Enhance Your Experience

• Read our Play Guide for The Humans for a deeper dive into the characters, story and themes of the play.
   
• Join us for a Talk Theatre presentation about The Humans on Monday, February 12 at Opera Theatre of St. Louis (210 Hazel Avenue). Marsha Coplon, The Rep's Director of Education, interviews Steven Woolf, director of The Humans and The Rep's Augustin Family Artistic Director. Tickets cost $18 and are available here.
   
• Stay for Post-Show Discussions with cast members and Rep staff after the following performances: February 14(matinee), February 15, February 22 and February 28.
   
• Check out the St. Louis County Library's curated resource list for The Humans, including books, movies and music related to the themes of the play.
   
• Our partners at the Saint Louis Art Museum present a free, docent-led tour that ties in with the themes of The Humans. This tour will focus on signs of wealth in the collection. Tour dates and times:

  • February 10; 11:00 a.m.

  • February 18; 2:00 p.m.

  • February 24; 11:00 a.m.

Company

Book by GEORGE FURTH
Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Choreographed by JEFFREY PAGE
Directed by JULIANNE BOYD

Winner of 7 Tony Awards, Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking musical is a wildly funny look at relationships. Over a series of dinner parties, dates and conversations with his friends, the perennially single Bobby attempts to understand the pros and cons of marriage and the meaning of the word “commitment.” Featuring a brilliant score by one of the greatest composers of our time.

Aaron Tveit will play the lead role of Bobby in Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company, set to play Pittsfield, Massachusetts' Barrington Stage from August 10-September 2. Opening night is set for August 13. Julianne Boyd will direct with choreography by Jeffrey Page.

Tveit will be joined by Ellen Harvey as Joanne, Lawrence Street as Harry, Jeanette Bayardelle as Sarah, Kate Loprest as Susan, Paul A. Schaefer as Peter, Jane Pfitsch as Jenny, James Ludwig as David, Lauren Marcus as Amy, Joseph Spieldenner as Paul, Peter Reardon as Larry, Nora Schell as Marta and Rebecca Kuznick as Kathy.

With a book by George Furth and a score by Stephen Sondheim, Company will feature music supervision by Darren Cohen and music direction by Alex Shields. Tveit returns to Barrington Stage after previously playing Matt in the 2007 production of Calvin Berger.

Beatsville

World Premiere

Book by GLENN SLATER

Music and Lyrics by WENDY LEIGH WILF
Directed by BILL BERRY

A co-production with Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre

“Wow! These guys are talented!”
—American Theatre

Dig this. One of the most highly anticipated new musicals from one of the hottest writing teams on the planet, Beatsville has its world premiere at Asolo Rep. It’s Greenwich Village, 1959 – the world of subterranean coffee shops, goateed artists, turtle-necked poets, and bongo-playing jazzbos. Tragically square busboy Walter Paisley wants nothing more than to be one of the beatniks, but he has no artistic talent whatsoever. When he accidentally kills a cat and hides it in a lump of clay, “Dead Cat” is declared a masterpiece, and Walter a genius. More “sculptures” bring more acclaim – but will the world discover Walter’s secret? From the writers of Galavant, School of Rock and Tangled comes this hip and hilarious new musical, hang onto your berets – we’re headed to Beatsville!