plays

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…

Kansas City's annual summer ritual, the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, is upon us. This year's production is the comedy “Much Ado About Nothing.”…

Segment 1: Comedic play at The Unicorn invites serious conversations on gender identity.The comedy Hir revolves around the story of a transitioning teen…

As a kid growing up on his family’s farm in Louisburg, Kansas, David Wayne Reed just wanted to perform.He wore his mom’s heels, a cinched-up shirt as a…

He's an actor, writer, storyteller ... and now, filmmaker. While growing up on his family's farm in Louisburg, Kansas, David Wayne Reed used to dress in…

In his new play, Nathan Louis Jackson draws on his own life to tackle the issue of gun violence.“Brother Toad” tells the story of two men who are related…

Segment 1: A new play about gun violence in Kansas.Nathan Louis Jackson's new play, "Brother Toad," is set in Wyandotte County and Johnson County. It's…