Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, setting the standards and rules of modern musical theatre. In a Western territory just after the turn of the 20th century, a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful background for Curly, a charming cowboy, and Laurey, a feisty farm girl, to play out their love story. Their romantic journey, as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road, contrasts with the comic exploits of brazen Ado Annie and hapless Will Parker in a musical adventure embracing hope, determination and the promise of a new land.

Event Details:

• Dates & Times:
  • August 8 at 7:00 PM
  • August 9 at 7:00 PM
  • August 10 at 7:00 PM
  • August 11 at 2:00 PM
• Performances will be held at the Contrarian Concert Hall & Theater located at 125 Main St. Festus, MO, 63028.

Buy your tickets now for only $15 and be part of this historical event!

This classic comedy opens on a friendly card game in the untidy apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it’s no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Ungar, who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed, and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds, Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together. The action unfolds with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.

Event Details:

• Dates & Times:
  • Nov 7 at 7:00 PM
  • Nov 8 at 7:00 PM
  • Nov 9 at 7:00 PM
  • Nov 10 at 2:00 PM
• Performances will be held at The Marquee on Main located at 516 Bailey Rd. Crystal City, MO, 63019.

Come join us for a magical evening of holiday entertainment from the players of Spotlight Community Theatre! This showcase includes performances by the most talented folks in our area and will highlight all the holiday favorites. We will also have multiple vocal and dance performances throughout our program for all ages to enjoy. You will be blown away by the talent and walk away with a twinkle in your eye!

Event Details:

Dates & Times:

• Dec 13 at 7:00 PM
• Dec 14 at 2:00 PM
• Dec 15 at 2:00 PM

Location

Performances will be held at Radiant Life Church located at 11533 Gamel Cemetary Rd. Festus, MO 63028.

This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

Event Details:

Dates & Times:

• Dec 6 at 7:00 PM
• Dec 7 at 7:00 PM
• Dec 8 at 2:00 PM

Location

Performances will be held at One Assembly Church located at 561 St. Joseph St. Herculaneum, MO 63048.

Our Acting Troupe Showcase consists of three 30-min comedies performed by three acting troupes! We have a youth troupe, a teen troupe, and an adult troupe! Performances will all take place on April 26-28 at Crystal City High School Theater located at 1100 Mississippi Ave, Crystal City, MO 63019. Shows will be at 7pm on April 26 & 27, and 2pm on April 28. Tickets are $15 and cover all three performances each night. 

Youth Troupe: Once Upon A Crime: The Trial of Goldilocks

Directed by: Charlie Labitska, Asst Director: Linda Potter

Will justice be served in this hilarious fairy-tale courtroom play packed with characters we all know and love?  It’s up to your audience, which serves as the jury and determines how the play ends!  Goldilocks is the defendant, on trial for breaking and entering.  The plaintiffs are — you guessed it — the three bears.  As their lawyers Henny Penny and Tom Thumb go toe-to-toe hoping to prove their respective clients’ cases, other fairy tale characters are called to testify as witnesses, including Hansel and Gretel, Jack and Cow, and Granny.  Even the Big Bad Wolf takes the stand, but can any of these witnesses be trusted themselves?  Is Goldilocks guilty or innocent?  With multiple endings to cover each possible outcome, your audience gets to decide her ultimate fate.

Teen Troupe: All the Ways the World Will End, But Not You

Directed by: Lucky Perry, Asst Director: Amy Perry

Let TED talk hosts Megan and Able be your guides to surviving every possible apocalypse. From blatant robot take-overs to dysfunctional zombie survivalist groups, from cute and deadly alien invasions to... bloodthirsty kittens? Okay, so the post-apocalypse world will be a little confusing. If we make it. Which we probably won't. But this play will help! We promise.

Adult Troupe: And Then There Was One: A Spoof

Directed by: Eric Haynes, Asst Director: Angi Ruble

This spoof of the famous stage mystery is all comedy, filled with hilarious sight gags and dialogue.  Ten people are brought together by mysterious invitation to the Reef Mansion on a tiny, isolated island.  Not one of them knows the host, who is nowhere to be found.  Still, he has left an ominous recording that bodes evil for the guests.  Like the chocolate soldiers that inexplicably disappear from the mantel one by one, the guests begin to die one by one.  Luckily, Inspector Miles is among the guests, but even he is stymied as to who the murderer could be.  As the guests begin to reappear in the final scene, we discover the farcical twist!  A great spoof, this delightful script that’s a cinch to costume and stage doesn’t miss any opportunity for lively comedy and humor.