Prepare for an evening full of laughter with the amazing upcoming comedy She Stoops to Conquer which will be showing at Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center’s Burg Theatre. The show is a timeless comedy that promises to fill the room with laughter, misunderstandings and delightful twists. Set in the countryside of 18th century England, this classic…
American Premiere of Opera Pieta
The twisted and captivating tale of Pietà/Suor Angelica took the stage this past weekend as a part of the Wanda Bass School of Music season. Pietà/Suor Angelica are two separate operas that tie into each other through characters and plot lines. Pietà is a new opera co-written by the director of this production, Andrea DelGiudice….
‘Monsters’ is ‘biggest, wildest, most exciting’
From Dec. 8-11, OCU Theatre will continue their Mainstage season with “She Kills Monsters.” The 8th through the 10th will have performances at 8 p.m. and the 10th and 11th will have matinee performances at 2 p.m. Tickets are available for the performances for $15 at www.okcu.edu/tickets or at (405) 208-5227. The play is a…
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…
MainStage wraps up season with “School of Lies”
The show, directed by school of theatre Head of Performance D. Lance Marsh, played in the Burg Theatre on March 31- April 3.
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.
School of Theatre to produce first mainstage, “The Laramie Project”
OCU’s first mainstage production of 2020 will be “The Laramie Project.”
School of theatre to produce time-bending show “Arcadia”
The School of Theater is preparing for “Arcadia,” its second mainstage production of the season.
Mainstage opera deals with themes of misogyny
OCU’s first mainstage opera, “Lucia di Lammermoor,” touches on war, women’s struggles, and loss.
Gallery: Picnic
View photos from the last TheatreOCU production of the year.
Gallery: Cendrillon
View photos of the mainstage opera.
School of music to present classic fairy tale opera
OCU’s mainstage opera this semester will be a French version of the Cinderella fairytale.
Mainstage opera Susannah to open this weekend
The opera is loosely based on the story of Susanna and the Elders from the biblical Apocrypha.
‘Sister Act’ to kick-start opera, music theater season
Based on the 1992 film of the same name, the musical Sister Act centers around an aspiring night club singer, “Deloris Van Cartier.”
School of Theater’s first MainStage play is the Crucible
The School of Theater’s first mainstage play of the season is The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
TheatreOCU prepares for final mainstage performance
Rehearsals are taking place for TheatreOCU’s last mainstage performance of the season, a portrayal of the Shakespearean comedy As You Like It. The play was written by William Shakespeare and is considered by many to be one of his greatest comedies. It follows the story of two lovers who overcome various obstacles like exile and…
Comedic opera set to open, director to host preshow presentation
The Oklahoma Opera and Music Theatre Company will present this season’s first mainstage opera with the comedy opera Don Pasquale. “Don Pasquale is an opera that is good for first-time opera goers,” said Dr. David Herendeen, the show’s director. “It speaks in the typical TV language. It is an opportunity for the audiences to be…
Play focused on virtual support group opens
Water By the Spoonful, the second mainstage of the TheatreOCU season, will open Friday Oct. 31 in the Black Box Theatre in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center. The play features themes dealing with substance abuse and addiction.
“Bat Boy: the Musical” opens on campus
Bat Boy: The Musical opens on Friday to help celebrate Halloween on campus. Performances will be at 8 p.m. and midnight Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
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.
