Nancy Bell

Writer Colin Healy’s “Big Machine” was inspired by the deadly events at a Standard Oil factory in Baywater, New Jersey, in 1924.

Playwright Nancy Bell set her radio play about a fascist regime in an alternate reality, but she took inspiration from recent American history. "SHE" tells the story of an unnamed fascist leader determined to stay on the airwaves as rebels threaten the radio station she controls.

The cast and crew of this year’s Shakespeare in the Streets production worked for a year to bring its take on the Bard’s “King Lear” to the steps of the…

More than 1 million of us call the St. Louis area home. But depending on whether you live in Affton, Ladue, Wellston or any other of the 90 municipalities…

The arts in St. Louis are similar to the fabled elephant described by six men who cannot see: “It’s like a snake!” cried one who grasped the tail. “No, a…

Attendance was down by more than 10,000 people for Shakespeare Festival St. Louis’ performance of Antony and Cleopatra over last year's production.…

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…

Each Shakespeare in the Streets production starts the same way: Interviewing people in the community where the play will be performed.“We never know what…