College Show Season

College Majors Musical Theater Major
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<p>What is your school's performance season? Please add on.</p>

<p>** Oklahoma City University 2006-2007 Season **</p>

<p>"The Music Man" (which will go on tour to Arkansas among other states)</p>

<p>"Urban Cowboy" (the pre-national tour workshop with the Broadway production team and starring OCU students)</p>

<p>"Streetcar Named Desire" (Andre Previn opera..one of a few universities to be granted rights to this new work created in 1997)</p>

<p>"The Boor" (translated Russian opera)</p>

<p>"The Merry Wives of Windsor" (Verdi's last grand opera)</p>

<p>"Oil City Symphony" (spotlight musical which requires performed to play instruments)</p>

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<p>Indiana (Oh boy. Theres A LOT):</p>

<p>Musicals:
Urinetown, Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollman, Book and Lyrics by Greg Kotis
Nine, The Musical, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston, Book bu Maury Kopit</p>

<p>Dramas:
The Birthday Party, by Harold Pinter
The Crucible. by Arthur Miller
Reel, by Paul Shoulberg (world premier)
Side Man, by Warren Leight
Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare
Big Love, by Charles Mee</p>

<p>Operas:
Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Manon by Jules Massenet
Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
Arlecchino by Ferruccio Busoni
Too Many Sopranos by Edwin Penhorwood
Arabella by Richard Strauss
Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini</p>

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<p>ocuMTinfo, do you know what the straight plays will be for next year?</p>

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<p><strong>CCM Drama</strong></p>

<p>Christopher Fry’s The Lady’s Not For Burning
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata
Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors
Brandon Thomas’ Charley’s Aunt
Big Love by Charles L. Mee</p>

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<p>Great idea! But I only know of 3 for NYU.
Mainstage musical (all of Tisch): "Hair"
GAP production (student directed) - Into the Woods
Another one (don't remember which dept of Tisch!) - Last 5 Years
Many more for CAP and straight shows but I have no idea!</p>

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<p>RossJi...I don't know the line up either as there are numerous shows at Tisch. Just to clarify, however, The Last 5 Years is another GAP (student directed) show. </p>

<p>CAP21 has its own productions but I do not think its season has been announced. As well as those shows, CAP also has a musical for second year students and another for third years, none yet announced. There are numerous plays and other productions at Tisch too. I also don't know the rest of the Mainstage season either.</p>

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<p>Are there just straight plays for mainstage the rest of the year? Or are there other musicals? I thought there was only 1 mainstage musical (which doesn't make sense to me; having a big theater at an MT school and only use it once for a musical!)</p>

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<p>RossJi...to answer your question about Mainstage shows and also in case others are curious about the variety of productions at Tisch (I had someone ask me about this topic just in the past few days), I will paste what Tisch Drama has on their website regarding Productions:</p>

<p>"Production in the Drama Department is the laboratory where training is put into action. More than 100 different plays are presented in the department's four theatres. There are four levels of production done each year: Mainstage, Studio-Related, Student "Program Board and Directing/Design Projects.</p>

<p>The Department presents a "Mainstage Season" of five fully produced plays and/or musical; two in the fall semester and three in the spring. The season is quite eclectic in nature but normally encompasses a musical, a classical play, a new play, an American classic and a piece by a playwright featured in the curriculum. </p>

<p>Mainstage productions are intended to provide a near professional experience while still in the university environment. The directors are typically young professional directors from the New York theatre world. Traditionally one director is a member of the faculty and one is an alum of the Drama Department.</p>

<p>Usually one show is designed by Tech Track faculty, two are designed by students in the Graduate Design Department and two are designed by upper level Tech Track Students. Nearly all of the productions are stage managed by Tech Track management students. The productions are fully supported by the shops and staffs of the department along with student crew members to facilitate the construction and installation of the designs.</p>

<p>The next tier of production, after Mainstage, is studio related work. The Experimental Theatre Wing produces four medium to large productions each year in the Frederick Loewe Theatre on the second floor of 721 Broadway. Many of the other studios affiliated with the Drama Department will also produce plays for their students. The Atlantic Theatre Company, CAP21, The Stella Adler Conservatory and the Lee Strasberg Institute all either own or rent theatre spaces in order to present their productions</p>

<p>One of the four theatre spaces in the Drama Department is designated specifically for the extracurricular work of the students. The Shop Theatre is the location of some twelve to fifteen productions annually. The majority of the work is presented under the umbrella of the "Program Board." Each semester a board of representatives from each studio is convened to solicit production proposals from the student body. The Program Board then reviews the proposals, interviews the proposers and selects four or five projects for production in the subsequent semester. Selected projects receive two weeks in the theatre and a small budget to produce their work.</p>

<p>Past projects have included:</p>

<p>Into the Woods
The Night Larry Kramer Did My Laundry
I Know You Opened my Mail, Ralph
Kiss of the Spider Woman
W*nkas
A Ralph Grows in Brooklyn
A Play Without Gravity
Little Shop of Horrors
Godspell
The Oresteia
One may note several unfamiliar titles in the above list. The Shop Theatre and the Program Board Productions are also a great tryout venue for new plays by the Drama Department Students.</p>

<p>The fourth level of production in the Drama Department is curricular: the Directing/Design Projects. Approximately 40 one-act plays are presented in the Studio Theatre. The majority of these plays were directed by third year, Playwrights Horizons Theatre School students and beginning this year will be designed by third year Tech Track Students. This collaboration in the theatre space is supported by the work in the classroom."</p>

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<p>I'll add the Mainstage seasons of the past two years:</p>

<p>The 2004-2005 Season included
Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
History of Tears by Nick Philippou and Michael Tisdale
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Re/Rites created by the ensemble</p>

<p>The 2005-2006 Season included
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
The Bacchae by Euripides
Four by Four by Richard (Featuring the music of Richard Rogers)
A Movie Star has to Star in Black and White by Adrienne Kennedy
The Dybbuk by S. Ansky</p>

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<p>The "Program Board" refered to above that performs in the Shop Theater are the GAP productions. For instance, some this past year were Floyd Collins, Bat Boy, and The Full Monty. The only ones I know of so far for next year are Last Five Years and Into the Woods.</p>

<p>Note that CAP21 is a studio that puts on new musical theater works. These are professional productions and can include student actors. This past year had the workshop production of The 60's Project (directed by Richard Maltby), new musicals - Pages, Lady Alice, a new play - The Classics Professor and then the Conservatory put on Goddess Wheel. </p>

<p>CAP21's website explains the following about its production for its conservatory (BFA) students:</p>

<p>Productions
"CAP 21 provides two workshop production opportunities for its students in the second and third years during the spring semester for eight performances each in the facility’s large Studio #1. All second and third year CAP students in good standing may audition by signing up for a time slot posted on their callboard. Rehearsals are for approximately five weeks. Tuesday thru Friday evenings and weekends. Recent productions include Hair, A World to Win (an original revue of Sheldon Harnick material), How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying and Once on This island, Into the Woods.) The fourth year (practicum) students do one fully produced production in the CAP 21 99-seat theatre and one workshop production in Studio #1. The audition and rehearsal process are much the same as above. Last year they did three shows: Sweeney Todd and in repertory, The Boyfriend and Divorce Me Darling. The Fall 2000 Practicum did City of Angels and are currently rehearsing Flying Solo — a series if 20 minute, one person shows. For all of our productions, directors, choreographers and musical directors may come from out professional faculty or top level professionals in the industry."</p>

<p>That is slightly outdated. I know that one of the CAP conservatory shows this past season was Starmites. I am not sure what is planned for next year. I know they explained to students that they don't plan to do mainstream musicals, but rather new works and such. </p>

<p>I hope that explains your question plus the related questions about performance opportunities at Tisch that some have asked me.</p>

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<p>Otterbein College</p>

<p>Fall:
COMPANY, directed by Dennis Romer, choreographed by Stella Kane
TARTUFFE, directed by John Stefano
A new commissioned play by Kia Corthron, directed by Christina Kirk</p>

<p>Winter:
WHEN WE WERE BOWLING, a play by OC alum Carter Lewis, directed by Ed Vaughan
The annual dance concert, artistic direction by Stella Kane</p>

<p>Spring:
AND BABY MAKES 7, by Paula Vogel, directed by Dennis Romer
HELLO, DOLLY, directed by OC alum (and SPELLING BEE choreographer) Dan Knechtges</p>

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<p>I Have a Question About the:</p>

<p>Oklahoma City University 2006-2007 Season.</p>

<p>What are the straignt plays next year or if you have not heard yet about what time are you going to find out about them?</p>

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<p>I've heard from several students at MSU in the MT department that "A Grand Night for Singing" and "Cabaret" will be two of the musicals held at the Kasser Theatre during the 2006-2007 season. No official announcement has been made yet though.</p>

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<p>Urinetown
Rookery Nook
The Art of Dining
A Winter's Tale
Thoroughly Modern Millie</p>

<p>(And A Christmas Carol, in conjunction with Syracuse Stage, the equity theatre housed in the same building).</p>

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<p>RossJi...I thought I would tell you that actually a second mainstage show at Tisch this year was also a musical and you (nor I) would have realized it. But one production, The Dybbuk, that JUST ended was created/directed by Liz Swados (on faculty of ETW) for the Mainstage. My D saw it and said that they had written the songs for the show so she said it was a musical. Also Four by Four was a musical (Richard Rogers music) as another Mainstage show this year. My understanding is that the fall Mainstage production of A Winter's Tale also had a musical score. So, this year there was more than one musical production at the Skirball, after all.</p>

<p>Susan</p>

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<p>anybody know what cmu is doing next year?</p>

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<p>Isn't it nice that my d keeps me abreast of all of NYU's musical productions? (she says with sarcasm DRIPPING.....) Especially since I'm within driving distance??</p>

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<p>CMU's mainstage musical next year is Side Show. Although they have been announced, I'm not sure what the other productions are.</p>

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<p>I love and baby makes 7....paula vogel rocks my world. Good job OCU! We did how I learned to drive this year...
Some of DePaul 2006/07
Life is a dream
Cloud 9
last 5 years
+2 more mainstage, 3 childrens shows, and a bunch of workshops, 3 athenaeum shows, mfa and 2nd year intros, all of which I don't remember/haven't been annonced</p>

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<p>FALL 2006 </p>

<p>Forever Plaid </p>

<p>Sordid Lives </p>

<p>The Great American Trailer Park Musical </p>

<p>SPRING 2007 </p>

<p>The Trojan Women</p>

<p>Crazy for You</p>

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<p>At Florida State University we are doing the following productions during the 2006/2007 season:</p>

<p>Urinetown</p>

<p>Six Degrees of Separation</p>

<p>As You Like It</p>

<p>Still Life With Iris</p>

<p>Sweeney Todd</p>

<p>New Play Festival (original works by undergraduates, MFA students in the play/screenwriting program, and amateur and professional writers)</p>

<p>The Philadelphia Story</p>

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<p>hahaha everyone is doing urinetown! i know UArts is doing it too, but i don't have the complete list of shows on me to post what else they are doing!</p>

<p>i guess urinetown is next year's seussical since it seems like all schools did that this past year lol!</p>