After nearly 30 years of intimate involvement in the glamour of Joplin Little Theatre’s stage and the chaos of behind-the-scenes management, Cecie Fritz’s history and the history of the longest continuously running community theater west of the Mississippi are one and the same. read more...

For 24 years, the Joplin Little Theatre has held an annual awards ceremony to commemorate the past year’s outstanding performances.

Encore chairman Greg Green said those years have been full of incredible performances, and this year’s event will pay tribute to the past. read more...

The Kiwanis Club of Excelsior Springs announced that reserve seats are now available for its annual summer musical, "42nd Street". "You can call the Edward Jones Ticketline at 637-2175 and reserve today," said Executive Director Tony Fanska. This new production of the ultimate Broadway show will delight the entire family with its grand settings, jaw dropping tap dancing and knock-out score written by lyricist Al Dubin and Academy Award-winning composer Harry Warren. read more...

Mark your calendars now for the 2nd Annual Springfield Shakespeare Festival in Jordan Valley Park, May 29 - June 8, 2008, preshow at 6:15, show starts at 8:15 p.m. This year's festival will present William Shakespeare's world famous comedy, A Midsummer Nights Dream. read more...

MIAMI, Okla. — The Miami City Council on Monday night gave approval for applying for a $75,000 Community Development Block Grant to fund development of a small park adjacent to the Coleman Theatre.

The theater and the vacant space proposed for the park are owned by the city. read more...

Richard Chasmer, from the Isle of Wight off the southern tip of England, was granted a day off Sunday by the queen to keep order outside the gates.

His charge wasn’t outside the castle in merry olde England, but at Landreth Park in Joplin during the first Joplin Renaissance Festival. read more...

The Joplin High School theater department will present “Little Shop of Horrors” at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, May 3, in T. Frank Coulter Auditorium.

The musical is about Seymour, a green-thumbed florist shop employee who finds a strange seedling and takes it home to grow, according to a press release from JHS. read more...

Tickets are now on sale for a production of Roald Dahl’s “James and the Giant Peach” at Missouri Southern State University.

The play will be presented at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 19-20, in Taylor Performing Arts Center and marks the 39th year for the university’s Children’s Theatre production. read more...

The first play to be produced by OTC’s new Fine Arts Department, “Picasso At the Lapin Agile,” all began in the Creamery Art Center’s Set Design/Fabrication Workshop with some students from OTC under the tutelage of Chuck Rogers (guru of the set design workshop.) read more...

McAuley Catholic High School's Theatre Department will host their first Theatre Workshop 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 29 in the high school multi-purpose room.

The workshop is free to area students, both high school and college age.

The special guest presenter for the workshop is Michele Pawk. read more...