Columbia Entertainment Company
your community theatre
Founded in 1979, Columbia Entertainment Company is now in its 47th season!
Our Mission:
The mission of Columbia Entertainment Company is to enrich the community by providing quality live theatre experiences to the citizens of mid-Missouri through education and participation.
Our Vision:
CEC strives to share community-driven, professional-level productions, highlighting the diversity and culture of our community, and to provide the pre-eminent theatrical experience for Mid-Missouri audiences and participants.
Our Values:
Respect · Engagement · Inclusion · Collaboration · Quality · Professionalism · Integrity · Passion
Columbia Entertainment Company is proud to present:
Season 47: Your Passport to Mystery, Mayhem, & Maybe Dysentery
Spider’s Web
Book by Agatha Christie
September 18-28, 2025
Clarissa, wife of a diplomat, is adept at spinning tales of adventure, but when a murder takes place in her drawing room, she finds live drama much harder to cope with. Desperate to dispose of the body before her husband arrives with an important politician, she enlists the help of her guests. Hilarity ensues when they are interrupted by the arrival of wry detective Inspector Lord.
With this conscious parody of the detective thriller, Christie delivers a unique blend of suspense and humor. There is tension and laughter in equal parts in an intricate plot of murder, police, drug addicts, invisible ink, hidden doorways and secret drawers.
Licensed through Concord Theatricals.
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
October 31 - November 9, 2025
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”
That “Sweet Transvestite” and his motley crew did the “Time Warp” on Broadway in a 25th anniversary revival. Complete with sass from the audience, cascading toilet paper, and an array of other audience participation props, this deliberately kitschy rock ’n’ roll sci-fi gothic musical is more fun than ever!
This production is a wild, campy, and an outrageous celebration of individuality, freedom, and self-expression. It contains strong language, sexual themes, partial nudity, flashing lights, and audience interaction.
Recommended for ages 18+.
Licensed through Concord Theatricals.
Del Shore’s Sordid Lives
March 5 - 15, 2026
Del Shores’ Sordid Lives is a riotous, unapologetic comedy that pulls back the lace curtain on a Texas family where secrets are currency, gossip is a sport, and tradition clashes head-on with truth. When an unexpected death brings the eccentric clan together, long-buried scandals, forbidden desires, and jaw-dropping revelations explode into the open—forcing everyone to confront who they are and who they pretend to be.
Outrageously funny and surprisingly heartfelt, Sordid Lives skewers small-town hypocrisy while celebrating authenticity, resilience, and chosen family. Packed with sharp dialogue, iconic characters, and laugh-out-loud moments, this cult classic delivers camp, chaos, and compassion in equal measure. Bold, brash, and brutally honest, Sordid Lives proves that sometimes the most dysfunctional families tell the truest stories.
Licensed through Concord Theatricals.
The Trail to Oregon!
June 4 - 14, 2026
Based on "The Oregon Trail" video game, this interactive musical comedy follows a family on an unexpectedly dangerous family trip to Oregon in 1848. The party encounters various dangers like the Great Columbia River (the most dangerous river in the world), dysentery, and the mysterious outlaw The Bandit King—but the ultimate decider of the family's fate is the audience, who also names each of them at the start of the show.
Licensed through Starkid Productions.
CEC Special Events
Explore improv in a friendly judgment-free space. Learn the basics, meet new people, and surprise yourself!
Saturday, January 10
12pm -2pm
Register Here: Improv Workshop
STUFF by Michael Kramer
A Staged Reading
Friday, January 23 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 24 2:00 p.m.
As Walter suffers from dementia, his wife, Patty, downsizes by giving sometimes unwanted stuff to her grown children. After the parents both pass away, the children and their spouses face the difficult task of dividing up and disposing of the lifetime accumulation of their parents stuff.
STUFF explores a mixture of happy memories and sad realities for adult children dealing the accumulation of stuff of their parents as they age and then pass away.
Visit Us:
1800 Nelwood Dr, Columbia MO 65202
If you are having trouble, give us a call at (573) 474-3699
Hours:
Box Office and Lobby opens 45-60 minutes prior to show time