2025-2026 – KCRep

The Wizard of Oz

May 5 – May 24, 2026

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

ByGloria Calderón Kellett

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

Based on the Novel byBram Stoker

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

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.