from the theater and performance program directed the plays, which will be performed in front of the paintings that inspired them.
The event was originally scheduled for Feb. 22 but was rescheduled due to inclement weather. Because of the date change, some of the paintings have been removed, so the plays inspired by them will be performed in front of projections of the paintings.
Playwrights include:
- Sage Tokach, acting senior;
- Madison Carey, acting junior;
- Zoe Settle, acting senior;
- McAlyn Forbes, acting junior;
- Jordan Dorsey, acting junior;
- Mia McGlinn, acting senior;
- Bella Granato, acting junior; and
- Brooke Melton, music theater sophomore.
Directors include:
- Tristan Hutchison, theater and performance sophomore;
- Mandy Sigale, theater and performance/music sophomore;
- Evan Clear, theater and performance/psychology sophomore;
- Lily Hickey, theater and performance sophomore;
- Hannah Boyens, theater and performance/film sophomore;
- Alyssa Peters, theater and performance sophomore;
- Sierra Paul, theater education sophomore; and
- Bailey Burleson, theater and performance sophomore.
Gregory DeCandia, professor of theater/director of the theater and performance program, said he assigns this as the first class project to challenge his students to see things differently.
“Some are blinded by possibility, others’ eyes widen with possibility,” DeCandia said. “If I asked them to write a three-act play, that is unmanageable, but a one-minute play is. When you’re dealing with devising, you’re not dealing with easy goals, but you’re dealing with obtainable goals.”
The cost for admission is $5, and students have free admission to the museum after seeing the show.
Forbes, whose piece Oh-So-Holy will appear in the festival, said she recommends attending and exploring different types of theater.
“People have actually taken our pieces and done something with them,” Forbes said. “We usually don’t get to see things like this on campus, and it’s really interesting to see how this piece of art inspired the person to write this.”
Associate Editor Sage Tokach did not participate in the writing or editing of this story.
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