Jeff Cochran, professor of stage and production management, was recently named the 2020 Outstanding Faculty Award recipient.
Editorial: Students should support peers’ new work
The editors encourage students to support their peers’ work, even if it’s not familiar.
Student artists develop festival of new works
Theatre and performance seniors are organizing a festival for new works.
Acting student directs feminist adaptation of Greek classic
The School of Theatre’s next Stage II production will put a twist on a classic Greek tragedy with an added feminist element.
Four seniors selected to work at Disney World
Four performance seniors will be joining the working ranks of Disney Park personalities.
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.
Students to study Greek theater abroad in Cyprus
School of Theatre students will be studying abroad in Cyprus over the summer.
Video of professor dancing goes viral on social media
A video of an OCU professor went viral after a student posted a clip of her dancing to their Twitter account.
School of theatre to produce time-bending show “Arcadia”
The School of Theater is preparing for “Arcadia,” its second mainstage production of the season.
OCU hosts virtual reality events, acting workshops
OCU officials have been hosting events for students to learn about and experience virtual reality.
Theatre senior creates student-led diversity panel
Taha Khan, theatre and performance senior, has helped develop a new diversity and inclusion council within the School of Theatre.
Theatre school performs Shakespearean classic “Cymbeline”
For the next Stage II production of the semester, Micah Grace Gilley, student director and acting fifth year senior, is putting on a production of Shakespeare’s play “Cymbeline,” with a few twists.
Opinion: “The Rocky Horror Show” has good audience interaction, ‘night of fun’ music’
Columnist Francesca Iacovacci reviews Lyric Theatre’s production of “The Rocky Horror Show.”
First theater mainstage to explore race, civil rights
The School of Theatre and the Oklahoma Children’s Theatre are putting on a coproduction of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Acting students write haikus to track progress, publish book
Students in the vocal production class are contributing poems to yearly anthologies.
Design and production students work on Hamilton crew
Two OCU students recently worked for the Hamilton tour.
Acting seniors bond through water gun ‘assassinations’
A group of 24 acting seniors battled it out for the last time in a multi-day game of “Assassin.”
Theatre, performance program establishes new event
The theatre and performance program is hosting a new event called “The Festival of New Works.”
School of Theater prepares to open all-female play
The first mainstage production for the spring semester is The Wolves, directed by Courtney DiBello, assistant professor of stage management.
“Miss Bennet” to provide relief, Christmas spirit
The final mainstage show of the year will be Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley.
Acting senior auditions for theater work after graduation
Abigail Lafont, acting senior, balances auditions and submissions for theatrical work with classes and rehearsal for five OCU productions during her last semester.
Feature Friday: Kristen Cerelli
Kristen Cerelli, visiting assistant professor of acting, came to OCU last year, after living in New York for 16 years.
Anything Goes: Behind the Auditions [Video]
More than 300 students auditioned for the Bass School of Music’s spring production of Anything Goes. Watch the what the process is like.
Adjunct theater professor hosts directing masterclass
Stephen Wrentmore, adjunct professor of theater, will host a directing masterclass that explores techniques and strategies to approach text and performance.
Meet Celia Tedde – the nifty officer of NFTY
Celia Tedde, music theater and vocal performance freshman, balances her two passions: theater and her job as a national officer of NFTY.
Check in with Kate
Kate Brennan, assistant voice professor and the newest addition to the school of theater faculty, studies several modern styles of voice, theater, and bodywork. She founded the education program at a non-profit theater company, where she serves as artistic director. She also has written two musicals and started her own voice and bodywork style called…
