St. Louis theatre calendar for the week of January 13, 2025

What's on St. Louis theater and cabaret stages this coming week. Please leave a comment if anything was wrong or got left out

Chicken and Biscuits

The Black Rep presents the comedy Chicken and Biscuits through January 26.  “Nothing is sacred in this laugh-out-loud comedy as rival sisters Beverly and Baneatta bring the drama to their father’s funeral….God rest his soul. But the side eyes aren’t just for each other. Beverly tries to keep a lid on her daughter’s curiosity while Baneatta has some attitude for her son and his Jewish boyfriend. In the middle of it all-a shocking family secret is revealed. Get ready to gasp and clutch your pearls” Performances take place at the Edison Theatre on the Washington University campus. For more information: www.theblackrep.org.

Kirkwood Theatre Guild presents the Yazmina Reza’s God of Carnage Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm, January 17s through 25. “Present day. A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.” Performances take place at the Reim Theatre in the Kirkwood Community Center on South Geyer Road. For more information, ktg-onstage.org.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis presents the Athena by Grace Gardner January 15 through February 9 “Mary Wallace and Athena are brave, and seventeen, and fencers, and training for the Junior Olympics. They practice together, they compete against each other, they spend their lives together. They wish they were friends.” Performances take place in the Emerson Studio Theatre of the Loretto-Hilton Center on the Webster University campus. For more information: www.repstl.org.

Winter Opera presents Donizetti’s Anna Bolena Friday at 7:30 pm and Saturday at 2 pm, January 17 and 19. “Dive into a world of passion, betrayal, and Tudor intrigue with Gaetano Donizetti's operatic masterpiece, Anna Bolena! Queen Anne Boleyn, once the king's favored mistress, now finds herself out of favor. King Henry VIII, consumed by a new desire for Jane Seymour, hatches a plot to bring down his wife. Witness the emotional turmoil of a queen facing accusations, the torment of a love lost, and the fight for survival in the cutthroat world of the English court” Performances are in Italian with English supertitles and take place at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, 201 E. Monroe in Kirkwood, MO. For more information: winteroperastl.org

The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves presents the comedy Over the River and Through the Woods Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 2 pm, January 17 through 19. Performances take place at the Guild theatre at 517 Theatre Lane, at the corner of Newport and Summit in Webster Groves. For more information: www.webstergrovestheatreguild.com.

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