Ouachita Stories

Ouachita Baptist University will host Zachary Myers and Cody Walls for their sophomore musical theatre recitals on Friday, Oct. 28, at 11 a.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. The recitals are free and open to the public.

Myers, from Greenwood, Ark., and Walls, from Fort Smith, Ark., both are musical theatre majors. They are students of Dr. Glenda Secrest, professor of music, and Drew Hampton, assistant professor of theatre arts. Phyllis Walker, OBU staff accompanist, will provide piano accompaniment for both performances.

Walls will open his recital with Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim’s “All I Need Is the Girl” from Gypsy, followed by “What You Mean to Me” from Finding Neverland by Eliot Kennedy, David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole and “Caught in the Storm” by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison’s “I Am Aldolpho” from The Drowsy Chaperone will close his recital.

Mackenzie Osborne, a sophomore musical theatre major from Heath, Texas, helped choreograph the recital and will perform with Walls during a portion of the performance.

Myers’ recital, choreographed by Stacy Hawking, will begin with Stephen Sonheim and Leonard Bernstein’s “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story, followed by “Love and the Weather” by Irving Berlin and a scene from The Mercy Seat by Neil LaBute. Myers will conclude the recital by performing “Left Behind” by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater.

Lauren Hutcheson, a senior musical theatre major from Bossier City, La., will assist Myers during the recital.

For more information, contact Ouachita’s School of Fine Arts at (870) 245-5129.