UPCOMING
EVENTS
First Impressions: A fully staged reading experience
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​​Date: February 12-15, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM (Sunday Matinee at 2:00 PM)
Location: The Chapel, 6238 Alexander Dr, St. Louis, MO 63105
Produced in collaboration with SATE.
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First Impressions was the original title Jane Austen gave her manuscript before it was published in 1813 as Pride and Prejudice. Adapted by Ellie Schwetye and directed by Ellie Schwetye and Rachel Tibbetts, this retelling weaves Austen’s classic with recollections from a variety of people’s first impressions upon reading the novel or watching a film adaptation. 250 years after Jane Austen’s birth, love of her writing - and this book in particular - still connects us. The "first impressions" used in this play were crowd-sourced from the original 2017 production by SATE, the 2019 production at Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (WERDCC), and artists involved in this production.
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Brontë Sister House Party: A PPA Party Play
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Date: March 12, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM (12:30 PM Guests Check-In), 6:00 PM (5:30 Guests Check-In)
Location: Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center, 1101 East Highway 54, Vandalia, MO 63382
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By Courtney Bailey, with writing from artists at WERDCC
Directed by Rachel Tibbetts
In Brontë Sister House Party: A PPA Party Play, the Brontë sisters of Victorian literary fame are doomed to throw a house party every night until the end of eternity. Only when they reach "the point of celebratory reverence," the highest point of joy that a party can achieve, will they be released from their purgatory. But what happens when they are finally released? Do they really want to find out? This play is an adaptation of St. Louis Theatre Circle Outstanding New Play award-winning Brontë Sister House Party, originally produced by SATE in 2022 and now featuring original writing from artists at WERDCC.
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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.