There’s a lot to look forward to at the sixth annual Grand Center Theatre Crawl. There will be more than 30 theater companies performing for free around Grand Center Arts District June 29-30. We've boiled it down to three reasons you don’t want to miss this year's crawl.

1. It's easier to get around.

Grand Center Theatre Crawl is spread out more than ever across the district. To help guests see as much theater as possible, transportation shuttles are new this year. There will be five pick-up points for St. Louis Transportation buses and five pickup points for Paraquad buses, throughout Grand Center Arts District. Both shuttles have pick-up points in front of the Arts and Education Council's Centene Center for the Arts. To find more locations, check out the interactive map Grand Center Theatre Crawl has put together for the weekend here.

2. Performances are accessible and family-friendly.

Various performances throughout the weekend will have ASL interpreters and audio description provided by MindsEye Radio (an A&E grantee). These services help to make the weekend more accessible for audiences. All venues are wheelchair accessible (other than Urban Chestnut Brewing Company) and all restaurants and indoor theater venues have restrooms for participants.

This year, organizers added a new component for even the youngest theatregoers. There will be family-friendly programming every 30 minutes on Saturday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. There are also numerous G-rated performances throughout the weekend.

3. Refuel with food and drink options.

With more than 30 companies to choose from, theatregoers are bound to get hungry. Organizers heard the tummies grumbling and new this year, there is food available around Grand Center. Friday and Saturday evening, there will be food trucks at Strauss Park and free bottled water. Many areas restaurants and bars will open, with several providing special drinks and food to celebrate the Crawl.

The Arts and Education Council is thrilled to have four companies performing throughout the weekend at the Centene Center for the Arts. On Friday and Saturday evening, “When Oprah Says Goodbye” by A Call to Conscience (an A&E grantee) will be in the Atrium and “Three Decembers” by STL Opera Collective will be in the Rialto Ballroom (with audio description provided by Minds Eye Radio, an A&E grantee). On Saturday, “The Talking Cure SPEAKS” by St. Louis Fringe will be in the Catalyst Innovation Lab and “Run-On Sentence” by SATE (a Centene Center for the Arts tenant) will be in the Center's performance space.

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For more information about Grand Center Theatre Crawl and to view the schedule go to stlpublicradio.org/theatrecrawl.