Not only are the OCU alumns venturing out in the performing world, our current students are also performing in venues across the country. Summer months provide a time for the current students to get a taste of the business before they graduate. This year alone, Jo Rowan, Dance Department Chairman, has arranged for Music Theatre of Wichita, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, and Disney Entertainment to audition OCU dancers for summer employment. Below are pictures of such students using their summer break to build a resume and do what they love to do.

Frances Diana Lawrence performing at Cedar Fair Entertainment at the Kansas City theme park, Worlds of Fun!

Chaz Wolcott & Kimberly Faure in the Music Theatre of Wichita production of CATS. Other OCU'ers in the production, Tyler Foy, Todd Walker, Roy Lightner, Tiffany Ocvirk, Olivia Policicchio, Paige Williams.

Melinda Heitzman (Dance Perf. major) with Roy Lightner (Mus. Theatre major) as the Oz couple in Music Theatre of Wichita's performance of Wizard of Oz.

OCU'ers perfoming in the Frug at Music Theatre of Wichita's Sweet Charity: Colby Lindeman, Patrick Lavallee, Gabrielle Ruiz, Tim Hausmann, Tiffany Ocvirck, and Melinda Heitzman

Michael Wood, left, and Jacob Sewell, standing, performed in the Mary Kay industrial in Dallas during the summer 2006.

Bobbie Bannister on stage during the Coast to Coast show performing "On Broadway" at Dorney Park,

Sarah Perry performing at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom summer of 2005.

Chris Pelrine performing with Synergy Dance Co. in Halifax Nova Scotia summer 2005.

Tiffany Ockvirk and Todd Walker at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA.

Bobbie Bannister, Melissa Manning, and Katelyn Shirley, on a break between shows at Dorney Park.

Bobbie Bannister lifts Melissa Manning during a performance at Dorney Park in Allentown, PA.

Bobbie Bannister and Melissa Manning dancing for Fancy Pants Productions during the summer 2005 break.

Josh Larson as the Butler in Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat at Music Theatre of Wichita.

Seniors, Josh Larson and Colby Lindeman from Me and My Girl at Music Theatre of Wichita.

Music Theatre of Wichita - Beauty and the Beast: Pictured from left to right: Top row: Roy Lightner (Music Theatre major), Colby Lindeman, Wes Hart (Music Theatre major), Josh Larson. Bottom row: Erin Shannon ('04 grad), Gaby Ruiz, Caitlin O'Hagan, Sara Edwards ('04 grad), Tim Hausmann (Music Theatre major).

Christina Marshall, Senior Dance Performance major on leave, in pictured as Belle in Once Upon A Mouse at Tokyo Disney in Japan.

Pictured from left to right, Christina Marshall; senior, Chip Abbott; (alumn), Zach Sandler; senior, & Matthew Cheney; senior, joined the first cast of Neil Goldberg's Imaginique preformed nightly at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA.

Senior, Sara Edwards, in Music Theatre of Wichita's production of Will Rogers Follies.

Peyton Royal (alumn), Jeromy Smith (alumn), Elliott Bradley (alumn), Erin Shannon (senior), Sara Edwards (senior), and Jon Warren (alumn) in the opening number of Ragtime at Music Theatre of Wichita.

Alumn, Elliott Bradley, as King Simon of Legree in Music Theatre of Wichita's The King and I