Future Stages Festival Program 2023

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS

JUNE 11, FUTURE 2023 FREE EVENT • FAMILY FRIENDLY

STAGES 12 P.M.–5 P.M.

FESTIVAL

KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

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Presented by Premier Partner:

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Additional support provided by: PNC Bank • Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts • Anonymous Missouri Arts Council • Marlese and Robert Gourley Children’s Fund JE Dunn • City of Kansas City, Mo., Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund

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At the heart of the Kauffman Center is a living tradition of extraordinary and diverse performing arts experiences...

This is a building for today and for generations to come.

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- Julia Irene Kauffman

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This signature community event turns a spotlight on youth performances and family-friendly programming while supporting the growth of future artists. Future Stages Festival has been inviting all ages to experience the arts while showcasing diverse performance styles on the Kauffman Center stages for the past nine years.

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Future Stages 10 Years Stats Youth Performances: Nearly 300 performances by local youth artists Community partner participants: More than 30 community partners including the Kansas City Zoo, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Arts and the Kansas City Symphony

Since 2014, the Kauffman Center’s annual Future Stages Festival has…

Featured 6000+ youth performers Highlighted 100 community arts performance groups Welcomed 42,000+ guests And presented dozens of arts activities for guests of all ages!

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Visit kauffmancenter.org/open-doors to learn more about Kauffman Center’s Open Doors program which engages students, schools, artists and community organizations.

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Our Community at the Center Since opening in September of 2011...

4,361,415

382,792

183,077

Volunteers have helped provide a memorable experience for patrons contributing

people have attended a performance or event.

young people have been provided transportation funding through the Kauffman Center’s Open Doors program.

students have experienced school matinees on our stages.

484,618 hours of their time, creating a cost savings of $11.8 million.

100 youth arts organizations have performed at the annual Future Stages Festival

The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Thanks to the generous donations from individual community members, we offer outstanding programming and support the excellent work of our resident companies. To learn how you can support this effort, visit kauffmancenter.org/support.

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Great American Kites & Events Heart of America Shakespeare Festival Kansas City Ballet Kansas City Chalk and Walk Festival Kansas City Symphony Kansas City Zoo National WWI Museum and Memorial StoneLion Puppet Theatre The College Basketball Experience

Ask Kauffman Center Staff About: • Serenity Rooms • Sensory Kits • Assistive Listening Devices • Family Restrooms • Universal Changing Tables • Accessible Seating • Cool Off Lounge

Check out the PNC PlaySpace & Grow Up Great Gallery activities in the Plaza Lobby!

2023 FUTURE STAGES FESTIVAL Performance Schedule by Time LOCATION LEGEND: (see following page for map)

Helzberg Hall

Muriel Kauffman Theatre

Saint Luke’s Outdoor Stage

Mobile Music Box

Step inside Helzberg Hall during transitions to hear Jan Kraybill play the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ, Opus 3875!

12:00 PM KC Youth Percussion Ensemble AileyCamp The Group 5 Star Jazz Band Combo The A-Flat Youth Orchestra

Marimbas, Xylophones, Drums & more Modern, Ballet & Jazz Dance Big Band Greats Orchestra/Strings Small Ensemble

12:30 PM MSACP Orchestra Chilanka School of Indian Dance Rebel Song Academy Kansas City Symphony

Orchestra/Strings Ensemble Classical Indian Dance Singers/Songwriters Violin Duo

1:00 PM KC Jazz Academy’s 18th Street Combo Kansas City Institute of Chinese Language and Culture St. Joseph Arts Academy “Panorama” Steel Pan Ensemble Artful Poetry

Instrumental - Jazz Standards Traditional & Contemporary Chinese Dance Instrumental & Steel Pan Poetry & Spoken Word

1:30 PM HELZBERG HALL STAGE BREAK K Company - Kristi’s Academy of Dance and Performing Arts Dance – Various Styles Strings Ensemble String Sprouts K.C. Orchestra/Strings Small Ensemble MSACP Orchestra

2:00 PM Live Jazz KC High School All Star Big Band Priscilla & Dana’s Tap Dance Company SAINT LUKE’S OUTDOOR STAGE BREAK The Last Carnival

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Instrumental - Jazz & Big Band Tap Dance Aerial & Acrobatics

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2023 FUTURE STAGES FESTIVAL 2:30 PM The A-Flat Youth Orchestra MURIEL KAUFFMAN THEATRE STAGE BREAK Gurukul Academy The Barton Street Band

Orchestra/Strings Small Ensemble Classical Indian Dance Original & Cover Songs

3:00 PM KC Jazz Academy’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble Reflections of Polynesia Performing Arts Artists Revealed Dance Company MOBILE MUSIC BOX STAGE BREAK

Jazz Vocalists Polynesian Dance Contemporary & Ballet Dance

3:30 PM Harmony Project KC’s Camerata Ensemble Ice Studios School of Dance Driscoll School of Irish Dance St. Joseph Arts Showcase

Orchestra/Strings Ensemble Hip Hop, Modern & Lyrical Dance Traditional & Modern Irish Dance Boogie, Bluegrass, Rock & Swing Instrumental

4:00 PM The Kansas City Boys Choir and The Kansas City Girls Choir Jasmine Chinese Dance Group Zhang Li Dance Academy Kansas City Symphony

Choral Music Classical Chinese Dance Chinese Traditional Dances Woodwind Quintet

4:30 PM The Young MAIsterSingers Crescendo Conservatory Street Styles Academy

Choral Music Ballet & Lyrical Dance Street Dance Styles

5:00 PM SPECIAL CLOSING ACT: Pythons Drill Team

Drumline & Dance

*Please note, performers and schedules are subject to change.

For more information on this year’s performers, go to kauffmancenter.org/futurestages •9•

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2023 FUTURE STAGES FESTIVAL Performance Schedule by Stage Step inside Helzberg Hall during transitions to hear Jan Kraybill play the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ, Opus 3875!

Helzberg Hall* 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM

KC YOUTH PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE | kcype.org MSACP ORCHESTRA | msaorchestras.com KC JAZZ ACADEMY’S 18TH STREET COMBO | americanjazzmuseum.org/academy HELZBERG HALL STAGE BREAK LIVE JAZZ KC HIGH SCHOOL ALL STAR BIG BAND | livejazzkc.com/highschoolallstarband THE A-FLAT YOUTH ORCHESTRA | aflatmusicstudio.com KC JAZZ ACADEMY’S VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE | americanjazzmuseum.org/academy HARMONY PROJECT KC’S CAMERATA ENSEMBLE | necc-kc.org THE KANSAS CITY BOYS CHOIR AND THE KANSAS CITY GIRLS CHOIR | kcbcgc.org THE YOUNG MAISTERSINGERS | musicartsinstitute.org

Muriel Kauffman Theatre* 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM

AILEYCAMP THE GROUP | kcfaa.org CHILANKA SCHOOL OF INDIAN DANCE | chilankakc.com KANSAS CITY INSTITUTE OF CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE K COMPANY - KRISTI’S ACADEMY OF DANCE AND PERFORMING ARTS | kristisacademyofdance.com PRISCILLA & DANA’S TAP DANCE COMPANY | priscillaanddanas.net MURIEL KAUFFMAN THEATRE STAGE BREAK REFLECTIONS OF POLYNESIA PERFORMING ARTS |reflectionsofpolynesia.com ICE STUDIOS SCHOOL OF DANCE | icestudiosdance.org JASMINE CHINESE DANCE GROUP | jasminedance.org CRESCENDO CONSERVATORY | crescendokc.com

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2023 FUTURE STAGES FESTIVAL

Saint Luke’s Outdoor Stage* 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM

5 STAR JAZZ BAND COMBO | 5starjazzband.com REBEL SONG ACADEMY | artasmentorship.org ST. JOSEPH ARTS ACADEMY “PANORAMA” STEEL PAN ENSEMBLE | stjosephartsacademy.com STRING SPROUTS K.C. | stringsproutskc.org SAINT LUKE’S OUTDOOR STAGE BREAK GURUKUL ACADEMY | gurukulacademykc.com ARTISTS REVEALED DANCE COMPANY | artistsrevealed.com DRISCOLL SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE | driscolldancers.com ZHANG LI DANCE ACADEMY | zhanglidance.com STREET STYLES ACADEMY | streetstylesacademy.com

Kansas City Symphony Mobile Music Box* 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00PM 2:30PM 3:00PM 3:30PM 4:00PM

THE A-FLAT YOUTH ORCHESTRA | aflatmusicstudio.com KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY VIOLIN DUO | kcsymphony.org ARTFUL POETRY | kauffmancenter.org/artful-poetry MSACP ORCHESTRA | msaorchestras.com THE LAST CARNIVAL | sihkaanndestroy.com THE BARTON STREET BAND | facebook.com/BartonStreetBand MOBILE MUSIC BOX STAGE BREAK ST. JOSEPH ARTS SHOWCASE | stjosephartsacademy.com KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY WOODWIND QUINTET | kcsymphony.org

CLOSING ACT ON LAWN 5:00PM

PYTHONS DRILL TEAM | pythonsdrillteam.com

*Please note, performers and schedules are subject to change.

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Patron Information PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES Security Screening Policy To ensure the safety and security of our guests, the Kauffman Center has implemented a security screening policy. Any persons and items entering the Kauffman Center are subject to screening. For more information visit kauffmancenter.org/policies.

By attending a Kauffman Center performance, patrons give their consent to be photographed or recorded by talent, venue, or their contractors.

For lost articles, please contact our security office 816.994.7244.

Smoking inside the Kauffman Center is strictly prohibited by city ordinance.

Designated smoking areas and smokers’ poles can be found outside both the north and south entrances.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Buy Tickets The Kauffman Center Ticket Office is open Monday through Thursday 10 a.m.to 6 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. The Ticket Office holds additional phone hours on Saturday and Sunday from 12 p.m.to 4 p.m. on performance days. Tickets are always available online at tickets.kauffmancenter.org. All purchases are nonrefundable except in the case of a canceled event.

Public Access Hours and Private Tours The Kauffman Center generally maintains public access hours on Fridays from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. during which visitors may explore Brandmeyer Great Hall at their leisure. Additionally, private tours led by a trained guide can be scheduled at kauffmancenter.org/tours. Tours are approximately 60 minutes in length, are available with reservations and are dependent on the Center’s active rehearsal and performance schedule.

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Serenity Rooms & Kits The Kauffman Center Serenity Rooms comfortable seating, sensory items, dimmable lights, and an electrical wall outlet. Patrons who would benefit from the use of a private, relaxing are invited to contact a staff member or volunteer for access to a Serenity Room. Additionally, patrons are invited to exchange an ID card for a Sensory Kit from Coat Check on the Plaza Lobby Level. These kits contain resources such as noise-reducing headphones, weighted lap pads, and handheld sensory items.

Changing Tables & Family Restrooms All family restrooms feature infant changing tables. The Mezzanine family restroom features a changing table suitable for children or adults. Patrons needing a universal changing table or an additional private space to tend to medical needs should contact a staff member or volunteer for directions to the First Aid Office.

Emergency Evacuation Procedures The Kauffman Center is equipped with advanced life-safety early alert systems. Each performance hall is designed with emergency exits in case of an evacuation. In the event of severe weather, shelter in place inside the hall, not in a lobby area, and await further instructions.

In the event of an emergency, the performance will be interrupted. Horns and strobes will sound. Emergency instructions will be delivered from the stage.

Please remain seated as staff use an appropriate amount of investigational time to verify the source of the alarm.* Should an evacuation be necessary, lighted red (Muriel Kauffman Theatre) and green (Helzberg Hall) exit signs will lead patrons to one of eight emergency exit paths.

Patrons with mobility limitations and/or those who are not able to navigate stairs should remain in the venue near one of the marked “Emergency Evacuation Assistance” areas. First responders will evacuate those requiring assistance immediately upon their arrival.

Elevators, primary entrances and the Brandmeyer Great Hall staircase are NOT used in the case of an emergency evacuation.

For more information on emergency evacuation procedures, visit kauffmancenter.org/policies *Kauffman Center’s emergency egress plan, which includes an appropriate amount of investigational time to verify the source of an alarm, was developed with the assistance of the Kansas City, MO Fire Marshall’s Office.

Made possible by the John N. and Marilyn P. McConnell Foundation

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THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AT THE KAUFFMAN CENTER JUNE EVENTS Future Stages Festival Celebrating 10 Years Sunday, June 11, 2023

Kauffman Center Presents Pat Metheny: Side-Eye June 15, 2023

Kauffman Center Presents Béla Fleck and the Flecktones June 12, 2023

Kansas City Symphony Presents The Rite of Spring, Ax Plays Beethoven June 16-18, 2023

Kauffman Center Presents Nickel Creek with Special Guest Gaby Moreno June 13, 2023

Heartland Men’s Chorus Kansas City Disney PRIDE in Concert June 17-18, 2023

Kansas City Symphony Presents Season Finale BROBERG PLAYS RACHMANINOFF, WITH PUCCINI AND TCHAIKOVSKY June 23-25, 2023

DAVE KOZ & FRIENDS With Special Guests CANDY DULFER & ERIC DARIUS Saturday, July 15, 2023 7:30 p.m.

HELZBERG HALL

MURIEL KAUFFMAN THEATRE

For a complete list of upcoming events and tickets, visit kauffmancenter.org.

Kauffman Center Presents is made possible by the John N. and Marilyn P. McConnell Foundation

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PNC is proud to support the 10th Annual Future Stages Festival at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

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2023 FUTURE STAGES FESTIVAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS: 360picKC

KCUR

American Institute of Architects – KC

Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Buffalo State Pizza Company

Mattie Rhodes Center

Classical KC

Miranda Johnson

Crossroads Community Association

National WWI Museum and Memorial

Cumulus Media

PNC Bank

Daisha Jones

Saint Luke’s Health System

Evan Brown

Stephen Steigman

Great American Kites & Events

Stephanie Brimhall

Heart of America Shakespeare Festival

StoneLion Puppet Theatre

Jan Kraybill

Ted McKnight

Kansas City Ballet

The College Basketball Experience

Kansas City Public Library

The American Theatre Guild – PNC Broadway in Kansas City

Kansas City Symphony Kansas City Zoo KC Chalk & Walk Festival

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art UMKC Conservatory

Tag us and share your Future Stages photos on social media! @kauffmancenter #FutureStages #FutureStagesFestival #KauffmanCenter Thanks to the hundreds of volunteers, performers, staff and community members who helped the Kauffman Center open our doors for this annual event!

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2023 FUTURE STAGES FESTIVAL Future Stages Festival is part of the Kauffman Center’s Open Doors Spotlight on Youth initiative that connects youth to extraordinary performing arts experiences.

Special thanks to the following donors and underwriters who helped support the 10th annual Future Stages Festival.

FUTURE STAGES FESTIVAL IS PRESENTED BY PREMIER PARTNER:

THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTERS:

Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts

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Frank and Margaret G. McGee Fund

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY:

Marlese and Robert Gourley Children’s Fund