‘Free rein of creativity’ ‘Godspell’ brought Bible stories to the modern day

Locke Theatre was packed. Focused on retelling stories from the bible in a modern setting, the show brought an air of understanding to the old stories.

The show allowed the actors to make a connection with the audience and ease themselves into their role.

Only two of the actors had named roles, Thess Holloway who played John The Baptist and Judas, and Dakota Norman, who played Jesus.

As the lights dimmed, actors flooded the Vivia Locke stage, bickering and fighting about religion, until John the Baptist stepped out of the audience.

The theatre department at OSU put together a revised version of “Godspell” on Thursday and the Vivia

“Besides Jesus, Judas and John,” Halloway said, “Everyone else in the cast is a disciple, a follower... In the revised script, they just play themselves. They are their own role.”

On the playbill, the actors and actresses were credited with their own names, which allowed them to bring their own personalities and personal twists into the roles and the musical itself, with some pop-culture references such as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s catchphrases and hints at other musical productions slipped in.

“For the most part, we got to have free rein of creativity of what we created on stage,” Halloway said.

“So, for many of the choices made by the actors and actresses on stage, they were not necessarily given directions. They were thoughts that came to mind in the rehearsal process that just made it through to the show. It’s that personable area of Godspell.”

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Cowgirls split doubleheader against Texas Tech

Parker Gerl Staff Reporter

The Cowgirls got back in the win column for the first time in two weeks.

On Saturday, No. 7 OSU split a doubleheader in Lubbock against Texas Tech -- a 10-1 win, and a 4-3 loss. OSU now sits 40-9 overall, 9-5 in Big 12 play.

In recent weeks, the Cowgirls couldn’t get hits with runners on base.

Morgyn Wynne and Micaela Wark helped break through.

In game one, with two runners on in the top of the third inning, Wynne crushed a three-run homer to left field to give OSU a 3-0 lead. Right after, Cheyenne Factor walked, Wark matched Wynne with a homer of her own, this one for two runs.

It was a five-run inning for OSU, more than it scored in the three-game series against Texas a week ago.

Kelly Maxwell got the start against the Red Raiders (31-20, 5-12) and pitched five innings and dished out nine strikeouts before Ivy Rosenberry entered the game and retired the final three batters. The Cowgirls finished the opening contest with 11 hits and nine RBI, seemingly returning to form after a rough two-week hitting output. They went on to win 10-1 in six innings, grabbing their first win since April 15 and snapping a five-game skid. Roughly thirty minutes later, game two was underway.

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