Sixty years ago a young tennessee williams wrote a play looking toward the year 2001.
Stairs to the roof st louis.
A love story a comedy an experiment in meta theater with a touch of early science fiction.
The cast list is lavishly decorated with great talents playing multiple parts thanks to the influence of artistic director carrie houk a prominent talent agent in town.
Louis theater artists attended the opening night ready for something special in a small elegant theater that has gone unused for years.
Stairs to the roof is a play by tennessee williams the last of his apprentice plays.
Tennessee williams called stairs to the roof a prayer for the wild of heart who are kept in cages and dedicated it to all the little.
Louis becomes a magical place by night in the play meyer said.
That character ben is a young poet who works in a shirt factory.
Louis we love our artists and we love the organizations that support and encourage them.
On the back of the program stairs to the roof artistic producer carrie houk promises the st.
The play is based on earlier stories written by williams including the swan and most specifically one of the same title written in october 1936 after he had recovered from a.
Louis stairs to the roof.
Tennessee williams stairs to the roof charlie and debbie talk.
He goes to the roof to feed the pigeons and escape.
In stairs to the roof williams seems to have fully embraced humanity in spite of it all.
Stairs to the roof is a rare and different williams work.
Louis debut set for tennessee williams play by erica smith oct 31 2014 for only the second time tennessee williams stairs to the roof will be seen in the u s.