Opera Theatre of Saint Louis presents

Joshua's Boots

An Opera for Young People by Adolphus Hailstork and Susan Kander

DIRECTED BY MICHAEL SHELL and conducted by Joseph Marcheso

Touhill Performing Arts Center, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Joshua's Boots, set in 1878, is the dramatic story of an African American teenage boy who escapes from a lynch mob to find a new life in Kansas as one of the many black cowboys who flourished in the western frontier.

2011 School Performances:

November 16, 11AM
November 17, 9AM and 11AM
November 18, 10AM

Tickets are $6 for students and teachers. For reservations call (314) 963-4251 or email 251@opera-stl.org.

2011 Public Performance:

November 18, 7PM

To purchase tickets for the public performance or to view a map to the Touhill Performing Art Center, please click here.

Recommended for grades 4-12

To see original Joshua’s Boots set designs by Set Designer Robert Morgan, click here!

And don't forget--free docent visits upon request (call (314) 963-4251 or email dmayo@opera-stl.org), and the Joshua's Boots study guide can be found here.

Presented in partnership with the Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Made possible with a leadership gift from Dana Brown Charitable Trust, U.S. Bank Trustee and with generous support from Monsanto Fund.

Special thanks to Pi Beta Phi/Sign of the Arrow.