Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

A year after the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis needed emergency fundraising to finish its season, theater leaders say that donor support, box office success and returning subscribers have eliminated a budget deficit and put the nonprofit on firmer footing.

Kate Bergstrom, the new artistic director of Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, plans to lure new audiences while welcoming back theater supporters who’ve drifted away in recent years.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has hired theater director Kate Bergstrom as its eighth artistic director. Bergstrom hopes to emphasize theater as a means to bring together people with different viewpoints.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis hasn’t quite reached the $2.5 million fundraising goal it set in October, but has raised enough funds to proceed with one additional production this season and make plans for its 2024-25 season.

The production of “Moby Dick” at the Repertory Theater of St. Louis dramatizes life on a whaling ship with the aid of aerial techniques borrowed from the circus arts.

After announcing in October the theater must raise $2.5 million by year’s end to continue its season, leaders of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis said they’ve raised $1.85 million so far.

The Affton native will be in town on Dec. 17 for the Repertory Theater of St. Louis' “Rally for the Rep.”

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is facing a $2.5 million budget shortfall due to declining ticket sales and donations and the end of federal coronavirus pandemic relief funding. If it doesn’t raise the money, the season may be cut short .

Sharif said she’s looking forward to her new role at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will be just the third theater company to present Dominique Morisseau’s “Confederates,” a time-hopping dark comedy about the burdens placed on Black women.