2025-2026 – KCRep

Shon Ruffin’s WinterWonder Band

Dec 4 – Dec 6, 2025

Get in the holiday spirit with Mrs. Claus and her merry band! KCRep presents Shon Ruffin’s WinterWonder Band. Featuring a holiday ensemble led by Mrs. Claus herself (played by Little Shop of Horrors star Shon Ruffin), WinterWonder Band combines festive comedy with heartwarming carols, upbeat jingles, and original tunes. Mrs. Claus and her misfit crew …

A Christmas Carol 2025

Nov 22 – Dec 27, 2025

Playing atSpencer Theatre

Directed byJason Chanos

Based on the novel written byCharles Dickens

For more than 40 years, Kansas City’s beloved tradition has created holiday memories for families all around our community. Gary Neal Johnson has been at the helm as the venerable Ebenezer Scrooge since 2000, for more than an estimated 1100 performances, but after 24 years, the 2025 production of A Christmas Carol will be his …

The Wizard of Oz

May 5 – May 24, 2026

Playing atSpencer Theatre

ByL. Frank Baum

With Music And Lyrics ByHarold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg

Background Music ByHerbert Stothart

Dance and Vocal Arrangements byPeter Howard

Original Orchestration byLarry Wilcox

Adapted byJohn Kane for The Royal Shakespeare Company

Based Upon the Classic Motion Picture Owned byTurner Entertainment Co. and Distributed in all Media by Warner Bros.

Featuring new orchestrations and arrangements byPigPen Theatre Co.

Directed byArtistic Director Stuart Carden

Join Dorothy, Toto, and her unforgettable companions—the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion—as they travel down the Yellow Brick Road in search of the Wizard and a way back home.

One of the Good Ones

Feb 17 – Mar 8, 2026

Playing atCopaken Stage

Written byGloria Calderón Kellett

Directed byLaura Alcalá Baker

The ultimate family showdown is on in this new comedy hailed as “genuinely funny, topical, and heartfelt” by Entertainment Weekly.

Dracula

Oct 14 – Nov 2, 2025

Playing atCopaken Stage

ByVanessa Severo in collaboration with Joanie Schultz

Directed byJoanie Schultz and Vanessa Severo

When the lines between predator and prey blur, the power of women’s strength rises from the shadows in this fearless adaptation of Bram Stoker’s iconic Dracula.

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.

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