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Thursday, June 9, 2011

River Campus announces 2011-2012 season

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KRCU) - Tickets for the 2011-2012 season at the River Campus are now on sale.

The upcoming season will feature a wide variety of touring companies as well as local productions.

Touring productions will include the Cab Calloway Orchestra, Blast!, Sister’s Christmas Catechism, the Golden Dragon Acrobats, the Moscow Festival Ballet performing Don Quixote, and the musical Young Frankenstein.

The Department of Theatre & Dance will put on performances of Hamlet, Into the Woods, The Pajama Game, and Lend Me a Tenor. They will also perform Fall into Dance 2011 and Spring into Dance 2012.

Assistant Director Bob Cerchio says that the season will bring something for everybody.

"The variety is always out there. The Theatre & Dance Department does magnificent performances. The Department of Music has so many different artists and ensembles. And also the Visual Arts are out there too with both the Crisp Museum and the Department of Art," Cerchio said.

There will also be classical music performances by Mark O’Connor, Allen Vizzutti, and the St. Petersburg State Orchestra, as well as the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra.

Season tickets are now on sale. Individual tickets may be purchased after July 13.

Jacob McCleland, KRCU