Performance Opportunities

Music theatre and opera/vocal performance students can take advantage of a number of performance opportunities on campus.

Kristi Hamilton and Gabby Heim, as the sorceress and second witch, plot the ruin of Dido in Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas.

The Music Theatre and Opera Program sponsors five musicals annually, including a fall workshop musical, an annual Seussical in combination with the library's annual Seuss-a-Thon, and a main stage musical. Two student-directed musicals are also presented throughout the year. The program also presents two operas annually, including a J-Term opera production and a spring chamber opera.

Students in music theatre and opera often collaborate; it is not unusual for music theatre students to be seen in the opera and for opera students to perform roles in the musical. This collaboration is a benefit to both the strength of the productions and to student development.

The Music Department also sponsors several solo and scene recitals as opportunities for students to develop performance skills. Students are encouraged to participate in the Theatre Department productions, including four main stage productions, two studio productions, and two fully supported dance shows.

In addition to the opportunities listed above, students have opportunities to take on leadership roles in our acclaimed choral ensembles. Carthage's music service fraternity, Lambda Kappa, presents frequent recitals, and students interested in improvisation can join the "Merely Players" troupe.

Productions:

• Dido and Aeneas — Opera Production, 2010
  
  
• I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change — Music Theatre Workshop, 2010
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  Sunday in the Park With George — Mainstage musical, 2010
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  Seussical — Music Theatre Workshop, 2010
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  The Magic Flute — Opera Production, 2010
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  Once On This Island — Music Theatre Workshop, 2009
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  Thoroughly Modern Mille — Carthage Main Stage, 2009
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  Into the Woods — Carthage Workshop Production, 2008
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  Children of Eden — Carthage Main Stage, 2008
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  Pirates of Penzance — Carthage Opera Workshop, 2008
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  Seussical (TYA) — Carthage Workshop Production, 2008
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  A Man of No Importance — Carthage Workshop Production, 2008
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  Die Fledermaus — Carthage Opera Production, 2007
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  A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum — Carthage Main Stage, 2007
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  Amahl and the Night Visitors — Carthage Opera Production, 2006
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  The Medium — Carthage Opera Production, 2006
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  Blood Brothers — Carthage Main Stage, 2006
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  The Mikado — Carthage Main Stage, 2005
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  The Radiance of a Thousand Suns — Carthage Main Stage, 2005
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  Godspell — Music Theatre Workshop, 2004
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  Translations — Carthage Main Stage, 2004
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  Moon Over Buffalo — Carthage Main Stage, 2004
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  The Laramie Project — Carthage Studio Theatre, 2004
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  The Fantasticks — Carthage Main Stage, 2004