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Venice
A Kansas City Rep/Center Theatre Group World Premiere!
Foursquare SWARM Attempt!
Here's a Foursquare Flashmob deal (you don't have to be a Foursquare user to participate in the group discount, but if you are, it adds to the fun!):
Sign up here for a chance to get $25 Venice Tickets for the May 8th, 10:00 PM performance and earn a FourSquare Swarm badge!
The more tickets purchased, the deeper the discount, so tell your friends & family to buy too! Also, if we are successful in getting 50 or more Foursquare users to check-in at the Copaken Stage, all will earn the coveted Swarm badge!
This deal will run through May 7th, 2010. Your ticket price will correspond to the rate below based on the total number of tickets sold by midnight on May 7th Following are the discount levels:
| # Tickets | Price Per Ticket |
|---|---|
| 1 Ticket | $35.00 |
| 10 Tickets | $32.00 |
| 25 Tickets | $30.00 |
| 35 Tickets | $28.00 |
| 50+ Tickets | $25.00 |
To take advantage of this offer you must purchase by May 7, 2010. To be eligible for the Swarm badge, begin checking in at 6:00 PM on May 8th. All tickets will be held at the Will Call window at Copaken Stage.
Please note that this is for the 5/8, 10:00 PM show ONLY and a reservation fee applies.
Venice Calendar
For additional information, or to place an order call 816-235-2700.
Dates and Plays are Subject to Change
"Venice, by Way of Kansas City: The Year's Best Musical!"
- Time Magazine
"KC Rep reinvents the musical!"
- KC Star
"This show Sizzles! The hot Rosen-Sax team scores again with a great cast and stage presentation."
- KC Star
" I think Artistic Director Eric Rosen may have just topped himself. This a heck of a way to close out such a great season."
- Lost in Reviews
"Sax's score is fantastic!"
- KC Free Press
"Let Me Be Great.'expresses the focus of Sax and Rosen’s work — to stimulate change of minds, of art and of community."
- KC Free Press
"another bracing, extraordinary achievement from the revitalized Rep"
- The Pitch
"Visionary... Venice is the quantum leap that has every potential to redraw the map of Kansas City theatre."
- KC Metropolis
"...this production is amazing. ...completely brilliant."
- UMKC U-News
"Four Stars! This is a show to watch, for it will be going places."
- Press +1
"a wild and invigorating theatrical ride"
- Sun Newspapers
Part of the Sprint Series at
Apr. 11-May 9, 2010
Written by Matt Sax & Eric Rosen
Additional Music &
Vocal Arrangements by Curtis Moore
Directed by Eric Rosen
A Co-Production with Center Theatre Group
Sponsors:
William T. Kemper Foundation
The Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust,
Daniel C. Weary and Bank of America, Trustees
Honorary Producers: Jo Ann & William D. Sullivan
Media Sponsor: 
Matt Sax and Eric Rosen, creators of the phenomenal Clay, join forces again to tell a new story of struggle and redemption. Set in the not-too-distant future, Venice tells the story of two brothers who must lead a city out of a terrorist war. Though both are haunted by the memory of their mother, a leader of Venice whose call for peace was silenced in a massive attack on the city, one brother chooses to follow in his mother’s footsteps and the other sets out to see his brother’s plans undone. An operatic story of war, love, treachery and the quest for peace, Venice boasts a powerful and highly original score of hip hop music, R & B, art song and opera that will make your heart pound.
Strong language and situations. Recommended for high school age and up.
MEET THE DIRECTOR
ERIC ROSEN, KC Rep's new Artistic Director, is a nationally recognized playwright, director and dramaturg with a passion for new work. Rep patrons will know the caliber of his work from the Rep's critically acclaimed productions of Metamorphoses and The Trip to Bountiful. Rosen has fostered invigorating new projects from some of the country’s top theatre artists whose works have brought new life to the American stage, including Emily Mann, Mary Zimmerman, Moisés Kaufman, Doug Wright, Stephen Flaherty, Frank Galati and Gary Griffin. Rosen earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in performance studies from Northwestern University.
Watch a Venice preview and other videos from Matt Sax and Creative Director Eric Rosen:
- Watch the
Venice Preview - Eric Rosen & Matt Sax
talk about Venice - Eric Rosen talks
about Venice
This is a preview of the explosive new musical VENICE at Kansas City Repertory Theatre The book is by Eric Rosen, Music by Matt Sax and Additional Music & Lyrics by Curtis Moore. The show is directed by Eric Rosen. Music Direction is by Curtis Moore, Choreography is by John Carrafa and Tanisha Scott, Set & Costumes are by Meghan Raham, Lighting is by David Weiner, Sound by Josh Horvath and Projections are by Jason H. Thompson. The cast includes Uzo Aduba, Clifton Duncan, Anna Ellensfeld, Jay Garcia, J.D. Goldblatt, Andrea Goss, Colin Hanlon, Javier Muñoz, Angela Wildflower Polk, Matt Sax, Brandon Sollenberger and Jasmin Walker. On drums is Brandon Draper and keyboard is Chris Kong. The show runs April 11 - May 9, 2010 The show is a co-production with Center Theatre Group
At the first day of rehearsal VENICE co-writers Eric Rosen and Matt Sax talk with the cast and KC Rep staff about their explosive new hip-hop musical. Venice runs April 11-May 9 at Kansas City Repertory Theatre's Copaken Stage.
KC Rep Artistic Director Eric Rosen talks about the World Premiere of an explosive new hip-hop musical, VENICE.
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