2018-2019 – KCRep

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 …

Unreliable

Apr 20 – May 19, 2019

Written by:Dipika Guha

Directed by:Ailin Conant

Located at:Copaken Stage

OriginKC: World Premiere

Gretchen is a lawyer. Yusuf is her client. Yusuf is being held indefinitely without trial for terrorism. Hattie is Gretchen’s mother. Only, Hattie thinks Gretchen is a secretary, Gretchen thinks Hattie is sick and Yusuf believes he’s been framed. In a world of competing narratives, facts no longer exist. Which of these people are grounded …

Frida…a self portrait

Apr 19 – May 19, 2019

Written by:Vanessa Severo

Directed by:Joanie Schultz

Located at:Copaken Stage

OriginKC: World Premiere

After suffering polio as a child, a grisly bus accident in her teens that left her with permanent injuries and in almost constant pain, and an addiction to Morphine, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s life is explored in this astonishing play by KCRep’s Fox Fellowship Resident Actor Vanessa Severo. Through beautiful physicality and raw honesty, the …

Pride & Prejudice

Mar 22 – Apr 20, 2019

Based on the novel by:Jane Austen

Written by:Kate Hamill

Directed by:Marissa Wolf

Located at:Spencer Theatre

Finding a husband is hardly Elizabeth Bennet’s most urgent priority. But with four sisters, an overzealous mother and a string of unsuitable suitors, it’s a difficult subject to escape. When the independent Elizabeth meets the handsome but enigmatic Mr. Darcy, all feelings of attraction are muted by his pride and her prejudice. Kate Hamill’s celebrated …

School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play

Feb 22 – Mar 17, 2019

Written by:Jocelyn Bioh

Directed by:Chip Miller

Located at:Copaken Stage

Paulina is the reigning Queen Bee at Ghana’s most exclusive boarding school, who has her sights set on the Miss Universe pageant. But the mid-year addition of Ericka, a student newly-arrived from America with undeniable talent and beauty, captures the attention of both the pageant recruiter and Paulina’s teenage “squad.” Jocelyn Bioh’s hilarious re-imagining of …

Indecent

Jan 20 – Feb 10, 2019

Written by:Paula Vogel

Directed by:Eric Rosen

A co-presentation with:Arena Stage and Baltimore Center Stage

Located at:Spencer Theatre

“A heart-stirring reminder of the power of art.” – Daily News

Paula Vogel’s deeply intimate, yet joyful and funny play is inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of God of Vengeance, a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture — and as an obscenity by others. Ultimately …

Of Mice and Men

Oct 19 – Nov 17, 2018

Written by:John Steinbeck

Directed by:Jason Chanos

Located at:Copaken Stage

A pair of migrant workers in Depression-era California move from town to town in search of work, and dream of buying land and owning a ranch someday. Straight-shooter George protects Lennie, whose sweet, simple-mindedness is juxtaposed by his formidable strength. When the two find work on Curley’s ranch, a series of tragic events lead to …

Last Days of Summer

Sep 7 – Sep 30, 2018

Music by:Jason Howland

Book and Lyrics by:Steve Kluger

Based on the book by:Steve Kluger

Direction and Musical Staging by:Jeff Calhoun

By special arrangement with:Daryl Roth

Located at:Spencer Theatre

OriginKC: World Premiere

Based on the contemporary American classic novel by Steve Kluger, LAST DAYS OF SUMMER is the story of Joey Margolis, an imaginative and tenacious boy being raised by his mother and aunt in early 1940s Brooklyn. He and his best friend Craig Nakamura write letters to their hero, Charlie Banks, the all-star third basemen for …