September 29, 2008

MoHiP Theatre to Present Reunion at Society Annual Meeting

Missouri History in Performance Theatre will present its new World War II-themed play, Reunion, as part of The State Historical Society of Missouri’s Annual Meeting, at the Tiger Hotel in downtown Columbia on November 1, 2008.

The reader’s theatre production, written by Columbia playwright Mary Paulsell, is set at a World War II veterans’ reunion and based on wartime letters and other GI correspondence now held at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. Through tales of heroism, longing, and loss, listeners will be transported back to the early 1940s. The popular Boogie Woogie Babes of Jefferson City will provide music from the period, singing the hits of the Andrews Sisters.

Reunion is only part of the day’s events at this year’s Annual Meeting. The Society is also offering two concurrent sessions at 9:30 a.m. MU professor emeritus Walter A. Schroeder will discuss the “Cultural Regions of Missouri,” and David Moore and William Stolz will explore “World War II Research and Preservation at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia.” The 2008 Brownlee Award recipients will be announced, with more than $6,500 in grants for individuals and organizations to write publications about, or otherwise document, the history of Missouri and its citizens.

Reservations for The State Historical Society of Missouri’s Annual Meeting and Luncheon are required and must be made no later than October 14, 2008. For more information or to register for the Annual Meeting, call the Society at (573) 882-7083 or go online at http://shs.umsystem.edu/annualmeeting/index.shtml

About MoHiP Theatre

The State Historical Society’s Missouri History in Performance Theatre (MoHiP) Theatre is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages to learn history through the medium of the theatre. Area playwrights craft scripts from historical primary resources, such as personal letters, newspaper stories, and nineteenth-century plays, to bring to life the stories that make up Missouri’s history. Using the flexibility of the reader’s theatre concept, the productions use minimal sets and three to five trained performers, with presentations generally running forty-five minutes to an hour in length.

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September 02, 2008

New Hours Effective September 2, 2008

The State Historical Society of Missouri and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia facilities will be open to patrons the following hours:

• Monday - Friday, 8:00 - 4:45
• Saturday, 8:00 - 3:30

Note that both will be now be closed on Tuesday evenings.

SHS and WHMC will also observe the same holiday schedule.

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