Spotlight Theatre

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Spotlight Theatre was founded by Pamela Reckamp in January 2001 to provide an artistic, dedicated venue for the well-trained St. Louis actor. We hire both union and non-union professionals to work on all facets of each production.

Each season the spotlight will focus on a topic, idea, or circumstance allowing us to explore different viewpoints and utilize materials in all genres. Past themes have been women, marriage, hell, and overtures.

The 2005-2006 season Spotlight Theatre focused on its T.E.E.N. (Theatre Educating and Entertaining Now) programming. Spotlight T.E.E.N. is dedicated bringing issue-oriented, topically relevant productions to a 12 to 18 year-old audience. Productions are age-appropriate and topically relevant and highlight issues all young people deal with on a day-to-day basis. Shows are developed from interviews with teens in the Missouri DYS program, all of whom have received training in voice, movement and acting from some of St. Louis' most prolific actors.

In 2008, Spotlight T.E.E.N. offers two productions: WASTED and IN MY SHOES. WASTED (appropriate for boys) is the story of three young men whose lives are drastically changed after an act of gang violence. They are visited by the Ghost of the victim and enlightened about how their lives will proceed if they do not change their paths. Written in the metre of Shakespeare, the play includes contemporary movement, music, and slang. IN MY SHOES (appropriate for girls), tells the stories of four young women in a Division of Youth Services residential facility. We learn the situations and symptoms that brought them to a residential facility and their plans to make a change upon their release. IN MY SHOES addresses substance abuse, teen pregnancy, truancy, sexual assault and violence. (read less)

Check out our upcoming events on the right side of this page!

Spotlight Theatre was founded by Pamela Reckamp in January 2001 to provide an artistic, dedicated venue for the well-trained St. Louis actor. We hire both union and non-union professionals to work on all facets of each production.

Each season the spotlight will focus on a topic, idea, or circumstance allowing us to explore different viewpoints and utilize materials in all genres. Past themes have been women, marriage, hell, and... (read more)