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.