Southern Theatre to present "The Drowsy Chaperone"

(From Southern News Service)

Southern Theatre will stage a production of the musical “The Drowsy Chaperone” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, through Saturday, March 8, in Taylor Performing Arts Center on the campus of Missouri Southern State University.

Featuring music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, “The Drowsy Chaperone” boldly addresses a great unspoken desire in all of our hearts: to be entertained. It all begins when a die-hard musical-theater fan plays his favorite cast album on his turntable, and the musical literally bursts to life in his living room. The musical tells the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and keep, her true love.

The production is directed by Ann G. Lile.

Admission is $2 for Missouri Southern Students, $3 for faculty and staff, $5 for adults and $4 for seniors and non-MSSU students. Box office hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. For reservations, call 417-625-3190 or purchase tickets online at http://www.mssu.edu/ticket-office.

For requests for accommodations related to a disability, contact Terri Spencer at 417-625-9393 at least 72 hours before the performance.

(Photo: Ross Bruns, junior vocal music major, rehearses a scene from “The Drowsy Chaperone.”)

The cast for “The Drowsy Chaperone” includes:

MISSOURI

Carl Junction

Devri Brock – Senior theatre major
Dyanne Lile – Senior vocal performance major
Kyle Newby – Freshman vocal performance, tech theatre major

Carthage

Jesse Pendergraft – Sophomore vocal music education major

Houston

Kyle Jacobs – Junior theatre major

Joplin

Lauren Baker – Public relations major
Tori Mitchell – Sophomore vocal music education major
Mollie Sanders – Junior theatre major
James Zerkel – Theatre major

Neosho

Forrest Bunter – Freshmen music education major
Brooke Henry – Sophomore music education major

Pierce City

Amanda Jones – Junior vocal music education major

Pleasant Hill

Ross Bruns – Junior vocal performance major

Seneca

Elaina Bottles – Sophomore vocal performance major

Webb City

Zachary Pettit – Junior vocal music education major

KANSAS

Baxter SpringsSean Botts – Freshman theatre major
Trey Burkhart – Senior music industry major

 Fort Scott

Chris Clay – Senior music education major

 Independence 

Jackie Webb – Junior music and theatre major

 Neodesha

Cameron Lopez – Freshman theatre major