MU's Summer Repertory Theatre in its 40th season

Monday, July 14, 2008

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Long before there was a Summer Repertory Theatre program at the University of Missouri, audiences gathered on the education building's roof to watch student-directed shows. Imagine 75 wooden folding chairs set up in a square around an invisible stage, and you begin to get a picture of what was known as the Starlight Theatre.

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