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Cedric the Entertainer returns to Cape for benefit show for Southeast Missouri State University; Tickets go on sale Friday
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Tickets will go on sale Friday, Jan. 12 for “A Night with Cedric The Entertainer,” a comedy show to benefit Southeast Missouri State University. The event will be at 7:30 p.m. March 23 at the Show Me Center.
SEMO President Dr. Carlos Vargas announced the show during Homecoming weekend to benefit the Department of Mass Media as well as scholarships for students in Cedric’s fraternity at SEMO.
“We are pleased to welcome Cedric back to SEMO,” said Vargas. “He is a true ambassador for SEMO, and we are appreciative of his efforts to help us continue strengthening our academic programs and supporting our students.”
Ticket Information
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at the Show Me Center Box Office or online at ShowMeCenter.BIZ. Ticket prices start at $49 and go up to $125. Also, a $100 VIP experience upgrade is available which includes a meet and greet and photograph with Cedric. Event ticket purchase required for the VIP Experience.
About Cedric The Entertainer
A Caruthersville, Missouri, native, Cedric “The Entertainer” Kyles is a 1987 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a degree in mass communication. His career, which spans 30 years as an actor and comedian, has solidified his status as one of the world’s premier performers on the stage, in film and on television.
Currently, Cedric is starring in and executive producing the CBS television hit comedy “The Neighborhood,” hosting and executive producing “The Greatest #AtHome Videos,” executive producing the dramedy “Johnson” for Bounce TV, and recently executive produced and hosted the 73rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
He also co-starred in “The Last O.G.,” opposite Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish, and is reprising his role as Uncle Bobby in Disney+’s “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder.” He was recently seen in a dramatic role portraying legendary civil rights activist and leader, Ralph Abernathy, in the feature film, “Son Of The South,” executive produced by Spike Lee. He will soon begin production of the sequel to his hit “Johnson Family Vacation,” that he will again star in and produce. Cedric won a 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for “The Neighborhood.”