KC Rep, Little Shop of Horrors, 2024

APR 30 - MAY 19, 2024

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With our 2023/24 Season, Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KCRep)/Missouri Repertory Theatre (MRT) , is celebrating 60 years of transformative theatre!

During our time, KCRep has been a source of inspiration to thousands of our nation’s best artists and to millions of Americans in Kansas City and beyond. Missouri Repertory Theatre was founded in 1964 by Dr. Patricia A. McIlrath, who is among a select few pioneers of the regional theater movement who believed that theater could change the world and could change our town. Kansas City’s citizens continue to benefit from Dr. Mac’s passionate commitment to artistic excellence, innovation, education, and community transformation. Under her direction, KC’s theatre fans enjoyed many memorable shows, including an unforgettable 1983 production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Dr. Mac’s vision for providing professional experience to early career artists continues today through our partnership with UMKC.

Following Dr. Mac’s retirement in 1985, George Keathley was appointed as Artistic Director. During his tenure, and through his partnership with Executive Director James D. Costin, MRT was established as the pinnacle of artistic achievement for local theatre artists, creating a legacy of excellence through work in the civic community and with legendary MRT productions such as Dracula and Richard III.

In 2000, Peter Altman joined MRT as Artistic Director for a seven-year tenure. His vision included laying the groundwork to promote the city more aggressively as a center for nationally recognized theatre artists, and he spearheaded changing the theatre’s name to Kansas City Repertory Theatre in 2006 to help achieve this goal. He also helped create KCRep’s second permanent

performance venue, Copaken Stage, in downtown Kansas City’s Power & Light District.

Eric Rosen was hired as Producing Artistic Director in 2007. During his tenure, he was instrumental in cultivating a national reputation and brand for KCRep and the city as a destination for reimagined classics such as Into the Woods and Evita, and critically acclaimed new works, including Clay, Venice, and Between the Lines

In 2013, KCRep returned to the co-CEO structure when Rosen was partnered with Executive Director Angela Lee Gieras. Together, they led the company through a successful campaign for, and renovation of Spencer Theatre, crafted a five-year, $5 million campaign that increased investment in audiences, new works, and education, and rebranded the organization.

In 2019, director, producer, and educator

Stuart Carden joined KCRep as its fifth Artistic Director. Deeply committed to centering KCRep in this region, Stuart believes the arts play a crucial role in strengthening communities. With an eye towards creating transformative theater experiences for all, Stuart brought KCRep productions to the grounds of the World War I Museum and Memorial and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the latter of which was the origin of Ghost Light: A Night of Haunted Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads, which is now an annual, two-day, free family festival.

In 2022 Stuart launched KCRep for All, our expansive community tour that takes KCRep to community centers, libraries, and other public spaces all over the region. He strives to provide greater access to our art form and to reflect the passions, curiosities, and stories of the diverse communities that make KC such a vibrant city.

Stuart Carden

Dr. Mac Peter Altman Eric Rosen James D. Costin (left) & George Keathley

Angela Lee Gieras

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BOARD of DIRECTORS

(Listing as of April 10, 2024)

CHAIR

Andrew Kaplan** VICE-CHAIR

Melea McRae**

TREASURER

David W. Frantze**

COMMITTEE CHAIRS Development

Ashlei Holznecht**

Endowment

Dana Abraham**

Executive

Andrew Kaplan**

Finance

David W. Frantze**

Governance

Ivan R. Batlle**

Judge Jon R. Gray (Ret.)**

Human Resources

& Compensation

Kerri S. Reisdorff**

IDEA Committee

LaMonica Madden**

Stewart S. Myers**

DIRECTORS

C. Mauli Agrawal, Ph.D.*

Dr. Jennifer Collier

Courtney Crappell*

Bunni Copaken**

Douglas N. Ghertner

Laura Hall**

Scott Hall**

Hayley E. Hanson

Shannon Johnson

John H. (Topper) Johntz, Jr.**

Honorary Vice Chair

Mary Cook Jorgenson

Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin

Robyn Murphy

Stewart S. Myers

Matt Ralston**

Shawna Roath

Richard Singleton III

Hillary Stamper

Benjamin Stone, M.D.

Julie Towner

Susan Waldron

Michelle Webb

Dominic Wu, M.D.

Tina Youngbloo d

DISTINGUISHED DIRECTORS

Debby Ballard

Irvin V. Belzer

Bill Blessing

Scott Boswell

Rob Bratcher

Ann King Dickinson

Courtney Goddard

Deanna Graves

Greg Graves

Nancy P. Hatch

*Ex-officio, UMKC

SECRETARY

Chris Hernandez**

Mike Lochmann

George Shadid

Myra Siegel

Jo Ann Sullivan

Bert Trucksess

Abigail Wendel

ADVISORY DIRECTORS

Donald J. Hall

Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.

John B. Francis (1917-2004)

William C. Nelson (1937-2014)

DIRECTORS EMERITI

Emily Ballentine

Thomas R. Brous (1943-2023)

William L. Bruning

Linda Cozad

Barbara Fay

Robert Firnhaber

Mark S. Gilman

J. Gordon Kingsley

Jeannette Nichols (1925-2024)

Marvin W. Ozley

Sally Rheinfrank

Sally West

**Executive Committee

values

Inclusion, Diversity,

Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) in all we do.

IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS BARRIERS TO IDEA PRACTICES

Review all policies and practices with an IDEA lens, makingrecommendations for appropriate revisions.

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We operate from a place of courage and curiosity to bring about an equitable environment and sense of belonging for everyone in every aspect of our theater. We foster empathy and understanding and believe in opportunity and justice for all.

Our IDEA Committee’s charge is to identify barriers and change practice and policies to create a KCRep culture of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism. We are using the framework at left to guide us toward our goal.

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Arielle Jacobs as Delilah in KCRep's 2017 world premiere production of Between the Lines. Photo: Cory Weaver

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PHOTOS (from top): (l-r) Alexis J. Roston & Brittney Mack in KCRep’s 2024 KCREP FOR ALL Tour production of NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN; Photo: Kenney Ellison | Jay Allen, Cereyna Bougouneau, Tanner Rose, and Sheridan Anthony Mirador in KCRep’s 2023 production of PETER PAN AND WENDY; Photo: Don Ipock | Students attending a KCRep student matinee performance; Photo: Manon Haliburton.

How toys, scouting and storybooks taught a clear lesson: loyalty and commitment will win the war.

Stuart Carden, Artistic Director

Angela Lee Gieras, Executive Director

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

book & lyrics by

HOWARD ASHMAN

music by ALAN MENKEN presents

Based on the film by Roger Corman • Screenplay by Charles Griffith

Originally produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director)

Originally produced at the Orpheum Theatre, New York City, by the WPA Theatre, David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh and the Shubert Organization

scenic design

COURTNEY O'NEILL costume design

SULLY RATKE lighting design

ANDRÉ PLUESS puppet design

SHERRICE MOJGANI sound design

LISA ANNE SCHLENKER

original vocal arrangements

ROBERT BILLIG

music director/ piano conductor

ANTHONY T. EDWARDS

associate sound design

JOE COURT

HALLEY SYLVESTER

assistant lighting design

new arrangements

MICHAEL KOSARIN

choreorgapher

MICHAEL BLAKE

assistant director

JANA LATCHAW

SYDNEY ALEXANDRA GRIFFIN puppets

SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE

new york casting

JZ CASTING

hair/wig co-design

GAYLA VOSS

MARY CAITLAND WILLIAMS

orchestrations

DANNY TROOB

associate music director

DANIEL DOSS

assistant director

MACKENZIE REPPY

kansas city casting

ANDI MEYER

GEOFF JOSSELSON, CSA* & KATJA ZAROLINSKI, CSA*

production stage manager

MARY R. HONOUR*

directed by

assistant stage manager

CAROLINE B. JACKSON*

STUART CARDEN

lead sponsor

richard j. stern foundation for the arts - commerce bank, trustee

*DenotesMembersofActors’EquityAssociation,theUnionofProfessionalActors&StageManagersintheUnitedStates.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

CAST

Seymour ................................................. JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN*

Audrey .............................................................. CHLOE CASTRO-SANTOS*

Mr. Mushnik ......................................................................... EDDIE KORBICH*

Orin ...................................................................................................... JOSH DAVIS*

The Plant (Audrey II Puppeteer) ................................ ZACHERY GARNER

Voice of the Plant ................................................................. SHON RUFFIN*

Ronnette ....................................................................... CHIOMA ANWANYU*

Crystal ........................................................................................... AMARI LEWIS*

Chiffon ..................................................................

ALYSSA RENAEE BYERS*

UNDERSTUDIES

ALYSSA RENAEE BYERS for Audrey

EVAN GAMSU for Mr. Mushnik

AMARI LEWIS for Audrey II

CESLIE PARKER-WALLER for Chiffon and Crystal WILL PORTER for Seymour and Orin

Understudies never substitute for the listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

*Denotes Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors & Stage Managers in the United States.

Little Shop of Horrors will be performed with one 15-minute intermission.

LittLe Shop of horrorS (BroADWAY VerSioN) is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee WI for the use of Audrey II puppets and props.

Original puppet designs by Lisa Schlenker.

All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church for providing space for two band rehearsals.

Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.

This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Director is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.

The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829 IATSE.

MUSICAL NUMBERS

THE MUSIC OF LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

ACT I

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Crystal,Chiffon, Ronnette

SKID ROW .............................................................................................................................. Company

DA—DOO Crystal, Chiffon, Ronnette, Seymour

GROW FOR ME .................................................................................................................... Seymour

YOU NEVER KNOW ..................... Mushnik, Seymour, Crystal, Chiffon, Ronnette

SOMEWHERE THAT'S GREEN ..................................................................................... Audrey

CLOSED FOR RENOVATION .............................................. Seymour, Audrey, Mushnik

BE A DENTIST Orin, Crystal, Chiffon, Ronnette

MUSHNIK & SON ........................................................................................ Mushnik, Seymour

SUDDEN CHANGES Seymour

GIT IT ...................................................... Audrey II, Seymour, Crystal, Chiffon, Ronnette

NOW (It's The Gas) Seymour, Orin

ACT 1 FINALE ........................................................... Audrey II, Crystal, Chiffon, Ronnette

ACT II

ENTR'ACTE

CALL BACK IN THE MORNING Seymour, Audrey

SUDDENLY SEYMOUR ................. Seymour, Audrey, Crystal, Chiffon, Ronnette

SUPPERTIME Audrey II, Crystal, Chiffon, Ronnette

THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT ............. Orin, Seymour, Crystal, Chiffon, Ronnette

SOMINEX/SUPPERTIME REPRISE .................................................. Audrey, Audrey II

SOMEWHERE THAT'S GREEN REPRISE ............................................................. Audrey

FINALE .................................................................................................................................... Company

LITTLE

SHOP OF HORRORS ORCHESTRA

Conductor/Keyboards

ANTHONY T. EDWARDS Keyboards

DANIEL DOSS Guitars

JEFF FRELING Bass

JEFF HARSHBARGER Percussion

SAM WISMAN Reeds

ARYANA NEMATI

Reeds Sub

BRETT JACKSON

Bass Sub

KASSIE FERRERO

Welcome to KCRep and to the final show of our 60th Anniversary Season!

It has been an extraordinary journey — from Cyrano de Bergerac, Ghost Light, What the Constitution Means to Me, A Christmas Carol, our recordbreaking Nina Simone: Four Women, and KCRep for All free community tour, and now to the wonderful wildness of the one and only doo-wop, sci-fi musical, Little Shop of Horrors.

FEED ME!

Get ready to rock out with these incredible artists, including KC’s very own Shon Ruffin as not only the voice of the plant, Audrey II, but also as the lead singer of our onstage band. While in most productions you only hear the voice of the performer singing Audrey II, in our production, Shon sings from the rooftop of Mushnik’s Skid Row Flower Shop. Think the Beatles or U2’s famous rooftop concerts, but with a lead singer that is one part Diana Ross, one part James Brown, and a dash of the extra-terrestrial.

FEED ME!

Also, we’ve set our Little Shop in a mythic urban city that could be NYC or KC during the economic recession of the early 1970s. This time period and setting captures the grittiness of American city life in the 70’s and the struggles of everyday people trying

to get out of Skid Row — no matter what the cost.

FEED ME!

While Seymour’s Faustian bargain is at the heart of this story, book author Howard Ashman and composer and lyricist Alan Menken were also inspired by classic themes of B-Movie sci-fi including playing on fears of science run amok. With the rise of machine intelligence, gene therapies, and Artificial Intelligence, those fears are very much alive today. But for me and our creative team, it is also the pursuit of instant money and fame, in our Tik-Tok and celebrity-obsessed culture that has also inspired our approach to this fun and outrageous musical.

Our 61st season has been announced! If you haven't already done so, please join us for a season as a subscriber for a journey that is filled with music, laughter, and heart including: Once the Musical, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Broke-ology, and an irreverent and raucous new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. We’d love to have you along for the ride for KCRep's upcoming 2024/25 season!

Have a great time — but DON’T FEED THE PLANTS!

See you at the theatre, Stuart Carden

Q & A with LISA SCHLENKER on the creation of audrey ii

Interview by JANA LILES KCRep's Director of Marketing & Communications

Q: What theatre were you working for when you created Audrey II, and was this for their production of LITTLE SHOP or for some other theatre’s production of the play?

A: I was working for Skylight Opera Theatre (SOT) [in Milwaukee, WI] in the fall of 2003 when I created this set of Audrey puppets for their 2003/04 season. That means our man-eating alien plant babies are now 21 years old! It's important to mention that SOT was awarded a grant from Rockwell Automation to bring the puppet set to life. These plants would not exist if we hadn't been given the money by Rockwell to build them!

Q: What did the process of designing the puppet look like?

A: Like most of my design processes, I began with conversations with SOT's Stage Director, Pam Kriger, to hear her hopes and dreams. Next came extensive visual research and puppet mechanics research. My favorite references came from a deep dive into carnivorous plants. Specifically, the colors and textures I found were enchanting, and really served to guide my design choices. The next step of the Audrey designs involved the physics of the puppet. I worked closely with our Puppeteer, Peter Bruce, during a prototyping process to discover how he needed the weight distributed and what we

needed to do to achieve his hoped for mobility for our staging needs. In all four plant configurations we were constantly balancing structure with outward form.

Q: What surprises did you discover while building the Audrey II puppet?

A: I recall the biggest happy surprise being the interaction of some of the textural materials with stage light. Charge artists, Jennifer Lyons, Amy Peter, Carri Dahl and I were working with the final silicone, fabric, and paint treatments to achieve the puppet surface textures we wanted when our Lighting Designer, Jason Fassl, popped into the shop. He grabbed some

samples to play with in the context of lighting and found that a certain spectrum of stage light created an eerie almost phosphorescent effect. We were so excited by that discovery!

Q: What was your favorite thing about being a Prop Shop Manager and builder?

A: I love the symbiosis between design, form, and function that exists in my career arc. And I love both the hands-on creation as well as the opportunity to design and manage creative projects that are fulfilling for other team members. Close collaboration with so many talented colleagues is truly a joyful way to spend a working life!

Lisa Schlenker doing some in-depth dental work on Audrey II's terrifying teeth in 2003.

Photo: Courtesy of Lisa Schlenker

* Denotes Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors & Stage Managers in the United States.

COMPANY

CAST

JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN (Seymour) (He/Him) KCRep: debut. Broadway/National Tour: Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon (Broadway and National Tour). Regional: William Barfée in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (George Street Playhouse); Jack in Into the Woods (Town Hall NYC). Educational: Leo Frank in Parade, columbinus, The Duchess of Malfi, The Shakespeare Project (Boston University). Workshops/Readings: The Trees (Playwrights Horizons); Foreverland; Spin: A Musical Myth (Cleveland Playhouse). Voice Over: South Park: The Fractured But Whole. Education: BFA Acting from Boston University; National Music Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Repped by DBA. jordanmatthewbrown.com IG: @ jordanmatthewbrown AEA Member

CHLOE CASTRO-SANTOS

(Audrey) (She/Her) KCRep: debut.

Regional: Natasha (Natasha), Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Hangar Theatre). International: Trentino Music Festival. TV/Film: Law and Order SVU (recurring), Cici’s Sonata. In Concert: Soloist at The Boston Pops (Opening for "An Evening With Leslie Odom Jr."). Education: BFA in Musical Theatre, University of Michigan; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. AEA Member IG: @chloecastrosantos chloecastrosantos.com

EDDIE KORBICH

(Mushnik) KCRep: The Great Immensity Broadway: The Music Man, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, A Christmas Story/Musical, The Little Mermaid, Face the Music, The Drowsy Chaperone (Drama Desk Nomination), After the Night and the Music, Wicked, Seussical, Carousel, Sweeney Todd, Singin’ in the Rain. Off-Broadway: Taking a Chance on Love (Obie Award for best actor), The Most Happy Fella, The Irish Curse, Assassins, Eating Raoul, Godspell, Flora the Red Menace, A Little Night Music. Regional:

42nd Street (Chicago Lyric Theatre); The Wizard of Oz (Starlight Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (TUTS). Film: Doug’s First Movie, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Quiz Show, Jennifere 8, Flodder in Amerika. TV: The Deuce Blue Bloods, Elementary, The Mysteries of Laura, Nurse Jackie, Law & Order: SVU, Wonderland, Benjamin Franklin, Mary and Rhoda, New York Undercover, Law & Order. Education: BFA, The Boston Conservatory. AEA Member

JOSH DAVIS

(Orin/Fight Captain) KCRep: debut. Broadway: Paradise Square, (OCM); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (OCM); Broadway National Tour: Les Misérables (Javert). Regional: The Last 5 Years; The Pajama Game; Beauty & The Beast; Guys & Dolls. TV: Blue Bloods; FBI: Most Wanted; Law & Order: Organized Crime; The Gilded Age; As the World Turns; One life to Live. Voiceovers: Bank of America; Chase; iShares; Milk; Papa Johns; 3M; Royal Canin. IG: @joshdnyc  thisisjoshdavis.com AEA Member

JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN* Seymour

CHLOE CASTROSANTOS* Audrey

EDDIE KORBICH* Mr. Mushnik JOSH DAVIS* Orin ZACHERY GARNER Audrey II Puppeteer

SHON RUFFIN* Voice of Audrey II

CHIOMA ANYANWU* Ronnette

AMARI LEWIS* Crystal

ALYSSA RENAEE BYERS* Chiffon

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

SHON RUFFIN

(Voice of Audrey II) (She/Her) KCRep: School Girls; or the African American Mean Girls Play, A Christmas Carol, Brother Toad (world premiere by playwright Nathan Louis Jackson). Regional: Chasin Dem’ Blues (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre)

Local: Dreamgirls & Hairspray (The New Theatre); Hairspray, Godspell (Starlight Theater); Dreamgirls in Concert (The Black Repertory Theatre); Heathers the Musical, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (Unicorn Theatre); Purple Reign: Party Like it’s 1499 (Late Night Theater); Chainsaw the Musical (The Living Room); West Side Story (Spinning Tree Theatre); Elephant and Piggie, The Rosa Parks Story, A Charlie Brown Christmas (The Coterie); Bands: The Freedom Affair and Lost Wax. AEA Member. IG: @Shon8Diva "Nathan Jackson was my introduction here at KCRep, and for that, I’d like to honor his memory by dedicating all of my performances in Little Shop of Horrors to him. Miss you, Buddy.”

CHIOMA ANYANWU

(Ronette/Dance Captain) (She/Her)

KCRep: the ripple, the wave that carried me home, Noises Off!, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Christmas Carol, Antony and Cleopatra (Co-Production, UMKC Theatre). Local: Little Women, Dot, The Pests (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar (This Happy Breed, The Arts Asylum); Godspell, Hairspray (Starlight Theatre); Backwards Forwards Back, The Revolutionists, The Wolves, Men on Boats, The Mountaintop, Everyday Rapture, Hungry, Pipeline (Unicorn Theatre); Evil Dead the Musical (EGADS! Theatre); 1776, Evita (Music Theatre Heritage). Directing: Pippin (Avila University); Bomb’itty of Errors (Fishtank Productions); Emotional Creatures (Co-Director, Spinning Tree Theatre). Education: BFA in Theatre Arts, Stephens College; MFA in Acting and Directing, UMKC. AEA Member

AMARI LEWIS

(Chrystal/ Understudy, Audrey II) (She/Her) KCRep: debut. Local: Hairspray (Starlight Theatre); Dreamgirls (New Theatre Restaurant); SpongeBob SquarePants The Musical (TYA version), Pete the Cat, Alice’s Wonderland (The Coterie). Regional: Little Shop of Horrors (Farmington Civic Theatre). Awards: 2014 Vincent Legacy Scholar (Starlight Theatre).

Education: Associate Arts, Kansas City Kansas Community College. IG: @ lewiii17 amarilewis2020.wixsite.com/ my-site AEA Member

ALYSSA RENAEE BYERS

(Chiffon/Understudy, Audrey)

KCRep: debut. Local: Dreamgirls and Elvis: Aloha from Vegas (New Theatre).

Education: Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, Kansas State University. IG: @alistofbuyers AEA Member

ZACHERY GARNER

(Audrey II Puppeteer) (He/Him KCRep: debut. Local: Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic (The Coterie); Snow White, The Dinosaur Show, The Nativity, The Shipwreck, Anansi the Spider (Mesner Puppet Theater aka What If Puppets). New York: The Scarecrow (winner of a Henson Foundation grant); Theatre workshop, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center). Regional: Snowy Day (The Center of Puppetry Arts). Educational: Into The Woods (Lead Puppeteer, The Steward, Little Red’s Grandma) and Lobby Hero (Lead Understudy) (Kansas City Kansas Community College). Participant: three-week puppetry workshop at The Jim Henson Company, 2021. Awards: 2014 Vincent Legacy Scholar (Starlight Theatre). Education: Kansas City, Kansas Community College. IG: zacherythursday

UNDERSTUDIES

EVAN GAMSU

(Understudy, Mr. Mushnik) (He/Him)

KCRep: debut. Local: Little Shop of

Horrors (Theatre in the Park); Cabaret, Titanic, Company (Music Theatre Heritage); Caroline, or Change (Spinning Tree Theatre); Beau Jest, Over the River and Through the Woods (Chestnut Fine Arts Center); Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, South Pacific, Gypsy, Camelot, Hello Dolly, You Can’t Take It with You, Catch Me if You Can (The New Theatre); Sweeney Todd, Assassins, Moonchildren, Gemini, The Fantasticks (Washburn University); Passion Of Dracula (Great Plains Theatre, Abilene); Talley’s Folly (Topeka Performing Arts Center); Little Shop of Horrors, Evita, Walk in the Woods, King and I (Topeka Civic Theatre); Caucasian Chalk Circle (University of Kansas); Rumors (McKerr’s Theatre Pub). Mr. Gamsu was the Resident Stage Manager at Theatre for Young America for seven years and has been a Dicken’s Caroler since 1996.

CESLIE PARKER-WALLER

(Understudy/Chiffon, Crystal) (She/They)

KCRep: debut. Regional: Little Shop of Horrors, When I’m Gone, SpongeBob the Musical (Mountain Movers Theatre Company); Elvis: A Musical Revolution (Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, The Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre); Rent (Crown Arts Collaborative); The Marvelous Wonderettes (Black Hills Playhouse); The Pirates of Penzance (Great Plains Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar, Aida (Music Theatre Wichita). Local: Little Shop of Horrors (New Theatre). Education: BA in Theatre, Kansas State University. ceslieparkerwaller.co

WILL PORTER

(Understudy/Seymour & Orrin) (He/Him)

KCRep: A Christmas Carol, Cyrano de Bergerac, Peter Pan & Wendy. New York: Bells Are Ringing (Musicals Tonight).

National Tour: CATS, Bye Bye Birdie. Tokyo: A Chorus Line. Regional: Starlight, MUNY, TUTS, Berkshire Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, Fulton Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Merry-GoRound, Gateway. UMKC: Big Love,

Fixing King John, The 39 Steps, Thinner Than Water, Cymbeline. Education: Graduating with an MFA in Acting from UMKC in May!

MUSICIANS

ANTHONY T. EDWARDS

(Music Director/Piano Conductor)

KCRep: A Christmas Carol, Fun Home, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Side by Side by Sondheim, Evita, The Fantasticks, Sunday in the Park with George, Hair: Retrospection (Music Director, Conductor/Keyboards), A Little More Alive (Keyboard/ Orchestra Contractor), The Tallest Tree in the Forest (Orchestra Contractor), Little Shop of Horrors (Music Director, Conductor/ Keyboards), Cabaret (Music Director, Conductor/Pianist, Orchestra Contractor), Into the Woods (Assistant Music Director/Conductor, Orchestra Contractor). Local: Resident Musical Director for Starlight Theatre, The Coterie, Unicorn Theatre, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, Eventology. Additional Local: New Theatre, Quality Hill Playhouse, Theatre in the Park, Late Night Theatre, Musical Theatre Heritage. Red Barn Theatre, Waterfront Playhouse (Key West). New York: New Victory Theatre. Upcoming: West Side Story (Starlight Theater). Mr. Edwards has served as musical director for theatres across the country including the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and is Adjunct Faculty for UMKC. Mr. Edwards is a Kurzweil-endorsed artist and is a Board Member of the AIDS Service Foundation of Kansas City. aemusicservices.com.

DANIEL DOSS

(Associate Music Director/Understudy, Piano Conductor/ Keyboards) (He/Him) KCRep: A Christmas Carol, Fun Home, Sweeney Todd, Side by Side by Sondheim, Hair: Retrospection, Pippin, The Great Immensity, Saved, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Into the Woods. National Tours:

Always... Patsy Cline, Ragtime, The Addams Family, The Color Purple. New York: MotherFreakingHood (New York Festival of Musicals); Wild and Willful Women (Tru Voices Musical Reading Series). Local: Wicked, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Les Misérables (Broadway Across America at the Music Hall) and numerous other local productions at the New Theatre & Restaurant, Starlight Theatre, Unicorn Theatre and The Coterie. Upcoming: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (The Coterie) and Disney's Newsies (New Theatre & Restaurant). Education: BM in Music Composition (Conservatory of Music, UMKC). danieldoss.com

JEFF FRELING

(Guitars) (He/Him) KCRep: debut. Chicago: Blue Man Group (on electric zither and Chapman stick); Tributosaurus, Mar Caribe, and the popular Tom Waits tribute band, Big Time (on guitar). Jeff also served as a sideman to guitarist/songwriter Doug Gillard of Guided By Voices. Kansas City Film & Television Composition: Cinema KC (weekly TV show), Judith Levy’s short film NV in KC, Carbon Trace Productions: A Vietnam Peace Story, Jetpack Pictures’ short film Insyncerator, and director Gary Huggins’ recent feature film, Kick Me Springfield. Local Theatre: The Oil Boiler and Bucket Of Blood (composer and music director, The Living Room Theatre); Pansy (producer/arranger for Daisy Bucket and winner of The Pitch’s Best Local Album of 2018; Welcome To Springfield (Daisy Bucket) Jeff’s current projects include “Victor & Penny”, a guitar and ukulele duo alongside his wife, musician/actor Erin McGrane, that puts a modern twist on prohibition era Jazz, and F/M Duo, a guitar duo with Michael McClintock (Cubanisms, Ensemble Iberica) that blends the sounds of 50s Jazz, 40s Gypsy Swing, vintage Cuban, and modern Pop. Education: Master of Arts, Berklee School of Music in Boston; BA, Conservatory, UMKC.

JEFF HARSHBARGER

(Bass 1) (He/Him) KCRep: Fun Home, Last Days of Summer, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Evita, Fantasticks, Hair: Retrospection, A Little More Alive, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Into the Woods, A Marvelous Party. Local: Legally Blonde, Hello Dolly, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Wizard of Oz, Hairspray, Grease, Something Rotten!, Little Mermaid, First Date, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Cinderella, Miss Saigon, The Producers, Aida, The Sound of Music, Footloose, The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls (Starlight Theatre). Additional: Charlie Brown Christmas, What Keeps Mankind Alive,Big Bands Are Better, An Evening with George Gershwin, Jacques Brel: The Life and Music of a Legend, On the Town, Once on This Island, The Nervous Set, Let’s Bowie, The Rose, The Wall. Innovative Collaborations: Musicians: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Bobby Watson, Krystle Warren, Bach Aria Soloists, Owen/Cox Dance Group, Purna Lohka Quartet, Ensemble Iberica, Tatsuya Nakatani and Francois Rabbath; Visual Artists: Nick Cave, David Ford, Sissel Tolaas, and J. Ashley Miller. Awards: Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Award, The Kennedy Center’s Betty Carter Fellowship, The Steans Institute Fellowship. A major voice in the creative community of Kansas City for over a decade, Mr. Harshbarger is the curator of Jeff Harshbarger Presents: An Alternative Jazz Series, promoting new improvised music in Kansas City, as well as the host of Wednesday’s Jazz in the Afternoon on KKFI 90.1FM.

SAM WISMAN

(Percussion) (He/Him) KCRep: Fun Home, Sweeney Todd, Between The Lines, A Christmas Story; Celebration At the Station, The Orchestra Swings, Grammy Greats (Kansas City Symphony); Wizard of Oz, Weird Al Yankovic (Starlight Theatre); Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, Anastasia (Music Hall); Little Wilhelmina, Penelope (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Dreamgirls, Freaky Friday, Joseph and

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the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Johnny and June, Always Patsy Cline, Mamma Mia, Sister Act, Have You Met Miss Jones?, Chicago, The Addams Family (New Theatre); Big Bands Are Better, An Evening With George Gershwin, She Loves Me, Kiss Me Kate, The Music Man, 1776, Gypsy, Big River (Music Theatre Heritage); Garfield: The Musical With Cattitude, A Charlie Brown Christmas, U:BUG:ME, The Happy Elf, Lucky Duck, Seussical, Twice Upon A Time, Geppetto & Son, Once On This Island (The Coterie); What Keeps Mankind Alive, Letterbox, In The Rumpus Room, The Nutcracker & The Mouse King (Owen/Cox Dance); Everyday Rapture (Unicorn Theatre). Sam is also very active in Kansas City’s jazz scene and is a member of The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra and Marimba Sol de Chiapas. He is Senior Producer for 91.9 Classical KC and host of Jazz Across America – KC on San Diego’s Jazz 88.3 KSDS. sam@ jazz88.org

ARYANA NEMATI

(Reeds 1) (She/Her) KCRep: debut. Local: Addams Family (St. James Academy); Aloha From Vegas (New Theater Restaurant). Awards: Featured Artist: Open Spaces (KCMO), Topeka Jazz Series, We Always Swing Jazz Series (Columbia, MO), UNESCO Musical Exchange Participant (Chile). Education: MM, Jazz Studies and Pedagogy, MIZZOU; BM, UMKC Conservatory.

Affiliation: Harmony Project KC

CREATIVE TEAM

HOWARD ASHMAN

(Book & Lyrics) Best known as a pivotal creative mind behind the renaissance of Disney animation and his work on The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and The Beast (which is dedicated to, "Our friend, Howard Ashman, who gave a Mermaid her voice and a Beast his soul...") Ashman's first love was theater. Ashman was a founder of

Off Off Broadway's renowned WPA Theater, where he conceived, wrote and directed God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, as well as the classic musical, Little Shop of Horrors (both music by Alan Menken). In 1986, he wrote and directed the Broadway musical Smile (music by Marvin Hamlisch). Lamented as a lost treasure of the 1980's theater scene, Smile remains popular on high school and college campuses throughout the country. Howard Ashman died in 1991 from complications of AIDS. For more information, please visit howardashman.com.

ALAN MENKEN

(Music) Legendary composer Alan Menken has created some of the most beloved songs and musical scores of our time. His unique voice, as a composer, a lyricist and a musical theater dramatist has captured the imaginations of audiences for over 35 years. Alan's stage musicals include God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Patch Patch Patch, Atina: Evil Queen of the Galaxy, Real Life Funnies, Little Shop of Horrors, The Dream on Royal Street, Kicks, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, Weird Romance, King David, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap of Faith, and Newsies. He has also contributed to such revues as Personals, Diamonds, and On the Record. His film musicals include Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Aladdin (1992 & the 2019 live-action remake), Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home on the Range, Enchanted, and Tangled. His dramatic underscores for films include Life With Mikey, Noel, The Shaggy Dog, and Mirror Mirror. He has contributed songs to such films as Rocky V, Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York, Life With Mikey, and Captain America - The First Avenger. Alan's television credits include writing numerous songs for Sesame Street, composing the score for the ABC mini-series Lincoln, contributing songs for the musical Polly, the Hallmark

adaptation of his musical of A Christmas Carol and the songs for an episode of the ABC-TV series The Neighbors. His songwriting collaborators have included Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, Stephen Schwartz, David Zippel, Jack Feldman, David Spencer, Lynn Ahrens, Dean Pitchford, Glenn Slater, Chad Beguelin, and most recently Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for the 2019 live-action film remake of Aladdin. Alan won the 2012 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his score to Newsies. He currently has more Academy Awards than any other living individual, including four for Best Score (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas) and four for Best Song ("Under the Sea", "Beauty and the Beast", "A Whole New World" and "Colors of the Wind"). He has earned eleven Grammy Awards (including Song of the Year for "A Whole New World"), seven Golden Globes, London's Evening Standard Award, the Olivier Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Drama Desk Award Other notable achievements include induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Billboard's number one single ("A Whole New World") and number one album (Pocahontas). In 2001 he received the distinction of being named a Disney Legend. He has also been awarded two doctorates in Fine Arts from New York University and the North Carolina School of the Arts. In 2010 he received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

STUART CARDEN

(Director) (He/Him/His) Stuart Carden is the Artistic Director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre. His bio appears on Page 47 of this program.

COURTNEY O'NEILL

(Scenic Design) (She/They) KCRep: Peter Pan & Wendy, When I Come to Die. Regional: Sense & Sensibility, The 39 Steps (Great Lakes Theatre and the Idaho Shakespeare Company); A Doll’s House Part 2, The Burn, The Burials, Life & Limb, Of Mice and Men (Steppenwolf

Theatre Company); Father Comes Home from the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3 (Goodman Theatre); Twisted Melodies (Apollo Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Mosaic Theatre); Moby Dick (Lookingglass Theatre, Arena Stage, Alliance Theatre, South Coast Repertory); Plantation!, The Little Prince (Lookingglass Theatre); twenty50 (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enough, Five Guys Named Moe, Harvey, Waiting for Godot (Court Theatre); Wife of a Salesman, The Niceties, A Number, Julius Caesar (Writers Theatre); The Niceties, Christmas at Pemberley, Black Pearl Sings, The Amish Project, Song Man Dance Man (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre).

Associate Designer: Fish in the Dark and This is our Youth (Broadway). Upcoming: Eurydice (Writers Theatre). Awards: Jeff Award, Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award, USITT Scene Design Award. Affiliations: United Scenic Artists USA829. Education: MFA, Northwestern University; BFA, De-Paul University; High School, Notre Dame de Sion. courtneyoneill.com

SULLY RATKE

Costume Design) (She/Her) KCRep: Peter Pan & Wendy. Chicago: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, and Moby Dick (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Drury Lane Theatre, Actors Gymnasium, Chicago Fringe Opera. Regional: Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, South Coast Repertory Theatre, The Guthrie Theatre, The MUNY, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, and Arkansas Rep. Sully Ratke is a theatre artist with a background in painting, drawing, music, and performance. sullyratke.com

SHERRICE MOJGANI

(Lighting Design) (She/Her)

KCRep: debut. Regional: The Mountaintop, (The Adrienne Kennedy Festival); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Round House Theater); Tiny Beautiful Things, The Folks at Home, The Garden (Baltimore Center Stage); The High

Ground, The Heiress, Two Trains Running (Arena Stage); Spunk, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Scottsboro Boys (Signature Theatre Company); A Raisin in the Sun, Murder on the Orient Express, A Few Good Men, Sweat (Pittsburgh Public Theatre); Trouble in Mind, What You Are, Skeleton Crew (The Old Globe). Sherrice is an Associate Professor at George Mason University in northern Virginia. Education: MFA in Lighting Design from UC San Diego; BA in Theater Arts from UC Santa Cruz. smojgani.com.

ANDRÉ PLUESS

(Sound Design/Composer) KCRep: Peter Pan & Wendy, Winesburg Ohio, Arabian Nights, Harriet Jacobs, August: Osage County, History of Kisses, Palomino, The Whipping Man, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Who & The What, Roof of the World, Constellations, Indecent, Fences, Trip to Bountiful. Broadway: The Minutes, 33 Variations, I Am My Own Wife and Metamorphoses, The Clean House (Lincoln Center), and coming in 2023: Good Night Oscar, starring Sean Hayes. Regional: André’s designs/compositions have been featured at regional theaters throughout the country including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Seattle Repertory, Yale Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Steppenwolf Theatre, the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, The Huntington, South Coast Repertory and Playwrights Horizons. Awards: multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards, an Ovation Award, a Barrymore Award, a Lortel Nomination and Drama Critics Circle Award. Film: The Business of Being Born (original score, Showtime); short films Cell Watch, Netuser, War Words. Based in Chicago, André is an ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company. Since the Covid pandemic, projects include remote virtual collaborations with Theatre Squared and The Civilians on the critically acclaimed Russian Troll

Farm (selected as one of the top 10 productions of 2020 by the NY Times) as well as audio plays, site-specific interactive installations, and live broadcast performances for Arena Stage, Milwaukee Rep. and American Players Theatre among others. André is currently teaching at the University of Illinois and Loyola University in Chicago and working as a sound designer on an assortment of Amazon Music/Wondery podcast series. Andrepluess.com

LISA ANNE SCHLENKER

(Puppet-Design) (She/Her) KCRep: debut. Lisa is delighted to work with the ever inspiring, talented, and generous Wisconsin theatre community! Home is where the heart sings. A Milwaukee based scenic designer, Lisa’s design work of particular joy includes past projects with Milwaukee Opera Theatre, In Tandem, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Milwaukee Chamber Theater, Milwaukee Rep, Florentine Opera, First Stage, Skylight Music Theatre, and AFT/Northern Sky. In addition to her design work, she logs more than three decades in the pursuit of managing prop shops and building props for the full spectrum of work in the performing arts. Lisa currently spends off time serving as co-secretary to the Wisconsin Puppetry Guild, engaging in flights of imagination and fancy, and elevating puppetry arts to effect transformation in public education and storytelling. She is also proudly affiliated with the national professional organization The Society for Prop Artists & Managers. And Lisa wrote a book with coauthor Sandra Strawn! The Properties Director's Tookkit: Managing a Prop Shop for Theatre is now available on Amazon. Thank you for supporting live local theatre!

GAYLA VOSS

(Hair/Wig Co-Design) (She/Her) KCRep: Twelfth Night, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. 2B, A Christmas Carol, Little Shop of Horrors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The

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Rivals, among others. Ms. Voss was the Costume Shop Manager for Kansas City Rep for many years.

MARY CAITLAND WILLIAMS

(Hair/Wig Co-Design) (She/Her) KCRep: debut. Current Assistant Costume Shop Manager. Local: The Glass Menagerie (Astra Theatre Co.); Curtains!, Mamma Mia! (Shawnee Mission Theatre in the Park); Boeing-Boeing! (Red Barn Theatre); Grand Hotel: The Musical (The Barn Players); The Man Who Came to Dinner (Leawood Stage Company); Disenchanted!, Heathers: The Musical, Superior Donuts (Topeka Civic Theatre). Awards: Barney Award for Costume Design, Grand Hotel: The Musical (The Barn Players).

JOE COURT

(Associate Sound Design) (He/Him) KCRep: debut. Regional: Simpatico (A Red Orchid Chicago, McCarter); Inanimate (Theater Wit, Chicago); The Edge Our Bodies (59E59 NYC, TUTA Chicago); A Rock Sails By (Peninsula Players). Education: MA Illinois State University. Upcoming: Sense and Sensibility, Twelfth Night (Illinois Shakespeare Festival); Million Dollar Quartet (Peninsula Players). Affiliations: SA 829, Artistic Associate TUTA

HALLEY SYLVESTER

(Associate Sound Design) (She/They) KCRep: debut. Local: DOT (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Legally Blonde: The Musical (Assistant Design, Starlight Theatre). Upcoming: Julius Caesar (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival). Education: 3rd year MFA student, UMKC; BA, University at Buffalo. @sylvester.sound halleysylvestersound.com

JANA LATCHAW

(Assistant Director) (She/Her) KCRep: debut. Recent Directing: Les Misérables, Bright Star, Urinetown, Macbeth, Matilda, Merrily We Roll Along, Our Town, Radium Girls, The Mousetrap, Twelfth Night; Into The Woods (Associate Director/Stage

Manager, First Act Theatre Arts); The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Production Assistant, Kansas City Actors Theatre). Upcoming: Twelve Angry Jurors (Director, First Act Theatre Arts). Education: BFA, Northwestern College

MACKENZIE REPPY

(Assistant Director) (She/Her) KCRep: Cyrano de Bergerac (Assistant Director). UMKC: Thinner Than Water, Big Love (Production Stage Manager), The 39 Steps, Fixing King John (Assistant Stage Manager), Topdog/Underdog (Assistant Director), Fall Dance 2023 (PSM), Every Brilliant Thing (Director). Other Credits: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest (Production Stage Manager, Ethington Theatre); A Year With Frog and Toad (Assistant Stage Manager, Ethington Theatre); Peter/ Wendy, Imaginary Things (Director, Grand Canyon University’s Second Series), The Lady’s Not For Burning, Radium Girls (Assistant Director. Ethington Theatre), The Addams Family (Assistant Production Manager, Ethington Theatre). Education: MFA in Technology and Design—Stage Management Candidate (UMKC); BA in Theatre and Drama (Grand Canyon University).

SYDNEY ALEXANDRA GRIFFIN

(Assistant Lighting Design) KCRep: debut. New York: Memorial, World Premiere (Pan Asian Repertory Theatre). Regional: Big Love, The Magic Flute, Topdog/Underdog, Motherfu*ker with the Hat, Fall Dance Concert: other dances (Lighting Design, UMKC); Remove Shoes before Entering (Lighting Design, Heartland Opera Theatre). Educational: Emotions in Motion (Projection/Lighting Design, Missouri Southern State University); Exit Pursued by Bear, 5 tellers dancing in the rain, What Now/Now What, Company, Wind in the Willows, Tartuffe, Christmas with Little Women, Nevermore (Lighting Design, Missouri Southern State University). Education: 3rd year

MFA in Lighting Design, UMKC; BA, Missouri Southern University; AA, Tulsa Community College.

MICHAEL BLAKE

Choreographer) KCRep: debut. Local: The Tempest (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival). Dance Companies: The Murray Louis Dance Company (1982), The José Limón Dance Company (until 1991). Contributions to Donald Byrd/The Group, PARADIGM Dance, Wylliams/ Henry Contemporary Dance Company, and Shapiro and Smith, among others. Performances. Stage: What You Gonna

Name that Pretty Little Baby? (Vinette Carroll); Film: The Tales of Cri Cri, Unsettled Dreams; TED Talk: “Life is a Dance.” Mr. Blake served as Artistic Director at the Joffrey Ballet School and is currently an Assistant Professor of Modern Dance at UMKC. Awards: 2010 Bessie Award Dance and Performance. Education: MFA Purchase College. michaelrblake.com AEA Member

JZ CASTING

GEOFF JOSSELLSON, CSA

KATJA ZAROLINSKI, CSA

(New York Casting) Geoff Josselson, CSA and Katja Zarolinski, CSA are New York-based casting directors, handling productions for theatre, film and television. Recent work includes productions for Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Baltimore Center Stage, Cape Playhouse, Denver Center, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Merrimack Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Round House Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Theaterworks Hartford, Weston Playhouse. jz-casting.com

ANDI MEYER

(Kansas City Casting) (She/Her) Based in Osage/Kikapoo/Kansa/Sioux/Otoe Missouria ancestral territory (Kansas City), Andi is an award-winning Kanaka Maoli/Asian American theatre maker/

activist, arts educator, and parent. She is the Producing Artistic Director of Tradewind Arts, a boutique arts organization devoted to illuminating, motivating, and amplifying the voice of Native Hawaiian, Oceanic, and Asian American artists. Andi was a 2017-18 Charlotte Street Foundation (CSF) Studio Resident. Her work has been recognized with support from ArtsKC, TCG, Asian Arts Initiative, The Kauffman Foundation, Charlotte Street Foundation, JOCO libraries, InterUrban ArtHouse, and the Dramatists Guild Fund, as well as two NEA award winning projects in partnership with The Coterie Theatre including Hana’s Suitcase and Justice at War. Andi has appeared in productions at The Unicorn Theatre, The New Theatre, The Coterie, The Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Disney’s Spirit of Aloha, with voice and on-camera clients including Hallmark, H&R Block, Sprint, and McDonald’s. AEA Member

MARY R. HONOUR

(Production Stage Manager) (She/Her) KCRep/Missouri Repertory Theatre: Ghost Light 23 (Lead Event Coordinator), Noises Off, Fun Home, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Pride & Prejudice, Last Days of Summer, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Between the Lines, A Raisin in the Sun, Side by Side by Sondheim, The Invisible Hand, The Fantasticks, The Diary of Anne Frank, Sunday in the Park with George, An Iliad, Our Town, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Romeo and Juliet, American Buffalo, Death of a Salesman, Little Shop of Horrors, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (including the New York production at New Victory Theatre), Peer Gynt (including the co-production at La Jolla Playhouse), Circle Mirror Transformation, Harriet Jacobs, Bus Stop, A Flea in Her Ear, Winesburg, Ohio, The Glass Menagerie, Radio Golf, The Drawer Boy, A Christmas Carol, The Syringa Tree, Love, Janis, Jitney, The Trip

to Bountiful, Man and Superman, The Voysey Inheritance. Regional: Kansas City Starlight Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Light Opera Works.

CAROLINE B. JACKSON

(Assistant Stage Manager) (She/Her)

KCRep: A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night (Assistant Stage Manager), Pride and Prejudice (Production Assistant). Local: Carmen, La Traviata, Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Shining, Sondheim on Sondheim, Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci, The Sound of Music, Romeo et Juliette (Assistant Stage Manager, Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Smart People, Little Women, Grand Horizons, Gaslight (Production Stage Manager, Kansas City Actors Theatre). Regional Production Stage Manager: Something Rotten, Mamma Mia, Pageant: The Musical, Fully Committed, This Happened Once…Romance Depot, Babes In Arms, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, The World Goes Round, Altar Boyz (Forestburgh Playhouse); Into the Woods (Arkansas Repertory Theatre); Falstaff (IU Opera Theatre). Regional Assistant Stage Manager: Le Nozze di Figaro, Master Class (Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre). Tour Manager: Dog Man: The Musical (TheatreWorks USA/National Tour). Upcoming: West Side Story (Assistant Stage Manager, Starlight Theatre). Education: MFA Stage Management, UMKC; BA in Music & Theatre Performance, College of the Ozarks. AGMA Member, AEA Member

SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE

(Puppets) Since it's beginning in 1959, Skylight Music Theatre has established a reputation for broad and adventuresome repertoire, encompassing baroque opera, European operetta, Gilbert and Sullivan, Broadway musicals, contemporary chamber operas, and original musical revues. This tantalizing mix of repertoire fulfills the mission of the Skylight, which is to bring the full spectrum of musical theatre works to a wide and diverse

audience in celebration of the musical and theatrical arts and their reflection of the human condition. The Skylight gives over 90 performances each season, winning national praise for its artistic excellence, versatility, and virtuoso ensemble productions. Emphasizing the development of emerging American artists, directors, and designers, Skylight Music Theatre attracts important new talent from around the country. With extended rehearsal and production periods, Skylight artists are able to hone their skills, expand their repertoire, and gain invaluable experience.

MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL

(Licensor) Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior® shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students. MTI maintains its global headquarters in New York City with additional offices in London (MTI Europe), and in Melbourne (MTI Australasia).

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SEP 3-22, 2024

FEB 11-MAR 2, 2025

OCT 8-27, 2024

MAY 6-25, 2025

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KCRep is the professional theatre in residence at UMKC

TEENS AND PRE-TEENS:

Join us this summer for 2 weeks of theatre fun!

KCRep is excited to offer two Summer Camp sessions in July 2024 for middle school (July 8 – 19) and high schoolaged teens (July 22 – August 2)

Young performers of all experience levels are invited to join us as we celebrate individuality, imagination, and creativity. Learn about Acting, Voice, Movement, Playwriting, the fun-damentals of theatre from talented Kansas City artists in a safe, structured, joy-centered environment.

LEAP into love, adventure, mystery, and more!

Get ready to enjoy four incredible shows that serve as a testament to the captivating beauty that unfolds when one takes a deep breath, closes their eyes, and embraces the exhilarating leap of faith!

For more info, please contact Melinda, Director of Education, at mccrarym@kcrep.org.

LEADERSHIP

STUART CARDEN

(Artistic Director) (He/Him) is in his fifth season as Artistic Director of KCRep. An arts leader, director, deviser, producer, educator and new play specialist, Stuart has worked across the United States building new

ANGELA LEE GIERAS

(Executive Director) (She/Her) is in her eleventh season leading KCRep’s business operations. She co-leads with the artistic director to fulfill the company’s artistic vision and mission. She is a performing arts leader, executive coach, strategist, and fundraiser. During her career, she has overseen the production of over 55 plays including thirteen world premieres with three artistic directors. A former commercial banker, Gieras began her career in theatre administration at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, South Carolina,

plays, ensemble generated projects, reimagined classics, multidisciplinary performance, and actormusician driven theatrical storytelling. Including creating theatrical experiences with The Old Globe, Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Second City, New Victory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Silk Road Rising, Victory Gardens, People’s Light, Northlight Theatre,

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, ArtsEmerson, The Wallis Annenberg Center, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Virgin Voyages and PigPen Theatre Co. He is a member of the Society for Stage Directors and Choreographers and represented by Beth Blickers and the Agency for Performing Arts. Stuart is married to public art curator Neysa PageLieberman and dad to elevenyear-old twins, Dashiell and Griffin.

and went on to serve as the associate managing director of the Dallas Theater Center, where she led finance and operations and oversaw the acquisition of a new production facility. Just prior to joining KCRep, she served as director of development at Florida Theatre in Jacksonville, where she executed fundraising strategies that nearly doubled annual giving in three years. Gieras earned an MBA and MA in arts administration from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas and a BS in finance with a minor in theatre from the University of Florida. She has guest lectured at the University of Florida, Southern Methodist University and at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Ms. Gieras actively serves the national theatre field. She is

frequent guest and speaker on podcasts and webinars about theatre, leadership, and change management. She serves on the board of directors for the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), is the Treasurer of the board for Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and is a past co-chair of the LORT Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee and the Nominating Committees. She has served as a panelist for the NEA, and the Alumni Board for SMU’s Cox School of Business. She is a founding board member for Theatre Alliance of Kansas City (TAKC) and a past member of the Executive Women’s Leadership Council at the KC Chamber. Angela is married to mortgage banker, John Gieras, and is mom to daughter Brett Lee Gieras, who is a freshman in college.

ADMINISTRATION/ FINANCE

General Manager

Amy M. Abels Owen

Manager, Information Services

Michelle Blaine

Finance Manager

Caycee Garlow

ARTISTIC

Associate Artistic Director

Nelson T. Eusebio III

Director of Arts

Engagement

Morgana Wilborn

Associate Artistic Director/ UMKC Partnerships

Jason Chanos

Artistic Associate/Casting

Andi Meyer

Artistic Manager

Lillian Rider

MARKETING/ COMMUNICATIONS

Director of Marketing & Communications

Jana Liles

Creative Director & Digital Marketing Specialist

Dayna Meyer

Design/Publications Specialist

Thaylia Smith

Social Media Manager & Content Creator

MacKenzie Turner

Publicist

Ellen McDonald Publications Assistant

Nancy Marcy

DEVELOPMENT

Director of Development

Nancy Steinacker

Associate Director of Development

Carrie Lenahan

Development Database Manager

Marie Kocher

Grant Writer

Diana Silver

Development Associates

Jenna Nowak

Lauren Peck

EDUCATION/ COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Director of Education/ Community Programs

Melinda McCrary

FRONT OF HOUSE

House Manager

Kelly Cooper

Assistant House Managers

Warren Deckert

LaVera Fleeks Snipes

Front of House Staff

Patricia Abts

Justin Balling

Samantha Balling

Dylan Cooper

Warren Deckert

Linda Fleeks

Cay Fogel

Brett Gieras

Vanessa Harper

Bret King-Hurd

Luigi Muscadin

Mark Noble

Lainey Obenshain

Wyatt Owen

Anthony Snipes

Craig Thompson

PRODUCTION

Production Manager

Janann B. Eldredge

Technical Director

W.R. Shinoski

Assistant Technical

Director/Automation

Tom Gault

Scene Shop Foreman

John Owen

Materials Coordinator

Powell Brumm

Carpenters

Abigail Hixson

Jacob Maher

Stage Carpenter

Luke Habjan

Properties Director

Grace Hudson

Assistant Properties Director

Ariel Lacey

Properties Artisan

Jamie Lindemann

Charge Scenic Artist

Colleen Doty

Costume Shop Manager

Jenny Green

Assistant Costume Shop Manager

Mary Caitland Williams

Head Cutter/Draper

Christina HadleyDike

Cutter/Draper

Janna Jesse

Interim Cutter/Draper

Gayla Voss

Wardrobe Supervisor

Marianne Rowse

Lighting & Projections Supervisor

Head Electrician

Production Electricians

Michael Esposito

Shayna Phillips

Sound & Video Supervisor

Jeffrey Keirsey

Head Audio Engineer

Elizabeth Copenhaver

Production Audio Engineer

Anakin Garner

TICKETING SERVICES

Interim Manager, Ticketing Services

Courtney Klein

Ticketing Services Representatives

Mahryn Barron

Tehreem Chaudhry

Andrew Fogel

Codashti McAllister

Dani Saunders

Cheryl Wakefield

PRODUCTION CREW: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Stage Management

Production Assistants

Michelle Lawson

Addison Price

Automation Operator

Powell Brumm

Run Crew

Francis Cooper

Overhire Stitchers

Lucy Gobber

David Krom

Jennifer VanBuskirk

Chandler Vaughn

Overhire Props Artisan

Adam Hooper

Overhire Craftsperson

Joey Gee

Wardrobe Supervisor

Marianne S. Rowse

Wig Crew

Chelli Tillman

Wardrobe Crew

Sadie Carlson

Scott Cordes

Marianna Flores

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• urban renewal

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• Shelly v. Kraemer

• all deliberate speed

• Civil Rights Movement

• demonstrations

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• libuster

• Civil Rights Act

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• rising inequality

• the Great Society

• War on Poverty

• Model Cities

• systemic

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• ghetto system

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• straw buyers

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• Jenkins v. Missouri

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• HUD

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• empty lots

• subprime mortgages

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• public transportation

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• racialization

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• War on Drugs

• inequity

• tree cover

• temperatures

• green spaces

• pollution

• food deserts

• social vulnerability

• life expectancy

• lending institutions

• generational wealth

• Investment Zone

• citizen-led

• reparations

• Community Involvement

• resilience

• complex

• previously redlined communities

• Civil War

• Jim Crow

• Reconstruction

• threats

• violence

• sharecroppers

• segregation

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• separate but equal

• Great Migration

• cityscape

• racial boundaries

• lynched

• racial violence

• bombings

• The Progressives

• stereotypes

• Streetcar Suburbs

• National Association of Real Estate Boards

• The New Suburbs

• Jesse Clyde “J.C.” Nichols

• community builders

• deed restrictions

• racially restrictive covenants

• homes association

• renewing restrictions

• improvement associations

• federal intervention

• The Great Depression

• Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC)

• the New Deal

• amortized loans

• equity

• social welfare

• scienti c appraisal

• Residential Security Maps

• redlining

• Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

• homeownership

• investment risk

• government drive

• Better Housing Campaign

• Underwriting Manual

• special hazard

• adverse in uence

• White Flight

• racial turnover

• invisible lines

• blockbusting

• Urban Land Institute

• decentralization

• expendable income

• American Dream

• suburbanites

• postwar

• large-scale

• G. I. Bill

• Veterans Administration

• Black veterans

• exploitative terms

• installment contracts

• overcrowding

• dilapidated

• race tax

• Brown Board of Education of Topeka

• integration

• neighborhood attendance zones

• school boundaries

• school segregation

• urban spaces

• racial steering

• property values

• east of Troost

• urban renewal

• demolition

• slum clearance

• highway construction

• blighted areas

• bulldozer’s path

• CITIES

• SUBURBS

• SEGREGATION

• Shelly v. Kraemer

• all deliberate speed

• Civil Rights Movement

• demonstrations

• grassroots

• libuster

• Civil Rights Act

• the Great Society

• War on Poverty

• Model Cities • systemic

• disinvestment

• uprisings

• Fair Housing Act

• racial equality

• Kerner Commission

• ghetto system • Proposition 14

• freedom of choice

• Good Neighbor Pledge

• straw buyers • panic selling • property taxes

• Jenkins v. Missouri • Section 235 • HUD • rehabilitate • predatory inclusion • foreclosure • Urban Crisis • triage • planned shrinkage

• empty lots

• subprime mortgages • loan denial • Gentri cation • a ordability

• public transportation

• commutes

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Jim Crow

Reconstruction

threats

violence

sharecroppers

segregation

separate but equal

stereotypes

Great Migration

Streetcar Suburbs

National Association of Real Estate Boards

racial violence

bombings

Plessy v. Ferguson

The Progressives

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“This is the first time that I have ever gotten to see professional actors in a professional theatre, and it was AWESOME! I have never experienced anything like this before.” — Student response, Twelfth Night

“I absolutely loved it! Especially the storyline with the three powerful women and how Wendy was interested in the sciences. ”

— Student response, Peter Pan and Wendy

STUDENTS & EDUCATION

“SYTE taught me, and is still teaching me, amazing skills for the acting world and the social world in general. It’s a very interactive and fun experience from Day One.”

— SYTE High School Student

“The past two years of SYTE have been such a light in my life. The opportunity to create and share a fullyformed theatrical piece was nothing short of transformative. It gave me a voice.”

—Summer Youth Theatre Ensemble Member

“[the ripple, the wave that carried me home} was so gorgeous and meaningful to me. I’m also inspired by the playwright, Christina Anderson, who went to my school.” — Schlagle High School Student

EDUCATION

SUMMER YOUTH THEATRE ENSEMBLE ‘22 triumphed with their original play, ROOMMATES: A NEW SITCOM. Led by our terrific teaching artists and supported by KCRep staff, the play was created in 20 days by talented teens from across the city. The free four-week session highlights creative and life skills through theatre while generating bold imaginations and inspiring fearless teamwork as creativity soars in our rehearsal hall.

The energy of SYTE 22, a depth project, broadened into the Student Matinee Series, which was attended by over 6,500 students from 97 schools. Over 60% stayed for a post-show Q & A. The theatre shook with the applause from our smart and responsive young audiences and it was inspiring to hear.

Pause for a moment and imagine the value of a live theatre experience for a young person today. Imagine turning your gaze away from a screen and feel the joy that self-expression, confidence, learning and losing yourself in a live story can be at that age, as a creator or an audience member. Or imagine finding yourself in a live play with actors that look like you. Imagine this as you are evolving into who you will be. Inspiring. Our spaces are filled with that joy all year. And earns KCRep best field trip of the year!

To support our programs, learn more or schedule an in-school workshop or matinee, contact Melinda, Director of Education, at mccrarym@kcrep.org.

Photo Credits (Clockwise from top): Don Ipock, Kelly Michale; Don Ipock; Carolyn Wilson.

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MORE THAN JUST A STAGE

FOR SIX DECADES,

KCRep supporters have helped to inspire, entertain, and connect the people of our vibrant community by making the life-changing power of live theatre accessible to all — both onstage and off. Here are just a few ways that you help to make Kansas City Repertory Theatre more than just a stage:

PRODUCTIONS, PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES, & WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS

• Student Matinees

• Summer Youth Theatre

Ensemble (SYTE)

• Rep On The Road

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

• GHOST LIGHT: A Haunted Night of Songs & Stories from KC’s Crossroads

• KCRep For All Community Tour

Discover transformative productions and programs at KCRep.org!

Kushi Beauchamp (l) and Harrison Bryan in KCRep’s 2023 production of PETER PAN AND WENDY. Photo: Don Ipock

When Stanislav loudenitch first started the Park International Center for Music, he began with a simple concept. Find exceptional music teachers, and give them the time, tools, focus, and dedication needed to transform exceptional students into masters themselves. An internationally-recognized Van Cliburn gold medalist, Ioudenitch assembled a team that shared his world-class skills and his passion for teaching. Other outstanding programs have great master instructors. But no other American conservatory lets those masters devote the time to their students like they do at Park ICM. Not even storied programs like Juilliard, Curtis, or Eastman.

Come experience the birth of our international stars. Visit ICM.PARK.EDU for our concert schedule today.

“These featured soloists from Park University’s International Center for Music represent not only the quality of performance in Kansas City, but the future of it, too.”

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2023/24 SEASON UNDERWRITERS

ANNUAL SUPPORTERS

Kansas City Repertory Theatre is grateful for the charitable contributions of the many donors who help make our productions, community outreach programs, and youth education programs possible. The following list represents annual and event support as of March 20, 2024.

$50,000+

CONTRIBUTORS

Copaken Family Fund *

Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts - Commerce Bank, Trustee *

Sunderland Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999

Barkley (in-kind)

E. Kemper Carter & Anna Curry Carter Community Memorial Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee

John & Innes Hale

Hallmark Cards, Inc

Linda & Topper Johntz *

Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation *

Pemberton Family Charitable Foundation

Betsy Piebenga *

R & C Charitable Foundation

Victor E. and Caroline E. Schutte Foundation Trust E, David W. Frantze and Bank of America, N.A., Trustees *

$10,000 - $24,999

Anonymous (2)

Lynn Badaracco & Dwight Quiring

Beth and John Borders

Herb & Bonnie Buchbinder Donor Advisory Fund *

Burns & McDonnell *

Louetta M. Cowden FoundationBank of America, Trustee

Curry Family Foundation

The DeBruce Foundation/ Paul & Linda DeBruce

Ann King Dickinson

Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation *

The H&R Block Foundation

H&R Block *

Laura & David Hall *

Nancy P. & Robert W. Hatch *

Health Forward Foundation

Ellen & Irv Hockaday *

Mary & Mark Jorgenson

Judy O. Kirk Charitable Fund

Frank & Margaret G. McGee Fund

Kathy Nordhus

Jessica & Matt Ralston

J. B. Reynolds Foundation *

The Sosland Foundation *

Jo Ann & William D. Sullivan *

UMB Financial Corporation

US Bank *

Sally & Robert West *

Wylie Foundation/ Midwest Trust/ FCI Advisors

$5,000 - $9,999

American Century Investments Foundation

Anonymous

Marcia H. Bailey *

Ivan & Karla Batlle *

Anne & Bill Blessing *

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City

The Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation

Pete B. Browne & Julie Walker-Browne

Stanley J. Bushman & Ann Canfield

Cafe Trio (in-kind)

Kay & John Callison *

Chappelow Events (in-kind)

Virginia & Charles Clark *

Commerce Bank

Country Club Bank

Rick & Barbie Dierks *

Steve & Cathy Doyal

Jane & Charles Eldredge

Evergy

Brad & Linda Finkle

First Business Bank

Dave & Geri Frantze

Angela & John Gieras

Graceland University/

Kristi Hettrick & Alan Waterman

Deanna & Greg Graves

Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

Sharon & Donald F. Greenwood, Jr.

Randy & Carla Griffin Family Foundation Fund

Scott & Suzy Hall

Kissick Construction Company

Hayley E. Hanson & Todd McGuire

Dan & Kelly Heckman

JE Dunn Construction Company

Shannon & Brent Johnson

Andrew & Sheryl Kaplan

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation *

KPMG, LLP *

Americo Life, Inc

Missouri Humanities Council

Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund

Barbara & Bill Nelson Family in Memory of Bill Nelson *

Meggan Newland, M.D. & Jon Henry

Jeannette T. Nichols *

Ogletree Deakins

* Shooting Stars — Donors of 10 or more consecutive years

CONTRIBUTORS

$5,000 - $9,999 (continued)

Oppenstein Brothers Foundation - Commerce Bank, Trustee

Debra & Allen Parmet

Polsinelli PC

Marny & John Sherman

Stinson LLP *

Drs. Jessica & Benjamin Stone

Bert & Sue Trucksess *

Jayhawk Primary Care at The University of Kansas Health System

VanTrust Real Estate

Susan & Jason Waldron

$2,500 - $4,999

Dana Abraham & Chuck McCann

American Century Investments (matching gift)

Anonymous *

Dick & Emily Ballentine *

G. Kenneth and Ann Baum

Philanthropic FundAnn Kaufmann Baum *

BlueScope *

Melanie Coleman & Todd Gafney

CommunityAmerica Credit Union

Harper Rebecca Coulson

Kevin Covington & Dia Wall Covington

Crux KC LLC

Tom & Margaret Cummings *

Kevin Eilers and Courtney Meyer

George Enders & Sally Ling

Francis Family Foundation *

David & Janis Francis

Douglas & Ann Ghertner *

Judge Jon R. Gray (Ret.) & Dr. Valerie E. Chow

Hartley Family Foundation

Eric & Lisa Hays

Shirley & Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr.

Shawn & Melissa Hickey

Patrick Hughes, MD

Steven Irwin

Laurie & Chuck Jarrett

Nancy L. Kain *

Travis and Margaret Kramer

Robb Krumlauf & Leanne Wiedemann

Tracy & David Lockton

Beth & Gregg Lombardi

R. A. Long Foundation

Timothy J. Marchesi & John D. Lawrence / DeMarche

Amy McAnarney

Sharon & Michael Milens

Marshall Miller

Pamela Miller & Michael Cummings

Mosaic Life Care

Michelle & Tim Prier

Kelly Rasor & Linda Duderstadt

Kerri Reisdorff

Luke & Sara Selby

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP

Cody & Michelle Sparks

Hillary Stamper

Gaye Stevick

Julie Stotlar-Towner

University of Kansas Health System - Broadmoor

Veracity Consulting, Inc.

$1,500 - $2,499

Anonymous

Bourgmont Winery

FCI Advisors

Sally Firestone *

Brett Gerstenberger

Gill Studios, Inc. (in-kind)

Donald J. Hall *

Sarah Hoestje

The Ingram Family Foundation *

Joy & Jerry Kaplan *

Bridgette & Jason Kling

Regina & Bill Kort

Brandon & Melissa McManamy

Midwest Trust Company

Scott A. Moore

Matt Nordhus

Diane & John R. Phillips

Lisa & Charles Schellhorn *

Joe & Susan Sims

Richard Singleton III

Susannah & TJ Sotos

Dr. Michael J. & Cindy S. Wurm *

$1,000 - $1,499

Acord Cox & Scott LLC

Lisa & Scott Adams

Agrawal Family Fund

Anonymous

Nathan & Margaret Benjamin

Becky Blades

Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation

Boulevard Brewing Co. (in-kind)

William L. Bruning

Timothy & Jessie Burkhalter

Jessica & Jason Chanos

Craig Coen & Jeffrey Bellamy

Angela & Dale Davied

Melanie & Mike Fenske

Stephen & Patricia Gound Family Foundation

Tracy Gretter

MaryLee Guthrie

Katie Hall

Marc & Nina Hollabaugh

Scott & Amy Holsopple

Joan Horan

Coleen & Chris Hotop

Hufft Projects

Mr. & Mrs. William S. Kanter

Jana & Curtis Liles

Mike & Candis Lochmann *

Carol & Fred Logan

Steve & Becky Lowry

Mike & Kirby McDaniel

Stewart & Debbie Myers

Sara & David O'Connell / What Matters 2 Us Fund *

John & Kendal Orlowski

Janet & Jack Podoll

Joe & Lainey Puglisi

Rick & Tanya Ratliff

Roanoke Park Conservancy

Holly Streeter-Schaefer & Ken Schaefer

Sylvia & Laurence Tucker

Deb & Paul Turpin

Sandra K. & Stanley J. Vogel*

Myron & Nicki Wang

Abby & Alex Wendel

Richard Wetzel

Audrey & Thomas Wiegmann

George & Beverley Wilson

Christine Yannitelli & Dennis Manske *

$500 - $999

Ann Abercrombie

Ellen & John Aisenbrey *

Joel & Elizabeth Allen

Sherrie Bell

Irv Belzer & Sue McCord-Belzer *

Robert H. & Kathleen M. Bender *

Joan and Bert Berkley

Blue Heron Foundation *

John Bleazard

Mary Lou & Tom Brous *

Bob & Karen Brush *

Jamie Buckley

Marianne Burrell

Robert Butcher & Madelyn Rudd

Arden & Mary Ann Carr *

* Shooting Stars — Donors of 10 or more consecutive years

James & Ellen Copaken

Cindy & Richard Croskell

Kit & Jay Culver *

Teal & Marty Dakan

Durkee Family Foundation *

ECCO Select

Steven & Leigh Eck

Janann B. Eldredge

Jennifer Fitzgerald

Jon & Bettine Freeman

Sandi & Ed Fried

Al Geritz & Dick Leeson

Chris Glissman *

Anita Toby Grow

Dennis & Donna Haines *

Desarae Harrah

Chad Harris

Mike & Wendy Hauser

George Helmkamp

Chris Hernandez & Paul Monteil

John & Sharon Hoffman

Ashlei & Charles Holznecht

Blair & Lyn Hosford *

John & Elaine Jepson

Arlen & Patricia Johnson

Buddy & Carolyn Jones

Dr. Carlo Jurani

Doug Kallenberger & Lynn Blixrud

Brian Kaufman

Heather & Jason B. Kort

Troy Lillebo & Brian Ellison *

Bob & Meg Maffitt

Ashley Mahoney

Patricia E. Cleary Miller, Ph.D.

Paul Miranda

Missouri Employers Mutual

Mark & Janette Morgan

Mark & Lynne O'Connell

Patrick O'Rourke

Scott & Robin Page

Jeff & Angela Place

Mike Poore

Drs. Susan & Charles Porter

George & Wendy Powell *

Rivas Media (In-Kind)

Linda Robins

Mark & Ryan Rostine

Mark & Janice Schonwetter

Katherine & James Schorgl

Darren Sextro & John Rensenhouse

George & Lisa Shadid

Myra & Lester Siegel, Jr.

Juliette & Ian Singer

Angela & Chris Smart

$500 - $999 (continued)

T. J. & Willard Snyder

Brad & Gisele Sprong

Kitty Steffens

Swift Construction, Inc./ CEI Electrical & Mechanical

Robert & Cindy Thompson

Greg Thurman & Don White

William & Nancy Topper *

Ratana & Oscar Tshibanda

Rev. Paul Turner *

Two West Advisors

Leeann & Mark Van Dyne

Michelle & Cornell Webb

Kathryn Welch & John Wright

Diane & Roy Whitley *

Amy S. Winterscheidt

Debra S. Wood

$250 - $499

Anonymous

Marilyn & Chris Anderson

Sara Anthony

Avek IP

Diane & Steve Azorsky

Debby & Gary Ballard

Sarah & James Barrows

Fred & Cindy Bodker

Dan & Jobeth Bradbury

Sue & George Brandt

Connor & Kara Brooks

Jerry & Meghan Carpenter

James & Linda Cole

Sarah & Clayton Cook *

Don & Pat Dagenais

Denton Family Fund

Cheryl DeShon

Cindy & David Edgington

Susan Fershee

Robert & Mary Florance

SuEllen Fried

Jeff & Mary Fromm

Dr. James & Christine Morgan

Glenski

Ronald & Susan Goldsmith

Philanthropic Fund *

Matt Gowen

Doreen & Norman Greczyn

Rishelle Greenlee

Don Grodecki & Cheryl Ricke

Nancy Harrison

Joan L. Hartung

Bill & Irma Lou Hirsch *

Mary & Eric Honour

Justin Howard

Rita & Mark Hyde

Gary Neal Johnson & Lynne Beachner

Victoria Kandt

Jay & Ann Kinnamon

Jim Kunstman

Erika Kuster

Maurine Lenahan

Elizabeth R. Lesan & Katsuyoshi Nishimoto

Felicia & Venne Londre

Marilyn & Bruce Lowrey

Debra & John Mahoney

Christine McAtee

Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin & Gabe McCubbin

Sue McKee

Helen & Joel Miller

Milligan Family

Joe Morris & Kelly Harmon

Justin & Kathy Nemecheck

Network for Good

Carl & Pam Nitsche / Nitsche DAF

Jane & Charles Olsen

Aaron Osborne & Ashlee Parker

Rudolph Pabon

Candice Petersonmoon

* Shooting Stars — Donors of 10 or more consecutive years

Carolyn Phelps

Maggie Presson *

Cindy Reynolds

James & Kathy Sear *

Michelle & Darin Shank

Rosemarie Skivers

Gretchen & Jack Steadman

Adam & Sara Stein

Sterneck Capital Foundation

Dr. Joy Stevenson

Ann & Daniel Sweeney

Johnna Thomas

Russ & Maralee Thompson

Diana & Tim Toman

Linda S. Trout

Marcia Valera

Barbara McMahon & Dennis Varble

Christine Waldschmidt

Sara Welsch

Michele & John Wilinski *

Elizabeth Hartley Winetroub

Pam & Bill Wishon

Michael Wright & Christa Cavanaugh *

Judy Yi

Thank you to all of those who support KCRep with charitable donations via funds at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City and United Way of Greater Kansas City, as well as other donor advised fund entities and programs.

For a complete list of Friends of KCRep ($100+), please visit KCRep.org/contributors

GIFTS IN HONOR & MEMORY

In Honor of STUART CARDEN'S Birthday from Virginia Lieberman

In Honor of STUART CARDEN'S Birthday from Jeramy Zimmerman

In Honor of my Dear Friends PAUL & BUNNI COPAKEN from G. Kenneth & Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund, Ann Kauffman Baum

In Memory of BRITA HOROWITZ from Marsha S. Pinson

In Honor of DOROTHEA & NATHAN JAGODA from the Jagoda Family Foundation

In Memory of LEE JONES from Buddy & Carolyn Jones

In Memory of CANDIS LOCHMANN from Jo Ann Sullivan

In Memory of BILL NELSON from the Barbara & Bill Nelson Family

In Honor of BRAD SPRONG from Pamela Miller & Michael Cummings

THANK YOU 2024 SPONSORS !

The following list represents sponsors as of March 20, 2024.

CELEBRATION

($25,000)

Burns & McDonnell/ Matt & Jessica Ralston

The McDonnell Foundation, Inc. Theater League

OVATION

($15,000)

Linda & Topper Johntz

SPOTLIGHT

($10,000)

Pete B Browne & Julie Walker Browne/ Kissick Construction Company

The DeBruce Foundation/ Paul & Linda DeBruce

H&R Block

Hallmark

Ellen & Irv Hockaday

Muriel McBrien Kauffman

Family Foundation

UMB Financial Corporation

Wylie Foundation/ Midwest Trust/FCI Advisors

ENCORE

($5,000)

Anonymous

Karla & Ivan Batlle

Anne & Bill Blessing

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City

Herb & Bonnie Buchbinder Commerce Bank

Paul & Bunni Copaken

Country Club Bank

Steve & Cathy Doyal

J.E. Dunn Construction Co.

Evergy

First Business Bank

Graceland University/ Kristi Hettrick & Alan Waterman

Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

Don & Sharon Greenwood

Randy & Carla Griffin

Family Foundation Fund

Laura & David Hall

Jayhawk Primary Care at the University of Kansas

Health System

Mary & Mark Jorgenson

KPMG, LLP

Barbara & Bill Nelson Family in Memory of Bill Nelson

Meggan Newland, M.D. & Jon Henry

Jeannette T. Nichols

Ogletree Deakins Law Firm

Debra & Allen Parmet

Polsinelli PC

John & Marny Sherman

Hillary Stamper/ Veracity Consulting, Inc

Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts –Commerce Bank, Trustee

Stinson LLP

Jessica & Benjamin Stone

Bert & Sue Trucksess

VanTrust Real Estate

Susan & Jason Waldron

THANK YOU, 2024 CHAIRS

Matt & Jessica Ralston

Harper & Rebecca Coulson (Vice-Chairs)

THANK YOU, HONORARY CHAIRS

Shelley & Jon Copaken

Geri & Dave Frantze

Deanna & Greg Graves

Mary & Mark Jorgenson

Sheryl & Andrew Kaplan

Barbara Koval Nelson

Roshann Parris & Jeff Dobbs

Gisele & Brad Sprong

Jessica & Benjamin Stone

MAKE AN IMPACT WITH CHARITABLE GIFT PLANNING CONTRIBUTORS

Partner with KCRep in producing professional live theatre for all, and potentially save on your taxes, through charitable gift planning. Examples include, but are not limited to, donor advised funds, bequests, trusts, appreciated securities, IRAs, and more.

Your financial advisor can help determine the best options for you!

For more information, contact

Carrie Lenahan at lenahanc@kcrep.org or call 816.235.5420.

LEAVE A LEGACY

Anonymous (2)

~ Dr. & Mrs. Keith W. Ashcraft

~ William W. Baker Trust

Anne & Bill Blessing

~ Mrs. W. Coleman Branton

Mary Lou & ~ Tom Brous

Cindie Buchanan

Jerry & Meghan Carpenter

~ Richard R. Cawthorn

Ann King Dickinson

~ Estate of Joseph F. Finch

Pam & Dr. Fred Geer

Courtney Goddard

~ Elizabeth Irwin Gordon

Nancy P. & Robert W. Hatch

Ellen & Irv Hockaday

Linda & Topper Johntz

Mary & Mark Jorgenson

~ Helen Louise Kassebaum Trust

Dr. & Mrs. J. Gordon Kingsley

~

Lothar P. Krause

THANK YOU to the following members of our legacy society and their families. Generous commitments through estate planning ensure that KCRep will continue to thrive for the next 60 years and beyond. ~

Rev. Susan Langhauser

Lindsay Meyer & ~ Corey Brunk

Pamela Miller & Michael Cummings

~ Dr. Mary Jo Rahatz

George & Lisa Shadid

~ Dr. Nathan & Ruth G. Shechter

Joseph & Susan Sims

Brad Voelker

Hal vonBohnhoff

~ Betty Widmier

to those who supported the 2024 KCRep For All free community tour of NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN.

You made the thrill of seeing live theatre a possibility for all in twelve neighborhoods across the city!

LEAD FUNDERS: Copaken Family Fund

Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation

Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts –Commerce Bank, Trustee

KCRep.org

Photo: The cast of the 2024 KCRep For All tour production of NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN. Photo: Kenney Ellison

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