Lifelong Learning at UCM presents “The Theatre Audience: Its Role and Imagination” at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at The BlackBox Theatre in UCM’s Nickerson Hall, 603 S. Washington St. in Warrensburg. Free parking is available across the street in the university’s Multipurpose Building parking lot. The program is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by the UCM Department of Theatre and Dance. Richard “Buzz” Herman, professor of theatre and dance, will focus on the connection between the audience and the players and understanding the audience’s role in a theatrical production. Lifelong Learning is designed to provide community programs for continued learning for people of various ages. For information about this and other Lifelong Learning programs, visit the website www.ucmo.edu/LLL.