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Metro Theater Company has selected Jacqueline Thompson as its next artistic director. Thompson said she hopes to bring in more local talent to help produce, appear in and craft plays.

鈥淪pells of the Sea鈥� tells the story of a 15-year-old fisherwoman and a grumpy lighthouse keeper who encounter mermaids, monsters and pirates in their quest to find the elixir of life.

When the coronavirus pandemic made large gatherings unsafe, performing arts groups took their work online as a last resort, despite misgivings. Many were surprised at how successful their digital programming turned out to be.

This is the first St. Louis production of 鈥淟ast Stop on Market Street,鈥� an upbeat musical based on the popular children鈥檚 book by Matt de la Pe帽a and Christian Robinson.

Metro Theater Company鈥檚 latest play is aimed at young girls interested in math and science. Director Julia Flood delves into what it took to put on the theater鈥檚 first in-person show since the pandemic began.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Metro Theatre Company and the Black Rep are among the 16 organizations that will require patrons, staff members and artists to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative coronavirus test.

Metro Theater's "Jacked!" production incorporates storytelling, poetry and hip-hop to spread an age-appropriate message about substance abuse and its effects on the community.

During a holiday season transformed by the coronavirus, St. Louis artists and performers are finding ways to adapt Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and keep some version of a cherished tradition intact.

When coronavirus-related restrictions went into effect in St. Louis and St. Louis County in March, they took a sledgehammer to Metro Theater Company鈥檚鈥�

Leaders of most St. Louis-area theater companies don鈥檛 know when they鈥檒l invite audiences back for live performances again during the coronavirus鈥�