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Ghost Light 2022

Oct 21 – Oct 22, 2022

Conceived and Directed by:Stuart Carden

3rd Annual Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads

Free frightful fun for the whole family!

Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads returns! This hybrid concert and ghost-story event weaves together local storytellers and musicians to share frighteningly fun tales from KC’s cultural crossroads that will leave you shaking with excitement! This year’s event will be free to the public, and will take place at Roanoke Park in KCMO.

Flood

An OriginKC: World Premiere

Jan 31 – Feb 19, 2023

Written by:Mashuq Mushtaq Deen

Directed by:Kenneth Prestininzi

Located at:Copaken Stage

With humor, grace, and beauty, this absurdist tragic-comedy will stay with you long after it ends. We are honored to give this captivating new play its first full production.

the ripple, the wave that carried me home

Mar 14 – Apr 2, 2023

Written by:Christina Anderson

Directed by:Khanisha Foster

Located at:Copaken Stage

A moving exploration of a family’s response to injustice and a daughter’s reckoning with her political inheritance growing up 1960s Kansas.

Peter Pan and Wendy

Neverland for a New Generation

May 4 – May 21, 2023

Written by:J.M. Barrie

Adapted by:Lauren M. Gunderson

Directed by:Artistic Director Stuart Carden

Located at:Spencer Theatre

With all the magic and adventure of the original story, this adaptation charms with a fresh take on what it means to dream, to grow, and to be a part of a community.

Twelfth Night

Sep 6 – Sep 25, 2022

Written by:William Shakespeare

Directed by:Associate Artistic Director Nelson T. Eusebio III

Located at:Spencer Theatre

Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity, music and the madness of love, Twelfth Night finds new life as the celebratory kick-off to our 22-23 season.

A Christmas Carol 2017

Nov 17 – Dec 24, 2017

Written by:Charles Dickens

Adapted and Directed by:Eric Rosen

Located at:Spencer Theatre

Kansas City’s favorite holiday tradition is back for its 37th season, with an all-NEW adaptation by KCRep Artistic Director, Eric Rosen! A ripping good telling of the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge, the curmudgeonly businessman who requires the intervention of a few spectral guides to understand the true meaning of Christmas and life. Complete with …

A Christmas Carol 2018

Nov 16 – Dec 30, 2018

Written by:Charles Dickens

Adapted by:Eric Rosen

Directed by:Marissa Wolf

Located at:Spencer Theatre

Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly, cold-hearted creditor, continues his stingy ways on Christmas Eve. He rejects a dinner invitation and all the good tidings of the season from his nephew, Fred; he yells at charity workers; and he overworks his earnest employee, Bob Cratchit. Until, he is visited one-by-one, by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present …

OFFSCRIPT with KCRep

Jan 25 – Apr 12, 2022

Go behind-the-scenes of your favorite KCRep shows!

From backstage antics to onstage moments, we’re sharing what’s happening at KCRep with you.

Welcome to Fear City

Apr 28 – May 27, 2018

Written by:Kara Lee Corthron

Directed by:Chip Miller

Located at:Copaken Stage

OriginKC: World Premiere

In this electrifying and alive story, a South Bronx boy searches for his poetic voice and wrestles with his identity. His neighborhood fights to survive following the 1977 blackout that rattled New York City and jump-started the hip-hop revolution.

Top: Nedra Dixon, Brianna Woods, Christopher Reed Brown, and Brandon J. Pierce in Welcome to Fear …

Brother Toad

Apr 27 – May 27, 2018

Written by:Nathan Louis Jackson

Directed by:Melissa Crespo

Located at:Copaken Stage

OriginKC: World Premiere

Mellon Foundation KCRep Resident Playwright and Kansas City, Kansas resident, Nathan Louis Jackson (Sticky Traps, Broke-ology, When I Come To Die) asks us to bear witness to the humanity behind the choices made regarding guns and family in our City’s black community.

Nathan Louis Jackson and Kansas City Repertory Theatre are participants in the Andrew W. …

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