Be our guest! We invite you to watch and enjoy as our students share their outstanding talents in plays, musicals, concerts, and art exhibitions. Guest speakers, performers and other special events add to the creative mix.
Current Arts Season
There’s always something artistically amazing happening on campus! Our Current Arts Season features plays and music concerts in the fall, followed by a spring semester filled with great plays, concerts, recitals, and a new Daum exhibition. We’ll close out the year with our annual Student Art Show, Student Theatre Showcase and Musical Retrospect. Join us!
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
The world-renowned Daum Museum of Contemporary Art on campus features a diverse permanent collection and offers three exhibition cycles each year and up to 15 exhibitions.
Support the Arts
The Arts entertain and enlighten; they spark innovation and creativity; and they improve academic performance. For these reasons and a host of others, we invite you to support the Arts at SFCC. Contributing is easy, and genuinely appreciated.
Performing Arts Auditions
We offer scholarships in all our fine and performing arts programs. These scholarships are open to high school seniors, transfer students, majors, and nonmajors. You are welcome to audition for multiple programs. To learn how to be considered for a scholarship and to schedule an audition, visit performing arts auditions.
SFCC Guest Artist Spotlight!!
🌟RACHAEL SWARTZ🌟
We are super excited to be able to bring in some super talented working theatre professionals to work with our students over this upcoming school year!
Today we would like to introduce Rachael Swartz! Rachael will be joining our production of PUFFS as our Dialect Coach. This coming October, Rachael will be working with the cast of PUFFS, both in person and virtually, to help them master the variety of dialects used in the show!
Rachael brings with her a wide variety of knowledge from her work on both professional theatre and film sets. We are very grateful she will be spending some time sharing her knowledge with our students!
Please welcome Rachael and feel free to read more about our wonderful Guest Artist below!
“Rachael is a Milwaukee/Chicago based actor, director, vocal coach and educator. She is a Professor of Theatre/Coordinator of Musical Theatre at University of Wisconsin-Parkside and additionally serves on the Acting and Musical Theatre faculty for Interlochen Center for the Arts. She is a proud union member of both Actors Equity and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Some of her recent Regional performance credits include: The 39 Steps (Annabella/Pamela/Margaret), The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess), and Romeo and Juliet (Nurse). Recent on-camera credits include work with the Travel Channel, ID, Oxygen and TV One
She previously served as Education Director at Maples Repertory Theatre and The Clinton Area Showboat Theatre, Education Associate at Greenbrier Valley Theatre, and Director of Theatre Arts Camps at The Lost Colony. She is a member of the Musical Theatre Educators Alliance, Voice and Speech Trainers Association, and the Lessac Training and Research Institute (Certified Trainer Candidate). In addition to acting and directing, she has served as a voice, dialect, and text coach for productions across the U.S. and Philippines.
For more on Rachael please visit:
https://rachaelswartz.com/“
🚨Update on Audition Materials🚨
We will be releasing our sides and musical selections for auditions to all of those who have signed up for auditions one WEEK from today (8/9)!!!
Haven’t signed up for your audition? Do so now at the following link! Doing so will ensure you get access to the audition materials as soon as they are available!!!
FORM TO SIGN UP:
https://forms.gle/Q5EgXzoA4qVNo34M7
More Detials about the shows and auditions!⬇️⬇️⬇️
Dates:
Monday and Tuesday (August 23 and 24) from 6pm-9pm meet in the Stauffacher Theatre.
What to prepare:
WITH THEIR EYES
Directing by Ryan P. Mahannah
Casting: 10-15E
Rehearsals (Monday- Friday) 6pm-10pm - August 25th-September 9th
Performances: September 10-12, 2021
Those who fill out the google form below will be emailed sides. These will be emailed out 8/9/21.
MURDER BALLAD
Directed by Kristen Henning
Casting: 2M/2F
Rehearsals (Monday-Friday) 6pm-10pm August 25th-October 6th
(The only weekend rehearsal will be Sunday, October 3rd afternoon to begin tech rehearsal)
Performances: October 7-10, 2021
A copy of the sides and music selections we will be using will be 8/9/21. Those who fill out the google form will be emailed these sides and selections. Since this musical is a 90-minute opera (all written parts of the musical are sung, including the dialogue) and rehearsals will begin the night immediately following auditions, it is highly recommended to listen to and become familiar with the MURDER BALLAD cast recording prior to auditioning. This is available in Spotify and YouTube.
PUFFS
Directed by Ryan P. Mahannah
Rehearsals (Monday-Friday)- October 11- November 16. There will be ONE MANDATORY SATURDAY REHEARSAL on October 16th from 9am-5pm. We will be going through a Master Class on the dialects from the show with our Guest Artist- Rachel Swartz. All cast members will be expected to attend.
Performances: November 17-21, 2022
5M/5F/1E
Those who fill out the google form will be emailed sides. These will be emailed 8/9/21.
GOOGLE AUDITION FORM: (Fill this form out to officially sign up for your audition).
https://forms.gle/Q5EgXzoA4qVNo34M7
Questions or concerns? Please email Rmahannah@sfccmo.edu!
🚨🚨SFCC THEATRE TICKETS ON SALE NOW!🚨🚨
We are pleased to announce that tickets for ALL of our shows in the 2021-2022 SFCC Theatre Season are now ON SALE! 🎭
⬇️Get your tickets for any show at: ⬇️
http://SFCCTheatre.eventbrite.com
✨SFCC Theatre Season 2021-2022✨
WITH THEIR EYES- September 10-12, 2021*, Yeater Learning Center
MURDER BALLAD - October 7-10, 2021, Thompson O’Sullivan Studio Theatre
PUFFS- November 17-21, 2021
Stauffacher Theatre
LEVELING UP- February 24- March 6, 2022
Thompson O’Sullivan Studio Theatre
THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL- April 21-May 1, 2022
Stauffacher Theatre
🎫 Some Quick Facts about our SFCC Theatre Tickets 🎫
✅Tickets are $5 for each for all shows!*
✅Shows that take place in the Thompson O’Sullivan Studio Theatre are General Admission!
✅Shows that take place in the Stauffacher Theatre are assigned seating. You may choose your seat at check out!
✅On Saturday showings, we will have SFCC Dinner Theatre available as add on for $13 a ticket. This includes dinner and dessert before the show. Spongebob’s Character Dinner Theatre will include a visit from the cast of Spongebob The Musical during your dinner. Space is limited.
*WITH THEIR EYES will be presented free of charge. Donations will be accepted. Reservations through Eventbrite are strongly encouraged as seating is limited.
Any questions? Email our Theatre Program Coordinator at Rmahannah@sfccmo.edu or call the Box Office - 660-530-5814. (If no one answers please leave a message and we will get back to you. Please note we will announce official Box Office hours once Fall 2021 begins).
We have some very talented SFCC Theatre Freshman coming in and we are now going to take some time to introduce them to you! All of these students you will see in these posts are also on a Performing Arts Scholarship for SFCC Theatre.These talented students will be working on our SFCC Theatre 2021-2022 Season both on and off-stage! Lend us a hand in welcoming our new Roadrunners!
SPOTLIGHT ON: Cameron Judd
“Hello, hello wonderful people around the globe, name is Cameron Judd and I’m from Columbia, Missouri. I just graduated from Rock Bridge High School (oh, how the time flies by ever so quickly.) Past roles include being a Scooter Clown in a play called “Freak”, and being well known as my famous role yet, the ever so charming Superintendent in “Drowsy Chaperone” (I was a late bloomer in the acting department, didn't start as early as I should've.)
Jokes aside, Some of my favorite hobbies include cracking jokes, doing impressions of cartoon characters, playing games, singing, and reading a nice book or two every once in a while. I cannot express my gratitude enough towards State Fair Community College for allowing me an incredible opportunity to get an AFA degree in Theatrical Arts!”
We have some very talented SFCC Theatre Freshman coming in and we are now going to take some time to introduce them to you! All of these students you will see in these posts are also on a Performing Arts Scholarship for SFCC Theatre.These talented students will be working on our SFCC Theatre 2021-2022 Season both on and off-stage! Lend us a hand in welcoming our new Roadrunners!
SPOTLIGHT ON: Miranda Duryee
Hello! My name is Miranda and I’m from Warrensburg, Missouri. I graduated high school in 2017 and became a licensed cosmetologist in 2019. Some of my favorite roles have been Snow White in “Rumplestiltskin: Private Eye”, Lady Capulet in “Crumpled Classics”, and Cheshire Cat in “Dorothy in Wonderland”.
Outside of theatre/performing, I enjoy working with children, writing stories/scripts, and cosplay! I will be an AFA Theatre major at SFCC and I’m so excited to see what this season brings for the program!
We have some very talented SFCC Theatre Freshman coming in and we are now going to take some time to introduce them to you! All of these students you will see in these posts are also on a Performing Arts Scholarship for SFCC Theatre.These talented students will be working on our SFCC Theatre 2021-2022 Season both on and off-stage! Lend us a hand in welcoming our new Roadrunners!
SPOTLIGHT ON: Tevin Mershon
“Hi, my name is Tevin. I am from Lawrence KS. I just graduated from Free State High School. I like to work backstage on shows. Some of my favorite theatre memories are building the set and running lights on “Wait Until Dark”, being Technical Director for “Up the Down Staircase”, and building the set and being on run crew for “Chicago”. I am happy to be in the SFCC Theatre Program as an AFA Theatre Major.
When I am not working on a show I am listening to musicals, reading DC comic books, playing tabletop and video games, doing woodworking, and sometimes I like to watch Supernatural.”
We have some very talented SFCC Theatre Freshman coming in and we are now going to take some time to introduce them to you! All of these students you will see in these posts are also on a Performing Arts Scholarship for SFCC Theatre.These talented students will be working on our SFCC Theatre 2021-2022 Season both on and off-stage! Lend us a hand in welcoming our new Roadrunners!
SPOTLIGHT ON: Kaden Green
“Hey! I’m Kaden and I am from Sedalia, Missouri, and I have recently graduated from Smith Cotton High School! Some of my favorite roles in past shows I have done are: Bill in “Mamma Mia”, Ed in “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime”, Buddy in “We Will Rock You”, and Mounty the Moose in “Gustav: The Goose Who Couldn’t Fly”.
Outside of performing, I was the treasurer of my schools ITS troupe, and I have ushered and participated in set builds for other plays. I am coming to SFCC as a music major and theatre minor, and I can’t wait to join the departments this fall!”
We have some very talented SFCC Theatre Freshman coming in and we are now going to take some time to introduce them to you! All of these students you will see in these posts are also on a Performing Arts Scholarship for SFCC Theatre.These talented students will be working on our SFCC Theatre 2021-2022 Season both on and off-stage! Lend us a hand in welcoming our new Roadrunners!
SPOTLIGHT ON: Garrett Lampert
“Hi! I’m Garrett and I graduated from Liberty North High School in Liberty, Missouri. Some of my favorite shows I’ve been in are Guys and Dolls, Seussical, as well as Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Some of my favorite theatre memories have been participating in The Blue Star Awards, and being on the direction team of our 2020 Musical.
Outside of performing, I play baseball and like to think I’m a crafty person. I will be pitching for the baseball team at SFCC while being an AFA Theatre Major. I’m looking forward to balancing my two passions of theatre and baseball!”
We have some very talented SFCC Theatre Freshman coming in and we are now going to take some time to introduce them to you! All of these students you will see in these posts are also on a Performing Arts Scholarship for SFCC Theatre.These talented students will be working on our SFCC Theatre 2021-2022 Season both on and off-stage! Lend us a hand in welcoming our new Roadrunners!
SPOTLIGHT ON: Ainsley McKellips
Ainsley McKellips is an incoming Freshman from Coffeyville, Kansas and will be an AFA Theatre Major in the Fall. Ainsley has been onstage since she was a little girl. Some favorite roles include, Morticia Addams in “The Addams Family”, Princess Anna in “Frozen Jr.”, Vivienne Kensington in “Legally Blonde Jr.”, Witch in “Macbeth/ River of Blood”, and her absolute favorite role being Natalie Haller in “All Shook Up”.
Hobbies for outside of theatre for Ainsley include- singing, reading, doing karaoke with her sisters, writing stories and plays, and making people laugh. She would like to give a shout out to her dog Penny, because she always has to deal with her singing all the time.
We have some very talented SFCC Theatre Freshman coming in and we are now going to take some time to introduce them to you! All of these students you will see in these posts are also on a Performing Arts Scholarship for SFCC Theatre.These talented students will be working on our SFCC Theatre 2021-2022 Season both on and off-stage! Lend us a hand in welcoming our new Roadrunners!
SPOTLIGHT ON: Carri Macek
“Hi my name is Carri and I’m from Sedalia, Missouri! I just graduated from Smith Cotten High School here in town. Some of my favorite past roles include: Mrs. Alexander from “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” and Iago from “Aladdin”.
Outside of theater/performing I enjoy back stage work, pottery, and criminal justice. I am coming to SFCC as a Criminal Justice major but can’t wait to be apart of the SFCC Theatre program!”
Shout out to Future SFCC Roadrunner - Tevin Mershon for graduating from Free State High School in Kansas! Tevin made sure to show his Roadrunner spirit today at graduation!! Congratulations Tevin Mershon! See you on campus in August!
We are so proud of the work of our 2021 Class here at SFCC Theatre! Check out some moments from each graduates time here at SFCC! Thank you for gracing our stage and backstage with your talents!
Go over to our Facebook page to find out more about these graduates!
Future Roadrunner Shout Out!
Last night future Roadrunner, Tevin Mershon from Free State High School (Lawrence, KS) closed his final show of his high school career- UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE!
Tevin served as the production’s Technical Director and Master Carpenter! He has served in many other technical theatre positions in his time at Free State. He will be joining SFCC AFA Theatre program in the Fall on a Performing Arts Scholarship!
We are super excited to have Tevin joining the Roadrunner family! We can’t wait to see the work you bring to our program! Welcome Tevin Mershon!
Also pictured Brian Percival, Free State High School Theatre teacher, Director of UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE.
SFCC Theatre is proud to announce our Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 5- Irene Ryan Nominees for our production of FIRST DATE! These students will be representing SFCC Theatre at the KCACTF Region 5 Festival in January 2022 by competing in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Competition. Congrats to our wonderful students, we can't wait to see the work you bring to KCACTF!
SFCC Theatre's FIRST DATE Irene Ryan Nominees:
Annie Henson- Casey
Quincy Wilson- Man 3 (Gabe, Stoner Guy, YouTube)
Brianna Harlow- Woman 2 (Allison, Facebook)
Future Roadrunner Shout Out!
This afternoon, Rock Bridge High School, in Columbia, invited our Theatre Program Coordinator (Ryan Mahannah) to take part in their signing day for a future SFCC Roadrunner!
We would like to welcome Cameron Judd who will be joining the SFCC Theatre family on a SFCC Performing Arts Scholarship starting in Fall 2021! Cameron officially signed his scholarship today and is ready get on campus in the fall.
Also pictured are Cameron’s classmate and teachers who also came out to show their support!
Welcome Cameron!
One more showing today of FIRST DATE at 2pm in the Stauffacher! Free Admission and doors open at 1:30pm! Masks are required!
Don’t miss your last chance to see this hysterical show!
*This show is recommended for audiences 16 years and older due to mature themes and explicit language. Parental discretion is advised.*
A blind date can be a roller coaster of emotions. How did Aaron (Ben Brewer) and Casey (Annie Henson) find themselves in these moments seen here? Come join us for FIRST DATE tonight at 7:30pm or tomorrow at 2pm!
Audiences can’t stop laughing at this present day romantic comedy as it unfolds in real time (95 minutes) right in front of their eyes. You have to be here to see it for yourselves!
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FIRST DATE: A Musical Comedy
Book by Austin Winsberg
Music and Lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
Directed by Ryan P. Mahannah
Music directed by Jan Turley
Choreographed by Lauren Scarborough
THE STORY: When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner.
*This show is recommended for audiences members 16 years and older due to explicit language and mature themes. Parent discretion is advised.*
Show Dates:
April 22-24, 2021 at 7:30pm
April 25, 2021 at 2pm
The show is FREE for all and will have socially distanced, first come first served seating of about 60 patrons per performance. Masks are required for all audience members at all times on the SFCC campus.
For special accommodations please email, Theatre Arts Program Coordinator - Ryan Mahannah at Rmahannah@sfccmo.edu to submit your request.
Thank you to The Sedalia Democrat for the front page story about our show both on and backstage! Be sure to grab a copy from a news stand today!! Interviews with the Director (Ryan Mahannah) and Casey (Annie Henson) are in the story as well!
We had such a wonderful “full” house for our opening night of FIRST DATE! After the show we received reviews from our patrons such as:
“I haven’t laughed like that in a long time! Great show!”
“What a wild ride. Non stop fun and laughter!”
“I don’t know what I expected going in but it wasn’t that! This show is one of the funniest I’ve ever seen and the performers do a wonderful job!”
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FIRST DATE: A Musical Comedy
Book by Austin Winsberg
Music and Lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
Directed by Ryan P. Mahannah
Music directed by Jan Turley
Choreographed by Lauren Scarborough
THE STORY: When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner.
*This show is recommended for audiences members 16 years and older due to explicit language and mature themes. Parent discretion is advised.*
Show Dates:
April 22-24, 2021 at 7:30pm
April 25, 2021 at 2pm
The show is FREE for all and will have socially distanced, first come first served seating of about 60 patrons per performance. Masks are required for all audience members at all times on the SFCC campus.
For special accommodations please email, Theatre Arts Program Coordinator - Ryan Mahannah at Rmahannah@sfccmo.edu to submit your request.
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT!
Opening Night of FIRST DATE has arrived!! These students (both cast and crew) have worked so hard to bring this piece of theatre to life! Come check out the this timely and relevant romantic comedy this weekend and, get your fill of laughs while you’re here!
See you at the theatre! 🎭
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FIRST DATE: A Musical Comedy
Book by Austin Winsberg
Music and Lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
Directed by Ryan P. Mahannah
Music directed by Jan Turley
Choreographed by Lauren Scarborough
THE STORY: When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner.
*This show is recommended for audiences members 16 years and older due to explicit language and mature themes. Parent discretion is advised.*
Show Dates:
April 22-24, 2021 at 7:30pm
April 25, 2021 at 2pm
The show is FREE for all and will have socially distanced, first come first served seating of about 60 patrons per performance. Masks are required for all audience members at all times on the SFCC campus.
For special accommodations please email, Theatre Arts Program Coordinator - Ryan Mahannah at Rmahannah@sfccmo.edu to submit your request.
We were so glad that SCHS Drama Club- Smith Cotton High School- came out to our Final Dress rehearsal of FIRST DATE tonight!!
We can wait to share this production with you all tomorrow!! It’s such a fun time! Be there tomorrow at 7:30pm for OPENING NIGHT!! Doors open at 7:00pm and get ready for some laughs!
