Fantastic!
Stairs to the Roof
Directed by Marios Mettis
@ Fisherman Hall · 12 Winslow Street
Stairs to the Roof is a full-length Science Fiction Fantasy play by Tennessee Williams. The “Stairs” of the title lead to the roof of an office building in downtown St. Louis. A bearded man in a starry robe appears on that roof in a puff of smoke and—with a wave of a wand—dispatches an inventory clerk to colonize a new planet. The night before his teleportation the clerk discovers a ghostly carnival in the city’s Forest Park. And he discovers love.
Our production with music and dance is performed by an ensemble from the Republic of Cyprus, directed by Marios Mettis, who brought joy to the 2022 Festival with The Magic Tower.