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OKLAHOMA OPERA & MUSIC THEATER COMPANY
2008-2009 SEASON
 September 26-28
FOOTLOOSE
Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow, Walter Bobbie,
Kenny Loggins, 1998
Based on a 1984 movie inspired by Elmore City, Oklahoma, lifting its hundred-year ban on dancing for a senior prom in 1980. This dance musical tells the story of Chicago teen Ren McCormick moving to a small town where rock music and dancing are outlawed. When the local minister’s rebellious daughter becomes smitten with Ren, her boyfriend is irked and the plot thickens. The film soundtrack has sold more than 15 million copies, and spawned six Top 40 singles.
DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! Rated G
 October 24-26
TOO MANY SOPRANOS
Edwin Penhorwood, 2000
OKLAHOMA PREMIERE
Four divas arrive in heaven only to learn there is not enough room for them all. They must audition for St. Peter, who is so impressed he allows them to don disguises and descend into the netherworld to try and rescue enough tenors and basses to balance out the Heavenly Chorus. Gabriel and St. Peter accompany the sopranos on their journey to save the tortured souls in this two-act comedy.
HEAVENLY FUN Rated G
 November 14-16
LA RONDINE
Giacomo Puccini, 1917
Performed in Italian, with English supertitles
REVISED VERSION: OKLAHOMA PREMIERE The life of Parisian courtesan Magda is fi lled with free-flowing champagne and light-hearted liaisons. Upon meeting the handsome – but poor -- young Ruggero, she realizes he’s her soul mate. On the threshold of their new life, Ruggero receives an anonymous letter detailing Magda’s past. The results are the stuff of operatic legend. OCU presents the first college production of a revised version of this Puccini jewel. Director Marta Domingo, wife of Placido, conceived and directed the new version, to be performed by Los Angeles Opera in summer 2008. TRAGIC BEAUTY Rated PG
 February 20-22
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
W.A. Mozart, 1786
Performed in English
Viennese audiences loved the show so much that Emperor Joseph II decided to forbid encores for future performances, as they were too time-consuming. Set three years after the events of The Barber of Seville, Figaro has entered into Count Almaviva’s service as valet. Figaro is engaged to Suzanne, head chambermaid of the Countess. The bored Count wants to take advantage of the young bride, who tells Figaro and the Countess. The three hatch a conspiracy, which forces the Count to beg his wife’s forgiveness and allows Figaro and Suzanne to wed.
ROMANTIC COMEDY Rated G
 March 6-8
ASSASSINS
Stephen Sondheim, 1991
A one-act revue that begins with Hail To The Chief; not in its familiar stirringly patriotic certainty, but eerily arranged for a carnival calliope, and not to announce the entrance of the president but of his would-be killers. The show features eight assassins or would-be assassins from U.S. history, and their take on the American dream.
DARK COMEDY Rated PG-13
 April 24-26
MOST HAPPY FELLA
Frank Loesser, 1956
From the composer/lyricist of “Guys and Dolls,” Frank Loesser’s dramatic love story is about a middle-aged vintner whose mail-order marriage proposal is accepted under the girl’s mistaken assumption that a photo of his young foreman is her intended husband. Her humiliation when she learns the truth, coupled with a terrible accident, almost ends the relationship before it begins. Filled with sweeping ballads and splashy numbers, this show’s lasting popularity has led to two Broadway revivals.
GRAND MUSIC THEATER Rated PG
TICKET OFFICE
 CONTACT US Please call (405) 208-5227 Monday – Friday 1PM – 4 PM. The Ticket Office phone line is not open weekends or holidays. You may leave a voice mail message and the Ticket Office staff will be happy to return your call.
PHYSICAL LOCATION: The OCU Ticket Office is located on the main floor of the Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management. Please call for directions or view campus map.
ADDRESS: Performing Arts Ticket Office
2501 N. Blackwelder, Oklahoma City, OK 73106-1493
PRICES: Individual tickets will be available for purchase September 2, 2008. For our main stage productions in Kirkpatrick Auditorium, tickets are: $25.00 front orchestra, $18.00 rear orchestra and $12.00 balcony.
For “Spotlight” productions, all tickets are all $10.00.
SEASON TICKETS: Call the ticket office at (405) 208-5227 or download the season ticket form and return via mail to: Oklahoma City University c/o Performing Arts Ticket Office, 2501 N. Blackwelder, Oklahoma City, OK 73106-1493
We accept cash, checks, and MasterCard, Visa and Discover credit cards (Sorry - No American Express).
Group tickets discounts available for 10 or more. You must purchase group tickets in advance of show date. Please call the ticket office for group sales information.
OCU students, faculty and staff may purchase half-price tickets with OCU ID.
PERFORMANCE TIMES
Friday and Saturday: 8pm
Sunday matinees: 3pm
PERFORMANCE LOCATIONS
Held at OCU’s Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center
Mainstage productions presented in Kirkpatrick Auditorium
Spotlight productions presented in Burg Theater
There is free parking in the campus parking lots surrounding the Kirkpatrick Fine Arts Center and Bass Music Center.
(view campus map)
OPENING NIGHT GALAS | DINNER AND A SHOW
Join us in the Atrium of the Bass Music Center for opening night dinners:
September 26 - Footloose
November 14 - La Rondine
February 20 - The Marriage of Figaro
April 24 - The Most Happy Fella
Dinner: 6:15 pm Friday ($20)
These Friday night galas feature cuisine from award-winning executive chef Kelli Keegan and musical accompaniment by Bass School students. Reservations required: 405.208.5227
KIRKPATRICK THEATER SEATING CHART
HISTORY OF OCU OPERA AND MUSIC THEATER COMPANY
On April 4, 1930, Oklahoma City University presented its first musical production" Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore." As OCU's talent pool and audiences grew over the next two decades, the University established the Oklahoma Opera and Music Theater Company. In 1951, it mounted the first of what has become 56 consecutive seasons of fully staged productions.
Now, after hundreds of performance of 130 different operas and musicals, we look back in gratitude at the half- million people who have attended shows on campus or on one of our international tours. We realize that the best way to build on the successes of the past is to confidently embrace the future. Our audiences enjoy the nation's most dynamic young performers, innovative stagings, and a repertoire that combines the comfort of the familiar with the thrill of the unexplored.
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