Freshman balances class, professional acting career
By Susannah Waite One acting freshman has come to OCU with a long list of professional credits on her resume. Andrea Fantauzzi has been involved in the performing arts since she was 5 years old. She...
View ArticleOCU offers wide range of undergraduate, graduate degrees
By Susannah Waite Oklahoma City University is a liberal arts university that offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees. The private college is listed as a Top 25 school in U.S. News and...
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Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath is running from September 26th through October 5th in the Burg Auditorium at OCU. The production is in conjunction with City Rep and the show is in commemoration of the 75th...
View ArticlePlay 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. Mainstages are typically performed in the Burg...
View ArticleTwo 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....
View ArticleAutobiographical comedy ‘The Marriage of Bette and Boo’ opens
By Taylor Rey The theater school will perform their third Stage II of this semester, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, in two weeks. The show runs Nov. 20-23 in the Black Box Theater. Tickets are $5. This...
View ArticleProspective students visit campus for National Auditions
National auditions are scheduled this weekend for incoming theater and music students. Students get a chance to volunteer and help guide future students through the audition process. “It’s a really...
View ArticleAnnual Christmas choir concert changes locations
The university choirs are performing their annual Christmas Vespers on Dec. 12 and 13 in a new location. The Vespers concert will be at First Presbyterian Church of Oklahoma City, 1001 Northwest 25 St....
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Lizzie Foreman (Jessie), acting junior, and Emily Hawkins (Momma), acting senior, rehearse for OCU Stage II’s “Night Mother”, an experimental production directed by acting professor Lindsay Beamish....
View ArticlePlaywright 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. Two Birds and a Stone will premiere at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Black Box Theater in Wanda L....
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Siobhan Gale, musical theatre senior, and Nicholas Haas, musical theatre and vocal performance freshmen, sing a love duet during a rehearsal for “The Coronation of Poppea”, directed by Prof. Karen Coe...
View ArticleProject 21 wants students to perform in Halloween concert
Project 21 will present a Halloween concert Friday. The concert is free and open to the public. It is scheduled for 8 p.m. in Petree Recital Hall in Kirk- patrick Fine Arts Center. The Halloween...
View ArticlePlay to open focusing on women’s rights to opinions
The newest production on campus is based on a true story about one woman’s work to protect the rights of women everywhere. Mrs. Packard is based on the true story of a woman who changed history in the...
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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...
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Meet Celia Tedde – the nifty officer of NFTY
Celia Tedde, music theatre and vocal performance freshman, balances her two passions: theatre and her job as a national officer of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY). Between weeks of...
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Where it’s Matt
Matthew Tuley, acting freshman, shares dreams and thoughts on subjects such as shirts, jokes, and food. Q: If you were a graphic t-shirt, describe the design. A: It’s blue, cotton, and says “Hey dude”...
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Six OCU Christmas movie sequels
When it comes to Christmas movies, everyone loves the classics. Sometimes, however, even these timeless movies become less relatable. Here are the sequels to some of these standards that are sure to...
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Travis Baldwin: light of our lives
Travis Baldwin, design and production junior, just won an award for “Excellence in Lighting Design” from the United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) Southwest Symposium, a regional...
View ArticleCoproduction adapts dystopian novel to stage
TheatreOCU’s first production of the semester will use sets and costumes in black and white to represent a colorless world. The show is a stage adaptation of the book The Giver by Lois Lowry, which...
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Callie Dewees responds to song lyric questions
This week, I only asked questions that appear in songs. Callie Dewees, acting freshman, used these lyrics to convey her goals and thoughts on life. Q: Hello, how are you? A: I’m kinda tired right now,...
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