Updated Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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The Muny presents the musical Annie through June 30 at 8:15 PM on the outdoor stage in Forest Park. For more information, call 314-361-1900
The Avalon Theatre Company presents the drama Barrymore June 25 through July 12. Spend an incredible evening with John Barrymore, the renowned stage actor and matinee idol, whose irreverent lifestyle was as colorful as his career. Performances take place at the ArtSpace at Crestwood Court, at Watson Rd and Sappington Rd in Crestwood, MO. For more information, call 314-351-6482.
The Atomic Cowboy presents Bill Chott's Comedy on Parade Mondays at 8 PM. The Atomic Cowboy is at 4140 Manchester. For more information, call 314-922-1998 or 314-775-0775. The show is part of the St. Louis Political Theatre Festival
City Museum presents the City Circus Cabaret, featuring unusual variety acts in a circus cabaret setting, on the second Friday of every month from 9 PM to 1 AM on the third floor of City Museum, 701 N. 15th Street. (645-4445 or 231-CITY).
The Improv Trick presents Comedy Stagematch, in which comic Bill Chott hosts a contest between two teams of comedy improvisers who invent sketches on the spot based on audience member suggestions. Peformances take place Wednesdays at 10 PM through August 26 at The Stable, 1821 Cherokee. For more information, call 314-922-1998.
Everydaycircus Inc. performs shows hourly from 11 AM to 4 PM each weekend at City Museum, 701 N. 15th St. Shows are FREE with regular museum admission. (645-4445 or 231-CITY)
ACT Inc. presents Gerald Sibleyras' Heroes, in a new translation by Tom Stoppard, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM through July 12, in alternating repertory with Noel Coward's Waiting in the Wings. Performances take place at The Fine Arts Theatre of Fontbonne University, Big Bend and Wydown. For more information, call 314-725-9108.
The St. Louis Writers' Group presents a reading of the one-act plays Playing Dead by Joel M. Litman and Making Life by Brian Carland on Monday [July 6] at 6:30 PM. It takes place at Big Daddy's, 1000 Sidney in St. Louis. The St. Louis Writers' Group is dedicated to the development of area playwrights through reading, discussion and workshops. To find out more, call 314-772-0743.
The Missouri History Museum's Teens Make History Players present Sticks and Stones Wednesdays and Thursdays at 11:30 AM through July 30. Sticks and Stones is "a play about the preconceived ideas we have about each other and how we behave in the face of these assumptions".Performances take place at the Missouri History Museum at Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park. For more information, call 314-361-9017.
Historical characters come to life in the Missouri Historical Society's weekly program, Theatre in the Galleries. These 20 minute one or two-character plays are presented on Tuesdays at 2 pm. The History Museum is at Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park. For more information, call 314-746-4599 or visit them on the web at mohistory.org.
ACT Inc. presents Noel Coward's comedy Waiting in the Wings Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, June 19 through July 5, in alternating repertory with Sibleyras Heroes. Performances take place at The Fine Arts Theatre of Fontbonne University, Big Bend and Wydown. For more information, call 314-725-9108.
Volunteer adult actors, both able-bodied and disabled, are wanted as ensemble members and alternates for The DisAbility Project. The DisAbility Project provides professional and non-professional actors the opportunity to act and create performance pieces. You "must be a team player, able to memorize lines, speak audibly, have reliable transportation and be available most Saturday mornings for the workshop and occasional evenings during the week for rehearsal and/or presentations". The Project rehearses most Saturday mornings from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Washington University School of Medicine Program in Occupational Therapy building at 4444 Forest Park Parkway, in the Central West End, just west of Newstead. RSVP to Joan Lipkin of That Uppity Theatre Company at 314-534-1454 or jlipkin at aol.com. Please include your telephone number in your email.
Family Musical Theatre holds auditions for the musical Gypsy on Friday, July 10, from 7 to 10 PM and Saturday, July 11, from 2 to 5 PM at the Ivory Theater, 7620 Michigan Avenue in the Carondelet neighborhood. For more information, call 314-631-8330.
First Run Theatre is now accepting one-act and full-length plays for consideration in its 8th Annual Play Reading Festival in February 2010, and for possible inclusion in their 2010-2011 season. Submissions are being accepted from now until November 30th. All playwrights must reside in the Greater Saint Louis area. For more information, call 314-352-5114
Would you like to be on the radio? KDHX, 88.1 FM needs theatre reviewers. If you're 18 years or older, knowledgeable in this area, have practical theatre experience (acting, directing, writing, technical design, etc.), have good oral and written communications skills and would like to become one of our volunteer reviewers, send a letter describing your experience and interests to: Chuck Lavazzi, KDHX-FM, 3504 Magnolia, St. Louis, MO 63118 or send e-mail to chuck at kdhx.org. In either case, please include a sample review of something you've seen recently.
New Line Theatre seeks submissions of smart, original, dynamic scenes and songs for a new musical theatre piece focusing on Rush Limbaugh as a snapshot or crystalization of this moment in American culture. The chosen pieces will be assembled into the full-length musical, Rush Limbaugh Saves the World, to be produced in fall 2010 for a four-week run. The submission deadline is August 31.
August 1st is the deadline to submit scripts to Our Common Ground for their first 10 Minute Play Festival, tentatively scheduled for October. Entrants may send a script and four copies to: Our Common Ground, 422 W. Harris, Greenville, IL, 62246. For more information, call 618-780-8250.
The St. Louis Writers' Group is accepting submission of scripts for plays, screenplays, musicals and teleplays, for consideration in their upcoming 2009 reading series. The group hosts readings of new works on the first and third Monday of every month at Big Daddy's in Soulard. For more information, you may call 314-772-0743.
The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves holds audition for Samuel Taylor's comedy Sabrina Fair on Tuesday, July 21, at 7 PM at the guild theatre, 517 Theatre Lane in Webster Groves, MO. For more information, call 314-962-0876.
The West End Players Guild holds non-Equity auditions for its first two shows of the 2009 - 2010 season: Tomfoolery, the musical review based on the songs of Tom Lehrer, and Neil Simon's I Ought to be in Pictures. All positions are paid. Auditions take place on Saturday, July 11, from noon to 3 PM at The Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 Union at Enright in the Central West End. Auditioners should bring a headshot and resume. No appointment is necessary. For more information, call 314-367-0025.