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Central Standard
9:54 am
Tue April 23, 2013

'Kansas City Swing'

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Kansas City's role in the integration of baseball is a popular subject these days. The recent release of 42, the movie about Jackie Robinson's integration into Major League Baseball premiered in Kansas City, home of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, this month. UMKC Theatre is also tackling the subject with the debut of its play Kansas City Swing.

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Performance
4:06 pm
Wed April 17, 2013

[VIDEO] In This Scene...A Storm Is Brewing In Baseball

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Rob Karma Robinson, as Satchel Paige.
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The play Kansas City Swing is set in Kansas City in 1947 when the nation was on the cusp of great change.

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Central Standard
6:36 pm
Mon March 4, 2013

Eat This!

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Food can be fun, but the issues surrounding food can be perplexing and polarizing.  The new play, Eat This! from UMKC professor Stephanie Roberts explores these contentious issues using 12 actors playing 50 different roles.

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Performance
5:13 am
Wed February 27, 2013

UMKC Theatre's 'Eat This!' Explores Journey From Farm To Plate

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UMKC theater students Logan Black, Alisha Espinosa, and Jamie Dufault play a farmer, a conflicted eater, and a chef.
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UMKC theater students at Heins Family Farm in Higginsville, Missouri.
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On a visit to Paradise Meats, student actors Jessica Biernacki Jensen and Nicole Greenberg.
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"Eat This!" author and director Stephanie Roberts at a rehearsal
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UMKC theater students rehearsing on the kitchen-like set of "Eat This!"
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With the growth of the local food movement and a rise in urban farming, Kansas City diners are increasingly discriminating about what goes on their plates. Yet a good number of people don't delve any more deeply into their meal other than what's tasty and convenient.

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