BUTLER COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - Center Stage, Three Rivers College’s student/staff/community theater, has announced its 2012-13 season of four productions.

The season will include the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Our Town” Oct. 19-21; the holiday favorite “It’s a Wonderful Life” Nov. 16-18; “Egad, What a Cad, an Old Fashioned Melodrama” March 15-17, and the musical “Godspell” May 10-12.

Roles in Center Stage performances are open to Three Rivers students, college employees, and community members. Auditions are held four to five weeks prior to the performance.

“We held an open audition, and I was impressed with the talent in this community,” said Robert Cook, Director of Center Stage and the Three Rivers Tinnin Fine Arts Center and a theatre instructor at the college. “The goal of Center Stage is to provide performance opportunities to those in the area interested in acting and theater and to provide a wide range of theater experiences to the community.”

SEDALIA, MO (KFVS) - The 2nd annual Show-Me Bluegrass Festival returns to the Missouri State Fair Wednesday, August 15.

The festival will feature 10 bluegrass bands and is again being sponsored by AgriMissouri.

"The Show-Me Bluegrass Festival brings a unique atmosphere to the fairgrounds," said fair Director Mark Wolfe.

Among the bands will be Charlie and the Girls, a group that recently took 4th place honors in a Youth in Bluegrass competition at Silver Dollar City. They will perform at 3 p.m. on the Budweiser Stage.

Other bands to perform will be River Berry, Misty Mountain, Whetstone, Beverly's Hillbillies and Bluegrass Missourians.

Amateur musicians are encouraged to showcase their talent during the festivities. A 4 p.m. jam session will be held in the Show-Me Tent for anyone bringing an instrument. A banjo contest is at 6 p.m. on the Touchstone Energy Stage.

POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) - The Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis will perform "Othello in a Breath" at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Sponsored by the Missouri Arts Council, the show will be presented by the Patrons of the Arts Society of Three Rivers College.

Tickets are on sale now. You can buy them for $10 each online at trcc.edu/tinnin or at the college Business Office, the Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce or at the door the night of the performance.

The actors with the Shakespeare Festival will lead a 15-minute talkback discussion following their 7 p.m. performance on Feb. 21.  Area high school English, literature and drama teachers and their students are also invited to attend two separate workshops from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. the afternoon before the performance.