UPCOMING
EVENTS
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Summer Showcase at JDC
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025
Time: 3:30 pm (3:00pm check-in)
Location: St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center
RSVP by Wednesdy, August 6, 2025!
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Presented by the Family Court-Juvenile Division and Prison Performing Arts
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Learning Through the Arts provides year-round performing arts classes for youth and young adults at St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center, Hogan Street Regional Youth Center, and St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center. Classes for Learning Through the Arts include: Creative Writing, Dance, Theatre, Visual Art and West African Drumming all taught by a multi-talented team of teaching artists.
The Summer Showcase encourages participants at St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center to share their learning experiences with a live audience of Family Court Staff and PPA supporters.
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PPA Annual Bash 2025
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
Location: Third Degree Glass Factory, 5200 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63108
RSVP by Friday, August 15, 2025!
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This year, Prison Performing Arts honors artistic director Rachel Tibbetts on her 20th anniversary! Help us celebrate Rachel's significant milestone along with our keynote speaker, published author, national celebrity, and long-time PPA performer Patty Prewitt!
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FrankenFathers​
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025
Matinee: 1:00 pm (12:30 pm check-in)
Evening: 6:00 pm (5:30 pm check-in)
Location: Northeast Correctional Center
RSVP by Monday, September 9, 2025!
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A group of Frankenstein-type creatures (who joyfully run a quilting shop on top of a mountain) decides to create a human child. Instead, they get a bit of a surprise. These Frankenfathers, all patchwork men themselves, must learn how to raise their young ward positively, despite the townspeople's prejudices against the Frankenfathers' differences.
Written by Courtney Bailey in collaboration with artists at Northeast Correctional Center.
Directed by Miranda Jagels Félix and Rachel Tibbetts.
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First Impressions
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Date: November 13 - 22, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: The Chapel, 6238 Alexander Dr, St. Louis, MO 63105
Tickets on Sale Soon!
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Mark your calendears for PPA Alumni Theatre Company's latest production First Impressions, an adaptation Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
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More details coming soon!
ONGOING
PROJECTS
Learning through the Arts
Weekly theatre, dance, and creative writing classes for youth at St. Louis City Juvenile Detention Center, St. Louis County Juvenile Detention Center, and Hogan Street Regional Youth Center.
Threshold Writers Workshop
Weekly online workshop with the Alumni Theatre Company.
Spoken Word
Weekly writing classes at WERDCC and NECC.
Arts & Healing
Weekly writing, visual art, and theatre classes at the Transition Center of St. Louis.