That Uppity Theatre Company has been making news all over St. Louis, Missouri and the country. Take a look at the press each project has received below!

Big, Fat LGBT Show | DisAbility Project | About Uppity | About Joan | Awards | State of Marriage | Tom Sawyer | Apple Pie | The Democracy Project | Coming Out Stories | The Louies | Words of Choice | Working | Peace Out

The Big, Fat LGBT Everything You Need to Know Show of Shows

• Theater adds a new take to diversity training in corporate world
  Doug Moore, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

• "Innovation in Diversity Training"
  Insight into Diversity magazine (pp. 22-24)

• Schools, businesses tune into 'Big, Fat LGBT Show'
  Nancy Fowler, St. Louis Beacon

• New City and Uppity Present Show
  The Vital Voice

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The DisAbility Project

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  on the Higher Education Channel (click play button in the video window to view)
  Podcast available via iTunes “State of the Arts” (Episode 305, Chapter 6)

• in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  People with Disabilities Don’t Want to be Defined by Them:
  People with Disabilities Learn to Cope, Thrive

• in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  Theatre Group Gives Disabled Actors a Stage and a Voice

• in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  Troupe Commands the Stage with a Repertoire to Shift Public Perception
  

• in the Riverfront Times
  Thespians on Wheels

• on KWMU radio's CityScape
  DisAbility Project with Ana Jennings, Andrew Lackey, and Joan

• in American Theatre Magazine
  We Are Not A Metaphor

• in the West County Journal
  Actors Raise Students’ Disability Awareness
  
  
• in the Missouri Historical Society's Voices magazine
  Changing Channels, Changing Minds

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Joan

• in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  2012 Arts Honorees Named

• in St. Louis Jewish Light
  News Schmooze: Lipkin Rules

• Press Release: Arts and Education Council Announces 2012 St. Louis Arts Awards Honorees

• in Ms. Magazine (mentioned in a list of female playwrights)
  Hey Broadway, Don't Forget Women Playwrights!

• in TubeFilter News
  Indie Drama 'Anyone But Me' Hits 10 Million Views

• in the West End Word
  Working for Change

• in Webster World
  Connecting

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State of Marriage

• In St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  Entertaining 'State of Marriage' takes on Prop 8

• On KWMU radio's CityScape
  The State of Marriage

• In Windy City Times
  Looking at 'The State of Marriage': The Civil Rights Issue of Our Times

• In The Vital Voice
  Altared States: "The State of Marriage"

• In the St. Louis Beacon
  All aboard the love bus in 'The State of Marriage'

• In Camp
  New Theatre Piece Explores 'The State of Marriage'

• On Two on the Aisle
  Joan Lipkin Interview

• On KSDK New Channel 5
  STLAS original production "The State of Marriage" premieres this week

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Tom Sawyer

• in The Ladue News
  The DisAbility Project

• on YouTube
  "Big Read" Rehearsal

• on KWMU radio's CityScape
  DisAbility Project's "Tom Sawyer"

• in the St. Louis Jewish Light
  DisAbility Project performs Mark Twain classic for 'Big Read'

• in the St. Louis Beacon
  'Tom Sawyer'-based musical promotes reading and disability awareness'

• in the Washington University Record
  'Tom, Huck and Becky' performed in conjunction with Big Read

• in the Riverfront Times
  The Assorted Short Adventures of Tom, Huck and Becky

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Apple Pie

• in The Vital Voice
  Enjoy another helping of "Apple Pie"

• in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  Lipkin Says Her Apple Pie Will Turn Out With Surprises

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The Democracy Project

• on KMOV-TV Channel 4
  Extra Edition: The arts playing important role

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Coming Out Stories

• in The Vital Voice
  Coming Out Stories Come to Life on Stage

• in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  Theater Companies Talk Politics

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The Louies

• in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  Gay arts, culture in St. Louis have come a long way, baby

• on KWMU radio's CityScape
  Gay Theatre with Joan and Donna Parrone

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Words of Choice

• on KWMU radio's CityScape           
  Host speaks with Joan and cast members

• in Frederick Clarkson’s blog
  On the Road with Words of Choice

• in an Operation Rescue publication in Wichita, KS
  Abortionist Tiller and Pro-abortion Play-goers,
  Challenged Over Abortion Death

• in the Kansas State Collegian
  Play to Focus on Reproductive Rights
  Editorial: “Forum provides opportunity for discussion”
  Words of choice important for all women

• in the Orlando Sentinel
  Tradition of social change is alive…

• in The Vital Voice
  Two arts events shine spotlight on reproductive rights…

• in Common Dreams News Wire
  “Words of Choice” Responds to Reproductive Rights Emergencies…

• in Fractured Atlas press
  “Words of Choice” Puts Rights on Stage in Kansas, Missouri…

• on Maggot Punks blog
  Words of Choice

• in the Washington University Record
  Words of Choice production presented today

• in Webster University’s The Journal
  Choice words exchanged
  

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Working

• in the St. Louis Business Journal
  Seminar on hiring the disabled planned
  
  
• in the Missouri Historical Society's Voices magazine
  Changing Channels, Changing Minds

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Awards

• on KMOV-TV Channel 4
  The Ethical Society of St. Louis handed…        

• on KWMU radio's CityScape
  The Ethical Humanist of the Year 

• in The Ethical Society Bulletin
  Joan Lipkin Named 2007 Ethical Humanist of the Year

• in Regional Arts Commission Press Release
  Joan Lipkin, Innovative Playwright/Director and Social Activist

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Uppity

• in the St. Louis Business Journal
  That Uppity Theatre Company Receives Reeve Grant

• in In The Spotlight
  That Pioneering Theatre Company is More Than Uppity

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Peace Out

• in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  Anti-War Poetry Will Take Center Stage