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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.
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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..
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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.”
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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!..
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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..
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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..
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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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May 28, 2017

Killers on Stage: “Assassins” at Spinning Tree Speaks to Our Crazed Present

Musical theater can be sappy, commercial, retro or infantile, but now and then the venerable genre produces a show unlike any that came before. Case..
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May 27, 2017

When Movies Usurped the Stage: New Musical “Lefty & Crabbe” Looks Back

The Living Room steps out its customary role as a producer/presenter of work that challenges, stimulates and poses tough questions with the world premiere of..
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