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The OCC Repertory 2026-2027

OCC Theatre 2026-2027

Theatre Nouveau

OCC Theatre Repertory: student-directed REP productions in the Drama Lab Studio

It’s like a tasting menu for the theatre! A evening of short dramatic and comic scenes, monologues, songs and more will feature the talents of our newest members of the Rep along with our returning Rep members. Both modern and classical works provide something for everyone.

September 11, 12, & 13 7:30 p.m.

In our Drama Lab Studio Theatre

FREE 

Please note: all seats for Rep performances in the Drama Lab Studio Theatre are unticketed and unreserved. Seating is limited, so please arrive on time; we fill the seats for some performances! Doors open 30 minutes before curtain. 

Mature Audiences​

Fireworks on a black background. Text: Let's Start Something New

Murder Runs in the Family - a comedy

Heather Pallfeather hires a hapless PI to pose as her fiancee and to investigate her father's suspicious death. Chaos ensues as her eccentric clan gathers for the reading of the will and dead bodies start to pile up in this fast-moving farce by Pat Cook.

OCC Theatre Repertory: student-directed REP productions in the Drama Lab Studio

     

October 16, 17, & 18 at 7:30pm   FREE!    Mature Audiences

Please note: all seats for Rep performances in the Drama Lab Studio Theatre are unticketed and unreserved. Seating is limited, so please arrive on time; we fill the seats for some performances! Doors open 30 minutes before curtain. 

Illustration of a body lying on the ground with the text “MURDER RUNS IN THE FAMILY.” 

 

She Kills Monsters

In this high-octane dramatic comedy centered around a group of D & D players, homicidal fairies, gelatinous slime and 90s pop culture, acclaimed playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heartfelt and heart-pounding homage to love, family and the geek/warrior inside us all.

A Faculty-Directed mainstage productions in the Drama Lab Theatre. Directed by Bethany Kraemer.

 

Tickets sold online only: Student/Senior: $10.00, General Public: $15.00   

 In the OCC Drama Lab Theatre

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 6-8 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday,  November 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 15 at 2:30 p.m.

 

 

Monster holding a weapon. Text says She Kills Monsters

An Old Fashioned Christmas Melodrama and Ice Cream Social

OCC Theatre Repertory

 

    One of Santa's Reindeer is Missing 

This year our annual children’s comic melodrama visits the North Pole, where the evil villain Simon Snodgrass is trying to spoil Christmas once again!

Can Santa's brave elves and our dashing hero defeat Simon's evil plot and find Rudolph in time for Christmas? Find out as you boo the villain and cheer the hero, join in a holiday singalong, enjoy the children’s joke contest, and also a free ice cream treat! A very special visitor is also expected…

Tickets are sold online only: $5.00 for all children 12 and under, Students/Seniors: $10.00, General Public: $15.00.  

 

Friday December 4 and 11 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday December 5 and 12 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Sunday December 6 and 13 at 2:30 p.m.

In the Drama Lab Theatre

 

Evil Villain in a top hat holding a candy cane

Plays Made in a Day

OCC Theatre Repertory: student-directed REP productions in the Drama Lab Studio

Back by popular demand! Are we crazy? Could be! Yet again the talented members of the REP will write, direct and stage five short plays in just 24 hours.

Come see what happens...and bring us coffee!

In the Drama Lab Studio Theatre

February 20 and 21, 2027 at 7:30pm   FREE   Mature Audiences

Please note: all seats for Rep performances in the Drama Lab Studio Theatre are unticketed and unreserved. Seating is limited, so please arrive on time; we fill the seats for some performances! Doors open 30 minutes before curtain. 

An orange with a clockface on it. Text: Plays Made in a Day!

Little Shop of Horrors

Faculty-Directed mainstage productions in the Drama Lab

   Seymor Krelborn, a mousy Skid Row florist's assistant discovers a unique plant that brings him fame, fortune and more, until things grow out of control in this deviously delicious Broadway smash musical by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Directed by Rick Golson

 a plant with teeth smiles

  • Friday, March 19 & 26 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 20 & 27 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, March 28 at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets sold online only: Student/Senior $12.00, General Public: $20.00.

  

A surprise from the OCC Repertory

OCC Theatre Repertory: student-directed REP productions in the Drama Lab Studio

 

a giant question mark stands on a stage under a spotlight

 

The students of THE REP will decide what play or festival to offer you in April.  Keep your eyes out for an announcement in February!   

April 9, 10, and 11, at 7:30pm    FREE    Mature Audiences 

 Please note: all seats for Rep performances in the Drama Lab Studio Theatre are unticketed and unreserved. Seating is limited, so please arrive on time; we fill the seats for many performances! Doors open 30 minutes before curtain. 

King Lear

Faculty- Directed mainstage productions in the Drama Lab

 An old man stands defiantly shaking his fist at an approaching storm 

 Shakespeare's powerful tragedy tells the tale of love, ambition and betrayal, directed by Pete Uribe

 

In the Drama Lab Theatre     

May 7, 8, 9, 14, & 15 at 7:30 p.m.   May 16 at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets sold online only: Student/Senior $10.00, General Public $15.00

One Act Play Festival 2027

OCC Theatre Repertory: student-directed REP productions in the Drama Lab Studio

This eclectic festival is an annual tradition.
As the culmination of our year, The Rep presents a wide variety of both published plays and original works by Rep playwrights who work all year on these plays for you, under the supervision of The Rep's playwriting advisor Sean Wellengard.
We have two show orders to accommodate every play; come see both to enjoy them all!
          We don't know what our one-acts will be this spring- they have not been written yet! Please follow us on social media or revisit this page for more information in mid-May.
ORDER A - playing Saturday May 22 2027 at 2:30pm and Sunday May 23 2027 at 7:30pm
ORDER B- playing Saturday May 22 2027 at 7:30pm and Sunday May 23 2027 at 2:30pm

 

 Drama Lab Studio Theatre   Free-- Donations gratefully accepted     Mature Audiences

Please note: all seats for Rep performances in the Drama Lab Studio Theatre are unticketed and unreserved. Seating is limited, so please arrive on time; we fill the seats for some performances! Doors open 30 minutes before curtain. 

Theatre curtain and One Act Play Sign