The first show to take on the Kirkpatrick stage this semester is the Bass School of Music mainstage opera, The Merry Wives of Windsor. The Merry Wives of Windsor is a Shakespearean comedy that follows the character Sir John Falstaff as he tries to seduce two married women in order to gain access to their…
Second Annual School of Dance Holiday Spectacular Draws in Crowds
The holiday season was kicked off this past year with the second annual Holiday Spectacular presented by the Oklahoma City University Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Entertainment, running from December 7-11. The Spectacular was a two-act dance show with performances comprised entirely of student dancers with more student dancers filling several management positions,…
Next Arts for March
Friday, March 3, OCU Stripped, “Ride the Cyclone” Petree Recital Hall, Free Admission Thursday, March 9 – Saturday March 11, Star Dance Company “MOVE! Dance for the World of Entertainment” Kirkpatrick Auditorium, Tickets Required Thursday, March 23 – Sunday, March 26, Stage II, “Ada and the Engine” Black Box Theatre, Tickets Required Thursday, March 30,…
School of Music Wraps up Mainstage Season with “In The Heights”
The Wanda Bass School of Music will be presenting their Mainstage season closer “In The Heights” from April 22 to 24 at the Kirkpatrick Auditorium. Luis Salgado directed the show with music director Matthew Mailman. The April 22 and 23 shows begin at 8 p.m., and the April 24 show begins at 3 p.m. Tickets…
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 socially distant comedy as first production
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music is opening their season with “Monty Python’s Spamalot Socially Distant Concert-ish Version.”
Student Choreography Show features 200 students
The Student Choreography Show and Friends is in full-swing, with participating students in rehearsals and faculty overseeing the student-run production.
Gallery: Crazy for You
View photos of the spring musical.
Gallery: Broadway Revue
View photos from the upcoming spring dance show
School of Music prepares for final mainstage musical of semester
Students and faculty are working to produce On the Town, the Wanda L. Bass School of Music’s final mainstage of the year.
National Opera Association awards first to Dark Sisters
The award brings the school of music’s total NOA awards to six in the past five years.
Christmas dance show approaches final rehearsals
The production consists of 130 dancers performing in a variety of styles.
Music students prepare for the first opera of the season
The show is a comedic opera composed by Mozart and based on the play of the same name.
‘Most lavish Christmas dance extravaganza’ set to begin
The Ann Lacy School of Dance and Entertainment will present its annual Christmas show Home for the Holidays. Home for the Holidays is scheduled to return Dec. 10-13 in Kirkpatrick Auditorium in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center. The show features a variety of ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop numbers. Home for the Holidays is described…
Romantic, operatic pirate melodrama set to open
By Kayla McKenna, Staff Writer The first main stage opera, The Pirates of Penzance, is preparing to open and tell a story with romance, comedy and lots of music. The show follows “Frederic,” who has just turned 21 and is free from the pirates of Penzance, or so he thinks. He falls in love with…
Students featured in seasonal dance show
The American Spirit Dance Company will kick off the Christmas season with the annual Home for the Holidays dance show, performed Dec. 11-14 in Kirkpatrick Auditorium.
Two operas open this weekend, sharing the stage
The first production of the mainstage opera season will open Friday, Nov. 14.The production will differ from past shows, as two one-act operas will be performed on the same evening, instead of one.
The American Spirit Dance Company show March 13-15
The American Spirit Dance Company spring show will be March 13-15. The show will be at 8:00 p.m. Thursday March 13- Saturday March 15, with an additional 2:00 p.m. show on Saturday, in the Kirkpatrick Auditorium. Seating is reserved and all seats are $20. To reserve tickets call the performing arts ticket office at 405-208-5227…
Designing with Light
Ryan Plunkett, design and production senior, and Rob Brodersen, Scenic Technician, set lighting cues for the upcoming opera Our Town Thursday afternoon in the Kirkpatrick Auditorium of the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center.
Photo: James Murphy
Street Scene
Lucas Tarrant, vocal performance senior, Brett Bode, vocal performance and musical theatre senior, Brennan Martinez, vocal performance and musical theatre freshman, Anna Bookout, vocal performance senior, and Shannon Rookey, vocal performance senior, gossip about the possibility of their neighbor having an affair during a dress rehearsal for Kurt Weill’s Street Scene Wednesday night in the Kirkpatrick Auditorium of the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center.
Photo: James Murphy
Bass School presents tragedy in American opera ‘Street Scene’
Street Scene, composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Langston Hughes, is a Broadway opera that combines catchy 1940s music with tragedy. The story follows the working-class Maurrant family and their neighbors in a tenement on the East Side of Manhattan in 1946
Miss OCU 2014 crowned
Elizabeth Stolper was crowned Miss OCU 2014. Stolper, dance performance sophomore, competed in the Miss OCU pageant along with 12 other contestants. The pageant was Saturday in Kirkpatrick Auditorium in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center. In addition to the Miss OCU title, Stolper also tied for overall talent for her lyrical dance to “You Raise Me…
Senior dancers prepare for capstone performance
The Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management’s student-directed choreography show will open Oct. 11.
The show, which serves as a senior capstone project for dance performance majors, will feature original dances created by senior dance performance majors. All of the seniors prepare one number to be performed during the show.
Movie-turned-musical ‘9 to 5’ prepares for opening weekend
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.
Students open performance season with Broadway show
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music is kicking off its production season this year with Legally Blonde, a musical adaption of the popular movie starring Reese Witherspoon.
Former OCU Faculty Member Dies
By Rikki George, Web Editor Former OCU Adjunct Faculty, Dean of Students and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Tom Heggy died on August 17. Heggy worked at OCU for more than 30 years, ending his career with the University in 2001. A celebration of Heggy’s life is scheduled for this Saturday, August 27, at 10:30…
