Opera and Music Theatre Company
In addition to providing degrees in various areas of music, the Wanda L Bass School of Music is known for its Opera and Musical Theatre productions. The school produces six main stage shows each season. In recent years the school has produced many shows including; Parade, La Boheme, Seussical, The Secret Garden, The Music Man, Urban Cowboy:The Musical, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Opera), A Streetcar Named Desire (Opera), The Magic Flute, The Pirates of Penzance, Guys and Dolls, Falstaff, Lucia di Lammermoor, Oil City Symphony, The Boor (Opera), Signor Deluso, The Medium, The Fantastiks, Man of La Mancha, Songs For a New World, The Merry Widow, Suor Angelica, L'heure espagnole, Kiss Me, Kate, West Side Story, Passion, Susannah, Cosi Fan Tutte, The Elixir of Love, Bye Bye Birdie, The Tender Land, Working, The Impresario and Oklahoma!.
The Wanda L. Bass School of Music produces another, student run, Music Theatre Company called "Stripped". This is where students will direct, cast and produce new musicals that are totally stripped down with no sets, no props and no costumes. Playwrights from all over North America and Europe submit their new musicals and four or five are then selected. The birth of the project gained national attention from nationally recognized websites and web publications.
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