Summer 2017 Schedule

Both films will be screened in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center located inside the Bill S. Cole University Center (near the corner of E. 13th Street and South Francis) on the campus of East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma.

Tickets are available at the door for $10 per person or $5 for students (with ID) unless otherwise noted. Free for ECU Students.

Friday, May 19 at 1 p.m.
HEDDA GABLER*
By Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Patrick Marber. NT Live.
Ruth Wilson plays the title role in Ivo van Hove's production.
*50% discount for attendees at Momentum Ada.

“I’ve no talent for life.”

Just married. Buried alive. Hedda longs to be free...

Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel.

Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic Theatre) returns to National Theatre Live screens with a modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece.

Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair, Jane Eyre) plays the title role in a new version by Patrick Marber (Notes on a Scandal, Closer).


Friday, July 14 at 7 p.m.
ST. JOAN
By George Bernard Shaw.  NT Live.
Gemma Arterton is Joan of Arc in Josie Rourke's production.

Joan: daughter, farm girl, visionary, patriot, king-whisperer, soldier, leader, victor, icon, radical, witch, heretic, saint, martyr, woman.

From the torment of the Hundred Years' War, the charismatic Joan of Arc carved a victory that defined France. Bernard Shaw's classic play depicts a woman with all the instinct, zeal and transforming power of a revolutionary.

Josie Rourke (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Vote, Coriolanus) directs Gemma Arterton (Gemma Bovery, Nell Gwynn, Made in Dagenham) as Joan of Arc in this electrifying masterpiece.

April 28: Te Ata

East Central University will be hosting a private screening for ECU students and employees of the Chickasaw Nation’s movie Te Ata on Friday, April 28 at 4:00 p.m. in ECU's Ataloa Theatre in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.

As with other ECU events, family members may also attend with a valid ECU ID.

Te Ata is based on the true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a woman who traversed cultural barriers to become one of the greatest Native American performers of all time. Mary took the stage name "Te Ata," which means “Bearer of Morning” in the Chickasaw language. As a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, Te Ata was an accomplished actor and teller of Native American stories and overcame various obstacles to perform in front of President Roosevelt, the King and Queen of Great Britain and on stages across the United States.
Many Oklahomans had the opportunity to participate in the movie as it was filmed locally, so viewers may see familiar faces and locations.

The Ataloa Theatre is named for another renowned Chickasaw artist, a cousin of Te Ata. Ataloa attended USAO and remained great friends with Te Ata for many years thereafter.

OPERATION MOZART

Thursday, April 13th at ECU in Ada, Oklahoma


Schedule of events
4:00 Keyboard recital directed by Mr. Skye Garcia

4:30 Instrumental recital directed by Dr. Nathaniel Berman

5:00 A Taste of Germany* (snacks) provided by ECU's chapter of the National Association for Music Educators (NAfME)

5:30 Choral recital featuring the University Chorale, directed by Dr. Steve Walker

6:00 "Amadeus: The Lines vs. the Letters," a talk given by Dr. Joshua Grasso

6:30 A Taste of Germany provided by NAfME: grilled brats with sauerkraut, potato cakes, and Black Forest cake.

7:30 Royal National Theatre of Great Britain's Amadeus, a recorded-live production. $10 for the general public; free for ECU students.

*When Wolfgang Mozart was born in Salzburg on the 27th of January, 1756, the Archbishopric of Salzburg was part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, but the state of Germany and the state of Austria as we know them did not yet exist.

Seventh Annual Film Festival Finale

Friday, February 24 at 4 pm
WHERE DO WE GO NOW? 
Directed by Nadine Labaki. Lebanon; Free.

Spring 2017 Schedule

All eight films will be screened in the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center located inside the Bill S. Cole University Center (near the corner of E. 13th Street and South Francis) on the campus of East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma.

Tickets are available at the door for $10 per person or $5 for students (with ID) unless otherwise noted.

Friday, January 13 at 7 p.m.
NO MAN'S LAND
By Harold Pinter. NT Live.
Starring Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.

Tuesday, January 31 at 7 p.m.
FRANKENSTEIN
By Nick Dear; based on the novel by Mary Shelley NT Live.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Frankenstein and Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature.

ECU's SIXTH ANNUAL FOREIGN FILM FESTIVAL
FREE FOREIGN FILMS: FRIDAYS IN FEBRUARY AT FOUR

Friday, February 3 at 4 pm
THE BLACK HEN
Directed by Min Bahadur Bham. Nepal; Free.

Friday, February 10 at  4 pm
LABYRINTH OF LIES
Directed by Giulio Ricciarelli. Germany; Free.

Friday, February 17 at 4 pm
THE GOLDEN DREAM 
Directed by Diego Quemada-Díez. Mexico; Free.

Friday, February 24 at 4 pm
WHERE DO WE GO NOW? 
Directed by Nadine Labaki. Lebanon; Free.

Thursday, March 23 at 7 pm
ANNA KARENINA 

Directed and choreographed by Angelica Cholina; based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy. Stage Russia HD; Free.

Thursday, April 13 at 7:30 pm
AMADEUS
By Peter Shaffer. NT Live.

No Man's Land

On Friday, January 13th at 7 pm in the Estep: Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart star in Harold Pinter’s "No Man's Land,"recorded live at Wyndham’s Theatre, London.

One summer's evening, two aging writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst's stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.

Don’t miss this glorious revival of Pinter’s comic classic. The broadcast will be followed by an exclusive Q&A with the cast and director Sean Mathias.

War Horse

Wednesday, December 21st at 2:00 p.m. in the Estep: the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain's production of "War Horse."

Since its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007, War Horse has become an international smash hit, capturing the imagination of millions of people around the world.

Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France. Filled with stirring music and songs, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-size puppets by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage.

We'll serve free ice cream during the interval.