Mrs. Rhetta Mae Dorland came to OBU in 1919 as head of the department of Public Speaking and organized College Players shortly thereafter. Since that time, Theatre at OBU has entertained audiences, prepared students, and earned awards with productions ranging from well-known classics to contemporary works. Join us as we kick off the celebration with a Theatre alumni dinner immediately proceeding the Oct. 26 performance of The Pirates of Penzance, and then join us for the remainder of the season as we celebrate 100 Years of Theatre on Bison Hill.<\/p>\n
ORDER online\u00a0<\/b><\/span>okbu.ed<\/b>u<\/b><\/span>\/theatre <\/b><\/p>\n Box Office sales begin two weeks prior to performance. <\/i><\/p>\n Visit Sarkeys Telecommunication Center.<\/p>\n Mon –<\/span> Fri<\/span>\u2002|<\/span>\u20029\u2009am<\/span> –<\/span> 4\u2009pm\u2002|<\/span>\u2002405.585.4350<\/p>\n For SEASON TICKETS <\/b>call 405.585.4350<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n $<\/sup><\/span>30 Adults\u2002|<\/span>\u2002$<\/sup><\/span>12 Students<\/p>\n by W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan<\/p>\n Presented in partnership with OBU\u2019s Division of Music.<\/em><\/p>\n Set sail with this rollicking, delightfully funny tale of young Frederic, an orphan who was mistakenly apprenticed to a pirate at the age of eight. Frederic is now 21 and, though quite fond of the group of joyous and fun-loving pirates, chooses to forsake the pirates\u2019 way of life and dedicates himself instead to their eradication, while falling for the beautiful Mabel in the process. Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s cheeky and charming operetta abounds with swashbuckling, fair maidens and a Major General with the true gift of gab.<\/p>\n Adults $15<\/span>\u2002|<\/span>\u2002Students $5<\/p>\n Oct 24, 26, 31, Nov 1, 2 \u2013 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Oct 27, Nov 3 \u2013 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Craig-Dorland Theatre<\/i><\/p>\n by Chris Cragin-Day<\/p>\n Made possible in part by the Max Brattin Fine Arts Endowment.<\/i><\/p>\n By the time she was 30, Emily\u00a0Dickinson had so isolated herself from the world that she never left the house and rarely accepted visitors. This play looks at the various events and relationships in Dickinson\u2019s life and her journey into a world of isolation in reverse time, beginning with her\u00a0life boarded up inside the New England Dickinson home and working backwards to her return home from Mt. Holyoke College. It incorporates Emily\u2019s poetic voice as a glimpse of her true self.<\/p>\n Adults $12<\/span>\u2002|<\/span>\u2002Students $5<\/p>\n Feb 6, 7<\/span>, 8 \u2013 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Feb 9 \u2013 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Sarkeys Black Box Theater<\/i><\/p>\n by Neil Simon<\/p>\n Neil Simon\u2019s Barefoot in the Park is a romantic comedy focusing on a pair of newlyweds, Corie and Paul, as they begin married life in a tiny, fifth-floor walkup apartment in Manhattan. Paul is a strait-laced attorney; Corie has a far more spontaneous, free spirit. As the young couple contend with a lack of heat, a skylight that leaks snow, several long flights of stairs, an odd ball neighbor and Corie\u2019s well-meaning mother, they must also reconcile their own personal differences in how they approach life\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n Adults $12<\/span>\u2002|<\/span>\u2002Students $5<\/p>\n April 23, 24, 25 \u2013 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n April 26 \u2013 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Craig-Dorland Theatre<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mrs. Rhetta Mae Dorland came to OBU in 1919 as head of the department of Public Speaking and organized College Players shortly thereafter. Since that time, Theatre at OBU has entertained audiences, prepared students, and earned awards with productions ranging from well-known classics to contemporary works. Join us as we kick off the celebration with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":""},"categories":[219,217],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/orestia-fall-2019.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BMz3-Tz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3479,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions\/3479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okbu.edu\/obumagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Pirates of Penzance<\/h2>\n
Emily An Amethyst Remembrance<\/h2>\n
Barefoot in the Park<\/h2>\n