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Tennessee Williams' "Stairs to the Roof" premieres in the newly renovated Boo Cat Club

Tennessee Williams' , "Stairs to the Roof" is a rarely produced gem that is a comedy, a love story , with a touch of early science fiction.

Stairs to the Roof

Tennessee Williams’ , β€œStairs to the Roof” is a rarely produced gem that is at once a comedy, a love storyarrow-10x10.png , with a touch of early science fiction. Williams called β€œStairs to the Roof’ β€œa prayer for the wild at heart who are kept in cages” , and dedicated it to β€œall the little wage earners of the world”. The story in influenced by Williams tenure at the International Shoe Factory in St. Louis. Benjamin Murphy, stages a one-man rebellion against the clock, the monotony of an eight-to-five job and the dehumanizing forces of an increasing mechanized and commercial society. Ben takes us on a series of fantastic adventures that culminate in an escape from the mundane.. taking us up his stairs to the roof to a better, more Utopian world.

β€œStairs to the Roof” will be the premiere performance at the new renovated Boo Cat Club, the former St. Louis Artist Guild, that was built in 1906. Tennessee Williams produced a number of his earlier plays there. Be one of the first to experience this beautiful, historic space.

Performance Dates: November 6-23, 2014.

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- PREVIEW: Thursday Nov. 6th
- OPENING NIGHT/CELEBRATION: Friday Nov. 7th

Thursday, Friday and Saturday @ 8:00 PM
Sundays @ 3:00 PM

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Location:
Boo Cat Club
812 North Union
St. Louis, MO 63108
314-224-5521

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