The Performing Arts Department at Washington University presents Aunt Dan and Lemon Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm, April 13 - 22. "Lemon has a notion that the Nazis were really quite 'refreshing' because they were never hypocrites and she articulates her admiration for them with ease, humor and intelligence. Aunt Dan, a former Oxford don, reveres everything Henry Kissinger has ever done, defends the bombing of North Vietnam, and regales Lemon with deadly and salacious tales about her prostitute friend Mindy. 'Simply put, this is a play about how literate, civilized societies can drift en masse into beastliness and commit the most obscene acts of history.' (Frank Rich, New York Times). Shawn's play would have us hear what evil sounds like close up - how funny, smart and lurid it can be." The performances take place in the Edison Theatre on the Washington University campus. For more information, call 314-935-6543 or visit pad.artsci.wustl.edu.
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Clinton County Showcase presents the musical comedy Church Basement Ladies Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm, through April 15. Performances take place at the Avon Theater, 525 North 2nd Street Breese IL. For more information, visit ccshowcase.com.
CSZ St. Louis presents The ComedySportz Show on Saturday nights at 7:30 pm. The show is "action-packed, interactive and hilarious comedy played as a sport. Two teams battle it out for points and your laughs! You choose the winners the teams provide the funny!" Performances take place on the second floor of the Sugar Cubed, 917 S Main St. in St Charles, Mo. For more information: www.cszstlouis.com.
The Lemp Mansion Comedy-Mystery Dinner Theater presents The Comic Book Killer through April 14. The Lemp Mansion is at 3322 DeMenil Place. For more information: lempmansion.com.
St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley presents the drama Constellations Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm, April 13 - 21. "One relationship, limitless possibilities. When Roland and Marianne meet at a party, a multiverse of potential outcomes unfolds. Each choice they make unlocks a series of branching paths - some wonderful, some tragic. Nick Payne's genre-busting new play explores these alternate universes with wit, wonder and an overflowing sense of life." Performances take place in the Fisher Theatre on the campus at 3400 Pershall Road. For more information, www.stlcc.edu/fv/ or call 314-644-5522.
St. Louis Actors' Studio presents The Dresser December April 13 - 29. "Based on the author's own experiences as dresser to Sir Donald Wolfit, this bracing, heartbreaking drama is an elegy to a by-gone era. Backstage at a theatre in the English provinces during WWII, Sir, the last of the great breed of English actor/managers, is in a bad way tonight, as his dresser Norman tries valiantly to prepare him to go on stage as King Lear. Unsure of his lines as well as who and where he is supposed to be, Sir is adamantly determined to roar his last. With Herculean effort on the part of Norman, Sir finally makes it on stage and through the performance no thanks to an air raid courtesy of the Luftwaffe. Back in his dressing room after the performance, the worn out old trouper dies, leaving alone his company and the loyal dresser after one final bow." Performances take place at the Gaslight Theatre, 358 North Boyle For more information, call 314-458-2978 or visit stlas.org.
The Hawthorne Players present musical The Fantasticks April 13 - 22 "'Try To Remember' a time when this romantic charmer wasn't enchanting audiences around the world. The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in the world and with good reason: at the heart of its breathtaking poetry and subtle theatrical sophistication is a purity and simplicity that transcends cultural barriers. The result is a timeless fable of love that manages to be nostalgic and universal at the same time." The performances take place at the Florissant Civic Center Theatre at Parker and Waterford in Florissant, MO. For more information, call 921-5678 or visit hawthorneplayers.info.
The St. Louis Writers' Group presents a reading of the play Golfing Brothers by David Margolis on Monday, April 9, at 6:30 pm. The event takes place upstairs at Big Daddy's, 1000 Sidney in Soulard. For more information: www.stlwritersgroup.com.
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The Monroe Actors Stage presents the drama An Inspector Calls Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 and Sundays at 2:30 p.m., April 13 - 22, 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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The Bissell Mansion Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre presents Mayhem in Mayberry through April. "Welcome to the 10th annual Mayberry-fest. Everyone is looking forward to the highlight of this event - the Miss Mayberry contest. YOU and Sheriff Andy Trailer will judge the contestants (chosen from the audience) on beauty, poise, cookin' skills and a new category this year - Hog callin'. Will the next Miss Mayberry be the vivacious Dazey Doof from Hazzard County? Or the beautiful hillbilly, Elly May Klumpett? Or will it be the lovely Lois Lame from Smallville? Don't county out the charming Paris Hoosier from Hoosierville. She's the main reason the train stops at Petticoat Junction! Sheriff Andy, Deputy Blarney and Aint Bee invite you to join the fun and the mayhem in Mayberry cause it won't be the same without y'all." The Bissell Mansion is at 4426 Randall Place. For more information: bissellmansiontheatre.com.
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Lindenwood University presents the comedy Noises Off Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2 pm, April 12 - 15. "Called the 'funniest farce ever written,' Noises Off present a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called 'Nothing's On.' Doors slamming, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play." Performances take place at Lindenwood's Belleville campus, 2600 W. Main St. in Belleville, IL. For more information: lindenwood.edu.
Poor Monsters presents Or What You Will, the Third, opening on Thursday, April 12 at 8 pm and running through April 21. "Shakespeare: literary master or monkey with a typewriter? How about a coven of bad-ass vagina-wielding artists in Saint Louis? OR WHAT YOU WILL, THE THIRD is a choose-your-own-adventure of sketches inspired by Shakespeare's Richard III all written, produced, designed, and performed without Y-chromosomes." Performances take place at The Chapel, 6238 Alexander Drive in Clayton. For more information: brownpapertickets.com
St. Louis Shakespeare presents Tom Stoppard's Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m., through April 15. "This comedy, penned during the height of the absurdist movement, follows the two hapless friends of Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, as they go on a journey from which they never return. On a day like any other, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's peaceful morning is suddenly disrupted when a messenger from Elsinore castle raps on their window informing them that they have been summoned. Thus, begins the journey for our befuddled travelers as they explore fate, their purpose and very nature of existence." Performances take place at the Ivory Theatre, 7620 Michigan in the Carondelet neighborhood. For more information, call 314-361-5664 or visit stlshakespeare.org.
Peabody Opera House presents Set It Off Saturday at 3 pm, April 15. "Writer/Director/Producer Je'Caryous Johnson who brought you the sold out hit play, "Married But Single" and the hilarious romantic comedy, "Two Can Play That Game" is back with another one - Je'Caryous Johnson Presents SET IT OFF based on the hit iconic movie by the same name. Fans will get to relive the ride that made them love SET IT OFF the movie, but this time around they will experience it LIVE ON STAGE. The hit heist, cult classic movie you love is now a stage play and coming to your city. The same iconic characters - Frankie, Tisean (T.T.), Stoney and Cleo are back bringing the same action packed, adrenaline filled robbery scenes and emotionally charged antics against an equally exciting music soundtrack that will have you on the edge of your seat. Multi-platinum selling rapper DA BRAT will be starring as Cleopatra "CLEO" Sims, the role originally played by Queen Latifah in the movie. Fans will recall SET IT OFF centers on four childhood friends who spent a lifetime struggling to move away from the mean streets of their neighborhood. The system stole their dreams and now the four are determined to steal them back. With their world in turmoil and their backs against the wall, they decide to seek their fortune - literally. Targeting the banks of Los Angeles, Cleo, Stony, Tisean (T.T.) and Frankie rob the city's most vulnerable financial institutions. Flush with cash, they discover that mo' money equals mo' problems." The Peabody Opera House is at 14th and Market, downtown. For more information: peabodyoperahouse.com.
Folktale Productions presents Take the "A" Train Cabaret on Friday, April 13, at 7:30 pm. "Welcome to the Harlem Renaissance! All abroad for a musical cabaret of comedy, jazz, poetry & prose, and song. This show celebrates the amazing artistic achievements of African-Americans in the early 20th century, when art, music, poetry & literature exploded out of Harlem! Favorite songs include Satin Doll, Sophisticated Lady, Aint' Misbehavin' and Straighten Up and Fly Right. Prose selections include works by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and Paul Laurence Dunbar. UMSL Chancellor and pianist Tom George plays jazz music, Beverly Brennan ( by he way, she is the daughter of Jack Buck) belts out the songs and emcees, and three time Emmy award winning storyteller Bobby Norfolk brings to life the prose and poetry of Harlem." The performance takes place at the Ozark Theatre, 103 E. Lockwood in Webster Groves. For more information: folktale.com
The Black Rep presents the world premiere of Torn Asunder by Nikkole Salter opening on Friday, April 13th, and running through April 29th. "TORN ASUNDER is set in Prince George's County, MD, 1859. Hannah, a relatively contented enslaved woman, has her world rocked when her master dies and she, for the first time, is separated from her family, new husband, and baby. But, just as she begins to lose all hope to ever see her husband and child again, the seceded south falls to the Union, slavery is abolished with the 13th Amendment, and Hannah has the opportunity to put her family back together...if she can find them. TORN ASUNDER dramatizes true stories of newly emancipated African Americans trying to overcome the ever-present vestiges of chattel slavery to reconnect with their families. Based on the research of Prof. Heather Andrea Williams in her book HELP ME TO FIND MY PEOPLE. Nikkole Salter was commissioned by Prof. Heather Andrea Williams and Kathy A. Perkins to write the script." Performances take place at the Edison Theatre on the Washington University campus. For more information: theblackrep.org.
Upstream Theater presents the U.S. premiere of A Tree Falling Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 7 pm (except for April 29, which is at 2 pm), April 13 - 29. "Octogenarian Lenny was once a busy physician at the epicenter of a vibrant family who now has no recollection whatever of his earlier life. These days his chief adventure is the daily tracking down of the remote control-at least until a friendly social worker named Lola shows up. Try as she might to help Lenny recover his memory, though, he continues to live within the moment, and the poignancy of his plight forces Lola to question the meaning of her own past as well as her future." Performances take place at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 North Grand in Grand Center. For more information, including show times: upstreamtheater.org.
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