Spring 2020
Julius Caesar
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears-"
Registration for our Spring 2020 production begins soon!
We know it has been a quiet few months, and we apologize, but exciting things are afoot! Meet the new members of our team-
Christopher Mirto is a director, teacher, sometimes producer, and sometimes actor. Starting out as an actor, training at Stella Adler Studio of Acting while a student at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Christopher found directing through a series of extraordinary events. He went on to Yale School of Drama where he earned his Master’s degree in directing.
Some of his career highlights include performing in two of Richard Foreman’s plays at the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre in New York City, playing Christina Crawford opposite Joey Arias in Christmas with the Crawfords, and directing a revival of Dionysus in 69 at The Performing Garage. He co-created The Ophelia Project with soprano Cree Carrico and co-wrote the musical Three Sisters, or The Dormouse's Tale with Brian Valencia.
Before joining the faculty at Oberlin Conservatory, Christopher worked as a freelance artist, while teaching at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, and Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. He spent a year as the Artistic Directing apprentice at Studio Theatre in Washington DC.
A frequent collaborator with Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, where he has staged Carmen and La bohème, and The Marriage of Figaro. He has directed operas at Manhattan School of Music, Curtis Institute, and with the Longfellow Chorus in Portland, Maine. Recent productions: the Pulitzer-winning Angel’s Bone by Du Yun and Royce Vavrek; Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up (Oberlin Conservatory); Musica Extrana(Spain); and the world premiere of Wild Beast of the Bungalow by Rachel Peters and Royce Vavrek this coming January 2020.
Marina Wright is a double degree student studying theater and classical voice (under Marlene Rosen) and is expected to graduate in May of 2020. She has trained in Shakespearean text and performance both here at Oberlin and at the London Academy of Music and Drama. You may have seen her on the Oberlin stage as Hamlet in But Never Doubt I Love, Sara in Body of Bourne, Lady Macbeth in Thomas Pasatieri’s opera Lady Macbeth, Anne in Anne of Green Gables in the Oberlin Summer Theater Festival, Revolutionary Chorus in The Dialogues of the Carmelites, and a soloist in the Britney Spears Showcase. She is also one of four hosts of the Oberlin Conservatory’s flagship radio show, Making CONnections. If you are interested in seeing her work, she will be performing as Hope in the Oberlin Theater Department’s production of Urinetown this coming December.
Sagana Ondande is beyond thrilled and honored to be apart of OCSP. Born and raised in Oak Park, IL, he is a second-year vocal performance major at Oberlin Conservatory, and studies under Salvatore Champagne. Sagana will be performing the role of Puck in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream this fall at Oberlin. He had a dream to sing professionally as a singer for churches and opera houses and then open a non-for-profit school of music in Kenya. He enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee, going on exciting adventures, and making lifelong memories.