The OU School of Musical Theater’s Class of 2011 will perform its recital Thursday evening to reflect on the students’ time in college and to honor a friend and classmate who died of cancer her sophomore year at OU.

The recital, at 5:30 p.m. in the Morris R. Pitman Recital Hall in Catlett Music Center, is dedicated to Amy Boe’s memory as a fundraiser for the Amy Elizabeth Roe Memorial Scholarship Fund.

The Class of 2011 dedicated the recital to Amy Boe, a drama major who succumbed to cervical cancer in October after the disease returned last summer, because they believed they learned lessons from her life, said Kristina Love, one of the performers and drama junior.

“Our recital is not just about singing and performing,” Love said. “We’re picking songs that are important to us, and we’re feeling those issues are important to us are important to the human heart and to the audience.”

The recital will feature solo, duet and group numbers among the eight performers, including songs from contemporary pop and musical theater to classic theater pieces, even several Disney numbers.

Love said the audience should wait and see what songs are performed so as to find out their meanings at the recital — each selection will be explained before it is performed.

“Every single song is pertinent to a lesson that we’ve learned in college,” Love said. “We have an excerpt that we’ve written [in the program] that incorporates a few quotes from Amy’s journal with lessons that we’ve learned from her and from her life.”

Love said Boe and her family believed the cancer had gone into remission after treatments in her senior year of high school and freshman year at OU because of positive signs like hair regrowth.

However, she said Boe never showed regret or pity that she was ill, and instead tried to make people laugh with her — both on-stage and off.

“This girl you would never know had cancer from her performing,” Love said. “She was so dedicated to it. [She] had a disco ball in her car — she was that kind of girl.”

Donations for the Amy Elizabeth Boe Memorial Scholarship fund will be accepted at the door.