OCU - School of Theatre - Bass School of Music - Program Shell
Thank you to the donors who helped make my four years at OCU wonderful. I have had such an amazing experience here, and thanks to your help I feel ready to pursue my dreams.
Thank you, donors, for all your support. Your generosity has cultivated the creative minds of so many talented artists who might never have gotten the chance to work towards their dreams otherwise, and for that I cannot thank you all enough.
Thank you, donors, for your generous contributions! Your support provides studnets the opportunity to focus on their craft in a beautiful, well-equipped, facility.
Thank you to all of our donors for supporting the School of Theatre! Your kindness makes these amazing productions possible. We will always be grateful for your generosity.
Madeleine George November 7-10, 2024
by Tony Kushner Feb 13-16, 2025
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Lauren McPherson
BFA Design & Production
Scenic Design
Preston Hunt
BFA Design & Production
Lighting Design
Their designs were selected to be exhibited at the USITT Emerging Artist Showcase for the 2024 United States Institute for Theatre Technology National Conference and Stage Expo.
Emerging Artists
EXECUTIVE ADVISORY BOARD
Louise Bass
Jerry Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth
James Hartsuck
Cathy Leichter
Lisa Love
Susan McCalmont
Debbie McKinney
LaDonna Meinders
Christian O’Donnell
Joe Phillips
Ron Raines
Robert Spinks
Michael Tavlin
11/15/24 11/16/24 1/31/25 2/1/25 2/28/25 3/1/25
Oklahoma City University’s Theatre Design and Production program prepares students for careers in the theatre and live entertainment industry. Our BFA provides professional training with strong foundational experiences in all areas of theatre design, technology, and management, offering specialization in stage management, technical production, and costume, lighting, properties, scenic, and sound design.
Oklahoma City University is heralded as one of the nation’s most innovative and successful arts incubators, a catalyst for community engagement and creativity. By partnering with us as a sponsor, your reach extends beyond our campus to include audience members from around the block and around the world.
Grand Season Sponsor: $25,000
$24,068 allowed charitable contribution
Season Sponsor: $10,000
$9,460 allowed charitable contribution
Show Sponsor: $5,000
$4,650 allowed charitable contribution
Benefactor: $2,500
$2,262 allowed charitable contribution
Sustaining Member: $1,000
$858 allowed charitable contribution Patron: $500
$444 allowed charitable contribution
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Theatre Season SponsorsTHANK YOU
Grand Season Sponsor The Chickasaw Nation Benefactors
We appreciate your continued support! Show Sponsors
Michael Tavlin & Marvona Easley Tavlin
Tom & Brenda McDaniel / American Fidelity Foundation
Gerald Gamble and Jane Jayroe Gamble
Sustaining Members
Mark Parker
W. Jerome & Jennifer Stevenson
Oklahoma City University is heralded as one of the most innovative and successful arts incubators in the nation, a catalyst for community engagement and creativity.
By partnering with us as a sponsor, your reach extends beyond our campus to include audience members from around the block and around the world.
Grand Season Sponsor: $25,000
$24,550 allowed charitable contribution
Season Sponsor: $10,000
$9,625 allowed charitable contribution
Show Sponsor: $5,000
$4,850 allowed charitable contribution
Join us as a sponsor!
Benefactor: $2,500
$2,350 allowed charitable contribution
Sustaining Member: $1,000
$880 allowed charitable contribution
Patron: $500
$440 allowed charitable contribution
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Eddie & Rochelle Schafer
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Bill & Pam Shdeed
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Spinks Family Charitable Fund
DONORS
$500-$999
Alexis Carter-Black
Joe & Shirley Cleveland Fund
David & Nancy Darrah Gift Fund
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$499 & Below
American Fidelity Assurance Co.
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Thank
DONORS
Gifts from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
$10,000-$49,999
The Chickasaw Nation
Tom & Brenda McDaniel / American Fidelity Foundation
Michael Tavlin & Marvona Easley Tavlin
$2,500-$9,999
Donald & Paula Beck
Treva Reuszer Hancock
$1,000-$2,499
Mark Edward Parker
W. Jerome & Jennifer Stevenson
$999 & Below
Mark & Gayla Kelly
Robert & Stacey Logan Lewis
Shane & Julie Nichols
Ann K. Stearns
Jewish Theatre School of Oklahoma Inc.
Frank Atwater
Donald Jordan
Roberta Sloan
Martha Jolliff
Harold Kohlman
Richard Kinsella
Jeanetta Horne
Mollie Reid
Isaiah & Korri Werner
Alisabeth Westfall
Connor Percifield
Jim & Melanie
Shelley
Ryan Smith
Elizabeth Sidler
Jamison Ko
Boston Graduate Costume Scholarship
Claire Jones Scholarship
James Stuhlmiller Theatre Technician Scholarship
Clay & Eleanor Carrithers Endowed Scholarship
Maybelle Conger Endowed Scholarship
Marianna Davenport Endowed Scholarship
Treva Hancock Endowed Drama Scholarship
Claire Jones Endowed Scholarship
Charles E. Mehr Endowed Theatre Scholarship
To
Scholarships
Ann Simmons Alspaugh Scholarship
Josephine E. Atkins Scholarship
Wanda Bass Scholarship
Jean Frances Beatty Scholarship
Robert & Florence Birdwell Vocal Scholarship
Edna Hoffman Bowman Scholarship
Clarence Burg Scholarship
Wallace & Emogene Collins Scholarship
William H. Dougherty Scholarship
Phyllis Kastner Edson Scholarship
J. Emrick Scholarship
Myrtle S. Forsythe Scholarship
Marjorie Lee Germany Scholarship
Mary Jean Hackler Scholarship
William Randolph Hearst Scholarship
Deb Heine Scholarship
Gerald L. & Jayne Jayroe Gamble Scholarship
Kurt & Cathy Leichter Scholarship
Virginia Everitt Lovell Scholarship
Elizabeth Loewenstein Scholarship
Lisa Reagan Love Vocal Scholarship
Martin Mailman Band Scholarship
Ruth Mayer Memorial Scholarship
Philelle & Charles McBrayer Piano Scholarship
Tom & Brenda McDaniel Scholarship
Rick McKee Composition Award
Brye Ashley McKenzie Scholarship
Charles E. Mehr Scholarship
Darlene Milligan Scholarship
Music School Scholarship
Nellie J. Moss Scholarship
Kelli O’Hara Scholarship
Frances McMillan Oney Scholarship
Mark Edward Parker Scholarship
Margaret E. Petree Scholarship
OUMF – Margaret E. Petree Scholarship
Performing Arts Academy Scholarship
Presser Foundation Scholarship
Francis W. Preston/BMI Scholarship
To learn more about establishing a music scholarship, contact Dean Mark Parker at mparker@okcu.edu or call him at
Scholarships
Nancy Laughbaum Ragsdale Scholarship
Margaret K. Replogle Scholarship
Royal Sarjent Scholarship
Michael Schafer Scholarship
Inez Silberg Memorial Scholarship
William Elza Smith Church Music Scholarship
Forest & Gloe Stith Memorial Scholarship
Marvona Easley Tavlin & Michael John Tavlin Scholarship
Watkins-Soloway Scholarship
Verle & Lawrence Watson Scholarship
Esther Wessel Farmer Piano Scholarship
Florence Wilson Voice Award Scholarship
Aleta Winkler Memorial Scholarship
Georgia Winton Scholarship
Endowed Funds
Ann Hundley Hoover Chair
Florence Birdwell Chair
Mark & Jackie Darrah Professorship in Opera & Musical Theater
Herbert E Davis Music Endowment
Josephine Freede Endowed Professorship in Instrumental Music
Morris Hatley Canterbury Choral
Performing Arts Endowment
Naomi McCasland Burton & James L. Burton Music Competition Fund
Robert & Jeaneen Naifeh Meditation Garden Endowed Fund
