MISSION & HISTORY
Stray Dog Theatre (SDT) is committed to unleashing the art of theatre and community service on Saint Louis and the surrounding community.
Recognizing theatre, at its highest level, has the capacity to touch and move the human spirit, SDT aims to create productions and programs that challenge, educate, entertain, and inspire audiences, artists, and communities alike. Reflecting the human experience by bringing social awareness to universal issues is paramount. Toward these ends, SDT vows to honor diversity and embrace inclusiveness, all the while showcasing local talent, making theatre more accessible, and serving as a creative shelter for artistic freedom, education, and expression.
For a more in depth look at our mission in action please see our company brochure available here.
History
Emulating the historic Saint Petersburg art movement of early 20th century Russia, SDT derives its name from Brodyachaya Sobaka (Stray Dog), the legendary bohemian café frequented by the area’s most cutting-edge artists. Every evening during the early 1900s, diverse audiences gathered to enjoy a night of eclectic entertainment as the café played host to a vast array of seasoned and aspiring actors, musicians, playwrights, poets, and technicians. In recognition of the café’s legacy, SDT aims to concertedly enhance the theatre, education, and community experience through its own uniquely collaborative approach.
Founded in January 2003.
501(c)(3) registered not-for-profit organization.
"The Who's Tommy" | Main Stage Production - Oct. 2019
"Dogfight" | Main Stage Production - October 2015
"Three Tall Women" | Main Stage Production - Feb. 2020
"The Who's Tommy" | Main Stage Production - Oct. 2019
Production History
2023 Season
Edward Albee’s Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Into the Woods
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom
Godspell
Saturday Night Fever
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You
2022 Season
Good People
Triassic Parq: The Musical
The Normal Heart
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
A Little Night Music
Ride the Cyclone: The Musical
2021 Limited Series
'ART'
Blue/Orange
Who's Holiday
Digital Series 2020-2021
Lobby Hero
POEtober: An Audio Experience
Home for the Holidays: A Virtual Soirée
New Works Laboratory: Song Series
Silver Stage: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
2019 -2020 Season
The Who’s Tommy
Disenchanted!
Three Tall Women
The remainder of physical productions for the 2019-2020 season were suspended or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2018 -2019 Season
Evil Dead: The Musical
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told
The Crucible
Dreamgirls
Sylvia
Guys & Dolls
2017 -2018 Season
Spring Awakening
Steel Magnolias
Red Scare on Sunset
Jesus Christ Superstar
Hedda Gabler
The Robber Bridegroom
2016 -2017 Season
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Buyer & Cellar
A Doll’s House
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Monsters
Ragtime: The Musical
2015 -2016 Season
Dogfight
Devil Boys From Beyond
I’ll Be Back Before Midnight
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Bat Boy: The Musical
2014 -2015 Season
Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None
The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical
God of Carnage
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
Spellbound! A Musical Fable
2013 -2014 Season
Evil Dead: The Musical
The Butterfingers Angel, Mary & Joseph, Herod the Nut and the Slaughter of 12 Hit Carols in a Pear Tree
The Little Dog Laughed
Cabaret
Love! Valour! Compassion!
Funny Girl
2012 -2013 Season
Spring Awakening: The Musical
Fully Committed
Psycho Beach Party
Gypsy: A Musical Fable
Six Degrees of Separation
Little Shop of Horrors
2011-2012 Season
The Who’s Tommy
The Santaland Diaries
Urinetown: The Musical
Angels in America - Part One: Millennium Approaches
Angels in America - Part Two: Perestroika
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
2010-2011 Season
Master Class
Evil Dead: The Musical
As Bees In Honey Drown
Distracted
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Dark Matters
The Visit
2009-2010 Season
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Into The Woods
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You
Speech & Debate
The Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The Moon Marigolds
Shirley Valentine
Our Town
2008-2009 Season
Regrets Only
Pippin
Die! Mommie! Die!
Songs for A New World
Sylvia
The Trial
Everything In The Garden
2007-2008 Season
Suddenly Last Summer
And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little
The Santa Land Diaries
‘night, Mother
Morning’s At Seven
2006-2007 Season
Tartuffe
My Fair Lady
The Baltimore Waltz
You Can’t Take It With You
2005-2006 Season
The Elephant Man
On Golden Pond
The House Of Blue Leaves
2004-2005 Season
Proof
A Street Car Named Desire
The Madwoman Of Chaillot
2003-2004 Season
Six Degrees Of Separation
Agnes Of God
The Glass Menagerie
Angels In America