Theatre & Dance Series
Continue to main contentThe students of the Jeanine Larson Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance put in countless hours of work to present top-notch productions. We’ll see you at the show!
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The 2025-2026 Dobbins Conservatory Season is Sponsored by Commerce Bank and the City of Cape Girardeau. Tickets go on sale August 18 at 9 a.m.
Grease
Sept. 25-27 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 27-28 at 2 p.m. Bedell Performance Hall. Ticket prices range from $26 - $30.50, discounts available. GREASE is the word! America’s favorite musical returns to the River Campus to kick off the 25-26 season. After spending a hopelessly devoted summer with Sandy, the new girl in town, Danny Zuko's world is thrown upside down when Sandy appears at Rydell High on the first day of school. What follows is a rock n' roll celebration of growin' up, cruisin' with friends, and goin' steady. The Dobbins Conservatory production also features songs from the smash hit 1978 motion picture, including "Sandy," "Hopelessly Devoted to You," "Grease," and "You're the One That I Want.” Parental guidance is suggested for children age 13 and under.
Lanford Wilson Short Plays
Oct. 9-11 at 7:30 p.m. Rust Flexible Theatre. Ticket prices range from $15.75- $19.25, discounts available. A diverse collection of the top 10 short plays selected at the 2025 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival. An exciting evening of theatre, with themes of life, love, coming-of-age, power, relationships, and human nature. Mature audiences recommended.
Working: The Musical
Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 1-2 at 2 p.m. Rust Flexible Theatre. Ticket prices range from $26 - $30.50, discounts available. Stephen Schwartz’ hit Broadway musical, Working, paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason, and the housewife, just to name a few. Nominated for six Tony Awards, this classic has been updated for a modern age, featuring new songs by Tony Award-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as favorites by Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, James Taylor, Micki Grant, and more. Mature audiences recommended.
Twelfth Night
Nov. 20-22 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 22-23 at 2 p.m. Rust Flexible Theatre. Ticket prices range from $26 - $30.50, discounts available. Dobbins Conservatory is warming up the fall season with a fresh take on Shakespeare’s comedy, Twelfth Night. This production will bring a sense of romantic whimsy and yearning to the coastal region of Illyria. Comedic mistaken identity and subterfuge abound, as the party rages, the laughter flows, and the live music plays on. Shakespeare’s comedy is the story of mistaken identity, concealed truth, and comic revelation.
Winter Dance Concert
Feb. 5-7 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. Bedell Performance Hall. Ticket prices range from $21- $24.75, discounts available. An exciting dance concert featuring original works by professional and student choreographers that will showcase a variety of dance genres.
Six Inches Above the Knee
Feb. 26-28 at 7:30 p.m.. and Feb. 28-Mar.1 at 2 p.m. Rust Flexible Theatre. Ticket prices range from $21 - $24.75, discounts available. The Dobbins Conservatory proudly presents yet another exciting “world-premiere” of the winning full-length script by Sally Seitz, chosen from more than 900 submissions nationally at the famed 2025 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival. "Okay, so, here’s the thing…there’s only one student speaker spot at The Harpeth Valley School for Girls 2013 graduation ceremony. And it will be absolutely over Mary Elizabeth, Mary Alice, Mary Louise, and M.KAT’s DEAD BODIES that they miss the chance to tell the whole school what Coach Mag did to their best friend Mary Morgan. It’s about time everyone heard her side of the story. Revenge is best served in a kilt!!!" Performance recommended for mature audiences.
Moving Perspectives
March 19-21 at 7:30 p.m., Rust Flexible Theatre. Ticket prices range from $15.75 - $19.25, discounts available. Featuring original works created and choreographed by the talented students in Holland College, enjoy an evening of contemporary dance performances.
Legally Blonde
April 9-11 at 7:30 p.m. and April 11-12 at 2 p.m., Bedell Performance Hall. Ticket prices range from $26 - $30.50, discounts available. OMG, you guys! The blockbuster movie turned Broadway musical sensation will dance across the River Campus stage this spring. When the effervescent Elle Woods is dumped by her boyfriend, she follows him to Harvard Law School, determined to win him back. But what starts as a plot to regain her relationship turns into much more as Elle realizes her true potential in law, love, and life. Legally Blonde is a hilarious, inspirational romp that proves you don’t have to change who you are to achieve your dreams. Parental guidance is suggested for children age 13 and under.
The Laramie Project
April 23-25 at 7:30 p.m., Rust Flexible Theatre. Ticket prices range from $15.75 - $19.25, discounts available. “Astonishing!” “An examination of the American psyche!” One of the most important and thought-provoking plays in the last quarter century, this story follows the death of Matthew Shepard, the university student whose murder in Laramie, Wyoming, became one of the highest profile hate crimes at the end of the twentieth century. Written by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project, this play is a portrait of an American town forced to confront itself, helping to change the way hate and love, and acceptance are discussed in this country. Performance recommended for mature audiences.
Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701