St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of November 18, 2013

Updated Thursday, November 21

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The Monroe Actors Stage Company presents the musical The 1940s Radio Hour through November 24 in the Historic Capitol Theatre in downtown Waterloo, Illinois. For more information, visit www.masctheatre.org or call 618-939-7469.

Theatre Lab in coalition with Players Project Theatre Company present The 24 Hour Play Festival. All plays are written in 7 days. The setting, director, and actors are all (literally) drawn from a hat and are given 24 hours to rehearse and memorize for the performance on Saturday, November 23, at 8 PM. The performance takes place at Webster High School, 100 Selma Ave. in Webster Groves. For more information: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/469094 or call 314-599-3309.

Photo: John Lamb

Mustard Seed Theatre presents the a capella musical All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, through December 1. “Join us in celebrating the power of peace in this a capella musical based on the true story of soldiers during World War I who for one night, put down their arms and played soccer instead of exchanging bullets.” Performances take place at the Fontbonne Fine Arts Theatre, 6800 Wydown Blvd. For more information, call (314) 719-8060 or visit the web site at www.mustardseedtheatre.com. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

Shooting Star Productions presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever November 21-24. Performances take place at the Visitation Academy, 3020 North Ballad Rd. For more information, visit shootingstarproductions.org.

Mariposa Artists presents Liz Murphy’s cabaret debut The Best is Yet to Come, Friday and Saturday, November 22 and 23, at 8 PM. The show is directed by Lina Koutrakos with music direction by Rick Jensen. “Liz shares the incredible opportunities of her life, the people that have influenced her, and her eagerness for self-discovery. This show celebrates the joy of new-found possibilities: the spirit, energy, sparkle, and exuberance of a colorful life. With her musical partner, Rick Jensen, the evening of song will take us from Cy Coleman to Christopher Cross, Stephen Schwartz to Stephen Sondheim, Martina McBride to Julie Gold....just to mention a few.” Performances take place at the Kranzberg Center, 501 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/470878.

The Pub Theater Company presents Bye Bye Liver: The St. Louis Drinking Play, a comedic romp through the joys and pitfalls of The Gateway to the West's favorite pastime. Performances take place on Saturdays at 9 PM at Maggie O'Brien's, 2000 Market Street. For more information, you may call 314-827-4185, email stlouis at byebyeliver.com, or visit byebyeliver.com/stlouis.

The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University presents The Country Wife by William Wycherley Wednesday through Sunday, November 20-24. Performances take place on the Browning Mainstage Theater at the Loretto-Hilton Center on the Webster University campus. For more information: www.webster.edu/fine-arts/departments/conservatory/index.html or call 314-968-7128

Maryland Heights Community Theatre presents the musical Fee Fi, Fo Fum! Thursday and Sunday, November 21 and 24, at the Maryland Heights Centre, 2344 McKelvey Road. For more information, call 314-738-2599.

(L to R): Barry Mulholland as Sigmund Freud
and Jim Butz as C.S. Lewis.
©Photo: Eric Woolsey

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents Freud's Last Session through November 24. “Just weeks before his death, legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud invites young writer C.S. Lewis to his home for a meeting. Freud wants to understand how a man once known for his fervent atheism could have become one of Christianity's strongest believers. The debate between these two colossal, charismatic thinkers becomes a dissection of love, sex, science and faith - humorous, insightful and intellectually riveting.” Performances take place in the studio theatre at the Loretto-Hlton Center, 130 Edgar Road in Webster Groves, MO. For more information, call 314-968-4925 or visit repstl.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

St. Louis University Theatre presents the musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum through November 24. Performances take place in Xavier Hall, 3373 West Pine Mall. For more information, call (314) 977-2998 or visit www.slu.edu/theatre. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The Randy Dandies, “St. Louis' Premiere Sketch Comedy Burlesque Troupe”, presents the Game of Thongs: A Choose-Your-Own Burlesque Fantasy on Saturday, November 23, at 9 PM. “Winter is coming...and coming...and coming! Instead of bundling up and hibernating, how about joining the Randy Dandies on an adventure in the fantasy world of Westeros as they shed their inhibitions to search for the true king to sit upon the throne of thongs, all the while making magic along the way. Audience members will lead the search unfolding the story as they choose the journey that the Dandies must follow. So many perils and panties await the Dandies! Who will be sexy enough to sit upon the throne of thongs as the one true king (or queen)?” The show takes place at Plush, 3224 Locust Street. For more information, visit therandydandies.com or call 314-535-2686.

Sip Salon presents a staged reading of Robert Patrick's play Kennedy's Children on Friday, November 22, at 7:30 PM as a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. Sip Salon is at 7818 Forsyth in Clayton. Seating is limited; call 314-644-0014 for ticket information.

New Jewish Theatre and the Jewish Community Relations Council present a staged reading of Ilan Hatzor's Masked by the Arab-Hebrew Theatre on Tuesday, November 19 at 7:30 PM. “Masked is a powerful and moving play about three Palestinian brothers locked in a life-and-death struggle over issues of deception and betrayal. The play is set in a Palestinian village on the West Bank in 1990 during the first Intifada. The three brothers - a guerilla who has fled to the mountains, a dishwasher who works in Tel Aviv and is suspected of being a spy for the Israelis and the youngest, a butcher in the village - have an explosive hour together each expressing an intensely different personal response to the conflict.” The reading takes place at the St. Louis Ethical Society, 9001 Clayton Road. For more information: newjewishtheatre.org.

Ron Himes

Washington University Performing Arts Department presents Athol Fugard's My Children! My Africa! Thursday and Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 and 8 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM, November 21-24. Performances take place in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre in the Mallinckrodt Student Center on the Washington University campus. For more information, call 314-935-6543.

Encore! Theater Group presents David Mamet's Oleanna through November 23. For more information: visit encoretheatergroup.simdif.com , email encoretheatergroup at gmail.com, or call (314) 329-8998 Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

St. Charles Community College presents On Golden Pond November 20-24. Performances take place in the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building on the campus at 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville, MO. For more information, call 636-922-8050 or visit stchas.edu.

The St. Louis Family Theatre Series presents Peter Pan Sunday, Thursday, and Friday at 2 PM, November 24, 29, and 30. Performances take place at the Florissant Civic Center Theatre at Parker and Waterford in Florissant, MO. For more information, call 314-921-5678 or visit www.florissantmo.com.

Whit Reichert and Nathan Bush
Photo: John Lamb

St. Louis Actors' Studio continues its seventh season, themed "Sins of the Father," with Nicky Silver's Pterodactyls through November 24. “Dysfunction takes on new meaning with the Duncan Family. We laugh throughout, as we watch the family disintegrate, and finally realize the seeds of this dysfunction lie within us all.” Performances take place at the Gaslight Theatre, 358 North Boyle. For more information, call 314-458-2978 or visit stlas.org. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The Looking Glass Playhouse presents David Lindsay-Abaire's drama Rabbit Hole through November 24 Performances take place at 301 West St. Louis Street in Lebanon, Ill. For more information, visit www.lookingglassplayhouse.com.

Sister Act
Photo: Joan Marcus

The Fox Theatre presents the musical Sister Act November 19 - December 1. The Fox Theatre is at 517 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, call 314-534-1678.

Family Musical Theater presents A Song For Christmas Thursday and Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 and 8 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM, November 21-24, at the Ivory Theatre, 7622 Michigan. For more information, visit familymusical.org or call 314-571-9579.

St. Louis Community College at Meramec Theatre Department presents The Two Sisters by St. Louis playwright Dennis Corcoran Wednesday through Sunday, October November 20-24. “Her Majesty's (Women's) Prison, Armagh, Northern Ireland. The height of 'The Troubles' (1970's and 1980's). Two communities at war with one another housed within its centuries-old walls. Can these 'two women', these 'two sisters,' bridge generations of bigotry and hate, find humanity in each other and thereby clear a new path to peace? “ Performances take place in the theatre on the campus at 11333 Big Bend Road. For more information, call 314-984-7500.

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