The Black Rep

April 11-May 13

The 30^th Anniversary Production of the Classic from Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright August Wilson. In a 1927 Chicago recording studio, legendary blues singer Ma Rainey finally shows up to do her new album in the midst of battling musicians and tight-fisted producers. Hilarious. Heartbreaking.

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Dramatic License Productions

April 26-May 13

From wedding night jitters, to raising a family, negotiating mid-life crises’, quarrels, separation, reconciliation and growing old together, witness the 50 year marriage of Michael and Agnes Snow from 1898 to 1948 in this heartwarming musical from the writers of The Fantastics. Directed by Ron Gibbs with musical direction by Justin Smolik and starring Pamela Reckamp and Kevin Kline Award winner, Jeffrey Pruett.

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The New Jewish Theatre

May 3-20

A door slamming back stage farce, Jacob and Jack brings together the worlds of contemporary and Yiddish theatre. Jack Shore, a well-known television personality, is appearing for one night only in a tribute to his grandfather, Jacob Shemerinsky, great star of the Yiddish Theater. Backstage in his dressing room, Jack confronts his challenges as an actor - and as a husband to his co-starring wife. Simultaneously, 75 years in the past, Jacob has problems of his own. Actors play their past and present roles in a dizzying display in this time-traveling farce that is a smart and classic marital farce ingeniously complicated by historical layering and dual role-playing. From its Yiddish roots to its long obsession with Hollywood, it is a beguiling comic love letter to the American theater, and a clever tribute to Yiddish Theatre and to vain glorious stage actors. The Details

Max & Louie Productions

May 10-20

With all the buzz surrounding the consequences of alternative lifestyles in the news today what better time to present Paul Rudnick’s The New Century. This provocative and outrageous comedy features a collection of hilarious characters dealing with issues within the LGBT community.  The celebrated playwright, screen writer and New Yorker contributor, Paul Rudnick, explores themes of inclusion and tolerance in these heartfelt set of vignettes, providing evidence of just where our new century might be heading.
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HotCity Theatre

May 11-26

Don and Michael are two well-meaning dads eager to coach their sons’ Little League team to victory- as soon as they can agree on exactly what that means. Veteran coach Don wants the kids to win at all costs; newcomer Michael just wants them to have fun. Stuck together for an entire season, they struggle to resolve their differences and get their team to the championship. It’s both a comedic and scary look at raising kids in a world where winning is everything.

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Shakespeare Festival St. Louis

May 23-June 17

OTHELLO is centered around four major characters: Othello, an African Moor, who is employed as a general in the Venetian army, Othello’s wife Desdemona, his lieutenant Cassio, and his trusted advisor Iago. Othello explores the themes of racism, love, jealousy and betrayal.

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The Black Rep

May 23-June 24

Insatiable needs. Unspeakable deeds. Dawud and Kara live together; a committed couple, committed to getting beyond substance addiction, looking forward to their wedding. One morning Kara leaves for work. Dawud goes to a park and brings a man home – Insidious. And then Insidious won’t leave. A torrid dark, dark comedy of down low terrorism in the age of AIDS. Taboo twists and turns, a gripping scenario, a shattering climax.

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Stages St. Louis

June 1-July 1

Hearken back to the days of the Harlem Renaissance when Manhattan nightclubs like the Cotton Club and The Savoy Ballroom were filled with the effervescent and energetic sounds of swing. AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ captures this dazzling spirit of the 1930s with the playful “Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now”, the sultry “Honeysuckle Rose”, and the salty “’T Ain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do.” Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ is a gorgeous, joyous celebration of the music, life and times of the late, great Thomas “Fats” Waller.

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Act Inc.

June 1-17

Henry, the quintessential old bachelor—a bank clerk who raises dahlias—has his life turned upside down when he meets his Aunt Augusta at his mother’s cremation. She insists he join her as she travels through Eurpose and South America. The adventures, some romantic, some illegal, defy descripption

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Act Inc.

June 8-24

Poor Rhoda! In her late 20s, unmarried, and not a beauty, her wealthy British family fears for her future, as well they might in 1909. So they send her to the American branch of their family in the hope she will find a husband. Rhoda secretly loves her cousin, who fancies himself in love with an actress. How will this love triangle resolve?

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St. Louis Actors' Studio

June 12-17

St. Louis Actors’ Studio concludes its fifth season, themed Law and Order, with the Ken Kesey classic: "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest”  McMurphy, a man with several assault convictions to his name, finds himself in jail once again.  Rather than spend his time in jail, he convinces the guards that he's crazy enough to need psychiatric care and is sent to a hospital. He fits in frighteningly well, and his different point of view actually begins to cause some of the patients to progress. Nurse Ratched (Quinlan) becomes his personal cross to bear as his resistance to the hospital routine gets on her nerve

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OnSite Theatre

June 15-30

A night of bowling and theatre! Bowling Epiphany – The Revival! is the much-requested return of OnSite Theatre Company’s first ever production, in celebration of five years of bringing exciting site-specific theatre to St. Louis.  Set in one of St. Louis’ last remaining Catholic Church bowling alleys, audience members actually get to bowl, drink and mingle while enjoying three smart and provocative plays that occur organically in the space.

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