plays

Christina Anderson's play follows a Black family's journey through the years after desegregating the public pool in their fictional Kansas town. The show will tour 10 Kansas City community centers and libraries, after completing a run at Kansas City Repertory Theatre.

The Coterie Theatre re-imagines Lewis Carroll’s classic story “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” as a hip-hop and pop-inspired video game.

Segment 1: What if instead of the Confederate flag, the symbol of the Civil War was a worn out dish rag?The current exhibit at H&R Block Artspace is about…

Sarah Bernhardt was known for her eccentricities. She slept in a coffin, she kept a pet lion and attracted lovers everywhere she went.Bernhardt made five…

Segment 1: The author of "One by One" shares his battle with opioid addiction.Nicholas Bush found himself hiding from police for crimes related to his to…

Segment 1: Logan Black.We visit with a veteran, actor, and playwright about his latest play, Bond, a story about his service in Iraq with Diego, his…

Segment 1: Why a Midwesterner is leading the charge to save manatees.To a native Kansas Citian, a sea animal like the manatee might as well be something…

Segment 1: Last year may have marked the beginning of a cultural shift for how people approach faith and politics . The passing of Rev. Billy Graham, the…

Segment 1: A bookstore stage for a literary legend.Tru is a one-man production about writer Truman Capote's lonely Christmas in 1975. We speak with the…

Plenty of people don’t think twice before binging on episodes of a favorite TV show or series of movies. Would that crowd consider watching live theater…

Segment 1: Artistic director of the KC Rep is leaving soon. How has local theatre changed?After 10 years with the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Eric…

A couple of weeks before opening night of the hit Broadway musical "Newsies," two dozen young actors were flipping and twirling on stage at the Jewish…