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The Color Purple

Sep 2 – Sep 21, 2025

Based on the novel byAlice Walker and the
Warner Bros. Amblin Entertainment Motion Picture

Directed byDaniel J. Bryant

Playing atSpencer Theatre

Book byMarsha Norman

Music and Lyrics byBrenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray

Indulge in a world of soul-stirring music and unyielding hope with The Color Purple, the award-winning stage musical based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Smoke

Jan 24, 2025

Written byDrew Woodson

KCRep is excited to announce the next recipient of the Four Directions Playwright Residency: Drew Woodson and his world-premiere play, Smoke.

In the summer of 2018, amidst the chaos of California wildfires, a family gathers in their Clear Lake home, where old wounds and new revelations ignite tensions more intense than the encroaching blaze. With secrets, …

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill

Oct 8 – Oct 27, 2024

Located atCopaken Stage

Written byLanie Robertson

Musical arrangements byDanny Holgate

Directed byNedra Dixon

Step into the smoky allure of this Tony Award-winning play and go on a spellbinding journey through the life and music of the iconic Billie Holiday.

Broke-ology

Feb 11 – Mar 2, 2025

Located atCopaken Stage

Written byNathan Louis Jackson

Directed byFrancois Battiste

Celebrating the legacy of Nathan Louis Jackson, we revisit this smart, enduring, and quietly powerful play fifteen years after it first moved audiences on our stage.

Representatives for Those at Peace

Dec 2, 2023

A full-length play byMadeline Easley

In partnership with The Great Plains Theatre Commons (GPCT), Tofte Lakes Center, and Tulsa Artists fellowship, KCRep has inaugurated the Four Directions Playwright Residency for Native and Indigenous playwrights. In collaboration, each organization created a weeklong residency for Madeline Easley, over a one-year timeframe.

The culminating workshop and reading will take place on December 2nd at 5pm at Copaken Stage.

A panel discussion and project …

KCRep Gala 2024

KCRep Gala 2024

Apr 5, 2024

Thank you for sharing the evening with us in celebration of KCRep’s 60th anniversary; your generous support raised over $600,000!

A Christmas Carol 2023

Nov 21 – Dec 24, 2023

Based on the book by:Charles Dickens

Adapted for the Stage by:Geoff Elliott

Directed by:Jason Chanos

Located at:Spencer Theatre

For over 40 years, Kansas City’s beloved tradition has created holiday memories for families all around our community, with all the heart and spectacle you’ve come to love… start your family tradition this year and create memories that will last for many Christmas’s to come!

Little Shop of Horrors

Apr 30 – May 19, 2024

Book and lyrics by:Howard Ashman

Music by:Alan Menken

Directed by:Artistic Director Stuart Carden

Located at:Spencer Theatre

Feed the need for musical hilarity with this delicious sci-fi smash about a man-eating plant.

Nina Simone: Four Women

Feb 13 – Mar 3, 2024

Written by:Christina Ham

Directed by:Malkia Stampley

Co-Produced withMilwaukee Repertory Theater

Mark Clements, Artistic Director, Chad Bauman, Executive Director

Located at:Copaken Stage

Described as “riveting, relevant and oh so real” (Broadway World), this deeply personal play with music imagines how the iconic chanteuse forged her true calling–and gave voice to countless other Black women fighting to overcome stereotypes and racism.

What the Constitution Means to Me

Oct 24 – Nov 12, 2023

Written by:Heidi Schreck

Directed by:Amy Anders Corcoran

Regional Premiere

Located at:Copaken Stage

Direct from Broadway, playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans.

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