February 12 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Free event hosted by Crowder College Theatre. All showing s will begin at 6pm in the Elsie Plaster Community Center. Enjoy quality readings of theatre excellence by Digital Theatre +
Dates are February 12, March 26 and May 7
January 21 @ 2:00 pm – January 22 @ 6:00 pm
There will be two days of auditions. First on January 21 from 2-4pm. Then January 22 from 4-6pm.
Auditions will be held in the Elsie Plaster Auditorium.
Audition Requirements: Reading from scripts. Roles needed: 3 men, 3 women, and various of either.
September 23, 2025
For Immediate Release
Office of Public Information
Crowder College
RE: Crowder Theatre hosting professional performance as student learning experience
Neosho, MO – Crowder College Theatre department will be hosting a free performance by TheatreSquared from Fayetteville, AR, Friday, September 26, starting at 9am in the Elsie Plaster Community Center on the Neosho campus.
Area high schools participating include Cassville, East Newton, Pierce City, Webb City, and Wheaton.
“The event is an opportunity for local students to have access to quality theatre performed by professionals,” state Annie Smith, Crowder Theatre Director.
The day will consist of three actors and their stage manager who love Shakespeare’s plays. They have prepared a presentation that will introduce all of his major tragedies to the student body. This Shakespearian extravaganza will take around… 8 hours. But with only 45 minutes on the clock, the actors will need to make some cuts. What should they focus on? The plots to overthrow regency? The greatest fights of all time? Or the epic death scenes? Excited by the challenge, the actors piece together a show that covers this great playwright’s tragedies in the funniest and fastest way possible.
The Shakespeare Show will be performed by professional actors working with the Education Department at TheatreSquared.
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If you have additional questions or plan to come, please let me know. Email: AnnieSmith@Crowder.edu
September 19, 2025
For Immediate Release
Office of Public Information
Crowder College
RE: Crowder Theatre presents The Beverly Hillbillies
Neosho, MO – Crowder College Theatre will present The Beverly Hillbillies, a play by David Rogers, based on the TV series by Paul Henning, directed by Annie Smith, Crowder College Theatre. The production will be held October 3-4, 7pm nightly and October 5, 2pm in the Elsie Plaster Community Center, Crowder College, Neosho.
“This production of The Beverly Hillbillies brings everyone’s favorite characters to the stage. We have a large group of actors who are making this a fun and memorable show for the whole family.”
The lovable Clampett family rides onto the stage for an evening of hillbilly hilarity. Starting in the Clampett’s mountain cabin, the play follows them through the discovery of oil, their improbable invasion of hi-falutin’ Beverly Hills society and the absurd adventures and ridiculous romances they encounter there.
Chicken and ‘Picken will be a fundraiser dinner event, 5:30pm Saturday, Oct. 4, on the campus. Dinner will include fried chicken with all the fixins’, entertainment by The Flatlander Mountain Boys, an award-winning Bluegrass band. Cost is $30 for adults and $20 for children dinner and theatre event included. Call 417.455.5470 by October 2 to make your reservation.
Tickets may be purchased in advance or at the door: Adults – $12, Children (under 12) – $8, Senior Citizens (age 65+) – $10, Crowder Faculty/Staff/Students – $10. For more ticket information or groups of 10 or more, call 417.455.5678
The production is approximately two hours long with one intermission. Production is rated G.
Crowder College has shows throughout the year. To find out more contact our Theatre director, Annie Smith, AnnieSmith@Crowder.edu
