‘INSIDE OUT Day’ at The St. Louis Science Center This Friday with Star Phyllis Smith

The place to be in St. Louis this Friday June 19th, is the St. Louis Science Center where they will be honoring hometown native and star of Disney•Pixar’s upcoming feature INSIDE OUT Phyllis Smith! And while you’re there, celebrate learning about the human mind and body. The festivities begin at NOON.

Disney•Pixar’s INSIDE OUT opens in theaters nationwide this Friday, June 19th. The movie is all about what’s going on in the head of an 11-year-old named Riley. Five emotions operate the control center of Riley’s mind, including Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust. On the film’s opening day native St. Louisan Phyllis Smith, the voice of Sadness in the movie, will be honored at the Saint Louis Science Center as part of “INSIDE OUT Day” to celebrate the attention the film brings to learning about the human mind & body.

Assistant to Mayor Francis G. Slay, Josh Wiesend Bert Vescolani, Saint Louis Science Center President and CEO, will present Phyllis with a proclamation declaring it “INSIDE OUT Day” in the City of St. Louis. Following the presentation, Phyllis will participate in a brief meet-and-greet with Saint Louis Science Center visitors.

12:05 PM – 1:00 PM

Saint Louis Science Center is located at 5050 Oakland Ave.; St. Louis, MO 63110

Phyllis Smith, a native St. Louisan and longtime ensemble cast member in NBC’s hit series The Office, got her start in the entertainment industry working for casting agencies with clients such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development,Spin City,and NBC’s pilot of The Office. She appeared in “Bad Teacher,” “Butter” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked.” Additional acting credits include Arrested Development, the box-office hit “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and the independent film “I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With”. Smith, a former St. Louis Cardinals cheerleader, received full scholarships in dance from Kansas University and Tulsa University, and she holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Missouri, St. Louis. She was also a ballet dancer with the St. Louis Civic Ballet and the St. Louis Dance Theater, as well as a professional jazz dancer under Raoul Appel. Smith attended Cleveland High School.

Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head? Disney•Pixar’s original new film INSIDE OUT ventures inside the mind to find out. Based in Headquarters, the control center inside 11-year-old Riley’s mind, five Emotions are hard at work, led by lighthearted optimist Joy (voice of Amy Poehler), whose mission is to make sure Riley stays happy. Fear (voice of Bill Hader) heads up safety, Anger (voice of Lewis Black) ensures all is fair and Disgust (voice of Mindy Kaling) prevents Riley from getting poisoned—both physically and socially. Sadness (voice of Phyllis Smith) isn’t exactly sure what her role is, and frankly, neither is anyone else. When Riley’s family relocates to a scary new city, the Emotions are on the job, eager to help guide her through the difficult transition. But when Joy and Sadness are inadvertently swept into the far reaches of Riley’s mind—taking some of her core memories with them—Fear, Anger and Disgust are left reluctantly in charge. Joy and Sadness must venture through unfamiliar places—Long Term Memory, Imagination Land, Abstract Thought and Dream Productions—in a desperate effort to get back to Headquarters, and Riley. Directed by Academy Award® winner Pete Docter (“Monsters, Inc.”, “Up”), produced by Jonas Rivera, p.g.a. (“Up”) and featuring an original score by Michael Giacchino (“The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille,” “Up”), Disney•Pixar’s INSIDE OUT opens in theaters on June 19, 2015.

The mission of the Saint Louis Science Center is to ignite and sustain lifelong science and technology learning. It is one of the top 15 science centers worldwide and was named one of the “Top 10 Science Centers for Families” by Parents magazine. The Saint Louis Science Center complex includes a four-story OMNIMAX® Theater, Boeing Hall and the James S. McDonnell Planetarium. For more information about the Saint Louis Science Center, please visit slsc.org.

Check out the trailer for INSIDE OUT: