/tags/mustard-seed-theatre Mustard Seed Theatre en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:42:53 GMT /arts/2017-12-14/cut-paste-set-designer-weaves-remnants-of-culture-nomadic-childhood-into-dystopian-christmas You can often find St. Louis artist and set designer Kristin Cassidy on the banks of the Mississippi River, picking up stones, metal and even animal… Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:42:53 GMT /arts/2017-12-14/cut-paste-set-designer-weaves-remnants-of-culture-nomadic-childhood-into-dystopian-christmas Nancy Fowler /arts/2016-12-30/st-louis-theater-institutions-celebrated-their-staying-power-in-2016 A half-dozen St. Louis theater companies toasted to longevity in 2016.The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis turned 50 years old and the St. Louis Black… Fri, 30 Dec 2016 21:45:04 GMT /arts/2016-12-30/st-louis-theater-institutions-celebrated-their-staying-power-in-2016 Nancy Fowler /arts/2016-10-14/28-hours-plays-aim-to-be-provocative-but-may-also-be-painful-in-depicting-racial-injustice Every day, in St. Louis or elsewhere, a black person shudders in fear after seeing a police officer approaching. Every day, a cop makes a lightning-quick… Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:05:10 GMT /arts/2016-10-14/28-hours-plays-aim-to-be-provocative-but-may-also-be-painful-in-depicting-racial-injustice Nancy Fowler /arts/2016-04-14/cut-paste-bosnian-play-highlights-new-generation-more-into-technology-than-tradition The generation gap is said to be narrowing as more millennials move back in with, and seek advice from, their parents. But in St. Louis, the chasm may be… Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:01:12 GMT /arts/2016-04-14/cut-paste-bosnian-play-highlights-new-generation-more-into-technology-than-tradition Nancy Fowler /arts/2015-02-03/after-pearl-harbor-mixed-race-couple-cruises-toward-uncertainty-in-white-to-gray Forty-eight hours after the ocean liner S.S. Lurline left Honolulu for San Francisco, the sun rose on “a day that will live in infamy.” In a new drama… Tue, 03 Feb 2015 22:21:20 GMT /arts/2015-02-03/after-pearl-harbor-mixed-race-couple-cruises-toward-uncertainty-in-white-to-gray Nancy Fowler /arts/2015-01-30/st-louis-theater-circle-announces-2015-nominees The St. Louis Theater Circle, a group of local theater critics, released its 2015 award nominees on Friday. “It was, I think, a terrific year,” St. Louis… Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:23:10 GMT /arts/2015-01-30/st-louis-theater-circle-announces-2015-nominees /arts/2014-11-11/mustard-seeds-all-is-calm-returns-giving-voice-to-unsung-heroes-of-world-war-i When you think of World War I heroes, you likely picture generals and fighter pilots. But a playwright who penned Mustard Seed Theatre’s upcoming… Wed, 12 Nov 2014 02:56:40 GMT /arts/2014-11-11/mustard-seeds-all-is-calm-returns-giving-voice-to-unsung-heroes-of-world-war-i Nancy Fowler /arts/2014-09-26/unveiled-discusses-discrimination-against-muslims-in-post-9-11-america For the last five years, playwright RohinaMalik has performed her one woman play, "Unveiled." The play focuses on the lives of five Muslim women in the… Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:25:10 GMT /arts/2014-09-26/unveiled-discusses-discrimination-against-muslims-in-post-9-11-america /arts-culture/2014-09-11/st-louis-theaters-address-the-practice-of-veiling-across-religions The veil can be a contentious symbol in American culture and is often portrayed as a garment of oppressive fundamentalism. Wednesday night three women… Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:42:24 GMT /arts-culture/2014-09-11/st-louis-theaters-address-the-practice-of-veiling-across-religions /arts/2014-02-10/stl-rising-star-alicia-reve-like-helps-piece-together-black-history-in-gees-bend Alicia Reve' Like plays Nella, a bright patch in an Alabama family whose quilts tell stories of segregation and the civil rights movement. Last February,… Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:10:42 GMT /arts/2014-02-10/stl-rising-star-alicia-reve-like-helps-piece-together-black-history-in-gees-bend Nancy Fowler