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Featured Upstream Theater Events this Season:

October 5, 2025, 7 PM Critic’s Roundtable
A conversation on the role of criticism in contemporary theater.
CITY FOUNDRY

Nov 8, 2025 Translation Slam
Special guest Stephen K. Smit and featuring students from St. Louis areas high schools
THE MARCELLE

Nov 16 & 23, 2025 Springboard #1 & 2
Following the matinee for An Orchard for ChekhovTHE MARCELLE

Feb 1 & 8, 2026 Springboard #3 & 4
Following the matinee for The Myth of the OstrichTHE MARCELLE

March 2026 X (staged reading)
Written by Alistair McDowall an set in a research station on Pluto

Stay tuned for specific dates to come!

March 22, 2026, 7 PM Migratory Verses Know No Borders
An evening of poetry and music
from around the world
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE

April 26 & May 3, 2026
Springboard #5 & 6
Following the matinee for The End of the World Cabaret
THE MARCELLE

May 6, 2026
Streams of Thought
Following the matinee for The End of the World Cabaret
FOCAL POINT

COMING SOON:
Soundings
A book club for the theatrically
minded

THE MARCELLE
3310 Samuel Shepard Drive
St. Louis MO, 63103
free parking 

All events (excluding plays) are free and open to the community!