Welcome to Up Next! This weekly blog post highlights virtual performances and experiences. As we discover new ways of enjoying and producing the arts during the pandemic, we hope that Up Next may help families, theater fans, educators, and community supporters discover something new or reconnect with much loved organizations.

Alliance Theatre: Sit-In, Through Jun 30

Children’s Theatre Company: Seed Folks, Mar 8 through 21

Imagination Stage: Spy Academy & the Lost Treasure of Atlantis, Through May 23

Chicago Children’s Theatre: Diamond’s Dream, Through Jun 22

Little Angel Theatre: The World of Sound Scribbles, Presented by Little Bean Theatre

Playwrights’ Center: Online Workshop, Writing Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA), Taught by Idris Goodwin, Mar 18 and 25, and April 8 and 15

St. Louis Public Library: Family Puppet and Literacy Storytime, Mar 3

Eric Carle Museum: CactusHead Puppets Presents, Magnificent Monster Circus, Mar 6

Theatre for Young Audiences: Animating TYA

Metro Theater Company: Jacked! by Idris Goodwin, Through Mar 31

Metro Theater Company: Virtual Summer Camp Registration Opens Mar 8

Metro Theater Company: And In This Corner: Cassius Clay (Virtual Field Trip for Schools)