St Charles Community

Join Delia Schindler and the Die Laughing Theater for a new dinner theater show, "They Call Me Mr. Bunker," where actors bring back the hilarious couple Edith and Archie Bunker. The show will take place on Friday, Sept. 10 at the St. Peters Community & Arts Center.

Edith and Archie will take you on another hilarious adventure with this new show where the couple is faced with a dilemma—Archie has to learn computer skills or else he will lose his job at the loading dock. Archie enters his personal information in the computer and becomes a victim of identity theft. Meanwhile, Edith hosts The Neighborhood Association Meeting where neighbors gather to discover who stole Archie’s identity.

Audience participation in the show is encouraged, but not required. Tickets for the show are $28.50 per person. Price includes entertainment, salad, entrée, dessert, and iced tea. Cash bar is also available for drink purchase. Doors open at 6:30, first course is served at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.

Purchase tickets for the show by Sept. 3 at the front desk of St. Peters’ City Hall, One St. Peters Centre Blvd. or at St. Peters Community & Arts Center, 1035 St. Peters Howell-Road.

The Lindenwood University Theatre Department will present its first production of the fall 2010 semester, the acclaimed Steel Magnolias, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9-11 and 16-18 at Lindenwood’s Bezemes Family Theater.

Tickets range from $10 to $18 and are available at the Lindenwood Box Office, 636-949-4433 or online at www.lindenwood.edu/center. The Bezemes Family Theater and the Lindenwood Box Office are located in the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts at 2300 West Clay St. in St. Charles, Mo., just west of First Capitol Drive.

Set in a small Louisiana town, Steel Magnolias follows six women as they come and go through Truvy’s hair salon, where the entire play takes place. With wit, humor, warmth, and friendship, the six deal with love, loss, life, death, and their own friendship as they engage each other with hysterical, neighborly gossip. Written by Robert Harling, the play debuted Off-Broadway in 1987 and was adapted by Harling for a hit movie that starred Shirley MacLaine, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, and Daryl Hannah.

“I think it is wonderful for our students to get the opportunity to do Steel Magnolias,” said Nick Kelly, the play’s director. “I couldn’t be more thankful for the brilliant cast of women that I am working with.”

The Lindenwood cast includes Marlea Jenkins, Shannon Daugherty, Nicole Dele, Colleen Kelly, Becca Helms, and Emily Heitmeyer. Assistant director is David Moreshead, Natalie Smith is stage manager, and Beth Wickenhauser is assistant stage manager. Set and lighting design are by Tim Poertner. The costume designer is Donna Northcott, and the sound designer is Sarah Thompson.

For more information about the Lindenwood University Theatre Department, contact Department Chair Larry Quiggins at 636-949-4850 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . For the complete 2010-11 performing arts schedule, visit www.lindenwood.edu/center.