The School of Theatre presented The House of Bernarda Alba from Nov. 11-14.
Home for the Holidays: Already sold out!
The American Spirit Dance Company presents “Home for the Holidays – A Gift of American Dance” Dec. 9-12 at the Kirkpatrick Fine Art Center.
OCU’s Mainstage Presents Enron! – An interview with Director Kris Kuss
OCU’s Mainstage presented Enron! in the Burg Theatre October 28-31. Enron! was written by Lucy Prebble and initially released in London in 2009.
OCU Stripped presents Jesus Christ Superstar
OCU Stripped presented Jesus Christ Superstar on October 29th and 30th in Petree Recital Hall.
TheatreOCU to participate in WTEA International Festival
Oklahoma City University’s TheatreOCU will be the sole American partner in the World Theatre Education Alliance’s (WTEA) International Theatre Festival this year.
Gallery: Making Origami Bats
Boo! Any space can be spooky with this quick tutorial :)
Students decorate pumpkins for SAC event
The Student Activities Council held a Fall Frenzy Event on Sept. 30.
OCU Gallery presents exhibit lineup
Within the Norick Art Center, just north of the Wanda L. Bass School of Music, lies the Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery.
OCU Theatre, Music plan full fall season
The OCU schools of Theatre and Music plan their upcoming shows and performances.
Former film students win broadcast awards
Two former film students won awards for their 2020 senior capstones, submitted by the film faculty members.
School of Music expects to reduce COVID protocols in fall 2021 semester
Music and theatre administrators at OCU are expecting a fall semester decrease in COVID-19 regulation stringency. Mark Parker, dean of the School of Theatre and Wanda L. Bass School of Music, said administration cannot give a definite timeframe for when current performance policies will be lifted until the time comes, but he is optimistic about the coming fall semester.
School of Music opens musical about intimacy, sexuality
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music’s final mainstage of the semester is a rock musical about sexual and religious transparency and education.
Student theater group opens play about women’s anger
A student is directing a play exploring the repressed anger of five women with the same name.
School of Theatre presents final mainstage play of the year
The School of Theatre’s final mainstage of the academic year is a politically relevant play about fascism and moderacy.
RETRACTED Norick Art Center shows work of local artist
The Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery within the Norick Art Center has a new exhibition on display.
New OCU CARE officers look to include faculty
The student organization Oklahoma City University Creatives for Artistic and Realistic Equity recently completed officer elections for the 2021-2022 year.
School of Theatre alumna stars on ABC, CW
Laura Kariuki, acting alumna, is signed to serve as a series regular in two network TV shows throughout 2021.
Gallery: Songs for a New World Final Dress Rehearsal
On Friday, March 19, OCU Stripped held their final dress rehearsal for their show “Songs for a New World.” The show ran the following weekend, March 20 and 21, in the Petree Recital Hall in the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center and was streamed live to a virtual audience.
Music Theater and Vocal Performance Auditions Go Virtual
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music moved all auditions for the music theater and vocal performance programs online.
Film students prepare senior capstones amid COVID regulations
Film students are in the final stages of preparing their senior capstone projects. Billy Palumbo, visiting professor of film, said all of the film shoots have followed COVID-19 safety guidelines to keep the crew and actors safe. He said those guidelines began last summer, and the department closely followed procedures based on existing professional standards.
School of Music opens opera exploring fascism
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music opened the first opera of the semester.
Performance and Pandemic, one year later
A year after the university closed in-person classes, students and faculty reflect on the impact COVID-19 had on day-to-day life for arts students, and what they have learned in the ensuing year.
Students and faculty reflect on the life of Florence Birdwell
Florence Birdwell, former professor of voice, died in Yukon, Oklahoma on Feb. 15, 2021. She spent 67 years as a voice teacher on campus, from 1976 to 2013.
Student music theater group prepares distanced production
OCU STRIPPED is beginning rehearsals for their first full-length musical since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
School of Theatre mounts production discussing history, feminism
A student is directing a theatrical production about women in the French Revolution.
School of Music opens first spring ’21 musical
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music recently opened the first musical of this semester.
