Performing – KC STUDIO

July 5, 2017

Julius A. Karash on Business and Arts – Now on Stage: Nimbleness and Innovation

Heidi Van recalls a bit of advice she soaked up during her student days at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre in Blue Lake, Calif.: If you’re not working, make work for yourself. “At the time, in 2000, that seemed like a revolutionary thought,” Van told me. “Traditionally, actors wait for their phone to ring.” But the phone doesn’t always ring.

June 30, 2017

Made in KC – That’s the Ticket for The Living Room

The Living Room Theatre, the imaginative company that works out of a funky warehouse-like building near 18th and McGee, is cruising into the final show of its seventh season. And, true to form, the show is a sight-unseen world premiere: “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Kyle Hatley’s reworking of Shakespeare’s classic about ambition, murder and guilt into a chamber piece for two actors and a guitarist.

June 28, 2017

New Works Playwright Competition Winner Workshop at OCTA

Local playwright Michelle Tyrene Johnson, winner of Olathe Civic Theatre Association’s inaugural New Works Playwright Competition, returns for the Winner Workshop of the competition’s wildly popular script, The Green Book Wine Club Train Trip. Last fall, local playwrights were invited to submit teasers of never-before-seen scripts, with the top five performed as script-in-hand readings during the March semi-finals.

June 19, 2017

Shakespeare Fest’s “Hamlet” Showcases Bravura Performance by Nathan Darrow

Director Sidonie Garrett, executive artistic director of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, delivers perhaps the finest production in the festival’s history with an exceptional..

June 19, 2017

Students and Audiences Alike Reap Benefits of UMKC Graduate Theatre Program

Area theatergoers who haven’t experienced productions by UMKC’s graduate theatre program are missing out on some great shows, such as the funny but shocking “Oh, Beautiful,” by Theresa Rebeck, and William Congreve’s “The Way of the World.” As theatre professor Ted Swetz announced in the planning for Congreve’s Restoration-era comedy, “Get ready, for the shackles have been hilariously thrown off.”

June 8, 2017

Heartland Men’s Chorus – Show Tunes Showdown

Are you a Broadway show tune junkie? Then Heartland Men’s Chorus’ Show Tune Showdown will truly be THE concert that you must see this season!..

June 7, 2017

Olathe Civic Theatre Association Celebrates Annual Buddy Awards

Thank you to all who attended the 2017 Buddy Awards celebration, which was held Saturday, June 3, and to everyone who made the Olathe Civic..

June 6, 2017

Heartland Men’s Chorus, “Show Tune Showdown,” June 10-11

Heartland Men’s Chorus and Broadway show tunes… the two go together like Rodgers and Hammerstein. Who better to perform bits and pieces of more than..

June 2, 2017

Know Before You Go: “Hamlet”

This summer marks a special anniversary for Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Our year-long celebration culminates with a professional production of Hamlet. Whether you’ve been..

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