Student Matinee Series

A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens

Directed by Kyle Hatley

November 16-December 26, 2012   Note: Sold out student matinee dates are marked with a strike through.

Student Matinees: Friday, Nov.  16; Tuesday, Nov. 20; Tuesday, Nov.  27; Wednesday, Nov. 28; Thursday, Nov.  29;

Tuesday, Dec.  4; Wednesday, Dec.  5; Thursday, Dec. 6; Tuesday, Dec. 11; Wednesday, Dec. 12; Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012.

 Performances begin at 10:30am.

Cost: $16 per student ticket with one complimentary chaperone ticket per 10 students; $100 deposit required to hold tickets. Reservations received after Sept. 14, 2012 will be $16 per student.

Location: Spencer Theatre, James C. Olson Center for the Performing Arts, 4949 Cherry, Kansas City, MO  64110, on the campus of UMKC.

Recommended for grades 4 and up.

 

Who doesn’t like a bit of Christmas cheer during the holidays?  Join us for this Kansas City family holiday tradition, a ripping good telling of the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge, the curmudgeonly businessman who requires the intervention of a few spectral guides to understand the true meaning of Christmas and life. Complete with lively musical numbers, ornate costuming, and dashing stagecraft, Dickens' timeless tale of hope and redemption continues to remind us of what's really worth celebrating.

 

Themes and Content: British literature; Victorian society and culture; an individual’s responsibility to society; generosity and celebration of life; personal growth and discovery; compassion and redemption; literature adapted for the stage. Genre: drama.

Please email mccrarym@kcrep.org for a Reservation Request form.

 

 

 

Pippin

 

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz |Book by Roger O. Hirson

Directed by Eric Rosen
September 14- October 7, 2012

Student Matinee:  Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 at 10:00am.

Cost: $10 per student ticket with one complimentary chaperone ticket per 10 students.

Location: Spencer Theatre, James C. Olson Center for the Performing Arts, 4949 Cherry, Kansas City, MO  64110, on the campus of UMKC.

Recommended for high school and up.

 

Building upon Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s successfully reimagined and innovative productions of Into the Woods and Cabaret, Artistic Director Eric Rosen directs Stephen Schwartz’s iconic musical Pippin, the story of Prince Pippin's quest to find personal significance. Pippin traverses the trials of war, love and politics before discovering his true self amongst the peasants, away from the wealth and privilege of royal life. This musical theatre classic, originally directed by Bob Fosse, promises to be a profound reinvention with contemporary visual and musical twists, wild choreography and a powerfully talented cast.

Themes and Content: Young protagonist; The search for the meaning and purpose of life; self-discovery, growth, maturity and personal fulfillment; good v. evil; legends and historical figures; war and revolution; family ties and obligations; rites of passage. Genre: musical.

 

Please email mccrarym@kcrep.org for a Reservation Request form.

 

The Mystery of Irma Vep (A Penny Dreadful)

The Mystery of Irma Vep

Written by Charles Ludlam

Directed by Tom Aulino   Featuring Mark Robbins and Ron McGee

October 19-November 18, 2012

Student Matinee: Thursday, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:00am.

Cost: $10 per student ticket with one complimentary chaperone ticket per 10 students.

Location: Copaken Stage, 13^th & Walnut, One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, Missouri, 64105, located in the H&R Block Building.

Recommended for high school and up.

 

With a dizzying array of lightning-fast transformations and costume changes, two of Kansas City’s finest actors, Mark Robbins and Ron McGee, portray multiple men, women and monsters in The Mystery of Irma Vep.  Cited as one of the best plays of 1984 by The New York Times and TIME magazine, Charles Ludlam's farcical thriller/comedy is a gender-bending tour-de-force that both celebrates and satirizes horror movies, classic literature and the conventions of theatre itself. Set on a “dark and stormy night,” Lady Enid arrives at an estate with her new husband, who is under the spell of his deceased first wife and haunted by something prowling the grounds.  Freely quoting from a range of literary, cinematic and pop culture sources, The Mystery of Irma Vep is a fun madcap romp with a nod to Shakespeare, Ibsen, Hitchcock and Poe; werewolves, vampires and mummies!

Themes and Content: Parody of classic plays, novels and films; two actors play many roles; comic language; celebration of live theatre and acting styles  Genre: farcical comedy

Please email mccrarym@kcrep.org for a Reservation Request form.

Death of a Salesman

 

Written by Arthur Miller

Directed by Eric Rosen

January 18-February 10, 2013

Student Matinees: Thursday, Jan. 31; Tuesday, Feb. 5 & Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 at 10:00am.  February dates are sold out.

Added Student Matinee Performance on January 29th at 10:00 a.m!

Cost: $10 per student ticket with one complimentary chaperone ticket per 10 students.

Location: Spencer Theatre, James C. Olson Center for the Performing Arts, 4949 Cherry, Kansas City, MO  64110, on the campus of UMKC.

Recommended for high school and up.

 

Attention must be paid. Winner of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for best play, Arthur Miller’s classic story of a down-on-his-luck salesman searching for his American dream remains one of the most profound dramas in American theatre. Directed by Artistic Director Eric Rosen, Death of a Salesman draws on the exceptional talents of Kansas City’s own Gary Neal Johnson and Merle Moores as Willy and Linda Loman. Working from Miller’s timeless resonant themes of family, dreams deferred, and unfulfilled lives, Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s production of Death of a Salesman will be nothing short of unforgettable.

 

Themes and Content: Delusion v. reality; opportunity and the American dream; the dangers of modernity; mid-20th century American issues and history; familial stresses and relationships; fathers and sons; abandonment, betrayal and deceit; nostalgia and regret; failure in a success-oriented society. Genre: Classic drama, modern tragedy.

Please email mccrarym@kcrep.org for a Reservation Request form.

Waiting for You on the Corner of (13th & Walnut)

 

A new work commissioned by Kansas City Repertory Theatre

Created in partnership with Sojourn Theatre Company (Portland, OR) and The TEAM (New York, NY).

Directed by Rachel Chavkin and Michael Rohd

February 15-March 17, 2013

Student Matinee: Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2013 at 10:00am.

Cost: $10 per student ticket with one complimentary chaperone ticket per 10 students.

Location: Copaken Stage, 13^th & Walnut, One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, Missouri, 64105, located in the H&R Block Building.

Recommended for high school and up.

The Rep partners with two award-winning theatre companies to premiere an original play about six people who live in Kansas City, doing their best to talk, to listen and to survive in a country where the distance between two people is less than a shout but more than a handshake.  Based on conversations with Kansas City residents, and rooted in the ideas, thoughts, and observations of our local communities, the fictional narrative of Waiting for You on the Corner of (13^th and Walnut) examines how we listen to one another, finds the shared values of our unique communities, and asks if consensus can be found in the midst of polarizing politics and individual perspectives.  Waiting for You on the Corner of (13^th and Walnut) is a one-of-a-kind theatrical event commissioned by Kansas City Repertory Theatre, continuing our commitment to excellent new theatre and investment in the stories of our community.

 

New Works Revisited – Clay

Written, scored and performed by Matt Sax.

Developed in collaboration with and directed by Eric Rosen

Student Matinees: Feb 21, 26, 27, 28 – 10:00 am  2013

Location: Copaken Stage, 13^th and Walnut, downtown KC

The final event of this year’s First Page Festival will be a remounted encore performance of the hip-hop musical Clay, a new work that debuted with much acclaim at KC Rep in 2008. Clay highlights the best of what new work means for Kansas City, and we are delighted to offer this limited return engagement of the show. Created by a phenomenal young artist named Matt Sax in collaboration with Rosen, Clay is a coming-of-age story told with the great humor, intensity, and lyricism of contemporary hip hop music. The story follows Clifford, a boy from the suburbs, who escapes the dissolution of his family and comes under the tutelage of Sir John, a Falstaff-like master of the spoken word. As Clifford ascends to stardom as the rap-star Clay, his world is turned upside down as his past comes back to haunt him. Matt’s solo tour-de-force performance won him Chicago’s prestigious Joseph Jefferson Award and critical acclaim for its Los Angeles run.  This is theatre teenagers don't expect and once Matt takes the mic and begins, it is the theatre they've most been wanting to see.

 Contains strong language and content and loud music.    Themes and Content: reconciling one’s childhood with maturity, hip-hop musical genre, Self-discovery, storytelling, the multi-cultural roots of rhythmic speech and hip-hop music, independence, identity, finding one’s own voice, the power of language, rites of passage

Please email mccrarym@kcrep.org for a Reservation Request form.

Carousel

 

Music by Richard Rodgers|Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Kansas City Repertory Theatre presents The Living Room’s production of Carousel

Directed by Kyle Hatley

March 8-31, 2013

Student Matinees:  Thursday, March 21,   Tuesday, Marc h 26 & Thursday March 28, 2013 at 10:00am.

Cost: $10 per student ticket with one complimentary chaperone ticket per 10 students.

Location: Spencer Theatre, James C. Olson Center for the Performing Arts, 4949 Cherry, Kansas City, MO  64110, on the campus of UMKC.

Recommended for high school and up.

This is the musical theatre event that last year sparked delight in hearts of audience members and critics alike. And now, the Rep’s Associate Artistic Director Kyle Hatley and The Living Room, one of Kansas City’s most imaginative small theater companies, are bringing their beautiful production of Carousel  to Spencer Theatre, complete with “in-the round” seating. Carousel tells a universal story of love, longing, and doing our utmost for the people we care about, even if it leads to difficult choices with tragic outcomes. Join us to experience this touching and inspiring musical theatre classic in a fresh and deeply moving way.  This iconic classic American musical is a must-see for student audiences, as important to the history of our culture as Death of a Salesman  and an integral part of the foundation leading to so many of the great musicals students love.

Themes and Content: the transformative power of love, Social class conflict; gender relations; choices and consequences; hope and redemption; domestic violence; life and death, the joy of community and the responsibility of love.  Genre: classic American musical theatre, classic and beloved music, "You'll Never Walk Alone."

Please email mccrarym@kcrep.org for a Reservation Request form.

American Buffalo

 

Written by David Mamet

Directed by Jerry Genochio

April 19-May 19, 2013

Student Matinee: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 10:00am.

Cost: $10 per student ticket with one complimentary chaperone ticket per 10 students.

Location: Copaken Stage, 13^th & Walnut, One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, Missouri, 64105, located in the H&R Block Building.

Recommended for high school and up.   Contains strong language and adult situations.

 

Winner of the Obie Award and New York Drama Critic’s Best Play Award, American Buffalo tells the story of Don, Teach and Bob’s struggle to get ahead. Centering on a scheme to recover a buffalo nickel recently sold from Don’s Resale Shop, the three discover realities about business, leadership and ethics, all told from the petty theft view of the pursuit of the American Dream. An almost unintentional companion piece to Death of a Salesman, American Buffalo takes a modern look at the underbelly of American capitalism in which every exchange including friendship has “business” written on it.  Due to strong language, The Rep encourages the fearless and adventurous to join us for this show.

Please email mccrarym@kcrep.org for a Reservation Request form.