Saint Louis Story Stitchers announce details for "The WHY of MY City": podcast & cast/crew

ST. LOUIS - June 1, 2023 - PRLog -- SPECIAL EDITION StitchCast Studio
The WHY of MY City
Landing Page: https://storystitchers.org/stitchcast-studio-special-edition-the-why-of-my-city/
June 2 - 14, 2023

In conjunction with The WHY of MY City, Story Stitchers artists are creating StitchCast Studio Special Edition podcast recordings focused on Black historic sites in Saint Louis, Missouri. Since November 2022, young artists and their mentors have visited various local historic sites important in African American history and have created a series of podcasts at or about these sites and the people who care for them.

Podcasts and related research for these discussions is supported in part by Missouri Humanities Council, a state agency.

Additional support is provided by The Divided City. The Divided City is an urban humanities initiative, a joint project of the Center for the Humanities and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis. The Divided City is funded by the Mellon Foundation.

EVENT: The WHY of MY City - A Play
LANDING PAGE: https://storystitchers.org/the-why-of-my-city/
PERFOMANCE DATES and TIMES: June 15 and 16, 2023 at 7:00
PERFOMANCE LOCATION: .ZACK Theatre, 3224 Locust, St. Louis, 63103
TICKETS TO THE PLAY: $10 on MetroTix
https://www.metrotix.com/events/detail/saint-louis-story-...

Celebrate Juneteenth with a new play by Saint Louis Story Stitchers, written by Mario Farwell and directed by Gregory S. Carr.

The story…Wanda, a young African American, returns to St. Louis after graduating high school.  She wants to explore opportunities, but Zoot Suit, a well-known gangster, entices her to come work for him. The community rallies to prevent Wanda from making a serious mistake and with the help of Scott Joplin, Madam CJ Walker, Cool Papa Bell and Tina Turner, they manage to save her from the clutches of Zoot Suit.

The WHY of MY City is a multi-year signature program that captures and documents pieces of black history through written word and art while training the next generation to become active, engaged citizens. Our goal is that programs become a force multiplier, rippling into families, schools, and neighborhoods, offering solutions to common urban problems.

Saint Louis Story Stitchers has commissioned playwright Mario Farwell to write a new script for The WHY of MY City, centering on St. Louis's Black neighborhoods and historic figures. The new play will be presented to the public June 15 and 16, 2023, as part of Juneteenth celebration.