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It's a big election year and St. Louis' hottest theatre companies are talking about it in polite company. From now through the mid-term elections and beyond, nine groups are staging productions as part of the first St. Louis Political Theatre Festival. Whether you're red or blue, get out the green to purchase tickets in support of live theatre in St. Louis.

The productions include:

'American Buffalo,' NonProphet Theater Company, Thursday-Aug 27, Wolfson Studio Theatre, Jewish Community Center, 2 Millstone Campus Drive, 314-752-5075, www.nptco.org.

'Troilus and Cressida,' St. Louis Shakespeare, Sept. 1-10, Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square, 314-534-1111, www.stlshakespeare.org.

'Touch the Names,' Soundstage Productions, Sept. 17, The Heights, 8001 Dale Avenue, 314-968-8070, www.soundstageproductions.net.

'Tartuffe,' Stray Dog Theatre, Oct. 5-22, The Little Theatre, 1 Mark Twain Circle, 314-865-1995, www.straydogtheatre.org.

'Bold Girls,' The Orange Girls, Oct. 6-22, Anheuser-Busch Studio Theatre at the Center of Creative Arts, 524 Trinity AvenueMore, 314-520-9557, www.orangegirls.org.

'Coming Out Stories: An Interactive Event,' That Uppity Theatre Company and Playback Workshop Theatre, Oct. 11, Location TBA, 314-995-4600;
www.uppityco.com.

'Johnny Appleweed,' New Line Theatre, Oct. 12-Nov. 4, ArtLoft Theatre, 314-534-1111, www.newlinetheatre.com.

'Girl Gone,' NonProphet Theater Company, Oct. 19-29, Wolfson Studio Theatre, 314-752-5075, www.nptco.org.

'Sonnets for an Old Century,' Off Center Theatre's Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble, Dec. 7-17, Location TBA, 314-322-8850, www.slightlyoff.org.