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Contact:
Anne Black
979-845-1661
anne@msc.tamu.edu
April 25, 2013
Becky Wade
979-845-1661
becky@msc.tamu.edu
Craig Boleman
972.501.9040
craig@soloshoe.com
MSC OPAS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES
EVENTS COMING TO THE 2013-14 SEASON
The 2013-14 Season Includes Three Broadway National Tours (Memphis, Bring It On, West Side Story),
Cirque Dreams Rocks, The Official Blues Brothers Revue, Moscow Festival Ballet,
A Cowboy Christmas Starring Michael Martin Murphey, The Ten Tenors and Much More!
COLLEGE STATION, TX: Texas A&M University’s MSC OPAS is pleased to announce the events coming to the 2013-14
“Sparks Will Fly” season. The organization unveiled a roster of performances to be presented from September 2013 to
April 2014 that includes eight events on the Ann Cobb Wiatt Main Stage series, five on the Intimate Gatherings
series, two on the OPAS JR series and two on the new OPAS Family series.
Season and single tickets may be ordered through the MSC Box Office (979-845-1234) or online at
MSCOPAS.org. Season ticket packages offer savings opportunities ranging from 10-20% off single ticket prices.
Season ticket package buyers are seated before single ticket buyers. Unless noted otherwise, all events will be
performed in the Rudder Theater Complex at TAMU in College Station, Texas.
Of the new season, OPAS Executive Director Anne Black states, “The members of our Program Advisory Committee
emphasized that they wanted to create a season that includes something for everyone.” She explains, “We realized
something very special while celebrating our anniversary last season. OPAS brings people together. From families to
first dates, from co-workers to lifelong friends, people love enjoying live entertainment with us. And that’s something
that hasn’t changed in 40 years. This season continues that wonderful tradition.” Committee members are Charley
Bankston (Chair), Greg Anderson, Carole Taylor, Michael Wesson, Loretta Foster, Sally Godfrey, Susan
Birdwell, Bob Howard, TAMU students Stephen Dawkins, Gentry Leonard and Eric Bruton and Black.
The season opens with The Official Blues BrothersTM Revue for one-night-only (October 22, sponsored by Allstate).
November welcomes the 2010 Tony Award®-winning Best Musical Memphis (November 19 & 20). In December,
OPAS will present a concert by one of the Lone Star State’s favorite singers – Michael Martin Murphey – performing
his Cowboy Christmas concert (December 3, sponsored by Spirit of Texas Bank). Those hot blokes from Australia – The
Ten Tenors – bring their all-new “On Broadway” concert to Rudder (January 28 & 29, sponsored by Mary & Tom
Kirk). The Moscow Festival Ballet, one of the world’s most critically praised dance companies, will perform Romeo &
Juliet (February 19, Sponsored by Wells Fargo). Two Broadway musicals heat up the spring when the high-flying hit
Bring It On: The Musical (March 20 & 21) tumbles on to the Rudder stage followed by the musical that changed
Broadway forever – West Side Story (April 8 & 9). The Main Stage series closes with two performances of a one-of-akind Cirque/rock experience with Cirque Dreams Rocks (April 29 & 30, sponsored by Aggieland Credit Union). Season
ticket packages for all 8 events start at $239 or patrons may choose to select 5 favorites for as little as $159. Broadway
4-pack packages (Memphis, The Ten Tenors, Bring It On and West Side Story) start at $136. All Main Stage events will
be performed in Rudder Auditorium at TAMU.
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The INTIMATE GATHERINGS series, sponsored by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, First Victoria National
Bank, Sterling Auto Group and Debbie & Chuck Robertson, starts off with one of the hottest acts currently touring the
globe – 2Cellos starring Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser (October 29). Tony Award®-nominated stage and screen
actor Stephen Lang (best known for playing the Colonel in James Cameron’s “Avatar”) brings eight American veterans
to life in a one-man tour-de-force Beyond Glory – The Story of 8 Men of Incredible Valor: Medal of Honor
Winners All (November 6). Five humorous and talented guys playing two trumpets, a French horn, a trombone and a
tuba will perform favorite holiday tunes in Christmas with the Boston Brass (December 10). Steve Lippia returns
to OPAS performing his new show “Simply Swingin' with Sinatra & Friends” at the Miramont Country Club
(February 26-28). And finally, one of the most revered novels of the twentieth century, Fahrenheit 451, comes to life
on the stage performed by the impressive actors of the Aquila Theatre (March 27). All Intimate Gatherings events
will be performed in Rudder Theatre at TAMU unless noted otherwise and will include a Q&A with the artists after
each performance. Season tickets to all five events start at only $187. All season tickets packages include a 3-course
meal at the Miramont Country Club for Steve Lippia’s cabaret performances.
Sponsored by Chick-Fil-A Aggieland & South College Station, Blue Bell Creameries and supported in part by OPAS
Encore!, OPAS JR brings two literary favorites from the page to the stage with Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman
Smells (December 8) and Peter Pan (February 9, sponsored by George Bush Presidential Library). Season tickets to
OPAS JR are only $29. All OPAS JR events will be performed in Rudder Theatre at TAMU.
The 2013-14 season also includes the announcement of a new OPAS Family series. It was created because the two
events on this series are larger in scope and appeal to a broader age range than traditional OPAS JR programs. The
eye-popping events on the new series are Lightwire Theater (February 22) and Imago Theatre’s Frogz (March 29).
Season tickets to OPAS Family are only $48. All OPAS Family events will be performed in Rudder Auditorium at TAMU.
The new series is also sponsored by Chick-Fil-A Aggieland & South College Station, Blue Bell Creameries and
supported in part by OPAS Encore!
For more information about all of the events coming to the Brazos Valley as part of the new OPAS season, please visit
www.MSCOPAS.org.
- END ABOUT MSC OPAS: Founded in 1972, OPAS at Texas A&M University – a organization of the Memorial Student
Center – presents professional productions of theatre, music and dance programs that enlighten, entertain and inspire
audiences of the Brazos Valley. OPAS programs are funded by revenue generated from ticket sales and contributions.
MEDIA NOTE: High resolution images for all events on the 2012-13 OPAS season are available upon request. Please
contact Craig Boleman (972.501.9040/craig@soloshoe.com) or Becky Wade (979.845.1661/becky@msc.tamu.edu).
MSC OPAS at Texas A&M University
PO Box 15819 • College Station TX • Ph 979-845-1661 • Fx 979-845-8043 • MSCOPAS.org