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On today's show, we visit with Dr. David Crespy. David is directing a production of Xiomara Cornejo's "Romero" at the University of Missouri Department of Theater and Performance Studies. The play, which is based on the life of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero of El Salvador, includes the use of puppetry, projection and stilting to tell its story. April 18, 2025
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The 2022 Mizzou New Play Series will once again be a Zoom-only experience, something director DAVID CRESPY says is actually "pretty effective" thanks to its minimalist approach that was the case even when MNPS was performed in-person, pre-pandemic. Tickets on sale now! Also, dietitian KRISTEN EIFFERT, Missouri Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, is here to talk about the fragmentation of people's access to good nutritional information. (4:13) February 8, 2022
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The theme of this year's Masquerade Ball, an annual fundraiser for Columbia's Rainbow House, is Grease! RICHIE VANSKIKE invites everyone to hop in your…
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MU Theatre Department presents two, one-act plays next week: Adrienne Kennedy's 'Funny House of a Negro' and 'A Movie Star has to Star in Black and…
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Of the 20 plays included in this year's Mizzou New Play Series -- running Wednesday thru Sunday at McKee Gymnasium on the MU campus -- five are written by…
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DR. DAVID CRESPY tells us about "The Rimers of Eldritch," opening tomorrow night at the Rhynsburger Theatre on the MU campus. David says that each…
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Today, we're talking with three mid-Missouri authors - Mary Collins Barile, David Crespy and Brian Katcher. They've written plays, books on local folklore…
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Before he was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Lanford Wilson grew up in Southwest Missouri. On a recent episode of Thinking Out Loud, KBIA's Trevor…
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Today Paul Pepper visits with DAVID CRESPY, MU Theatre Department, about the 2017 Mizzou New Play Series. This year, 27 plays with stories about serial…
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Today Paul Pepper chats with ELLEN JORGENSEN, Global Perspectives Coordinator at Columbia Independent School, about Heifer International and the local…