MU Theatre Department

'Thoughts of a Colored Man' writer Keenan Scott II is back at Mizzou with another original title, 'The Genius of Being Stupid'. (Mr. Scott is also now a graduate student here!) Heather Carver says his new play is a part of the 2024 Life and Literature Performance Series, and will be accompanied by solo works from other student playwrights during a weekend you won't want to miss! September 18, 2024

Brandon V. Riley is the director and choreographer of '9 to 5: The Musical', an upbeat show he says "we need right now." Let the toe-tapping begin July 3rd inside the Rhynsburger Theatre on the MU campus! June 24, 2024

Enjoy an evening of music by Stephen Sondheim next Saturday at Christian Fellowship Church in Columbia. EMILY EDGINGTON ANDREWS and JOY POWELL are here with more about this joint concert from Columbia Chorale and MU Theatre Department, and about the scholarship that will benefit from funds raised! Also, DAYNA GLANZ tells us about OsteoStrong's "very safe way" to build bone density, and if it matters that you step away from treatments for a period of time. (3:46) April 18, 2023

"The Wolves" - a coming-of-age story about nine high school girls who play soccer - opens this Wednesday for a five-day run inside the Studio 4 theatre on the MU campus. Guest: KASEY LYNCH, director | Also, Children's Grove president KIM DUDE-LAMMY joins us during 'Kindness Month' to talk about 'Kindness Clubs', an outreach project for elementary and middle school students throughout Boone County. Children's Grove has a big event coming up this Thursday, watch for details! (3:28) April 17, 2023

"Luchadora!" director ADAM FLORES introduces us to this relatively new play about a young woman who expresses herself through the art of lucha libre wrestling. Curtain goes up this Wednesday at the Rhynsburger Theatre on the MU campus! Also, "Mr. Mizzou" himself, WALLY PFEFFER, introduces us to freshman ETHAN VANDERWERT, recipient of Mizzou Alumni Association's scholarship program. (3:49) March 6, 2023

MU Theatre Department opens 'The Prom' this Friday inside the Rhynsburger Theatre on the MU campus. Director JOY POWELL describes this contemporary show as "very funny" with a "great message". Also, registered dietitian KRISTEN EIFFERT, PhD, joins us to talk about the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle as we age: "even at 30 we start losing some of our muscle strength if we are sedentary." (3:18) November 1, 2022

A well-rested, post-Art in the Park KELSEY HAMMOND is here to invite everyone to this Friday's reception for the Members' Summer Show at the Columbia Art League. "It's a nice time to be around other people who appreciate art." Also, MU Theatre Department opens AIDA this Thursday at the Rhynsburger Theatre on the MU campus! If you're not familiar with the show, today's guests, LES GRAY and JOY POWELL, tell us all about it. (3:54) June 21, 2022

MU Theatre Department is ready to take you back to the year 1793 with Lauren Gunderson's play, 'The Revolutionists'. Director CLAIRE SYLER tells us about this "grand and dream-tweaked comedy" centered on four historical women whose names you'll probably recognize. Curtain goes up next Wednesday. Also, Carpet One Floor and Home general manager SCOTT BRADLEY explains what the heck marmoleum is and how it differs from the more widely-known linoleum. (4:39) April 21, 2022

If you're familiar with any entry in 'The War of the Worlds' lineage (the book, the radio broadcast, the movie...), then you have a general idea of what you're going to get when you go see MU Theatre Department's stage version of H.G. Wells' sci-fi classic, but there's still more to the story, according to assistant director LES GRAY! Also, BRITTANY WHITLEY is back with good news: MOST Policy Initiative is making a real impact in Jefferson City. "1 in 3 lawmakers know who we are and have asked us for information, in both parties." (4:20) March 8, 2022

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