On April 8th, the School of Theatre held their last dress rehearsal for their final mainstage production of the semester: “A Bright Room Called Day.” The show was streamed live from the Burg Theatre in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center to a virtual audience on April 9 and 10, and was directed by Luke Eddy, assistant…
Editorial: Students should support peers’ new work
The editors encourage students to support their peers’ work, even if it’s not familiar.
Play to celebrate 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote
Stories of women’s suffrage will be the driving force of the School of Theatre’s next Stage II production.
Acting seniors to perform Shakespeare show on campus, in China
Eight acting seniors will attend a theater conference in China.
Coproduction adapts dystopian novel to stage
TheatreOCU presents “The Giver,” based off of the book by Lois Lowry, will use sets and costumes in black and white to represent a colorless world.
New show replaces traditional holiday performances
This holiday season the School of Theater will not perform one of its traditional Christmas plays but a new show instead. In past years the school preformed A Christmas Carol or It’s a Wonderful Life, but this year they are scheduled to perform The Man who came to Dinner. “We have done Christmas Carol and…
Star Wars, Shakespeare combined for performance
By Taylor Rey, Staff Writer Star Wars and Shakespeare are an unlikely combination, but students will get the chance to see both in the next OCU Edge production. William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back is a play written by Ian Doescher. The show is actually the script of the second movie in the Star…
Playwright connected to OCU to attend production premiere
The final Stage II production of the season is also a first for the state of Oklahoma and the OCU community.
Students compete on state-wide game show
Three OCU students will compete in the quarterfinal match of “Mind Games” at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14. Theresa Hottel, Dustin Austin, and Chance Johnson will face teams from across the state in the match.
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.
Shakespeare’s “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” opens on campus
The student directed play, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, will open tomorrow in Burg Theater in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center.Twenty-six cast members will perform the Shakespearian play with a couple of their own added twists.
University closes due to weather
The campus closed at 4 p.m. Thursday due to inclement weather. The performances of “Home for the Holidays” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” will still go on as planned. Patrons who cannot attend can the box office at (405) 208 5227 to exchange their tickets for a different performance, depending on ticket availability. The Dulaney-Browne…
Talent show canceled, postponed until spring semester
OCU’s Got Talent, a campus-wide talent show, has been canceled. Unexpected difficulties were cited as the cause for canceling the event. The Black Student Association planned the event, which was planned for Wednesday night. The talent show was called off on Wednesday. Students were informed of the cancellation on the Facebook event page. The association…
Dance production aims to capture Christmas spirit
The Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management will present their annual Home for the Holidays Christmas dance show Dec. 5-8.
OCU Stripped presents ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’
OCU Stripped is performing The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a comedic musical centered around a competitive spelling bee. The contestants compete against one another as well as audience members
‘Violet’ to open this weekend
Violet the Musical, one of the most acclaimed Broadway shows of the ’90s, will be presented this weekend at OCU.
The show will be at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in Burg Theater in Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center.
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.
