Performing Arts Season

Fall 2023

Canceled: September 23, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Chappelear Drama Center

Please note this event is canceled. We hope to see you at a future Performing Arts event.

October 5-7, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
October 7-8, 2023 at 2 p.m.
Location: Chappelear Drama Center

Written by Suzan-Lori Parks. Artistic-directed by Bradford Sadler. Reserve your tickets here.

October 10, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Conducted by Richard Edwards.

October 29, 2023 at 3 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Featuring Hannah Barenthin ’24, clarinet.

November 3-4, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Directed by Jennifer Whitehead.

November 5, 2023 at 3 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Featuring Logan Page ’24, trumpet.

November 9, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Location: University Hall’s Gray Chapel

Conducted by Deborah Price.

November 10, 2023 at 8 p.m. and November 11-12, 2023 at 2 p.m.
Location: Chappelear Drama Center

Directed by Janet Schroeder.

Reservations are requested at owu.edu/orchesis.

November 11, 2023 at 7 p.m.
Location: University Hall’s Gray Chapel

Conducted by Jason Hiester.

November 14, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Location: University Hall’s Gray Chapel

Conducted by Kevin Turner.

November 28, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

December 1, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Chappelear Drama Center

Produced and mentored by Lusie Cuskey.

December 2, 2023 at 7 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Students of Dr. EunSeok Park, featuring Maja Todorović ’25

December 3, 2023 at 3 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

December 4, 2023 at 7 p.m.
Location: University Hall’s Gray Chapel

Conducted by Jason Hiester.

Spring 2024

January 27, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Featuring Rachel Madore ’24, soprano.

January 28, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Featuring Noelle Weaver ’24, soprano.

February 11, 2024 at 3 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Featuring Aubrey Gerhardt ’25, clarinet.

February 16, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Location: University Hall’s Gray Chapel

Conducted by Richard Edwards.

February 17, 2024 at 2 p.m.
Location: University Hall’s Gray Chapel

February 20, 2024 at 8 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Featuring Rachel Fitzgerald ’18, soprano.

February 24, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Featuring Jack Falko ’24, trumpet.

February 25, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

OWU Woodwind Faculty with Drs. Youmee Kim and Frank Chiou, piano.

February 27, 2024 at 8 p.m.
Location: University Hall’s Gray Chapel

March 3, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Location: Samborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

March 19, 2024 at 8 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Featuring Mariko Kaneda, piano; Leonid Polonsky, violin; and Wendy Morton, cello.

March 24, 2024 at 3 p.m.
Location: University Hall’s Gray Chapel

Conducted by Jason Hiester.

April 9, 2024 at 8 p.m.
Location: University Hall’s Gray Chapel

Conducted by Deborah Price.

April 11-13 and 19-20, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Chappelear Drama Center

A musical by Marie Incontrera and Dorie Clark. Directed by Lusie Cuskey.

April 14, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

Students of Dr. EunSeok Park, featuring Phoenix Ball ’24

April 16, 2024 at 8 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

April 18, 2024 at 8 p.m.
Location: University Hall’s Gray Chapel

Conducted by Richard Edwards.

April 21, 2024 at 3 p.m.
Location: Sanborn Hall’s Jemison Auditorium

April 23, 2024 at 8 p.m.
Location: University Hall’s Gray Chapel

Conducted by Kevin Turner.

April 26, 2024 at 8 p.m.
Location: Chappelear Drama Center

April 29-30, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Chappelear Drama Center

“Not Trying to Get a Laugh”
Written and performed by Evan Van Deusen ’24