Have you read the latest feature on COCA in our September/ October issue yet? 

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Either way, COCA unveiled its 2021-2022 COCApresents season, running from November 5, 2021 to July 24, 2022. Executive Director Kelly Pollock on the newly announced schedule: “The 2021–2022 COCApresents season marks a welcomed return to live theatre at COCA.” And, we can’t wait to be back on the COCA campus - especially after the grand opening of the Ferring East Wing! This new construction project is the result of COCA’s Create Our Future Campaign which raised over $49 million to be able to serve St. Louisians for generations to come. 

The 2021-2022 COCApresents season kicks off with the Choreographic Lab Showcase, a culmination of COCA alumnus Mason Cummings’ Choreographic Lab experience at COCA. Other highlights include wUNDERland, the re-imagining of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland which puts a hip-hop spin on this fantasy classic and features creative direction and choreography by COCA Hip-Hop Crew Artistic Director Anthony “Redd” Williams. TRIumphant combines all of COCA’s Dance Ensembles—Ballet Eclectica, COCAdance, and COCA’s Hip-Hop Crew—in their season-culminating repertoire - always a fan favorite! The entire season culminates with COCA’s Summer Musical, Matilda - the story of a young girl with extraordinary powers who uses her love of reading and storytelling as an escape from her life with her neglectful and abusive parents.

A full season indeed! 

Ticket prices range from $5–25; Buy more and save on tickets. Tickets go on sale to the general public September 13. COCA Members receive early access to purchase tickets September 2. For more information, visit cocastl.org/coca-presents or contact the COCA Box Office by phone at 314.561.4877.