Drama sophomore Amy Boe, who had fought cancer since high school, died Monday evening at her home in Houston. She turned 20 on Oct. 5.
Boe was a member of the drama department. Her OU theater debut this fall, in the production of “The Anatomy of Gray,” was also her farewell performance.
Drama sophomore Lauren Poindexter said Boe had a compelling “radiance” on the stage that every actor strives for and projected that same spirit off the stage.
“She just has this fire about her,” she said.
Poindexter said Boe was determined and strong. She said Boe had a quirky sense of humor and that Boe was oblivious to her talent as an actress. Boe had the ability to portray characters that other students were afraid to tackle, Poindexter said.
She said many other students would ask Boe for help with school because she was very smart.
“She aced all her tests without even trying,” Poindexter said.
Poindexter said Boe loved reading old tattered books that looked like they had been passed down her family.
Theater sophomore Mary Anthony said Boe had a lighthearted outlook about her diagnosis. She said Boe arrived at freshman orientation last year with her head shaved because of chemotherapy.
Throughout the year, Boe’s hair grew in, and her dark hair was beautiful, Anthony said.
When Boe was on stage, Anthony said members of the audience said they saw something different about her.
“I felt like she was teaching us on stage,” Anthony said.
Musical theater junior Heather Hurst said Boe’s performance in “The Anatomy of Gray” was touching and truthful.
Like many other characters in the production, Boe’s character contracts tuberculosis, and Boe stole the show with her character’s death scene, Hurst said.
“Out of every single show I’ve ever seen, every play, every musical, it was the most inspirational,” Hurst said.
Everyone in the audience who knew her story was in tears, Hurst said.
Boe starred in the production for the first week, but was not healthy enough to finish the entire run, Hurst said.
Services for Boe will be held Friday in Houston.
xderbn 3 years, 6 months ago
Amy was truly an exceptional person who will be sorely missed.
There will be a memorial service held at Christ United Methodist Church in Sugar Land at 2:00 on Friday. The address is 3300 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, Texas 77479.
A schorlarship fund has been established at the Univeristy of Oklahoma in the Drama Department that Amy so much loved. Ddonations can be made to the Amy Elizabeth Boe Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o the The Oklahoma University Foundation, 100 Timberdell, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019
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