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BABY tells the story in words and music of three couples on a university campus as they deal with the painful, rewarding and agonizingly funny consequences of this universal experience. There are the college students, barely at the beginning of their adult lives; the 30-somethings, having trouble conceiving but determined to try; and the middle aged parents, looking forward to seeing their last child graduate from college when a night of unexpected passion lands them back where they started. A Delightful Musical Comedy.
If American Anger manifested in the body, what would the symptoms be? Hallucinations of the American Dream? A trickle down economy in the back of the throat? A rash, a fever – a red, white and blueness? In this hysterical and frightening journey, Harry and his family fight the disease and ask themselves – What is my anger doing to me, and how can I do it to them?
Joanna McClelland Glass’s play centers on five couples in the Detroit neighborhood of Palmer Park following the race riots of 1967. Their integrated lives are threatened when the high performing neighborhood school is forced to accept children from an adjacent working-class neighborhood. Racial harmony and friendships are changed forever with very sad and very real consequences. History Museum-Co-Production with the Black Rep
Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize winning play about a girl named Li'l Bit who gets driving lessons (and a whole lot more she didn't bargain for) from her Uncle Peck, and how their relationship progresses from familial friendship to something darker. The comic drama is told in flashback by the now grown woman as we learn what she learned about exploitation, control and forgiveness.
It’s a hot summer evening in St. Louis - air-conditioners are blasting, TV’s are blaring, and tempers are as feverish as the weather. An electrical blackout and some cool water bring together an unlikely community in this musical re-telling of the Gospel of Matthew. This production focuses on the harmonies of the music accompanied by acoustic instruments.
Shanara Gabrielle was most recently seen in the St. Louis Rep's production of Macbeth and is soon to be seen in Black Pearl Sings! at The Black Rep. Her New York credits include "Queenie" in the first NYC revival of Michael John LaChiusa's The Wild Party, the original cast of The American Girls Revue, a number of shows with Metropolitan Playhouse, Musicals Tonight, and Theatre for the New City, as well as the first national tour of In The Mood. Shanara's regional credits include Guthrie Theater, Great River Shakespeare Festival, American Heartland Theatre, Northern Stage, Hollywood Playhouse, Upstream Theatre, Arrowrock Lyceum, and New Day Repertory. She has appeared on NBC's Conviction, CBS's Guiding Light, and in a number of commercials and independent films. BFA - Webster Conservatory of Theatre Arts, Princess Grace Foundation Award, AEA, AFTRA. www.shanaragabrielle.com
10 Questions:
1. What is your favorite theatrical memory?
...the one that kicked off my theatrical journey: the national tour of Annie that I saw when I was 5.
2. When did you know you were going in to the theatre?
In the parking lot after the above listed production.
3. What does St. Louis Theatre mean to you?
Interest, Challenge, Opportunity, Growth, Possibility, Balance
4. What’s in your fridge right now?
My dad's home-grown, home-made sauerkraut.
5. What was the first car you drove?
Brown 1980-something Toyota Celica.
6. What’s the last book you read?
Little Bee - for fun, Witches and Jesuits - for work, last play I read - NARNIA, the musical....oh, is CS Lewis rolling in his grave or throwing a party?
7. What’s your favorite St. Louis restaurant?
The Over Under - for their amazing blue cheese fries and happy hour specials, The Mississippi Mud House - for their perfect "English breakfast", The London Tea Room - for the exquisite "Queen of Hearts" tea, The Wild-Gabrielle Kitchen for most everything else.
8. If you weren’t in the theatre, what would you be doing?
Being passionate about something else.
9. What is the most played song or artist on your iPod?
Radio Lab Podcasts
10. What is your guiltiest guilty pleasure?
Eating an extraordinary amount of butter, Taco Bell (but I don't think I've ever eaten at one in St. Louis), Waxing services with Judith at J-3 Studio.
Reconnect with Mark Twain’s incomparable classic in a magical new production, perfect for the whole family. In idyllic 1840s Missouri, Tom and his friends revel in all that is grand and glorious in childhood. This mischievous rascal can charm his Aunt Polly, save the town from Injun Joe and win the heart of fair Becky Thatcher, all in the course of one small-town day.
Alfred 
An annual Holiday tradition in many cities, BLACK NATIVITY: A Holiday Celebration is a testament to the power and joy of the season. BLACK NATIVITY tells the story of the Nativity through a colorful montage of song, dance, poetry, and Scripture.
Nothing says the holidays like tropical weather and three paroled convicts! In this warm and witty tale set in French Guiana on Christmas Eve, a felonious triumvirate intervenes in the lives of an innocent family who is perched on the brink of financial ruin. Proficient in the illicit skills of theft, forgery, extortion and yes, even murder, these unlikely heroes arrive in timely fashion to remind us all of what is truly most important—confusing our long-standing moral convictions of what is right and wrong. An old fashioned and wonderfully crafted fable to take home for the holidays!
