Brava to Keslie Ward '15, an alumna of the Keller studio, on booking the role of Liesl in the upcoming national tour of The Sound Of Music!
Kudos to Jacob Gutierrez '12 on booking the role of Nemesio in the new musical Temple of Souls, to be presented July 19-23 @ the New York Musical Festival!
Bravo to Elliott Mattox, and alumnus of the Keller studio making his Broadway debut in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, on this weekâs release of the showâs Original Broadway Cast Album!
Brava to Taylor Rey '17, the newly crowned Miss New Mexico!
Kudos to 2008 OCU graduates Traci Bair and Suzi Bonnot, working @ Merry Go Round Finger Lakes Music Theatre and pictured during the June 7 opening night of Guys and Dolls with Bair as Sarah Brown and Bonnet, a dance management alumna, as stage manager. Critic Natasha Ashley notes in BroadwayWorld: âTraci Bair, as the missionary Sarah Brown, is sweet and beautiful. She has an amazing soprano voice that soars effortlessly in many of her duetsâŠThe well-poised actressâ portrayal of this iconic character is perfection.â The show runs through June 29.
Of note: OCU alumnus Chris Harrison to return as co-host for the 2018 Miss America Pageant:
Congratulations to Eryn LeCroy, cast as Johanna in Sweeney Todd NYC, joining fellow alum Colin Anderson @ the Barrow Street Theatre beginning Aug. 29!
Bravi tutti to music theater alumni Ryan Lambert, Ali Funkhouser, and Daxx Jayroe Wieser on opening night of Legally Blonde the Musical @ The Lexington Theatre Company, co-directed by fellow OCU alum Lyndy Franklin Smith and Laura Bell Bundy, Broadwayâs original Elle Woods!
Kudos to alumna Katie Goffman '09 â featured in the national tours of Ghost the Musical (as Molly) and Rock of Ages (Regina) â on the debut of her web mini-series Wisco Queens, inspired by her journey from Wisconsin to NYC, via OCU. Hoffman is the writer, producer and star of the musical comedy, which also features Tommaso Antico, recently of the Broadway production of Jersey Boys.
Brava to Sophia Macias '17, an alumna of the Crouse vocal studio, on her rave in BroadwayWorld for last monthâs performance in Lyric Theatre of Oklahomaâs production of âWhen You Wish,â where she ânearly brings the house down with her amazing singing voice alone as Pocahontas.â She has singed with Stewart Talent and now is understudying Juliet in Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks: Romeo & Juliet through Aug. 27!
Break legs to alumna Mary Beth Nelson, performing as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in The Glimmerglass Festivalâs grand finale performance of Scalia/Ginsburg: The Opera. Among the luminaries attending tonightâs sold-out performance of the comic work: Justice Ginsburg herself!
Keslie Ward '15 Liesl, Sound of Music National Tour
Joel Swanson '15 Orlando Repertory Theater - Newsies
Virginia Newsome â 17 Florida Repertory Theater - Fiona, The Giver
Netti, Curious George and the Golden Meatball
Alexandra Herbert '17 Norwegian Cruise Lines
Cora Grace Winstead '17 The Minotaur, TheatreThree, Dallas, TX
Jordan Jacobs and Lauren Urso '17 United We Stand, New York Musical Festival
Monica Thompson '17 Nellie Forbush, South Pacific, Pace Centre, Colorado
1st Runner Up - Miss Colorado 2017
Arden Walker '16 MainStage Performer, Disney Cruise Line
Mackenzie Menter '15 Dracula, a Tale of Flesh and Blood , Moosehall Theatre Co./Inwood Shakespeare NYC
Mollie Craven '14 Seabourn Cruises
Kelsey Griswold '13 - established The Nasty Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA with others
Tevyn Hill, Sophia Macias - When You Wish, Lyric Theatre, OKC
Sam Schneider-Behen '17 Joseph and the Amazing Techincolor Dreamcoat Casa Mañana, Dallas TX
Russell McCook - A Little Night Music, Theatre3, Dallas
Haley Gribble - AIDA Cruises
Madge Dietrich - Kinky Boots 1st National Tour
Isaiah Bailey - Sight & Sound Theatre
Break legs to alumna Tiffan Borelli-Urken, starring as Dyanne in Million Dollar Quartet @ Virginiaâs Barter Theatre through Sept. 9!
Brava to Kate Moore '13 on booking the North American Tour of Les Miserables - Musical, opening Sept. 21 in Providence!
Alumna Tiffan Borelli-Urken starred as a tough-talking detective trying to crack the Julie Love case on âThe Perfect Murder,â on Investigation Discovery!
Darius Wright- The Sting (currently in development)
Karley Whitt '17 Tulsa Opera Chorus - 2017/18 Season
Drew Feldman and Ivy Vogt were in a recent episode of âMurder Made Me Famousâ for the Reelz Network.