The Black Rep

The various iterations of Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz are wide-ranging and diverse.One retelling, The Wiz, shares the story from an…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 26, 2013 - On the evening of April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. smokes, frets and flirts…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 10, 2013 - The Black Repertory Theatre wound down its 35th season with a booming rendition of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 9, 2013 - Twenty years ago, a play marked the first performance by a St. Louis theater company…

Anne Frank and Emmett Till were young victims of racial injustice and hatred. In her diary, Frank provided a harrowing account of when she and her family…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 23, 2012 - Anne Frank and Emmett Till both died in their early teens but the legacies of their…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 18, 2012 - The gist: Nilaja Sun’s “No Child ... ” is a returning, one-woman, Black Rep-produced…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 20, 2012 - Applause is great. But while Evann Jones enjoys enthusiastic audience response as…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 13, 2012 - As a teaching artist in New York city schools, Nilaja Sun lost her heart — to the…

Actors in David Mamet’s “Race” aren’t the only ones talking about race at the Rep this month. This Monday, the Rep hosts a free, one-night event using…