Rust Flexible Theatre - 7:30 p.m. Randi Beaudelaire, junior year transfer and secret poet, has a major inconvenience: she’s totally in love with her best friend Roxanne and can’t seem to stop writing sappy poetry about it. So when Kristy, the new star of the softball team, asks Randi for help on how to woo Roxanne, what’s she supposed to do? Tell the truth? A queer romantic comedy about secrets, sonnets, and softball. Discounts available.

Rust Flexible Theatre. May 2 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. and May 5 at 2 p.m. Yeast Nation takes us back to the year 3,000,458,000 B.C. when the world’s first salt-eating yeasts float in the brine of the primordial sea. When the tyrannical king’s son dares to venture where no yeast has ventured before, the course of existence is changed… forever! Yeast Nation features an eclectic rock score, bizarre hilarity, and a story of love and hopes that, as the yeasts sing, 'is not only our story but yours.' Mature Content. Discounts available.

Cultural Arts Center - The Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival honors new American plays that provide dynamic performance opportunities for college-aged actors. The festival endeavors both to recognize playwrights for their outstanding work and to provide a resource for universities across the country to identify dynamic plays with robust roles for college-aged actors for production at their institutions. The festival features both a full-length and short-play division. The 2024 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival will be held in person at the Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance on the River Campus of Southeast Missouri State University from May 26 to June 1, 2024.

Mark your calendars now! Individual tickets for the 24/25 season go on-sale August 19 at 9 a.m. The Conservatory of Theatre and Dance performances include Noises Off, Oklahoma, Into the Woods, Godspell, She Kills Monsters, and more! Season ticket renewals will go out to current season ticket holders in late June, new season tickets can be purchased beginning July 29. Want to get on the list for season tickets? Call 573-651-2265 or email tickets@semo.edu.