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Kansas City Repertory Theatre Announces Cast For LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL
by Blair Ingenthron - September 07, 2024
Kansas City Repertory Theatre has announced the cast for LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL, running from October 8-27, 2024 at Copaken Stage, exploring the life and music of Billie Holiday....
Ernie Nolan Chosen as Next Artistic Director of Unicorn Theatre
by Stephi Wild - July 02, 2024
Unicorn Theatre has announced that Ernie Nolan has been chosen as its next Artistic Director. With a distinguished career spanning over two decades, Nolan brings a wealth of experience, creativity, and a profound passion for innovative and inclusive storytelling to Kansas City...
Review: HOT THE MUSICAL at Unicorn Theatre
by Alan Portner - May 17, 2024
In performance now through June 2 is HOT THE MUSICAL, an entertaining and original new take on the Greek Mythology surrounding Helen of Troy and the Trojan Wars. The show is staged at Unicorn Theatre on Main Street. This one is definitely worth your time....
Unicorn Theatre's Producing Artistic Director Cynthia Levin Will Retire In 2024
by Stephi Wild - May 31, 2023
Unicorn Theatre has announced that Producing Artistic Director Cynthia Levin will retire in June 2024. Levin's departure will culminate a historic run spanning more than four decades at one of Kansas City's landmark theatres, where she gained a regional and national reputation for innovating...
Past Shows
Poor Clare
1/24
Poor Clare is a very funny modern spin on the Middle Ages that couldnt feel more timely. Clare is just a regular noblewoman living in ...
Lungs
5/5 - 5/28/2023
The world is getting hotter, there’s unrest overseas—the seas themselves aren’t very calm—and one couple is thinking about having a child. LUNGS is a smart ...
Marys Seacole
3/8 - 3/26/2023
Mosaic Theater Company of DC Jackie Sibblies Drury...
Clyde's
11/30 - 12/18/2022
Clyde's, written by the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, is a powerful dramedy that takes a comedic yet poignant look at redemption and second ...
The Inheritance
5/11 - 6/12/2022
Performed in two parts, The Inheritance takes place decades after the AIDS epidemic, where three generations of gay men grapple with the tragedy of their ...
The Lifespan of a Fact
9/8 - 9/26/2021
Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, based on the book by John D?Agata and Jim Fingal Unicorn Theatre...
The Inheritance
5/12 - 6/20/2021
Unicorn Theatre Matthew Lopez...
Lungs
12/2 - 12/20/2020
The world is getting hotter, there’s unrest overseas—the seas themselves aren’t very calm—and one couple is thinking about having a child. LUNGS is a smart ...
Kill Move Paradise
9/29 - 10/11/2020
Four black men find themselves stuck in a waiting room for the afterlife. As they attempt to make sense of their new paradise, Isa, Daz, ...
The Lifespan of a Fact
3/4 - 3/29/2020
Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, based on the book by John D?Agata and Jim Fingal Unicorn Theatre...
Babel
1/22 - 2/9/2020
BABEL is a dark comedy set in the near future. Two couples are having trouble getting pregnant and the lengths they go to in order ...
Bernhardt/Hamlet
12/4 - 12/29/2019
Theresa Rebeck; dir: Cynthia Levin....
A Doll's House, Part 2
10/16 - 11/10/2019
Doll's House, Part 2 is a 2017 play written by Lucas Hnath. The play premiered at the South Coast Repertory, in April 2017, before transferring ...
Who's Your Baghdaddy, or How I Started The Iraq War
9/4 - 9/29/2019
book: Marshall Pailet, A.D. Pendo; lyrics: A.D. Pendo; music: Marshall Pailet; dir: Sarah Crawford....
The Revolutionists
6/5 - 6/30/2019
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution. At the height of the Reign of Terror, ...
Bond
4/24 - 5/19/2019
Levin Stage: Logan Black; dir: Cynthia Levin....
The Humans
3/6 - 3/31/2019
Winner of the 2016 Tony Award® for Best Play. Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s ...
Nomad Motel
1/23 - 2/17/2019
Carla Ching; dir: Ian R. Crawford, Andi Meyer....
The Wolves
11/28 - 12/30/2018
Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. An all girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big ...
Sweat
10/17 - 11/11/2018
Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...
Informed Consent
3/7 - 4/1/2018
Deborah Zoe Laufer; dir: Darren Sextro. Jerome Stage:...
Project Dawn
1/24 - 2/18/2018
Karen Hartman; dir: Abigail Adams. World Premiere...
Chesapeake
12/19 - 1/7/2018
Controversial performance artist Kerr has his NEA funding cut in a calculated, political trick by his home town candidate, the folksy, dog-toting Therm Pooley. For ...
Disgraced
10/18 - 11/12/2017
New York. Today. A Muslim-American lawyer is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while he distances himself from his cultural roots. At the moment of ...
Men on Boats
9/6 - 10/1/2017
Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men On Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew ...
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT
5/31 - 7/2/2017
BETTE MIDLER proudly presents the most OUTRAGEOUSLY FUN Broadway musical: PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT! This spectacular show tells the uplifting story of a trio ...
Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical
5/31 - 6/25/2017
book: Stephan Elliott, Allan Scott; dir: Missy Koonce, Cynthia Levin....
I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard
4/19 - 5/14/2017
Halley Feiffer; dir: Jeff Church....
Eclipsed
3/8 - 4/2/2017
Danai Gurira; dir: Cynthia Levin. Jerome Stage:...
How to Use a Knife
1/25 - 2/19/2017
Will Snider; dir: Michael Stevenson. World Premiere...
An Octoroon
11/30 - 12/26/2016
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; dir: Damron Russel Armstrong....
An Octoroon
11/30 - 12/26/2016
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; dir: Damron Russel Armstrong....
Application Pending
12/7 - 12/26/2016
Greg Edwards, Andy Sandberg; dir: Ian R. Crawford....
Application Pending
12/7 - 12/26/2016
Greg Edwards, Andy Sandberg; dir: Ian R. Crawford....
The Way We Get By
10/19 - 11/13/2016
Neil LaBute; dir: Darren Sextro....
The Way We Get By
10/19 - 11/13/2016
Neil LaBute; dir: Darren Sextro....
Hand to God
9/7 - 10/2/2016
After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet ...
Hand to God
9/7 - 10/2/2016
After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet ...
Heathers The Musical
6/1 - 6/26/2016
book: Kevin Murphy, Laurence O'keefe; lyrics: Kevin Murphy, Laurence O'keefe; music: Kevin Murphy, Laurence O'keefe; dir: Cynthia Levin....
The Ghosts of Lote Bravo
4/20 - 5/8/2016
Hilary Bettis; dir: Dante Fernando Larzabal....
The Whale
3/2 - 3/27/2016
Samuel D. Hunter; dir: Sidonie Garrett....
How To Steal A Picasso
1/27 - 2/14/2016
A comic-drama set against the bankruptcy of the Motor City. The Smith family doesn't agree on much, but when their son Johnny comes home for ...
Buyer & Cellar
12/9 - 12/27/2015
Buyer & Cellar is a one-man comedy play written by Jonathan Tolins. It premiered in 2013 and quickly gained critical acclaim for its humor and ...
Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play
12/2 - 12/27/2015
Anne Washburn; dir: Michael Stevenson....
The Brother Size
10/14 - 11/8/2015
Tarell Alvin McCraney; dir: Mykel Hill....
The Oldest Boy
8/26 - 9/20/2015
Sarah Ruhl; dir: Cynthia Levin....
Tribes
6/3 - 6/28/2015
Nina Raine; dir: Theodore Swetz....
C*CK
4/22 - 5/17/2015
This award-winning play explores themes of identity and sexuality through the story of a gay man who questions his feelings after meeting a woman....
Women Playing Hamlet
3/4 - 3/29/2015
Hamlet's a challenge for any actor, but when Jessica is cast as the titular character in a New York production, it sends her into an ...
Lasso Of Truth
1/28 - 2/15/2015
Boyer Theatre: Carson Kreitzer; dir: Jasson Minadakis....
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
6/4 - 6/29/2014
An irreverent look at Hollywood's racial stereotypes as an African-American maid auditions for the same 1930's movie as her employer, a white starlet. This hilarious ...
Water by the Spoonful
4/23 - 5/18/2014
An Iraqi war veteran comes home to Philadelphia to reconnect with his Puerto Rican family, but he finds them in crisis mode. This lyrical, uplifting ...
Other Desert Cities
3/5 - 3/30/2014
In Jon Robin Baitz's OTHER DESERT CITIES, Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, ...
Grounded
1/22 - 2/9/2014
George Brant....
Clybourne Park
12/4 - 12/29/2013
Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin ...
Seminar
10/16 - 11/10/2013
Theresa Rebeck....
Venus in Fur
9/4 - 9/29/2013
Thomas, a beleaguered playwright/director, is desperate to find an actress to play Vanda, the female lead in his adaptation of the classic sadomasochistic tale Venus ...
The Mountaintop
6/5 - 6/23/2013
The Mainstage: - Katori Hall....
My Name is Asher Lev
4/17 - 5/12/2013
The Mainstage: - Aaron Posner; dir: Cynthia Levin....
Good People
2/27 - 3/24/2013
The Mainstage: - David Lindsay-Abaire; dir: Mark Robbins....
BlackTop Sky
1/23 - 2/10/2013
The Jerome Stage: - Christina Anderson; dir: Mykel Hill....
Everyday Rapture
5/16 - 6/3/2012
Everyday Rapture
5/19 - 6/3/2012
A semi-autobiographical stage memoir by Sherie Rene Scott, this is the story of a woman’s psycho-sexual-spiritual journey that separates her mostly Mennonite past from her ...
Time Stands Still
4/11 - 4/29/2012
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Time Stands Still
4/14 - 4/29/2012
This 2010 Tony Award nominee focuses on Sarah, a photo journalist who has just returned home from Iraq after being injured by a roadside bomb, ...
Hungry
2/29 - 3/18/2012
Hungry
3/3 - 3/18/2012
High school misfit Amy struggles to fit in at home and at school, dealing with boy problems, peer pressure and her mother’s constant pestering about ...
Next Fall
1/25 - 2/12/2012
Next Fall
1/28 - 2/12/2012
Luke and Adam are deeply in love, but there is a twist to their five-year relationship. Luke is a Christian and Adam is an atheist. ...
The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge
12/3 - 12/24/2011
A cross between the Dickens classic and a rollicking trip down pop culture memory lane, this is a phantasmagorical evening of irreverent Christmas cheer. Iggy ...
God of Carnage
10/22 - 11/13/2011
2009 Tony Award winner God of Carnage has its Kansas City debut at the same theatre where Reza’s smash hit Art was staged more than ...
Red
9/20 - 10/2/2011
A startling snapshot of a brilliant artist at the height of his fame, this 2010 Tony Award winner takes you into the mind of master ...
Videos
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'The Addams Family'
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (2/21 - 2/21) | |
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The White Theatre at The J (3/15 - 3/30) | |
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Heartland Men's Chorus
The White Theatre at The J (4/5 - 4/6) | |
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Kinnor Philharmonic - Summer Performance
The White Theatre at The J (6/1 - 6/1) | |
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Uptown
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (4/19 - 4/19) | |
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Stuff of Dreams
The White Theatre at The J (9/13 - 9/21) | |
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Hiplet Ballerinas
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (1/24 - 1/24) | |
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