School of Theatre 2014-15 Season

School of Theatre 2014-2015 SEASON

2014-2015

THE GRAPES O F W R AT H

by John Steinbeck September 26 - October 5

Angels in America, 2012

WAT E R BY T H E SPOONFUL

by Quiara Algería Hudes October 31 - November 8

Treasure Island, 2013

It’s A WONDERFUL LIFE: A L I V E R A D I O P L AY

by Joe Landry December 4-14 Macbeth, 2011

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M E TA M O R P H O S E S

by Mary Zimmerman February 5-8

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, 2013

WhoSE life is i t a n y w ay ?

by Brian Clark February 26-28 Another Part of the House, 2012

JACKIE AND ME

by Steven Dietz April 1-11

Picasso at the Lapine Agile, 2014

20th Anniversary oklahoma CITY bombing project April 16-19 Uncle Vanya, 2013

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TICKET INFORMATION Tickets are sold through the Oklahoma City University Performing Arts Ticket Office.

405.208.5227 okcu.edu/ticketoffice Open Monday through Friday, 12-4 p.m.

Tickets are also available at the door two hours prior to showtime.

TICKET PRICES Adult Student (with ID) Child (ages 2-12) Senior Citizen (65+) Allied Arts City Card Holders

$12.00 $8.00 $8.00 $8.00 $6.00

or 2-for-1 tickets

SPONSORSHIP If you are interested in supporting Oklahoma City University School of Theatre, please call 405.208.5724.

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As a professionally based training program, it is critical for TheatreOCU students to work within the industry as their collegiate career evolves.

At the Oklahoma City University School of Theatre we strive to involve our students in the industry in a wide range of opportunities. Therefore, it is our pleasure to coproduce our mainstage season alongside these incredible performing arts companies located throughout Oklahoma City.

PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS O k l a h o m a C h i l d r e n ’s T h e at r e ( O C T ) is the professional children’s theatre company for the state of Oklahoma, and is in residence on the Oklahoma City University campus. OCT provides extraordinary live theatre and interactive educational experiences for young audiences. OCT offers a number of productions and educational programs for young audiences throughout the year, a statewide touring production, a youth theatre program, an arts collaboration program with local daycare centers, as well as educational classes and camps held during the summer at Oklahoma City University. oklahomachildrenstheatre.org

O k l a h o m a C i t y R e p e r t o ry T h e at r e ( C i t y R e p ) provides a vital service to the community by presenting arts programming that is reflected in major metropolitan areas around the country. Under the leadership of an Oklahoma City University School of Theatre alumnus, Artistic Director Donald Jordan, CityRep produces four productions each year at the Civic Center Music Hall in downtown Oklahoma City. For Oklahoma professional theatre artists of the past, present, and future, CityRep provides a professional local venue and artistic home. CityRep operates under an agreement with Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. cityrep.com

Ly r i c T h e a t r e o f O k l a h o m a is the state’s leading professional theatre company. For 50 years, Lyric has produced classic and contemporary musicals and plays featuring both nationally known Broadway stars and local favorites. Lyric produces four smaller works in the Plaza Theatre during the spring, fall, and winter, as well as four large scale, fully orchestrated musicals at the Civic Center Music Hall each summer. Lyric operates under an URTA contract with Actors’ Equity Association and employs members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and United Scenic Artists. lyrictheatreokc.com

Oklahoma City Ballet is the resident dance company of the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City and tours as part of the Oklahoma Arts Council’s touring program. It also tours under the auspices of the MidAmerica Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts Dance Touring Program and the Heartland Arts Fund. Oklahoma City Ballet seeks to inspire its audience through classical and contemporary dance performances, a strong educational program, and community service. okcballet.com

Please continue to support their seasons, in addition to our 92nd season.

Are you or do you know a high school senior?

AUDITION FOR THE OCU SCHOOL OF THEATRE! NOVEMBER 14 &15 February 6 & 7 March 6 & 7 For more information check out

okcu.edu/theatre/auditions.aspx

SEPT 26 - OCT 5 Renowned first as a novel, then as a prize-winning motion picture and play, John Steinbeck’s story of the Joad family and their flight from the dust bowl of Oklahoma is familiar to all. Desperately proud, but reduced to poverty by the loss of their farm, the Joads pile their few possessions on a battered old truck and head west for California, hoping to find work and a better life.

Despite the anguish and suffering that it depicts, the play becomes in the final essence a soaring and deeply moving affirmation of the indomitability of the human spirit and of the essential goodness and strength that—then as now— reside in the hearts and minds of the “common man” throughout the world.

OCT 31 - NOV 8 Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. The boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace as birth families splinter and online families collide.Water By The Spoonful is a heartfelt meditation on lives on the brink of redemption.

DEC 4 - 14 This beloved American holiday classic, based on the classic American film, comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast, complete with live sound effects and commercial breaks. With the help of a small ensemble that brings numerous characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

FEB 5 - 8 Nominated for three 2002 Tony Awards and called by Time the “theater event of the year,” Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses brings Ovid’s tales to stunning visual life. Join these mythical characters around a shimmering pool of water for a glimpse of the divine. Experience the excitement of a sea battle led by Poseidon, the dangerous allure of Midas’ golden touch, and the undying passion of Orpheus. Immerse yourself in the transformative power of love.

FEB 26-28 A brilliant battle of wits takes place in this extraordinary play. Ken Harrison, a successful sculptor, is paralyzed in a car accident and kept alive by support systems in a hospital. Outwardly he’s cheerful and often very funny, but he’s overwhelmed by the fact that he has lost control of his own life. As the play begins, he is coming to the decision that if he can’t live as a man, he does not want to exist as a medical achievement. His physician, however, is utterly determined to preserve Ken’s life, regardless of its quality. Finally, despite the pleas of the doctor and his involved nurse, Ken invokes the law of habeas corpus and a judge joins the battle to determine, Whose Life Is It Anyway?

APR 1-11 Ten-year-old Joey Stoshack is a headstrong young boy with a special talent for time travel. When Joey is assigned to write a report on an African American who has made an important contribution to society, he uses his special ability to go back to Brooklyn, New York, in 1947. He meets one of baseball’s greatest players, Jackie Robinson. Joey plans on writing a prizewinning report, but he doesn’t plan on a trip that will forever change his view of history and his definition of courage.

APR 16 - 19 In April of 1995, Oklahoma City was the victim of a horrible incident of domestic terrorism. Twenty years later, the TheatreOCU company creates a new theatrical production that explores the Oklahoma City bombing using interviews and the historical records from the people who experienced it.

Performed in the gorgeous Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel on the 20th Anniversary weekend, this unique production is our way to honor the victims and remember the heroes of that fateful day.

92 YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG