Apr 26 Friday
Alice Childress’ unforgettable drama about the romance between Julia, a Black seamstress, and Herman, her white lover, searingly addresses prejudice and ignorance in early 20th-century America. Set in the Deep South at the end of World War I during the flu epidemic, it is one of American drama’s most mercilessly revealing tales of interracial love. The play traces a devoted couple’s caustic confrontations with anti-miscegenation laws, family racism, community disapproval, and their own long-buried feelings.
Intergenerational Matinee Date March 20th, 2024 @10 AM
Apr 27 Saturday
A night filled with wonder and merriment!
Grab your favorite flannels, your fuzzy slippers and your friends and head to City Museum to help make circus dreams come true at the Juggling Ball!
Enjoy an evening of dining, dancing, and dreaming plus live performances from our flying children and the premiere of a brand-new song by St. Louis singer/songwriter Lynn O'Brien. Single and full table tickets are available - but space is limited so reserve your spot soon!
Enjoy our signature Dream of Flying cocktail, food from Tony the Grillmaster, libations from Earthbound Beer, and deliciously dreamy desserts!
All funds raised from the Juggling Ball will support the Flying Children’s Scholarship Fund, giving children with limited financial resources the chance to defy gravity and soar to new heights inside - and outside - the circus ring.
The interplay between dreams and reality has long fueled human imagination. Our personal ideas, hopes, dreams and nightmares work at the edges of our subconscious awareness often revealing inner dimensions of our lives. Movement is an ideal medium for both contemplation and expression of the lived experience at the liminal intersection of the oneiric and waking mind. Join the student choreographers of SLU Theatre & Dance for an evening of new and original dance artworks that bring dreamscapes into reality.
Directed by SLU Dance Program Coordinator Holly Seitz Marchant.
Performances take place at The Grandel from April 26 to 28. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
General admission tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Metrotix.
Ample street parking exists in front of the main entrance, as well as local parking garages in the surrounding blocks.
The Grandel is a fully accessible and ADA-compliant venue. Accessible reserved parking and entrance (via ramp) are located on the direct west side of the building.
DON'T WAIT FOR THE MARLBORO MAN is the US Premiere of a play written by OLIVIER GAROFALO presented by the award-winning Upstream Theater directed by Philip Boehm and featuring a creative team of local professional artists.
Two very different people meet in a hospital. Sarah has just received news of her partner's motorcycle accident and rushed out of her office, cell phone in hand. Word has also reached Pedro, the hospitalized man’s good-natured motorcycle buddy. Their encounter reveals a collision of lifestyles and values that touches on larger issues of risk and security, individual freedom, and social responsibility—all with vivid dialogue in an intriguingly theatrical frame.
Featuring Eric Connors*, Isaiah Di Lorenzo, and Caitlin Mickey*.
*indicates membership in Actors' Equity Association
April 12-14, 18-21, 25-28, 8:00 PMApril 14 at 7:00 PMApril 21 & 28 at 2:00 PM
Apr 28 Sunday
May 05 Sunday
Ballet 314 will premiere Fiona Flamingo at St. Louis Academy of Dance’s Black Box Theater on Sunday, May 5th at 2pm.
Ballet 314’s adaptation of Rachael Urrutia Chu’s best-selling children’s book is a heartwarming ballet, centered in emotional intelligence and acceptance through the universal language of dance!
Choreographed by Rachel Bodi and featuring company dancers, Ballet 314 is proud to bring the Fiona Flamingo children’s ballet to the St. Louis community for the first time. Audience members will follow Fiona and her flamingo friends as they go on a dazzling dance adventure of empathy and acceptance.
Tickets to the world premiere start at $10 and can be purchased on Ballet 314’s website.