Theatre Recruitment Brochure

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School of Theatre / Photo by Bryan Cardinale-Powell

The School of Theatre offers three degree programs

BFA acting BA Theatre & Performance BFA design & production

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Auditions & Interviews How to Audition/Interview

Off Campus Audition Locations • • • • • • • • • •

International Thespian Festival Las Vegas National Performing Arts Auditions North Texas Drama Auditions Texas Thespians Festival Greater Houston Area Auditions Greater San Antonio Area Auditions Colorado Thespian Festival Unified Auditions Oklahoma Thespian Festival Southeastern Theatre Conference

All programs do not audition or interview at all events.

For more information or to schedule your ocu audition/interview, please visit okcu.edu/theatre/admissions or email

ocutheatreauditions@okcu.edu /theatreocu @theatreocu

How to apply to the university To apply to the university and view detailed application instructions, visit okcu.edu/admissions/apply An application to the university also serves as an application for both competitive and academic merit-based scholarships.

university Application Deadlines • Feb 1 - Regular Competitive Scholarship Application Deadline • March 1 - Freshman Academic Scholarship Deadline Talent scholarships are also available to incoming freshman and transfer students based on auditions/interviews.

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Study Abroad Programs: Small, ensemble-led performance classes

Competitive talent scholarships available to all BFA Acting majors

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curriculum highlights Picnic

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Classical studies in Chekhov & Shakespeare 2 Semesters of On-Camera Acting Contemporary Scene Study Voice Lessons with faculty from the Wanda L. Bass School of Music The Laramie Project

School of Theatre / Photo by Bryan Cardinale-Powell

Dance Classes with the Ann Lacy School of Dance and Entertainment 2 Semesters of Movement 3 semesters of Vocal Production & Dialect Work Capstone: Audition Techniques

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BA Theatre & Performance Theatre

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The BAT&P is centered around the concept of devising or the horizontal, collaborative process of theatre creation. Classes serve as a safe space to work with your peers to create new work utilizing a variety of traditional and emerging theatre

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technologies. These classes will work to develop your personal artistic voice and creative processes.

s t u d y a b r o a d The BAT&P has a built-in flexibility that enables each student to study abroad for a semester at one of our partner institutions. You have the opportunity to use travel, collaboration with international student artists, and research to return to OCU as an enriched global artist, giving your artistic voice and processes another layer of texture that many theatre students don’t have the opportunity to add.

monthly performance Opportunities The BAT&P students will publicly present works in process once a month. These events feature a broad range of opportunities including play readings, workshops, art presentations, movement pieces, and many other studentdevised projects. These monthly performances take place all over the city and perform to a wide range of audiences.

Festival of New Works THE CAPSTONE PROJECT Take your place on the theatre staff of the Festival of New Works, and use your role to influence the direction and shape of that year’s festival. Additionally produce a new work that will be included in that festival, using the broad range of theatrical tools you have acquired at OCU. Work with the directors of traditional and non-traditional spaces across OKC to present a host of new work to your audience.

The BAT&P will train you to become a socially aware theatre artist through researching innovative new works and exploring the creative processes of the artists that created them. As a graduate you will be able to influence the world around you using constructive collaboration, innovative thinking, and creative problem solving across theatre disciplines and performance settings. You will also understand how to use these tools to create solidarity in your community.

What would you do your first semester? Write a one minute play, devise a solo performance, workshop a documentary theatre piece, and create a venue to present your work monthly.

curriculum highlights Devising Theatre for Social Change Arts Advocacy Study Abroad semester New Media & Digital Performance Play Analysis Acting Technical Theatre Directing Fall Fringe Festival 24 Hours of Advised Electives festival of New Works Follow our work @

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core curriculum highlights DESIGN & PRODUCTION CORE (42 HRS) THRE 1303 Introduction to Theatrical Design THRE 1603 Technical Drawing for Theatre THRE 1703 Stage/Production Management THRE 2113 Drawing & Rendering THRE 2303 Digital Drafting & Rendering THRE 2501 Portfolio Development I THRE 3403 Lighting Design THRE 3501 Portfolio Development II

Students will choose from one of the following specializations (and may take courses from other areas as electives as well):

PRODUCTION/STAGE MANAGEMENT (12 HRS)

THRE 3803 Costume Design

SOUND DESIGN (11 HRS)

LIGHTING DESIGN (12 HRS)

+ weekly Design seminars

THRE 4913 History of Costume

THRE 3113 Advanced Electrical Production & Programming THRE 3303 CAD for Theatre THRE 4403 Lighting Design II THRE 4513 Museum, Fashion, & Special Event Lighting Design + weekly Design seminars

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (40 HRS) AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION (12 HRS) ADVISED ELECTIVES (9 HRS)

COSTUME DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY (12 HRS)

THRE 3983 Design & Production Internship THRE 4113 Professional Preparation THRE 4903 Period Styles & Décor

THRE 3303 CAD for Theatre THRE 3163 Stage Mechanics & Automation I THRE 3163 Stage Mechanics & Automation II THRE 4303 Technical Production + weekly TD seminars

THRE 3683 Advanced Stage Management THRE 3883 Opera & Music Theatre Stage Management THRE 3723 Theatrical Unions THRE 4723 Theatrical Production Management + weekly Stage Management seminars

THRE 3503 Scenic Design THRE 3561 Design/Production Practicum (take 5 times)

TECHNICAL DIRECTION (12 HRS)

THRE 3603 Costume & Props Crafts THRE 3703 Costume Patterning THRE 4703 Costume Technology THRE 4803 Costume Design II + weekly Design seminars

SCENIC DESIGN (12 HRS) THRE 3413 Scene Painting THRE 3303 CAD for Theatre THRE 4303 Technical Production THRE 4603 Scenic Design II + weekly Design seminars

MUS 1102 Music Fundamentals MUS 1123 Music & the Human Experience THRE 3713 Sound Design & Engineering THRE 4523 Advanced Sound Design

PROPS DESIGN (12 HRS) THRE 3413 Scene Painting THRE 3603 Costume and Props Crafts THRE 3813 Props Design & Fabrication THRE 4263 Materials & Processes + weekly Design seminars

DIGITAL MEDIA & DESIGN (12 HRS) THRE 3303 CAD for Theatre THRE 3823 Digital Media Design THRE 4522 New Media & Digital Performance (plus 1 cr Lab) THRE 4163 Advanced Digital Media Design + weekly Design seminars

Production Opportunities

MAINSTAGE

STAGE II

OUT OF THE BOX

The School of Theatre typically offers a four show Mainstage season, alongside an additional four opera/music theater productions in conjunction with the Wanda L. Bass School of Music. The mainstage season is a mix of fully realized productions of theatre classics and relevant contemporary plays, as well as co-productions with our professional partners.

The Stage II season presents six to eight productions per year in the intimate setting of our Black Box Theatre. Stage II plays are produced with an emphasis on acting and directing with the support of design, stage management, and technical elements. The season is a combination of student and faculty directors and designers who collaborate together on these experimental, laboratory productions.

Out of the Box is our student-run and student-organized theatre company.

Every semester, three plays, ranging from reimagined classics to plays written by current students, are chosen and produced with student directors and actors. Out of the Box also produces the OCU Improv Troupe which holds frequent late-night comedy shows throughout the year.

2020-2021 season

OCUEdge

Stripped

OCUEdge is a series of four staged readings throughout the year produced

by Out of the Box. All readings are student acted and directed, with a focus on fresh, contemporary work. Most Edge productions have been written within the last five years, giving students a chance to experience new work every semester and become familiar with up and coming playwrights.

Stripped is a student-run organization that mounts two musical productions every year. The studio productions are fully staged and memorized but “stripped� down to the storytelling essentials. Staged in two weeks, these productions provide a unique production experience for OCU students.

For current information on the School of Theatre season, please visit okcu.edu/theatre/theatreocu For current information on the School of Music season, please visit okcu.edu/music/performances

professional partners

Founded in 1963, Lyric is Oklahoma’s leading professional theatre company, continually striving to produce Broadway-caliber productions for Oklahoma audiences.

Oklahoma Children’s Theatre provides extraordinary live theatre and interactive educational experiences for young audiences.

The Oklahoma City Ballet has been the city’s professional ballet company since 1972 and is currently the resident dance company of the Civic Center Music Hall.

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ALICE (in wonderland)

Oklahoma City Ballet / Photo by Jana Carson

A Christmas Carol

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma / Photo by KO Rinearson

become a global artist

Erin, BFA Design & Production ‘21 in Florence

Alyssa, Evan, & Taha, BATAP '20 in Rome

Mary Taylor, BFA Acting ‘20 in London

Study Abroad offers you the chance to satisfy your intellectual and creative curiosity while expanding your life experiences in a new culture.

World Theatre Education Alliance 2019 Beijing, China

There are multiple opportunities for students to study abroad during their time at OCU. The School of Theatre has established study abroad exchanges with universities across the UK and Central Europe.

London Summer Trip @ the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh

“Being immersed in cultures besides my own has taught me so much about life and about people, which enhances my artistic skills in ways that are invaluable to my education.�- Mary Taylor

SENIOR SHOWCASES LOS ANGELES Graduating students have the opportunity to perform in front of leading agents, managers, and casting directors.

During the week-long professional preparation trip students participate in performances, casting workshops, masterclasses, industry panels, and on-camera acting masterclasses taught by leading LA artists.

NEW YORK CITY The Wanda L. Bass School of Music and School of Theatre bring a casting director and agent from New York to audition all of our graduating seniors. Those chosen for the showcase spend the spring semester rehearsing a one-hour performance featuring songs and scenes. Those students travel to New York to perform in front of casting directors, talent agents, producers, and other industry professionals.

CHICAGO The School of Theatre invites a half dozen casting professionals (casting directors, agents, artistic directors) from prominent Chicago area theatres to campus. Our graduating seniors meet with, audition for, take workshops from, and get personalized feedback from these guests. Thus, when they arrive in Chicago, our actors are on a first-name basis with a large number of important industry professionals.

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The School of Theatre partners with a number or prominent casting authorities from Dallas for extensive workshops and auditions for the graduating seniors.

guest artists & MASTER CLASSES Patti LuPone

Guest Artists from the 2019-2020 school year: -David Stewart, Production Manager, Disney Parks Live Entertainment -Denise Lee, Theatre Artist, Change the Perception -Gary Garrison, Executive Director, Dramatists Guild of America -Adam Sanders, Managing Director, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company -Bob Shyrock, Faculty at Academia del'Arte -Jason Marsden, Executive Vice President, Matthew Shepard Foundation -Ellen Lavia, Broadway Stage Manager for The Lion King Sherry Jo Ward, disabled actor and playwright -Kevin Asselin, Artistic Director, Montana Shakepeare in the Park -Christine Albright-Tufts, Artistic Director of Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville

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industry professionals

Guest Artists and Master Class Teachers from recent years: -Rex Daugherty, Artistic Director of Solas Nua -Paul Barnes, Founder, Great River Shakespeare Festival -Dr. Ajay Joshi, Fulbright Scholar, Children’s Theatre Author -Louis Colaianni, Author of The Joy of Phonetics and Accents -Jonathan Allsup, Production Manager, Paramount Theatre -Teresa Eyring, Executive Director, Theatre Communication Group -Craig Holzberg, Owner and Agent, Avalon Artists Group - Patti LuPone, Two-time Tony Award winner, twotime Grammy Award winner - Jason Alexander, Tony Award winner, known for his role as George Costanza in Seinfeld - Chris Harrison, Host of The Bachelor - Kelli O’Hara, Tony Award winner - Kristin Chenoweth, Tony Award winner - Joe Onorato, Stage Manager at Radio City Music Hall - Mary Ann Hoag, Lighting Designer at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - David O’Brien, Production Stage Manager, Wicked national tour - Kim Fisk, Production Stage Manager, Book of Mormon national tour - Mike Naumann, Production Manager, Cirque du Soleil - Varekai

- Raymond Inkel, Production Manager, Alley Theatre in Houston - Mary McDonnell, Academy Award Nominee - Sam Samuelson, Stewart Talent, Chicago - Steve Scott, Producer, Goodman Theatre, Chicago - Scott Kaiser, Head of Company Development for Oregon Shakespeare Festival - Beth Kligerman, Producer, The Second City, Chicago - Tiffany Little-Canfield, Casting Director, Telsey + Co. in New York City - Joel Carlton, Talent Agent, CGF Talent in NYC - Kaitlin Shaw, Tara Rubin Casting - Karen Kohlhaas, Atlantic Theatre Company - Jay Sheehan and Cary Gillet, Co-Authors of textbook The Production Manager’s Toolkit - Jeff Norman, Production Stage Manager of Newsies National Tour - Millie Dixon, Theatre Projects - Principle - Joseph Megel, Artistic Director, The Process Series at UNC - Dominic Abbenante, Resident Media Designer, Playmakers’ Rep. Co. - Julia Gibson, MFA Acting Professor at UNC Chapel Hill, PlayMakers’ Rep. Co. Member - Cary Cannon, American Players Theatre - Bob Mason, Casting Director, Chicago Shakespeare

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In your senior year, each program has a class tailored to preparing you for your next step after college. These courses encourage you to develop, explore, and promote your professional identity as you navigate your entrance into the performing arts industry.

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“I wanted a program that set their students up for success post-graduation and OCU has done just that for me. The opportunities I have had as a student to make connections with established members of the industry are more than I could have hoped for.”

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Mock interviews and auditions to practice technique and receive personalized feedback

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Opportunities to interview and audition with industry professionals on campus for summer and full-time employment

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Extensive research on postgraduation markets including theatre companies, talent agents, cost-ofliving, taxes, unions, etc.

careers

Sophie Moshofsky,

BFA Acting ‘13 Co-Founder of Fight the Good Fight Productions

Ali Wonderly,

BA Theatre Performance ‘17 Executive Assistant, Office of Jordan Roth, Jujamcyn Theaters

Lauren Thompson, Ariel Richardson,

BFA Acting ‘15 & ‘16 Montana Shakespeare in the Parks’ Twelfth Night

Becca Koopferstock

BFA Design & Production '13 Guest Experience Manager for Entertainment at Disney's Hollywood Studios

our alumni have worked at: - Walt Disney World - The Goodman Theatre - Steppenwolf Theatre Company - Cirque du Soleil - UnMasqued Theatre Company - Princess Cruise Lines - Santa Fe Opera Company - Music Theatre Wichita - 54 Below NYC - WaterTower Theatre - Busch Gardens Theme Park - Second Stage Theatre, NY - Bay Street Theatre, NY - Williamstown Theatre Festival

- Fox Entertainment Group - Sight and Sound Theatres - Theatre Memphis - FELD Entertainment - Lyric Theatre Oklahoma - Production Resource Group (PRG) - Kansas City Rep - Cider Mill Playhouse - Dorset Theatre Festival - Playwrights Horizons - Chicago Shakespeare Theatre - Eugene O’Neill Theatre ... and many more!

Jack Yates,

BFA Design & Production ‘10 Resident Scenic Designer, Theatre Memphis

Come Visit Us

Schedule a campus visit at okcu.edu/visitors

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Oklahoma City Our campus sits in the heart of OKC in the historic and vibrant Uptown District. Just a short drive, walk, or bike ride from campus you can explore more than a dozen diverse neighborhoods and entertainment districts featuring live music venues, local restaurants, coffee shops, food trucks, farmers markets, art events and cultural performances.

On any given night you may find yourself dining at one of the local hotspots in Automobile Alley or Deep Deuce, enjoying a festival in the Plaza District or Midtown, appreciating one of the many art galleries in the Paseo Arts District, attending a professional sporting event, catching a local or nationally-touring show at the Civic Center Music Hall or the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, playing laser tag in the Bricktown Entertainment District, or taking a stroll by beautiful Lake Hefner.

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Academic scholarships are based on ACT/SAT composite scores and high academic ability as indicated by grade point average.* Academic scholarships are eligible for upgrade as long updated test scores are received prior to July 1.

March 1 – Freshman Academic Scholarship Deadline for applications

FRESHMAN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS

Contact *Oklahoma City University recalculates every high school grade point average on a standard 4.0 scale. All Pre-AP, Honors, AP, IB, and concurrent courses are weighted on a five-point scale (A=5, B=4, C=3, D=1). Our calculations will be used for admissions and scholarship purposes.

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