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"How many Poles does it take to make the world go round?
Three: the North, the South, and Nikolai Kopernik..”

"just what sophisticated theatergoers are looking for" -- Calvin Wilson, Post-Dispatch

 "easily the funniest play from Upstream Theater to date—though just as challenging, and mentally exalting, as we've come to expect from the group" -- Richard Green, Talkin' Broadway

"a most enjoyable trek... tasty food for thought" -- Mark Bretz, Ladue News

"lovely production... splendid cast" -- Steve Callahan, KDHX

"a sure bet for theater-goers who want something different" -- Ann Lemons Pollack, St. Louis Eats and Drinks

"a play that has to be seen to be believed" -- Michelle Kenyon, Snoop's Theatre Thoughts

 

Only three performances left: 

Friday, Feb 8 at  8 PM
Saturday, Feb 9 at 8 PM
Sunday, Feb 10 at 2 PM

“Wittenberg”

Tragical-Comical-Historical play by David Davalos
St. Louis Premiere directed by Philip Boehm

Featuring Alan Knoll, Steve Isom, Caitlin Mickey, and Casey Boland.


You do not want to miss this masterpiece depicting a battle between
Faith and Reason!

 

It is October 1517 in northern Germany. The beginning of another fall semester at the University of Wittenberg finds certain members of the faculty and student body at personal and professional crossroads. Hamlet (senior, class of 1518) is returning from a summer in Poland spent studying astronomy, where he has come in contact with a revolutionary scientific theory that threatens the very order of the universe, resulting in psychic trauma and a crisis of faith for him. His teacher and mentor John Faustus (professor, philosophy) has decided at long last to make an honest woman of his paramour, Helen, a former nun who is now one of the Continent’s most sought-after courtesans. And Faustus’ colleague and Hamlet’s instructor and priest, Martin Luther (professor, theology), is dealing with the spiritual and medical consequences of his long-simmering outrage at certain abusive practices of the Church—the same Church to which he has sworn undying obedience. How these three men’s sagas overlap and intertwine and how they end up irrevocably affecting the course of each other’s lives is the substance of WITTENBERG, a comedy that reveals the story behind the stories of Hamlet, Doctor Faustus and the Protestant Reformation.  Tavern disputes, tennis duels, 16th century lounge hits, and the slings and arrows of outrageous wit will tickle your brain into overdrive.

For tickets, please visit Upstream Theater website  https://upstreamtheater.org/content/see-play

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In 2018 we have delivered many exciting programs. 

Special Thanks to Our Patrons, Friends and Supporters!
 

Philip Boehm
Elizabeth Childs
Izabela and Jarek Czernikiewicz
Ewa and Piotr  Dyk
Sabine Eckman
Damon Gaspar
Scott Groesch
Ewa and Tomasz Heyduk
Marek and Bogusia Jankowicz
Peter Kastor
Urszula and Jacek Kedzierski
Hillel Kieval

Philip Korenblat
Missy Korenblat-Hanin
Michal Kwiecien
Frances Levine
Marcia Lisker
Nancy Lisker
Judith Novak
Dan Reich
Steven Rosen
Cathy Rothstein
James Schweitzer
Urszula and Jacek Slomczynski
Irek and Barbara Szelag
Marek Waniolka
Janusz and Anna Wolaniuk
Ewa and Janusz Wolynski

Corporate and Institutional Supporters
AJC St Louis
Missouri History Museum
Washington University Department of Art History
Washington University Kemper Art Museum
Washington University Dept of History
Washington University Dept of Jewish Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures
Jewish Federation of St Louis 
St. Louis Holocaust Museum & Learning Center
Szelag Art Conservation
Pillar Design Group Inc.

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