A new play by the STLAS friend and associate Neil LaBute in which mother and son meet after some time apart to see if their relationship can survive the past and two new book deals. “Mr. LaBute is writing some of the freshest and most illuminating American dialogue to be heard anywhere these days.” —NY […]
After twenty years apart, Emma tracks Ulysses to a trailer park in the middle of nowhere for a final reckoning. What unfolds is a visceral and profound meditation on love and loss with the simplest of theatrical elements: two people in one room. A breathtaking story about the longevity of love. “Sharr White’s Annapurna is […]
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-The-Plow, takes us into the lives of two actors: John, young and rising into the first flush of his success; the other Robert, older, anxious, and beginning to wane. In a series of short, spare, and increasingly raw exchanges, we see the estrangement of youth from […]
While their nine-year-old son is away for the night on his first sleepover, Adam and Jan have an evening alone together, their first in years. Adam’s attempt to seduce his wife before he leaves on business the next day begins a suspenseful nightlong roller-coaster ride of revelation, rancor, passion and humor that explores a modern-day […]
Knez Jakovac with special guest vocalist Janet Evra plays the Gaslight Jazz Series. Dinner before or after the show is available at the West End Grill & Pub. Knez Jakovac with special guest vocalist Janet Evra plays the Gaslight Jazz Series. Dinner before or after the show is available at the West End Grill & […]
Arvell and Co featuring Jim Manley and the Wild, Cool and Swingin’ Horns play the Gaslight Jazz Series. Dinner before or after the show is available at the West End Grill & Pub. Arvell and Co featuring Jim Manley and the Wild, Cool and Swingin’ Horns play the Gaslight Jazz Series. Dinner before or after […]
The Gaslight Squares with TJ Muller play the Gaslight Jazz Series. Dinner before or after the show is available at the West End Grill & Pub. The Gaslight Squares with TJ Muller play the Gaslight Jazz Series. Dinner before or after the show is available at the West End Grill & Pub.
Lamar Harris plays the Gaslight Jazz Series. Dinner before or after the show is available at the West End Grill & Pub. Lamar Harris plays the Gaslight Jazz Series. Dinner before or after the show is available at the West End Grill & Pub. Lamar Harris plays the Gaslight Jazz Series. Dinner before or after […]
St. Louis Actors’ Studio will produce the 7th “LaBute New Theater Festival". The Theater Festival will run at the Gaslight Theater, 358 North Boyle, home to St. Louis Actors’ Studio. Professional and High School Submissions were accepted October through December 2018. To be considered entries had to have no more than four characters, and be […]
The Workers’ Theater group gives voice to the rich history and contemporary struggle for living wages and fair working conditions (bread) along with dignity and artistic expression (roses). The performers are workers-turned-actors—members of the movement itself. They have successfully entertained, educated and activated audiences all across Missouri at venues large and small. Their performances commemorate the […]
Nashville’s Shelby Bottom Duo joins Bread & Roses Missouri to tell the story of labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill and the early U.S. labor movement. Joe Hill was executed in 1915…but not before he fanned the flames of labor discontent with his songs. Regarded as anthems of the IWW labor union (the Wobblies), Joe’s […]
Joe Cocker: Never Forget Bob Gerchen finds the beauty, the grit, the soul and the pathos in the work of Joe Cocker, backed up by a St. Louis grown blues band. Billy Engel - Guitar and musical direction Billy Costello - Drums Curt Landes - Keyboards Michael Liss - Bass