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A Brick and A Bible (World Premiere Play) @ Missouri History Museum

A Brick and A Bible (World Premiere Play) @ Missouri History Museum

This World Premiere production tells the true story of the 1933 Funsten Nut Strike in St. Louis, when Black women facing low wages, unsafe conditions, and segregation, organized over 2,000 workers across five factories. This act of solidarity decades before the Civil Rights Movement positioned St. Louis at the intersection of workers' and civil rights. With an original jazz and blues score, this true yet forgotten story highlights the pivotal role of Black women in the struggle for justice in St. Louis and beyond.

Directed by Rayme Cornell, written by Kathryn Bentley and Colin McLaughlin, and with original music by Alicia Revé Like.

MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM
Thursday, Feb 19 @ 6:30pm
Friday, Feb 20 @ 7pm
Saturday, Feb 21 @ 3pm & 7pm
Sunday, Feb 22 @ 3pm

The project is funded and supported by Laborers Local 110, the John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Inc., the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation, Missouri Workers Center and Missouri Jobs with Justice.

Missouri History Museum
$10 - $15
06:30 PM - 09:00 PM, every day through Feb 22, 2026.

Event Supported By

Bread and Roses Missouri
Missouri History Museum
5700 Lindell Blvd
St. Louis, Missouri 63112
(314) 746-4599