Reviews of (1) BORN YESTERDAY, by Garson Kanin, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, (2) STIFF, by Sherry Jo Ward, at Inevitable Theatre Company, (3) AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, by Arlene Hutton, at Mustard Seed Theatre, (4) NEW WORLD, by Lee Patton Chiles, at Gitana Productions, (5) THE COLOR PURPLE, by Marsha Norman et al., at the Fox Theatre, (6) THE ODD COUPLE, by Neil Simon, at The Alpha Players, (7) THE RUBY SUNRISE, by Rinne Groff, at Kirkwood Theatre Guild, (8) A BLACK WOMAN SPEAKS, by Beah Richards, at A Call to Conscience & The Griot Museum of Black History, and (9) PURPLE HEART CITY, by Tylor Gruenloh, at Tesseract Theatre Company.