The Community of Theater

We often talk about the “theater community”, but the cast and crew of The Rep’s production of Over The Tavern are changing that to the community of theater.  Rather than exchanging holiday gifts among themselves, they have collected items for the women and children spending the season in one of the St. Louis safe houses.  The only difficulty seems to be controlling the amount of things jumping into the shopping carts! Today representatives happily picked up quite a number of bags overflowing with games, toys, gloves, sweaters, balls, art supplies, wrapping paper and bows. The cast and crew got everything done just in time so that the mothers can choose gifts for their children and wrap them in time for the holidays.

The folks participating in this special gift giving range from those in the sixth grade to those who haven’t been in a grade for a while. Their generosity on and off the stage is a wonderful reminder of the spirit of the season.  I am proud that they are a part of my community.

Marsha Coplon
Director of Education

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