Community Calendar

'Transcendence' explores the ability to push past the norm and, through our own efforts or a nudge from something outside of ourselves, heighten our mundane experience beyond usual comforts. Through a blend of contemporary and avant-garde choreography, Transcendence pushes boundaries, questions limits, and reaches beyond the expected. Join us for an evening of performance where movement breaks through the margins of the physical world as we ask: How do you respond to limits? Compliance or rebellion?

Washington University Dance Collective serves as the Performing Arts Department’s resident dance company. WUDC is a unique blending of talented and expressive movers from very diverse backgrounds who bring with them a wide range of movement styles and performance acumen. The dancers work with faculty, community, graduate and undergraduate student choreographers, as well as perform throughout the St. Louis community.

Artistic Direction by Cecil Slaughter and Ryadah Heiskell

Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, an intriguing Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of Bohemian Berlin as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.  Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Composer/Lyricist.

“Stunning... a masterpiece of musical theater penned as a cautionary tale and not at all leavened by the embrace of paradox.”  The Chicago Tribune

Spend time in Truvy's salon in the small town of Chinquapin, Louisiana, where the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done, discuss their lives, and gossipp about others' with sharp, hilarious dialogue. A tragedy brings out the underlying strength-and love-in their friendship, revealing them to be truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. Based on the author's own life, the play showcases the bond of Southern women.

Directed by Trish Nelke

Happens on the following Dates:
Mar 28, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Mar 29, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 4, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 5, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 6, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT

America’s largest interactive comedy murder dinner theatre show is now playing! Solve a hilarious mystery while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a Prime Suspect before you know it!

Join us for an event that is very different from a traditional mystery dinner show. Our actors are not dressed in costume and are hidden in the audience! This results in a fun, social and interactive evening suitable for all adults.

Each ticket includes our signature award-winning mystery dinner theatre show, along with a full plated dinner, waitstaff gratuity, and plenty of surprises during the show.

Happens on the following Dates:
Apr 11, 2025, 7:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 19, 2025, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT

Presented by City of Florissant

You've seen him on Comedy Central and Last Comic Standing., now see him LIVE and IN PERSON at the Florissant Performing Arts Center. Join David Graham and his friends for three outrageous, CLEAN COMEDY, shows. The first show kicks off April 11th.

We've partnered with TEAM Food Pantry. Select a $15 ticket to donate today and support this amazing group and the hard work they do every day to keep people fed.

April 11 - 7:30 pm

Admission: $12.00
Admission with donation $15.00

Two women wash up on a distant shore following a boating accident. Dazed by their experience, they look for a path home. But they discover that this unfamiliar land is not what it seems — and that, though they may be together, they have never been further apart. A deeply moving, lyrical meditation inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Runs April 11 - April 27, 2025
April 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at 8:00 PM
Sunday April 13 at 7:00 pm
Sunday April 20 and Sunday April 27 at 2:00 pm

Price Range: $25 - $45
Limited Pay What (If) You Can tickets available on Sunday, April 13
Limited $15 tickets available for Bohemian Thursday, April 17
For group rates, contact lizi@upstreamtheater.org

Two women wash up on a distant shore following a boating accident. Dazed by their experience, they look for a path home. But they discover that this unfamiliar land is not what it seems — and that, though they may be together, they have never been further apart. A deeply moving, lyrical meditation inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Runs April 11 - April 27, 2025
April 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at 8:00 PM
Sunday April 13 at 7:00 pm
Sunday April 20 and Sunday April 27 at 2:00 pm

Price Range: $25 - $45
Limited Pay What (If) You Can tickets available on Sunday, April 13
Limited $15 tickets available for Bohemian Thursday, April 17
For group rates, contact lizi@upstreamtheater.org

Two women wash up on a distant shore following a boating accident. Dazed by their experience, they look for a path home. But they discover that this unfamiliar land is not what it seems — and that, though they may be together, they have never been further apart. A deeply moving, lyrical meditation inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Runs April 11 - April 27, 2025
April 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at 8:00 PM
Sunday April 13 at 7:00 pm
Sunday April 20 and Sunday April 27 at 2:00 pm

Price Range: $25 - $45
Limited Pay What (If) You Can tickets available on Sunday, April 13
Limited $15 tickets available for Bohemian Thursday, April 17
For group rates, contact lizi@upstreamtheater.org

It's time for the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and six contestants are poised to out-spell the rest. These six adolescents are the brightest and best, and the only thing they fear is the "ding" of the bell...and maybe some other things too. With four audience participant spots to fill, you might even get the chance to prove yourself as Putnam County's champion speller.

Performing Arts Department Alum Brenna Jones (AB ‘23) will be returning to campus to direct this lighthearted musical with quick remarks and even quicker definitions.

Book by Rachel Sheinkin

Two women wash up on a distant shore following a boating accident. Dazed by their experience, they look for a path home. But they discover that this unfamiliar land is not what it seems — and that, though they may be together, they have never been further apart. A deeply moving, lyrical meditation inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Runs April 11 - April 27, 2025
April 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at 8:00 PM
Sunday April 13 at 7:00 pm
Sunday April 20 and Sunday April 27 at 2:00 pm

Price Range: $25 - $45
Limited Pay What (If) You Can tickets available on Sunday, April 13
Limited $15 tickets available for Bohemian Thursday, April 17
For group rates, contact lizi@upstreamtheater.org