The New Leaders for the Arts Program is designed for dedicated artists and leaders interested in pursuing systemic change across our sector. This is a 8-month-long commitment providing in-depth personalized instruction and mentorship while creating a solid & lifelong nationwide cohort.

Live, expert-led classes to become a more inclusive leader, creator, and ally in today's art sector. Led by the St Louis Business Journal's 2020 Diverse Business Leader and DEAIJ Certified Facilitator, Matthew R. Kerns, MFA.

From open mics to festival stages, C. Jay Conrod has made a name for himself as a dynamic performer on the live music scene of St. Louis. Conrod has opened for nationally known artists like India. Arie, Anthony David and Lalah Hathaway, performed as a featured vocalist with multi-instrumentalist ...

A global citizen, a fierce feminist, an empathic storyteller and a relentless fundraiser, Toni Finch’s one-of-a-kind concert performance chronicles the women’s movement from suffrage to present day through the eyes of a millennial.

A New Play by Patrick Runi & Directed by Larry Rizzello

Janoah...anygoodjokes? juggles several tasks simultaneously: performing & teaching! During this (optionally interactive) performance YOU learn to juggle as you watch. In moments between acts, Janoah engagingly guides the audience through the essentials: throwing, catching and messy-ing up

Galena is a local fortune teller who specializes in reading coffee grounds. While teaching a workshop on the art of “reading the coffee,” a rival from the old country arrives to make sure Galena doesn’t spill too many secrets.

Singer Songwriter

1951, Dylan Thomas toward the end of his life and consumed with the effort to salvage his marriage. Forty years later, an Irish scholar and an American student in Wales, seek understanding of Thomas's death and grapple with their own relationship.

Listening to The Rain is a look into a mind constantly in motion. Using a captivating mix of ensemble devised movement, found object theatre, and foley soundscapes we follow Jay as her most inner thoughts come to life.

Vocalist

A Story by MOTH RADIO HOUR SERIES REGULAR, Jon Bennett Renowned Australian storyteller Jon Bennett tells the amazingly sordid and bizarre story of his brother’s life. A sometimes shocking and chaotic tale, Bennett recounts his brother’s experiences with both charismatic hilarity and heart-warming...

A Cabaret Show Starring, Khnemu Menu-Ra, Miki Byrne, & Terrie Carolan Three Stages of Love is a semi-autobiographical cabaret trilogy comprised of three individual cabaret shows: Origins of Love:The Miseducation of Dr. K; Simple Love/Unperfect Actor; & Extraordinary.

24 Unique Micro Plays in a quick 48 Minutes! The evening promises an emotional & intellectual rollercoaster of ideas, absurdity & comedy at breakneck speed as DICTATED by the AUDIENCE. It is a different show every night...

A Mixed Media Performance Poetry Piece, Starring Lillian Brown The OREO Complex is an exploration of internalized segregation, a celebration of resilience, a practice of rigorous patience, honesty, and veneration of ancestors from the African and black diaspora.

A burlesque act featuring Marilyn Monroe and JFK on his birthday, featuring the St. Louis Boom Boom Room’s Spencer Collins and local jazz singer Chrissy Renick.

Inspired by a true story, Anna Ziegler’s BOY explores the tricky terrain of finding love amidst the confusion of sexual identity, and the inextricable bond between a doctor and patient.