| Location | 130 Edgar Road Webster Groves, Missouri 63119 United States |
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| Type | Entertainment venue |
| Opened | 1966 |
| Renovated | 2002 |
| Expanded | 2002 |
| Capacity | 763 to 963 |
| Website | http://www.repstl.org/ |
The St. Louis Repertory Theater is a repertory theater, based in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. It is often referred to locally simply as "The Rep".[1]
The Rep is an award-winning venue, and is well regarded in the St. Louis community, as well as the greater metropolitan area and throughout Missouri.[2]
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Founded in 1966, The Rep has been based in the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts, a multipurpose theater building in Webster Groves, in the heart of Webster University. The Loretto-Hilton Center is shared with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, as well as The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University and Webster University's dance department.
Starting in 1966 with the performance of "Oh! What a Lovely War," the Rep has put on some famous performances such as "Of Mice and Men" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" [3]
In 2005, The Rep began a new performance series, the "Off-Ramp performance series", with performances at The Grandel Theatre in Grand Center.
In early 2007, The Rep considered moving from the Loretto-Hilton Center to an alternate venue.[4]
The Kevin Kline Awards, named after Kevin Kline, an established stage and screen actor and native of St. Louis, began in 2006, to recognize outstanding achievement in professional theatre in the Greater St. Louis area. This has regularly included honorees whose performances were at The Rep.[5]
The St. Louis Repertory Theater is not affiliated with The Black Repertory Theater (a/k/a "The Black Rep"), which is also located in St. Louis, with its headquarters in downtown St. Louis, its main stage at the Grandel Theater, and additional performances regularly at the Edison Theater at Washington University and the Orthwein Theater at Mary Institute Country Day School.
The 2011-2012 Season of shows, known as the Mainstage Series, is shown from September 2011 to April 2012. The shows and dates are listed below.
- RED (September 7th-October 2nd)
- God of Carnage (October 7th- November, 6th)
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (November 30th-December 23rd)
- Sunday in the Park with George (January 4th- January 29th)
- Race (February 8th- March 4th)
- The Comedy of Errors (March 14th to April 8th) [6]