Sunday, September 09, 2012

St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of September 10, 2012

The College Theatre Council of Greater St. Louis presents five works by emerging and prize-winning playwrights in the 22nd annual One-Act Play Festival September 14 - 16. Performances take place in the Bastian Theatre on the campus at 5600 Oakland. For more information, call 314-644-9381.

R-S Theatrics presents The Adding Machine: A Musical, based on the fantasy drama by Elmer Rice, through September 16. Performances take place at the Gaslight Theatre, 358 North Boyle in the Central West End. For more information: r-stheatrics.com or 314-968-8070. Read the 88.1 KDHX review!

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs through September 30. Performances take place on the main stage 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!

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.

Dramatic License Productions presents Donald Margulies' Dinner with Friends September 13 - 30. Performances take place at Dramatic License Theatre located at the upper level of Chesterfield Mall (near Sears and across from Houlihan's Restaurant). For more information, call 636-220-7012 or visit dramaticlicenseproductions.com.

Mustard Seed Theatre presents Going to See the Elephant through September 16 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!

HotCity Theatre presents E. M. Lewis's Goodbye Ruby Tuesday, “a comedy about trying to explain why you have to go find yourself to people who don't want anything to change,” Thursdays through Sundays through September 22. Performances take place at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, visit www.hotcitytheatre.org or call 314-289-4063.

KTK Productions presents the comedy Moonlight and Magnolias Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, through September 16. Performances take place at Southampton Presbyterian Church, 4716 Macklind. For more information, call 314-351-8984.

Soorya Performing Arts Theatre presents Mrucchakatika (The Little Clay Cart) Friday and Saturday at 7 PM and Sunday at 5 PM, September 14 - 16. The play is “is a ten-act Sanskrit drama attributed to Shudraka, an ancient playwright generally thought to have lived sometime between the 2nd century BC & the 5th century AD whom the prologue identifies as a Kshatriya king and a devotee of Siva who lived for 100 years.” Performances take place at The Mahathma Gandhi Center, 727 Weidman Road in Ballwin, MO. For more information: www.sooryadance.com.

Stages St. Louis presents the musical My One and Only through October 7. Performances take place in the Robert G. Reim Theatre at the Kirkwood Community Center, 111 South Geyer Road in Kirkwood. For more information, visit stagesstlouis.org or call 314-821-2407.

The Black Rep presents Nilaja Sun's No Child..., starring Patrese D. McCLain, September 14 - 16. Performances take place at at the Orthwein Theatre, Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School. For more information, visit theblackrep.org or call 314-534-3810.

The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves presents Remember Me? Thursdays through Sundays through September 16. Performances take place in the Guild theatre at Newport and Summit in Webster Groves, MO. For more information: theaterguildwg.org or call 314-962-0876.

St. Louis Writers' Group presents a reading of the new comedy Scutter Murphy's Wake by Pat Conroy on Monday, September 10, at 6:30 PM at Big Daddy's, 1000 Sidney in Soulard. There's no admission charge; refreshments and food may be purchased from restaurant. For more information, visit www.stlwritersgroup.com, call 314-865-1296, or send an e-mail to farwemar at aol.com.

The Presenters Dolan present a return engagement of Ken Haller's The TV Show, featuring themes from classic TV shows. Al Fischer is music director for the show, which takes place Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15, at the Kranzberg Center, 501 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, visit licketytix.com

The Monroe Actors Stage Company presents the musical Two by Two through September 16 in the Historic Capitol Theatre in downtown Waterloo, Illinois. For more information, visit www.masctheatre.org or call 618 939 7469.

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