2008-2009 A&E Guide: THEATER
Act, Inc.
Fontbonne Fine Arts Theatre
314-862-3456
www.actinc.biz
314-725-9108
2009 Season TBA
Alton Little Theatre
2450 N. Henry St. Alton, IL
618-462-6562
www.altonlittletheater.org
“The Exact Center of the Universe” Sept. 12-21
“Nuncrackers” Nov. 14-23
“How the Other Half Loves” Jan. 30- Feb. 8
“To Kill a Mockingbird” March 20-29
“Little Shop of Horrors” May 8-17
Arrow Rock Lyceum
P.O. Box 14
Arrow Rock, MO 65320
660-837-3311
www.lyceumtheatre.org
“Little Women: The Broadway Musical” Aug. 23-31
“On Golden Pond” Sep. 6-14
“The Mousetrap” Sep. 20-28
Avalon Theater Company
Union United Methodist Church
3543 Watson Road
314-351-6482
www.avalontheatre.org
“The Subject Was Roses” Feb. 6-15
“Quilters” April 16- 26
COCA, Center of Creative Arts
524 Trinity Ave.
314-725-6555
www.cocastl.org
“Stars of the Peking Acrobats” Oct. 10-12
“Jason and the Argonauts” Oct. 24-26
“Frog in the Clouds” Nov. 7-9
“Same Spirit, Different Movement” Nov. 14-16
“The Little Dancer - Goes Around the World!” Dec. 12-14
“Goodnight Moon & The Runaway Bunny” Feb 27- March 1
“Stellaluna” March 6-8
“Madeline and the Bad Hat” April 3-5
Curtain Call Repertory Theatre
The Carousel House at Faust Park
15185 Olive Blvd.
636-346-7707
Destination Theatre Company
314-837-3129
www.destinationtc.org
Edison Theatre
314.935.6543
www.edisontheatre.wustl.edu
Sweet Honey in the Rock Sept. 27
L.A. Theatre Works War of the Worlds/The Lost World Oct. 3-4
Trey McIntyre Project Oct. 10-11
Luna Negra Dance Theater Nov. 7-8
The Acting Company & The Guthrie Theater “King Henry V” Feb. 13
The Spy Feb. 14
Joe Goode Performance Group “WonderBoy” Feb. 20-21
Ahn Trio Feb. 28
Diavolo “Foreign Bodies” March 27-28
Ovations for Young People
Michael Cooper ”Masked Marvels & Wondertales” Jan. 24
Ahn Trio Feb. 28
Diavolo March 28
Special Events
Olympia Dukakis “Rose” Nov. 22
Metro Theater Company & Edison Theatre “To Kill a Mockingbird” Jan. 9-18
Echo Theatre Company
Johnson Hall Theater at the Third Baptist Church
620 N. Grand Blvd.
314-225-4329
www.echotheatrecompany.org
“Mary’s Wedding” April 4-20
First Run Theatre
Hunter Theatre, De Smet High School, 233 N. New Ballas Road
314-680-8102
www.firstruntheatre.com
“Audition Piece” April 18-20, 25-27
“Spectrum 2008: A Festival of Short Plays” June 13-15, 20-22
Floodstage Productions
St. Charles High School, Kingshighway and Waverly, St. Charles
636-578-8301
www.floodstageproductions.com
Fox Theatre
527 N Grand Blvd.
314-531-9999
www.fabulousfox.com
Subscription shows are bolded:
“The Color Purple” Oct. 21- Nov. 2
“Sweeney Todd” Nov. 14-16
“Cats” Nov. 28-30
“Radio City Christmas Spectacular” Dec. 11-28
“Legally Blonde: The Musical” Jan. 20- Feb 1
“Spring Awakening” Feb 10-22
“Kansas City Ballet” Feb 27-28
Florissant Civic Center Theatre
#1 James J. Eagan Drive
314-921-5678
www.FlorissantMO.com/theatre/index.shtml
“Beauty and the Beast” Oct. 3, 4, 10-12
“The Gruffalo” Oct. 17-19
“Church Basement Ladies” Oct. 24-25
“The Unexpected Guest” Nov. 7, 8, 14-16
Hawthorne Players
Florissant Civic Center Theatre
One James J. Eagan Drive
Florissant, Missouri
314 921-5678
hawthorneplayers.com
HotCity Theatre
501 N. Grand
314-289-4060
www.HotCityTheatre.org
“Killing Women” Sept. 18- Oct. 4
“The Dead Guy” Nov. 20- Dec. 6
“Glengarry Glen Ross” March 13-18
“Cockeyed” May 14-May 30
“4th Annual GreenHouse New Play Festival” June 26-28
Immediacy Theatre Project
314-856-3671
www.immediacytheatre.org
“Johnny A Cannon II: Johnny Descending” Aug. 15-30
“SCHIZO” Nov. 14. 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
K’s Theatrical Korps
314-351-8984
www.kurtainkall.org
“Move Over Mrs. Markham” Oct. 3-5, 10-12
“Pump Boys and Dinettes” Oct. 31-Nov. 2, Nov. 7-9
“The Great American Songbook” Feb 20-22, Feb 28-March 1
“Follies” June 12-14, 19-20
Hydeware Theatre
314-368-7306
www.hydewaretheatre.com
Limelight Players
2500 Carlyle Ave,, Belleville, Ill.
618-235-5600
Kirkwood Theatre Guild
Robert G. Reim Theatre
111 S. Geyer Road
314-821-9956
www.ktg-onstage.org
“There Goes the Bride” Oct. 31- Nov. 2, Nov. 6-8
“The Cemetary Club” Jan. 16-18, 22-24
“Dial M for Murder” March 6-8, 12-14
“Damn Yankees” May 1-3, 7-9
Lindenwood Theatre
Jelkyl Theatre, Lindenwood University
209 S. Kingshighway
636-949-4878
www.lindenwood.edu/academics/arts/theatre boxoffice.asp
“The Nick of Time Players Improv Show” Sept. 7-8
“Blithe Spirit” Oct. 4-6, 11-13
“Blame it on The Movies” Oct. 19, 20, 25-27
“Fall Dance Concert” Nov. 1-3, 4
“A Christmas Carol” Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 6-8
“March 6-8, 13-15
Looking Glass Playhouse
301 W. St. Louis St. Lebanon, Ill.
618-537-4962
www.lookingglassplayhouse.com
“The Sound of Music” Sept. 25-28 Oct. 2-6
“The Importance of Being Earnest” Nov. 13-16, 20-23
“Redhead” Jan. 29-31, Feb. 1, 5-8
LyriCo Light Opera
8816 Manchester Road
314-963-7714
Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre
6128 Delmar
314-361-5664
www.stlshakespeare.org/MONKEY/
Meramec Theatre
Meramec Campus, St. Louis Community College
314-984-7562
http://users.stlcc.edu/departments/mctheatre/season.htm
“The Neighborhood Crime Watch” Oct. 8-12
“Bug” Nov. 19-23
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” Feb.18-22
“Pterodactyls” April 15-19
Metro Theater Company
8308 Olive Blvd.
314-997-6777
www.metrotheatercompany.org
“New Kid” Sept. 19-21, 26-28
“To Kill a Mockingbird” Jan. 9-11, 16-18
“Moby” April 15-May 3
The Midnight Company
314-487-5305
www.midnightcompany.com
“Mass Appeal” Nov. 6-15
“Give ‘Em Hell Harry” Feb 12-22
Monroe Actors Stage Company
The Historic Capitol Theater
202 S. Main St.
Waterloo, Il 62298
618-939- 7469
www.masctheatre.org
The Muny
Forest Park
314-361-1900
www.muny.org
Muddy Waters Theatre
All shows at the Kranzberg Cultural Arts Center
5000 Washington Place
314-540-7831
www.muddywaterstheatre.com
Three Tall Women: Feb. 13- March 1
Mustard Seed Theatre
6800 Wydown Blvd.
314-719-8060
www.mustardseedtheatre.com
“Smoke on the Mountain” Oct. 31-Nov. 16
New Jewish Theatre
2 Millstone Campus Drive
314-442-3283
www.newjewishtheatre.org
“Chaim’s Love Song” Sept. 10-28
“The Last Seder” Dec. 3-21
“Sabina” Jan. 28-Feb. 15
“Sonia Flew” March 11-29
“The Last Five Years” May 27-June 14
New Line Theatre
6501 Clayton Rd.
314-534-1111
www.NewLineTheatre.com
“Hair” Sept. 11-Oct. 18
“Night of the Living ShowTunes” Jan. 5-6
“Return to the Forbidden Planet” April 30-May 23
“Spelling Bee” July 16-Aug. 8
NonProphet Theatre Company
4933 Mardel Ave.
www.nptco.org
314-752-5075
“Stripped” Aug. 3, 23
“The Patriotic Freedom Bingo Machine” Sept. 5
Opera Theatre of St. Louis
130 Edgar Road
314-961-0644
www.opera-stl.org
“La Boheme” May 23-June 27
“Salome” June 3-June 28
“Il Re Pastore” June 7-June 24
“The Ghosts of Versailles” June 17-June 27
The Orange Girls
COCA, 524 Trinity Ave.
314-520-9557
www.orangegirls.org
“Scorched” Sept. 12-28
“Eurydice” Feb 26- March 15
“Collected Stories by Donald Margulies” July 16- Aug 2
“Wonder of the World” Sept 24- Oct. 11
Paper Slip Theatre
314-647-8030
www.papersliptheatre.com
Ragged Blade
314-276-8693
www.raggedblade.com
Check website for upcoming shows.
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
Loretto-Hilton Center
130 Edgar Road
314-968-4925
www.repstl.org
Mainstage:
“Frost/Nixon” Sept. 3-28
“Jane Austen’s Emma-A New Musical” Oct. 8-Nov. 2
“This Wonderful Life” Nov. 26-Dec. 28
“Saint Joan” Jan. 7- Feb. 1
“The Miracle Worker” Feb. 11-March 8
“Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” March 18-April 12
Off-Ramp
Grandel Theatre
“The Lieutenant of Inishmore” Sept. 17-Oct. 12
“The Little Dog Laughed” Nov. 5-30
Studio Series
“The Little Fir Tree” Dec. 20, 2, 23
“My Father’s Dragon” Feb. 28
“Robin Hood” Presented on tour only
St. Louis Actors’ Studio
Gaslight Theatre, 368 N. Boyle
314-458-2978
www.stlas.org
“Jean Anouilh’s Antigone” Sept. 19-Oct. 5
“A Fire As Bright As Heaven!” Oct. 10-19
“9 Parts of Desire” Nov. 7-23
“Medal of Honor Rag” Jan. 30- Feb. 15
“Back of the Throat” March 27-April 12
St. Louis Black Repertory
Grandel Theatre
314-534-3807
www.theblackrep.org
“Sarafina!” Edison Theatre, Sept. 3-14 ; Orthwein Theatre, Sept. 19-21
“Tell Me Something’ Good” Jan. 7-Feb. 8
“A Song for Coretta” Feb. 18-March 15
“My Secret Language of Wishes” March 25-April 19
“In the Continuum” April 29-May 17
“Blues in the Night” May 27-June 28
St. Charles Community College Center Stage Theatre
4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive
www.stchas.edu
636-922-8698
St. Louis Shakespeare
5656 Waterman Blvd.
www.stlshakespeare.org
314-361-5664
“King Lear” Grandel Theater, Aug. 15-24
“Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds” Oct. 23- Nov. 3
“Romeo & Juliet” Nov. 14-23
“Edward III” March 13-22
Saint Louis University Theatre
3733 West Pine Mall
314-977-3327
www.slu.edu/theatre
“The House of Blue Leaves” Oct. 3, 4, 10-12, 18
“Antigone” Nov. 14, 15, 21-23
“Little Shop of Horrors” Feb. 20,21, 27, 28-Mar 1
“The Good Person of Setzuan” April 24-26, April 30, May 1-3, 7-10
Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble
The Chapel 201 S. Skinker Blvd.
314-835-7415
www.slightlyoff.org/#
“Primal” Oct. 9-18, 2008
“4.48 Psychosis” Feb. 26-March 7
“MacBeth” July 2009 at area parks
“Top Girls” Sept. 17-26, 2009
Soundstage Theatre
Performs at the Regional Arts Commission
314-968-8070
www.soundstageproductions.net
“The Sunset Limited” Aug. 14-16, 21-23
“Ladies at the Alamo” Nov. 6-8, 13-15
“At Last!” March ‘09
“Working Stiffs and Studs” July ‘09
“William Shakespears Greatest Hits” Sept.-Oct. ‘09
Spotlight Theatre
Kranzberg Arts Center Studio
501 N. Grand Blvd.
www.spotlighttheatrestlonline.org
314-918-8424
“Songs of Kander and Ebb” Sept. 18, 19, 21
“Dean Christopher: Got G.A.S? (Great American Songbook)” Oct. 23-26
“Love Songs from American Musical Theatre” Nov. 20-23
Stages St. Louis
444 Chesterfield Ctr
636-530-5959
314-821-2407 (box office)
www.stagesstlouis.org
“The Music Man” Sept. 5- Oct. 5
“Little Women” Dec. 5-28
Stray Dog Theatre
Tower Grove Abbey
2336 Tennessee Ave.
314-865-1995
www.StrayDogTheatre.org
“Regrets Only” Sept. 11-27
“Pippin” Oct. 23-Nov. 8
“Die! Mommie! Die!” Dec. 4-20
“Songs for a New World” Feb. 12-28
“’Sylvia” March 12-28
“The Trial” April 23-May 9
“Everything in the Garden” June 4-20
The Theatre at St. John’s
5000 Washington Place
314-276-8693
Theatre Guild of Webster Groves
517 Theatre Lane
314-962-0876
www.theaterguildwg.org
“The Philadelphia Story” Sept. 5-7, 11-14
“Deathtrap” Nov. 7-9, 13-16
“Private Lives” Jan. 9-11, 15-18
“Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” March 6-8, 12-15
“Twelve Angry Jurors” May 1-3, 7-9
The Tin Ceiling
3159 Cherokee
314-435-7834
www.tinceiling.org
That Uppity Theatre Co.
4466 West Pine Blvd., Suite 13C
314-995-4600 (box office)
314-534-1454 (office)
www.uppityco.com
“Coming Out Stories”
Oct. 11-12, Missouri History Museum
“Becoming Emily” and “The DisAbility Project”—TBA
Union Avenue Opera
Union Ave. Christian Church, 733 N. Union Blvd.
314-361-2881
www.unionavenueopera.org
“Otello” Aug. 1,2,8,9
“Carmen” Aug. 22-24, 29, 30
“Il Tabarro” Oct. 31- November 1
“The Merry Widow” July 10-12, 17, 18
“Il Trovatore” July 31, Aug. 1, 7, 8
“Lakm??” Aug. 21, 22, 28, 29
“Amahl and the Night Visitors” Dec. 11-13
University of Missouri-St. Louis
College of Fine Arts and Communication
One University Blvd.
314-516-4507
Washington University Theatre
artsci.wustl.edu/~pad
“Dance Closeup” Sept 4-6
“The A.E. Hotchner Playwrighting Festival” Sept 26, 27
“Of Thee I Sing” Oct. 24-26, 31, Nov. 1
“Boston Marriage” Nov. 20-23
“Washington University Dance Theatre” Dec. 5, 6, 8
“Hamlet” Feb 12, 14, 15, 20-22
“Candlestick Park” March 26-29
“Mother Courage” Apr 17-19, 24-26
Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts
130 Edgar Road
314-968-7128
www.webster.edu/depts/finarts/theatre/Assets/conservepages/season.html
“Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” Oct. 1-5, 8-12, Emerson Studio Theatre
“Our Town” Nov. 12-16, The Browning Theatre
“Stepping Out” Dec. 3-7, 10-14
“Stage III Picasso at the Lapin Agile” Feb. 18-22, Feb. 25-March 1, Emerson Studio Theatre
“Betrayal and Dancing at Lughnasa” March 25-29 and April 8-12, Stage III
“Cabaret” April 29-May 3, The Browning Theatre
West End Players Guild
Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 Union
314-367-0025
www.westendplayers.org
“Copenhagen” Sept. 19-21, 26-28
“A Perfect Ganesh” Nov. 4-16, 21-23
“Almost, Maine” Jan. 23-25, 30-Feb. 1
“A Shot in the Dark” Feb. 29-March 2, March 7-9
Y-Rep Community Theatre
West County YMCA
16464 Burkhardt Place
636-532-6515
www.ymcastlouis.org/westcounty/YRep
“Brighton Beach Memoirs” Sept. 18-21
Dense Arts Company
“Winter Extravaganza” Dec. 19-20
Y-Rep Troupers
“Cows Don’t Fly and Other Known Facts” Jan. 23-25
“The Emperors New Clothes” Oct. 24-26
Y-Rep Teens
“Much Ado About Bill” Feb. 19-21
“Steel Magnolias” March 12-15
One Acts Playwright Contest! April 30, May 1-2, emarkingcamuto@ymcastlouis.org for more information
“Whose Wives Are They Anyway?” Oct. 16-18
Y-Rep Tweens
“All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten”
Nov. 14-16
“Babes in Toyland” Dec. 12-14
Y-Rep Kids
“Beauty and the Beast” April 17-19
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” April 24-26
