St. Louis Actors' Studio Continues Season with ROCK 'N' ROLL at MO History Museum 11/11-21

St. Louis Actors' Studio continues season with Rock 'N' Roll, which opens November 11, with special weekday evening performances as part of the Missouri History Museum's Performing Arts Series.

St. Louis Actors' Studio continues its fourth season, themed Angels and Demons, with Tom Stoppard's semi-biographical Rock 'N' Roll. Rock 'N' Roll is an electrifying collision of the romantic and the revolutionary. It is 1968 and the world is ablaze with rebellion, accompanied by a sound track of the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. Clutching his prized collection of rock albums, Jan, a Cambridge graduate student, returns to his homeland of Czechoslovakia just as Soviet tanks roll into Prague. When security forces tighten their grip on artistic expression, Jan is inexorably drawn toward a dangerous act of dissent. Back in England, Jan's volcanic mentor, Max, faces a war of his own as his free-spirited daughter and his cancer-stricken wife attempt to break through his walls of academic and emotional obstinacy. Over the next twenty years of love, espionage, chance, and loss, the extraordinary lives of Jan and Max spin and intersect until an unexpected reunion forces them to see what is truly worth the fight.

Directed by STLAS Artistic Director, Milt Zoth, Rock 'N' Roll will feature the following cast: Jerry Vogel*, Carrie Hegdahl, Charlie Barron, Rachel Fenton, Chris Jones, Missy Miller, Ben Richie, Emily Baker, Kevin Beyer, Kimberly Sansone, Michael Perkins and Brittni Lombardo (*Member of Actors' Equity Association).

When: Thursday, November11, through Sunday, November 21, with performances Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. Sundays at 3 p.m. Lindell Ave and DeBaliviere Ave. in Forest Park.

Tickets: Adults - $25; Students, seniors & veterans - $20; MHM members & groups - $18; Student rush (1/2 hr before show) - $10. Visit: https://mhm.tickets.mohistory.org/public/default.asp or call 314-746-4599.

MISC.: TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM ONLY. PLEASE READ ENCLOSED ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND NOTE TWO WEEK RUN, SPECIAL WEEKDAY PERFORMANCES AND 3 PM SUNDAY MATINEES.

For more information on St. Louis Actors' Studio please visit www.stlas.org.

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