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The first issue of The Independent was published on March 11, 1899. The magazine was the brainchild of Arthur Grissom and George Creel. Young Mr. Grissom soon returned to New York, where he was a founder of The Smart Set prior to his death at the age of 31. George Creel continued to run The Independent until 1909. (In later years, Mr. Creel would serve as chairman of the Committee for Public Information under President Woodrow Wilson. He devised much of the propaganda that encouraged Americans to support World War I.) The next owners of the magazine were Clara Kellogg and Katherine Baxter of the Kellogg-Baxter Printing Company, who lived and worked together. After Miss Baxter’s death from pneumonia at the age of 43 in 1924, Miss Kellogg published an annual tribute to her. Martha Nichols Gaylord (Mrs. Gleed Gaylord) became the editor and owner in 1939, a decade after she joined the staff. Mrs. Gaylord headed the magazine during a time when the arts were proliferating in Our Town: The Kansas City Ballet was founded in 1957, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City in 1958 and the Kansas City Repertory Theatre in 1964. Mrs. Gaylord sold The Independent to Robert P. Ingram in 1983. Laureen Ingram, Mr. Ingram’s daughter-in-law, purchased the magazine from him in 1996. Rachel Lewis Falcon became the new owner and publisher in 2017.
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VALUES INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY,
CRep is engaged in a deliberate, strategic, and heart-expanding process of educating and involving our board and staff in the important work of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism (IDEA). An all-volunteer committee of staff and board members work to create a more inclusive company culture by identifying barriers and suggesting changes in practice and policy at KCRep.
One of the ways we practice our IDEA values is through a Land Acknowledgment: a formal statement that recognizes and respects Indigenous Peoples as traditional stewards of this land. To recognize the land is an expression of gratitude and appreciation to those whose territory you reside on, a way of showing awareness of Indigenous presence and land rights in everyday life.
EQUITY, AND ANTI-RACISM (IDEA) IN ALL WE DO.
Our Land Acknowledgment
You’ll hear our current land acknowledgment read before the production. This acknowledgment is ever evolving; scan the code above to read it in its latest form. We began developing our land acknowledgment after producing the world premiere of Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse’s What Would Crazy Horse Do in 2017 on our Copaken Stage. As part of our commitment to learning the stories of the people who are native to our area, we are currently working to bring more Indigenous voices to our stages. We have partnered with The Great Plains Theatre Commons (GPCT), Tofte Lakes Center, and Tulsa Artists Fellowship to create the Four Directions Playwright Residency for early career Native playwrights. Last fall, we staged
a reading of Representatives for Those at Peace, a new play by our first Four Directions recipient playwright, Madeline Easley. Additionally, we created the American Crossroads Residency program to highlight local stories and have commissioned Cherokee playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle to write an OriginKC: World Premiere play centered around Indigenous experiences in Kansas City. These residencies are multiyear investments in increasing the number of plays written by Indigenous playwrights that are available to be produced.
Get Involved
Learn more about these programs and the rest of our IDEA initiatives by scanning the QR code above to visit kcrep.org/inclusion — we have compiled a list of local and national resources there that you can use to get involved and further your own learning.
Image: (L-R) Jen Olivares DeLanna Studi, Jennifer Bobiwash, and Jennifer Attocknie in KCRep’s 2023 staged reading of REPRESENTATIVES FOR THOSE AT PEACE. Photo: Don Ipock
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HISTORY
CRep enters it’s 61st season as 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 Kansas City’s downtown 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, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and Roanoke Park. Further expanding our reach, 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.
Visit KCRep.org for more info and a list of all KCRep productions.
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 August 15, 2024)
CHAIR
Andrew Kaplan** VICE-CHAIR
Melea McRae**
TREASURER
Mary Cook Jorgenson**
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Development
Ashlei Holznecht** Endowment
Laura E. Tucker McCubbin**
Executive
Andrew Kaplan** Finance
Mary Cook Jorgenson**
Governance
Ivan R. Batlle**
Judge Jon R. Gray (Ret.)**
Human Resources & Compensation
Kerri S. Reisdorff**
IDEA Committee
Stewart S. Myers**
Shawna Roath**
ADVISORY DIRECTORS
Donald J. Hall
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.
John B. Francis (1917-2004)
William C. Nelson (1937-2014)
DIRECTORS
C. Mauli Agrawal, Ph.D.*
Ivan R. Batlle**
Becky Blades
Dr. Jennifer Collier
Bunni Copaken**
Courtney Crappell*
Douglas N. Ghertner
Brett Gray
Judge Jon R. Gray (Ret.)**
Laura Hall**
Scott Hall**
Hayley E. Hanson
Chris Hernandez**
Ashlei Holznecht**
Shannon Johnson
John H. (Topper) Johntz, Jr.**
Honorary Vice Chair
Mary Cook Jorgenson**
Andrew Kaplan**
LaMonica Madden
Lauren E. Tucker
McCubbin**
Melea McRae**
Robyn Murphy
Stewart S. Myers**
Keri S. Reisdorff**
Shawna Roath**
Richard Singleton III
Hillary Stamper
Benjamin Stone, M.D.
Julie Towner
Michelle Webb
Dominic Wu, M.D.
Tina Youngblood
SECRETARY
Chris Hernandez**
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
Mike Lochmann
George Shadid
Myra Siegel
Jo Ann Sullivan
Bert Trucksess
Abigail Wendel
DIRECTOR
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
*Ex-officio, UMKC **Executive Committee
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S NOTE
just a performance; it’s deeply moving celebration of the human spirit, community, and love.
The tie that binds everyone in Once and makes this story universally resonant is the existential truth that we are all lonely in different and myriad ways, and long for connection. Each of us, at some point in our lives, have found ourselves stuck in anger, regret, grief, and absolutely alone. Unclear how to move forward.
The trick of life is finding the key to get unstuck. That key can take many forms and sometimes, if we are lucky, it comes in the form of another human being, who arrives at just the right time and turns a key that unlocks a door, gets us unstuck and reconnects
might be that key that unlocks a door of connection, hope, and belonging for you.
If you haven’t already, please join us for our full 61st season of transformational theatre experiences as a subscriber. Next up is more music with Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill featuring the music of Billie Holiday, Broke-ology by KC’s beloved Nathan Louis Jackson, and we will close our season with a fun and flirty adaptation of Jane Austen’s comedic novel, Emma.
But now, let’s go to Ireland and breathe, dance, and sing together.
See you at the theatre!
Stuart Carden
CELEBRATING our 20 24 / 25
SUPER season ticket holders!
SPECIAL THANKS to the season ticket holders listed below who included a donation of $100 or more with their subscription to our 2024/25 Season
We appreciate your additional support of KCRep and our ongoing mission to inspire, entertain, and open minds with transformative theatre experiences for all!
Listing as of August 6, 2024
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Patrick Berrigan
Linda Birkenmeier
Robert Butcher
Ms. Janet L. Buttery
Mr. & Mrs. Arden E. Carr
Susan Clevenger
Larry Cork
Robert & Nicolette Croskell
Margaret & Tom Cummings
Edmund & Donna Cytacki
Dennis Dobson
Mr. Brad Douglas
Mr. & Mrs. Barry Dryer
Dr. & Mrs. Alan J. Foster
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Fowler
Mr. & Mrs. Max Gordon
Ms. Heather Gudgel
Beth & Chris Hafner
Mr. & Mrs. C. Warren Green
Richard & Merri-Ann Higgason
Edwin & Mary Hood
Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Huffhines
Joyce Jonasson
Nancy Kain
Martin Kostelac & Susan King-Kostelac
Kathy & Craig Laursen
Richard M. Leeson & Albert Geritz
Janet Long
Mr. & Mrs. Dev Malik
Robert & Heather Maynard
Tim J. McMulin & Emilee C. Rose
Katherine Menefee
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Merrigan
Patricia Miles
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Miller
Janice & Phillip Montgomery
Jane Olson Maggie Presson
Kelly Rawlings
Ann & John Readey
Greg & Rebecca Reid
Lindsey Rood-Clifford
Siv Si
Dr. & Mrs. Larry Snider
Ron Spencer
Margaret Thomas
Dr. & Mrs. William Topper
Teri Waters
Cathy Zitnik
How toys, scouting and storybooks taught a clear lesson: loyalty and commitment will win the war. NOW OPEN
presents Stuart Carden, Artistic Director
ONCE
book by music & lyrics by
ENDA WALSH GLEN HANSARD & MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁ
based on the motion picture written and directed by
JOHN CARNEY
Orchestrations by Martin Lowe
Originally Produced on Broadway by Barbara Broccoli John N. Hart, Jr. Patrick Milling Smith Frederick Zollo
Brian Carmody Michael G. Wilson Orin Wolf The Shubert Organization Robert Cole, Executive Producer In association with New York Theatre Workshop
scenic design BRIAN BEMBRIDGE
sound design CONNOR WANG
choreorgapher
VANESSA SEVERO
production stage manager (jul 24 thru aug 27)
RACHEL M. DYER*
costume design PAUL KIM
music director DAN WESCHLER
lighting design CAT TATE STARMER
associate director JANA LATCHAW
dialect coach RENA COOK kansas city casting ANDI MEYER
new york casting
GEOFF JOSSELSON, CSA
production stage manager (aug 27 thru close)
MARY R. HONOUR*
directed by
STUART CARDEN
assistant stage manager
MACKENZIE REPPY*
ONCE was originally produced Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop in December 2011, Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, William Russo, Managing Director
ONCE was originally developed at the American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in April 2011
Guy .................................................................................................... BEN FERGUSON* (Vocals, Guitar)
Andrej ................................................................................................ CURTIS GILLEN* (Vocals, Guitar, Electric Guitar)
Svec .............................................................................................. FRITZ HUTCHISON (Vocals, Drums/Percussion, Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo)
Bank Manager ............................................................................ SHELLY VERDEN (Vocals, Guitar, Percussion)
Billy DAN WESCHLER* (Vocals, Accordion, Percussion)
UNDERSTUDIES
KUSHI BEAUCHAMP for Girl & Ex-Girlfriend CODY PROCTOR for Bank Manager
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. ONCE will be performed with one 15-minute intermission.
ONCE is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts
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
ACT I
ACT II
Q & A with DAN WESCHLER
Interview by JANA LILES Director of Marketing & Communications
Q: Tell us a bit about yourself! What is your musical background and how did you get into musical direction?
A: I started PigPen Theatre Company along with the other six founding members about fifteen years ago. One of our first discoveries was a shared love of music and a
panoply of musical talents within the group. From then on, our original works always featured actor-musicianship as a central component. While we all took turns in directorial positions, I often found myself conducting music rehearsals specifically from behind the piano (or occasionally accordion).
I’ve always loved harmony, composition and the creative delegation of musical parts. I’ve always loved listening, which is the primary responsibility of a good music director. Having now had the opportunity to MD outside of my own company, I continue to love the process of “building a band” with a new group of singular talents.
Q: What excites you about working on ONCE?
A: One of the great quests in my musical and theatrical career has been to find methods of using music to elevate theater beyond the traditional structures
of the American musical.
While there’s much to love and admire about musicals that use songs to drive the narrative using lyrics that directly and obviously relate to the action of a scene, I’ve always been interested in using songs a bit more obliquely. Some of the most emotional experiences I’ve had with music come from songwriters whose lyrics are not immediately accessible to a single interpretation.
Once is a musical composed entirely out of those kinds of experiences. It tells a clear and beautifully human story with subtlety and grace, but it also harnesses the inherent drama in the process of music-making to deliver its most transcendent moments.
This wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for the cast of actor-musicians. Rather than having an off-stage orchestra accompany the emotional beats of the story, the performers themselves are in full control, their voices
and instruments an extension of their characters’ inner lives. There’s a thrilling authenticity to watching a band of multihyphenates move seamlessly between their roles. And since I’ll be playing Billy in this production, I’m thrilled to be counted among them!
Q: Tell us about some of the instruments that will be used for the show?
A: Lots of guitars, mandolins, accordions, a violin, a cello percussion and maybe a few more surprises. It helps to have a cast capable of playing so many different instruments!
Q: What do you hope the audience takes away from the theater after experiencing ONCE?
A: I hope they’re inspired to seize the opportunities in their own lives, to find community in places they may not be accustomed to look, to start a band! (Or get the old one back together!)
Q: What is your favorite song from ONCE, and why?
A: I love “When Your Mind’s Made Up” because it so effectively dramatizes the moment a band first really locks in. It’s in a bit of an odd meter for a folk-rock song (5/4).
In my experience, bands get hype when they manage to groove together in a weird meter. It’s also a composition
made of very distinct parts, so when they all come together it’s very satisfying. Then of course there’s the climactic group harmonies which build into a howling, wordless chorus before dropping back down to Guy’s plainly stated — but deeply felt — lyric. Like many of the songs in the show, it’s filled with emotional contradiction and conflict, but by its end, you’re left with catharsis. That’s good music!
Q: What's next for you?
A: I’m back with PigPen Theatre Company, working on several projects yet to be publicly announced! I will say that one of them is an original and the others are adaptations. All are incredibly exciting, and maybe by the time you’re reading this you’ll know what they are! Learn more at pigpentheatre.com.
(Back Row, L-R ): Ryan Melia, Alex Falberg, Curtis Gillen. ( Front Row, L-R ): Ben Ferguson, Dan Weschler, Arya Shahi, Matt Nuernberger
once CAST
BEN FERGUSON* G uy Vocals/Guitar
ROBERT McNICHOLS, JR.* EMCEE Vocals/Cello
ERICA SPYRES* e x -G I rlfr I end Vocals/Violin
CURTIS GILLEN* A ndrej Vocals/Guitar/ Electric Bass
ASHLEY PANKOW* r ez A Vocals/Accordion/ Melodica/Piano/ Ukulele
FRITZ HUTCHISON S vec Vocals, Drums/ Percussion/Guitar/ Mandolin/Banjo
MATT RAPPORT* e A mon Vocals/Guitar/ Mandolin
TIFFANY TOPOL* G I rl Vocals/Piano
(In Alphabetical Order)
SHANNA JONES* B A ru S k A Vocals/Guitar/ Percussion/Ukulele
ANNISTON REED I vonk A
SHELLY VERDEN B A nk m A n AG er Vocals/Guitar/Percussion
CLEMENTINE McMURRAY I vonk A
MARK ROBBINS* d A Vocals
DAN WESCHLER* B I lly Vocals/Accordion/ Percussion
* Denotes Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors & Stage Managers in the United States.
COMPANY
CAST
BEN FERGUSON (Guy) (He/Him) KCRep: Debut. Broadway: Water For Elephants (Composer). Off-Broadway: The Old Man and The Old Moon (PigPen Theatre Company); Pericles (Theater For A New Audience). Regional: The Hunter and The Bear (Writer’s Theatre); The Tale of Despereaux (OldGlobe, Berkeley Rep);
The Old Man and The Old Moon (Williamstown Theatre Festival). TV/FILM: Ricky and The Flash (TriStar Pictures). Affiliations: Founding Member of PigPen Theatre Company, Actors Equity Association. Education: BFA, Carnegie Mellon University. (instagram: @benstagramferguson) AEA Member
CURTIS GILLEN (Andrej) (He/Him) KCRep:
The Old Man and The Old Moon (Movement/Puppet Director) Broadway: Water For Elephants (Music and Lyrics). Off Broadway: The Old Man and the Old Moon (2012, 2014); Pericles (directed by Trevor Nunn, Theatre for a New Audience). Regional: The Tale of Despereaux (Berkely Rep); The Hunter and The Bear (Writers Theatre); The Mountain Song and The
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Nightmare Story (NYC Fringe Festival); The Old Man and the Old Moon (Writers Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, Arts Emmerson Paramount Center, The Old Globe, The Wallis). Film: Ricki and the Flash, HairBrained. Director: The Phantom Folktales (Virgin Voyages). Affiliations: Founding member of PigPen Theatre Co. Education: Carnegie Mellon University. AEA Member
FRITZ HUTCHISON (Svec) (He/Him) KCRep: Once Local: Bare (Unicorn Theater) Hello Again (Spinning Tree Theater). AEA Member
SHANNA JONES (Baruska) (She/Her) KCRep: Between the Lines, Side by Side by Sondheim, The Diary of Anne Frank, Sunday in the Park with George, Stillwater, Hair: Retrospection, Santaland Diaries, A Christmas Carol. Local: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (The Coterie) Freaky Friday, Bridesmaids, Mama Mia, Sister Act (NewTheatre); Next To Normal (Kansas Repertory Theatre). New York: Phaedra’s Floating Cabaret, Undone, Decline and Fall (New York Theatre Workshop). Regional: Tug of War; Foreign Fire & Civil Strife (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Les Misérables (Pioneer Theatre Company); Romeo and Juliet (Utah Shakespearean Festival); Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods, Miracle Worker, 42nd Street, To Kill A Mockingbird (Hale Center Theatre); Saturday’s Voyeur (Salt Lake Acting Company).
Education: BFA, Actor Training Program University of Utah AEA Member
CLEMENTINE M cMUR RAY (Ivonka) (She/Her) KCRep: Debut.
ROBERT M cNICHOLS, JR. (Emcee) (He/Him) KCRep: Debut. Local: Porgy and Bess with (Crown) (Music Theater Heritage); The Color Purple (Mister) (Metropolitan Ensemble Theater). Regional: Bumpy Johnson: Harlem (World Premiere) (Wallace Thurman) (Trilogy Opera); Highway 1 USA (Bob) (Little Opera NYC). International: Phillip Hayes Dean’s Paul Robeson (Paul Robeson) (The Quarry Theater, Bedford, England); Phillip Hayes Dean’s Paul Robeson (Paul Robeson) ( Paul Robeson) (The Lantern Theater, Brighton, England). Upcoming: Sweeney Todd (Judge Turpin) (Music Theater Heritage). Awards: Bedford Fringe Festival Pick of Fringe, Regional Arts Commission Artist Fellowship Grant Recipient. Education: DMA, University of Kansas; MM & BM, University of MissouriKansas City Conservatory of Music. AEA Member Social: Instagram @robert_mcnichols_jr.
ASHLEY
PANKOW (Reza) (She/Her) KCRep: The Old Man and the Old Moon. Local: A Moon for the Misbegotten and The Realistic Joneses (Kansas City Actors Theatre); H.O.T. the Musical (Unicorn Theatre); Million Dollar Quartet, Boeing Boeing, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator), Sister Act, Addams
Family, Moon Over Buffalo, Johnny and June, Fox on the Fairway (New Theatre); Next to Normal, South Pacific (Musical Theatre Heritage); Footloose (Starlight Theatre); Musical of Musicals, (Quality Hill Playhouse); Classic Crooners (Chestnut Fine Arts Theatre); Nelly Don: The Musical (Nelly Don in the World Premiere). National Tours: The Marvelous Wonderettes (First National) and A Christmas Carol. Regional Favorites: Mamma Mia (Donna) Shrek (Fiona), Les Misérables (Eponine), Annie (Miss Hannigan), Buddy Holly, and more. AEA Member. @pankowthebronco. ashleypankow.com
MATT RAPPORT
(Eamon) (He/Him) KCRep: A Christmas Carol, The Borderland. Local: Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Shakespeare in Love, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Richard III, Julius Caesar (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); Disgraced, How to Use a Knife, Mr. Burns, Cock, The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, Miss Witherspoon, Fuddy Meers, Mojo, Arms and Legs(Unicorn Theatre); Blithe Spirit, And Then There Were None, A Streetcar Named Desire, Journey’s End, Translations (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Funny Girl, On Golden Pond (New Theatre); Life on the Mississippi, Jekyll and Hyde, The BFG (The Coterie). International: Prejudice and Pride (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Mr. Rapport is the Director of Education for the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. AEA Member
ANNISTON REED
(Ivonka) (She/Her) KCRep: Debut. Local: Oliver! Jr., Shrek The Musical Jr., The Little Mermaid Jr., Newsies Jr., Freaky Friday The Musical Jr., Frozen Jr., Annie Jr., Madagascar Jr., The Lion King Jr., Aladdin Jr., Elf The Musical Jr., Peter Pan Jr. (Reed Performing Arts Company). Television: Olathe Health (Commercial). Print: Hallmark Holiday Products. Awards: National Dance Solo Winner 2023, National Solo Title Winner 2023 (Applause Talent Dance Competition), National Title 1st Runner Up 2024 (StarQuest Dance Competition). Education: 1st Grade Highland Park Elementary School, Dance and Theatre at Reed Performing Arts Company, Ballet at Kansas City Ballet School, Piano Instruction with Mrs. Terrin Pabst. Agent: Exposure Model and Talent, https:// exposureinc.co/profile/ anniston-reed/
MARK ROBBINS
(Da) (He/Him) KCRep: Roof of the World, Sticky Traps, Angels in America (Parts I and II), Death of a Salesman, The Mystery of Irma Vep, A Christmas Carol (25seasons), Oedipus the King (title role), Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (title role), Circle Mirror Transformation, Bus Stop, The Voysey Inheritance (co-production with ACT), Man and Superman, The Front Page, Guys and Dolls, Saint Joan, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Winter’s Tale, Major Barbara, The Sea Gull, Inherit the Wind, The Deputy, Crown of Thorn, Taming of the Shrew, Nicholas Nickleby, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Loose
Ends. Local acting: Several roles for Kansas City Actors Theatre, The Living Room, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, New Theatre, Unicorn Theatre (most recently, Native Gardens), American Heartland Theatre, The Coterie. Local directing: Unicorn Theatre, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Founding member of Kansas City Actors Theatre: directed several productions. Education: MFA, Wayne State University; BA, Webster College Conservatory.
AEA Member
ERICA SPYRES
(Ex-Girlfriend/Dance Captain)
KCRep: Debut. Broadway: OBC Paradise Square, Carousel (2018), Once (First National Tour). Off-Broadway: King of the Jews. International: Passion (Théâtre du Châtelet) Regional: Berkeley Rep, Bay Street, Lyric Stage Company, SpeakEasy Stage, Huntington Theatre, Ozarks Lyric Opera, New Rep, Tent Theatre. Awards: Elliot Norton Award (Outstanding Actress – Tribes), IRNE Awards (Best Actress in a Musical – Camelot, Avenue Q). Concerts: Boston Pops, Springfield Symphony, Topeka Symphony, Midland Symphony Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony. Musician: Schmigadoon, Last Week Tonight, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Sondheim Unplugged. Erica coaches for My College Audition. AEA Member
TIFFANY TOPOL
(Girl) (She/Her) KCRep: debut. Regional: Once, Xanadu (1st National Tours); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Once (Paramount Theatre, Aurora
IL); My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra, Guys and Dolls, Cabaret (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre), Cabaret (Barrington Stage Company), Sweet Charity (Writers’ Theatre), Eastland (Lookingglass Theatre). TV/ FILM: Leo (Netflix); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC); Let’s Be Real (Fox) Upcoming: Cats (Paramount Theatre). Affiliations: AEA, SAG-AFTRA (tiffanytopol.com, Instagram: @tifftopol)
SHELLY VERDEN
(Bank Manager) (He/Him) KCRep: Debut. Local: Who’s Your Bagdaddy (Unicorn Theatre), The Who’s Tommy, Next to Normal, Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical Theatre Heritage), Tick, Tick, Boom, White Christmas (MTKC Pro), The Breakfast Club (Theatre Atchison). National Tour: Officer and a Gentleman. He recently produced his first original musical, H.O.T. The Musical, at the Unicorn Theatre.
DAN WESCHLER
(Billy/Music Director) (He/Him)
KCRep: The Old Man and The Old Moon. Broadway: Water for Elephants (Composer).
Off-Broadway: The Old Man and the Old Moon (New Victory Theater). Regional: The Tale of Despereaux (Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Old Globe Theatre); The Hunter and the Bear (Writers Theatre); The Old Man and the Old Moon (Old Globe Theatre, Writers Theatre). Affiliations: Actor’s Equity Association. Education: Carnegie Melon University.
UNDERSTUDIES
KUSHI BEAUCHAMP (Understudy, Girl ) (She/Her)
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KCRep: Peter Pan & Wendy, A Christmas Carol. Local: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (The Coterie), This Is How I’m Crazy (Charlotte Street Foundation); Big Love, Fixing King John, Thinner Than Water, Cymbeline (UMKC). International: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (ParrabbolaRomania). Regional: San Diego, The Wolves, The Events (Third Rail Repertory); Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble); Éxodo (Milagro Theatre); Savage/Love (Imago Theatre); The Tempest, Spring Awakening (Lewis & Clark College). Education: MFA in Acting & Directing (UMKC). kushibeauchamp.com
CODY PROCTOR
(Understudy, Bank Manager) (He/Him) KCRep: The Old Man and the Old Moon, Noises Off!, A Christmas Carol. Local: Ragtime, Funny Girl, Titanic (Music Theater Heritage); Shakespeare in Love (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); All is Calm (Music Theatre KC Pro); The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre). Regional: The Iceman Cometh (Goodman Theatre); Othello, Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Hatfield & McCoy (House Theater of Chicago); Stupid F***ing Bird, Idomeneus (Sideshow Theater); Machinal (Greenhouse Theater); Great Expectations (Strawdog Theater); The Mother (Oracle Theater); The Source (Route 66 Theater); three seasons at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Education: BFA Theatre Performance, Wichita State
University. codyproctor.com AEA Member
CREATIVE TEAM
ENDA WALSH
(Book) Enda Walsh is an acclaimed playwright, screenwriter and director. His recent work includes the play Arlington and the opera The Second Violinist which both premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival in 2016 and 2017 respectively. He also worked on the new musical, Lazarus, with David Bowie, which opened at New York Theatre Workshop in December 2015. Enda adapted and directed Max Porter’s Grief is the Thing with Feathers, which ran both in Glasgow and New York. His work has been translated into many languages and has been performed internationally since 1996. He received an Honorary Doctorate from Galway University in 2014.
GLEN HANSARD
(Music & Lyrics) Glen Hansard is an award-winning musician with a host of real-life songs and lilting vocals that reflect a passion for his diverse influences. Film: The Commitments, Once. Albums: Between Two Shores, This Wild Willing, Didn’t He Ramble, Rhythm and Repose, Strict Joy, the soundtrack of Once (Academy Award for Best Original Song, ‘Falling Slowly’; Olivier award for Outstanding Musical Contribution), The Swell Season, The Cost, Burn
the Maps, Set List, For the Birds, Dance the Devil, Fitzcarraldo, and Another Love Song
MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁ
(Music & Lyrics) Actress, musician, and songwriter Markéta Irglová was born on February 28, 1988 in Valasské Mezirící, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She gained significant recognition for her work in collaboration with Irish musician Glen Hansard, with their song from Once, “Falling Slowly,” earning them an Academy Award for Best Original Song. From a young age, Markéta had a passion for music. At the age of seven, she began playing the piano, and at nine, her father gifted her a guitar, which she used to compose her own songs. Irglová was acquainted with Glen Hansard from her childhood, as her father assisted him with concert organization. It was Hansard who came up with the idea to form the duo “The Swell Season”, which marked the beginning of their collaboration. In 2006, they released an album under the label “Overcoat Recordings” and soon after, received an offer to play the lead roles in the indie film Once. The film is set in Dublin, Ireland, where a lonely street musician meets a girl who completely changes his life. Together, they perform his songs, getting to know each other better, but ultimately, the love that was supposed to start never does. The filmmakers of Once placed special emphasis on the music, which played almost continuously throughout the film. Each song was written
by Irglová and Hansard specifically for the film, and they had to re-record each song during production due to budget constraints. Despite its low budget, Once received rave reviews from critics who praised not only the music in the film but also the performances of the musicians, for whom these were their debut acting roles. In 2007, the film’s main song, “Falling Slowly”, was nominated for an Academy Award. During the filming of Once, Irglová formed a close relationship with Hansard, and they had a two-year romance. Irglová was married to Tim Iseler from 2011 to 2012. In 2012, Irglová moved to Reykjavík, Iceland where she met Icelandic music producer Sturla Míó Þórisson (Sturla Mio Thorisson) while recording her first solo album, Anar. They later married and now have three children together. Irglová speaks fluent Icelandic and is a dual citizen of the Czech Republic and Iceland.
JOHN CARNEY
(Writer & Director of the Film, ONCE) John Carney (born 1972) is a Dublin-based film and TV writer-director, who specializes in low-budget indie films. He is best known for his award-winning dramas exploring the life-affirming power of music in the context of the everyday struggles of ordinary people, such as Once, (2007), Sing Street (2016), and Flora and Son (2023). He is also co-creator of the Irish TV drama series Bachelors Walk (2001-06). In the early 1990s, Carney was the bass
player in Irish indie rock band The Frames, for whom he also directed music videos.
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.
BRIAN BEMBRIDGE
(Scenic Design) (He/Him) OffBroadway: The PublicTheater, Second Stage, Jean Cocteau Repertory, Theatre at St. Clements. International: Theatre Royal Stratford East (London), Town Hall Theatre (Galway), Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (Sydney), among others. Regional: Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare, The Second City, Lookingglass Theatre Company, ACT Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alliance Theatre Company, Geffen Playhouse, A.C.T., Drury Lane Theater, Ravinia Festival, Children’s Theatre Company, Pittsburgh Public Theater, City Theatre Company, Circle X Theatre, TimeLine Theatre Company, Opera Omaha, Virginia Opera, Juneau Lyric Opera and Asolo, St. Louis, Milwaukee and Madison repertory theaters and various circuses across the country with Nik Wallenda. Honors: seven Jeff Awards, two LA Drama Critics Circles, LA WeeklyTheater Awards, three Garland Awards, two Gregory Awardsand an Ovation Award. Brian represented the United States at the Prague Quadrennial in 2011 with his design of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. Film
Design: Marie and Bruce, Holding Out, Stray Dogs, Late for Church and Muppets from Space. briansidneybembridge.com
PAUL KIM
(Costume Design) (He/Him) KCRep: Cyrano de Bergerac, Flood, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B. Selected Credits: Justice at War (Coterie Theatre); Mad Forest (OU University Theatre); EthiopianAmerica (Definition Theatre); Fast Food Chain (Adventure Stage); FLIES! THE MUSICAL! (Pride Films and Plays); The Explorers Club, Sex with Strangers, Scrooge and the Ghostly Spirits, and Light Up the Sky (Citadel Theatre); Assassins, Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea, The Grapes of Wrath, and 1984 (IllinoisTheatre); Shakin’ The Mess Outta Misery (Pegasus Theatre). The Light in the Piazza (Lyric @ Illinois). Associate Costume Designer: for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (Court Theatre). Assistant Costume Designer: Sense and Sensibility (American Players Theatre), Blood Ride (RabbitBandini Productions, Film), Thaddeus and Slocum (Lookingglass Theatre). Education: MFA in Costume Design from University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign; BFA in DramaTheatre Costume Design from University of Oklahoma. Awards: Joseph Jefferson Equity Award – Costume Design Midsize, KCACTF Doug Getzoff Award, KCACTF Region III National Playwriting Program Ten Minute Play Festival Finalist, USITT SW Certificate of Excellence in
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Costume Design, Focal Press Rafael Jaen Showcase Award. pbawuk.com
CAT TATE STARMER
(Lighting Design) (She/Her)
KCRep: Debut. Off-Broadway: Georgia Mertching is Dead (Ensemble Studio Theatre); The Winning Side; Hold These Truths (Epic Theatre Ensemble); Regional: The Emporium; Servant of Two Masters; 1984, (Alley Theatre); A Thousand Maids; Living and Breathing, (Two River Theatre Company); Hurricane Diane; They Promised Her the Moon, (The Old Globe); Steel Magnolias; Frankenstein, (Guthrie Theatre); Architectural: Plaza 33 at Penn Station (NYC)
CONNOR WANG
(Sound Design) (He/Him)
KCRep: the ripple, the wave that carried me home Broadway: How to Dance in Ohio Selected Off-Broadway: Nobody Cares: An Evening with Laura Benanti (Minetta Lane); Sorry For Your Loss (Minetta Lane); Where You’ll Find Me: Jason Gotay (Minetta Lane); An evening with Amber Iman (Minetta Lane) Regional: Gun & Powder (PaperMill Playhouse); Evita (ART & S.T.C.); The Hot Wing King (Alliance Theatre); Kim’s Convenience (Theatre Squared); How to Dance in Ohio (Syracuse Stage); Mud Season Mystery: The Lodger (Northern Stage); Last Stop on Market Street (Northwestern Wirtz Center); Singin’ In The Train (McCarter Theatre). Other credits: Disney Princess The Concert (US Tour, Sound Engineer); DCappella (Dubai Opera, Sound Engineer).
Assistant Designer: Hadestown (Broadway, Korea, US Tour), Hamilton (US Touring companies), The Cher Show (Broadway), TINA (US Tour). Upcoming: RUTKA (Cincinnati Playhouse); Leroy & Lucy (Steppenwolf). Affiliations: United Scenic Artists USA829. Education: The Theatre School at DePaul University
JANA LATCHAW (Associate Director) (She/ Her) KCRep: Little Shop of Horrors. Recent Directing: Les Misérables, Bright Star, Urinetown, Macbeth, Matilda, Merrily We Roll Along, Our Town, Radium Girls, Twelfth Night, Curtains the Musical, Twelve Angry Jurors (First Act Theatre Arts); The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-theMoon Marigolds (Production Assistant, Kansas City Actors Theatre). Upcoming: Newsies (Director, First Act Theatre Arts). Education: BFA, Northwestern College.
VANESSA SEVERO
(Choreographer) (She/Her) Vanessa is thrilled to be returning to KCRep! Vanessa’s previous KCRep credits include Frida...A Self Portrait (2020 Kilroys List). Movement directing credits include A Christmas Carol (KCRep); Dracula (playwright, world premiere Spring 2024), Shane ( Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Rubik (playwright, world premiere, winner of National Endowment for the Arts Grant 2024)(Spinning Tree Theatre); Equus, Milking Christmas, The Death of Cupid (The Living Room Theater); Children of Eden, Icarus Flew (Spinning Tree Theatre); The
Wiz (The Coterie Theatre) and What’s Your Warrior (US ARMY National). Directing credits include Dracula (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Native Gardens, The Lifespan of a Fact (Unicorn Theatre); Nocturne and Milking Christmas (The Living Room Theatre);The Country of the Blind and Shipwrecked! (Spinning Tree Theatre), Antigonick, Constellations and Blood Wedding (University of Kansas City Missouri-Graduate Program). Vanessa is the recipient of the 11th Round of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships 2017, as well as the Artist in Residency for City of Carlsbad, California 2021. She is certified in Suzuki Method and Viewpoints under the instruction of Ellen Lauren of the SITI company. AEA Member. SDC member. Visit VanessaSevero.com
RENA COOK (Dialect Coach) (She/Her)
KCRep: debut. Regional: Christmas Carol, Billy Elliot, Mary Poppins, (Lyric Theatre, OKC); Pride and Prejudice (Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park); Normal Heart (Oklahoma City Rep); Text Coaching: Richard III, Merry Wives of Windsor (Illinois Shakespeare Company); Summer Folk (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama). Education: MFA, Directing, University of Oklahoma; MA, Voice Studies, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Teaches Voice and Speech at Oklahoma City University. myvocalauthority.com
RACHEL M. DYER
(Production Stage Manager,
July 24 - Aug 27, 2024) (She/ Her) KCRep: Production Stage Manager: Cyrano de Bergerac, Flood, Twelfth Night, Brother Toad, Man In Love, Lot’s Wife. Assistant Stage Manager: Nina Simone: Four Women, The Old Man and the Old Moon, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson Apt. 2B, A Christmas Carol (2021-2023 and 2014-2019). Mary’s Wedding, Fun Home, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Pride & Prejudice, Last Days of Summer, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Between the Lines, Side by Side by Sondheim, Evita, The Diary of Anne Frank, Sunday in the Park with George, Hair: Retrospective, An Iliad. Local: Romeo & Juliet (Production Stage Manager, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); Morning’s at Seven (Production Stage Manager,
Kansas City Actors Theatre) Education: BS in Theatre Design and Technology, Northwest Missouri State University. AEA Member
MARY R. HONOUR
(Production Stage Manager, Aug 27, 2024 thru Close) (She/Her) KCRep/Missouri Repertory Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors (2012 & 2024 productions), 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, 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.
MACKENZIE REPPY
Assistant Stage Manager) (She/
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Her) KCRep: Little Shop of Horrors (Assistant Director), 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: The Search for Anno Domini MMXXI-I-VI (Assistant Stage Manager, KC Melting Pot) 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 (UMKC); BA in Theatre and Drama (Grand Canyon University).
GEOFF JOSSELLSON, CSA (New York Casting) Geoff Josselson, CSA is thrilled to continue collaborating with the Kansas City Rep. Select Credits include Broadway: Spamalot, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods (Artios Award winner), The Velocity of Autumn. Off-Broadway: Cellino v. Barnes, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Altar Boyz, Southern Comfort, Yank!. Select New York and Regional Theatre companies include Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Baltimore Center
Stage, Irish Repertory Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Studio Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, Village Theatre and York Theatre Company. josscasting.comg
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’s directorial credits include Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them for Tradewind Arts; Justice at War at The Coterie; and Nomad Motel and Poor Clare at The Unicorn. She 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
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 schoolaged 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).
LEADERSHIP
STUART CARDEN
Artistic Director
Stuart Carden (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 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
THANK YOU, ANGELA!
THANK YOU, ANGELA!
After eleven seasons as our executive director, ANGELA LEE GIERAS has departed KCRep to assume the role of executive director of Shakespeare Theatre Company, located in Washington, D. C.
After seasons as our executive director, ANGELA LEE GIERAS has departed KCRep to assume the role of executive director of Shakespeare Company, located in Washington, D. C.
Angela was a transformational leader at KCRep, whose time and talent will be greatly missed. We wish her the very best on the east coast!
Angela was a transformational leader at KCRep, whose time and talent will be greatly missed. We wish her the very best on the coast!
ADMINISTRATION/FINANCE
Director of Finance & Administration
Jared Freemon
Manager of Information Services
Michelle Blaine
Finance Manager
Caycee Garlow
General Manager
Amy M. Abels Owen
ARTISTIC
Associate Artistic Director
Morgana Wilborn
Associate Artistic DirectorKCRep/UMKC Partnership
STAFF
Patricia Abts
Justin Balling
Samantha Balling
Dylan Cooper
Linda Fleeks
Cay Fogel
Brett Gieras
Vanessa Harper
Luigi Muscadin
Mark Noble
Lainey Obenshain
Wyatt Owen
Anthony Snipes
Luke Habjan
Jacob Maher
Griffin Rogers
Properties Director
Jamie Lindemann
Properties Artisan
Amaka Maduabuchi
Scenic Art Director
Shiloah Frederick
Scenic Artists
Adam Hooper
Missy Shinoski
Costume Shop Manager
Jenny Green
Jason Chanos
Artistic Associate/Casting
Andi Meyer
Artistic Manager
Lillian Rider
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
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
Public Relations (Press Contact)
Ellen McDonald
Publications Assistant
Tehreem Choudhry
PRODUCTION
Interim Production Manager
Grace Hudson
Technical Director
W.R. Shinoski
Assistant Technical Director/ Automation
Tom Gault
Scene Shop Foreman
John Owen
Materials Coordinator
Powell Brumm
Head Carpenter
Abbiel Hixson
Carpenters
Assistant Costume Shop Manager
Mary Caitland Williams
Head Cutter/Draper
Christina HadleyDike
Cutter/Draper
Jana Jesse
Wardrobe Supervisor
Marianne Rowse
Lighting & Projections
Co-Directors
Michael Esposito
Shayna Phillips
Production Electricians
Oak Neal
Reina Makimura
Sound & Video Lead
Anakin Garner
Head Audio Engineer
Isaiah Howell
Production Audio Engineer
Daisy Melton
TICKETING SERVICES
Manager, Ticketing Services
Karl Annable
Associate Manager, Community Partnerships and Ticketing Services
Courtney Klein
Ticketing Services Representatives
Tehreem Chaudhry
Andrew Fogel
Dani Saunders
PRODUCTION CREW: ONCE
Stage Carpenter
Stage Management
Production Assistants
Dana Jannel
Anna Smith
Youth Cast Coordinator
Meg McSweeney
Luke Habjan
Overhire Carpenter
Cameron Smith
Overhire Props Artisan
Grace Laughton
Overhire Scenic Artist
Missy Shinoski
Wardrobe Supervisor
Marianne S. Rowse
Wardrobe Crew
Sadie Carlson
Scott Cordes
Justin Gannaway
Restoring Dreams Restoring Hope 100 Years
SEP 3-22
Spencer Theatre
An uplifting and heartfelt musical featuring gorgeous songs like the Oscar-winning “Falling Slowly”
OCT 8-27
Copaken Stage
A spellbinding journey through the life of iconic songstress Billie Holiday
NOV 23-DEC 28
Spencer Theatre A CHRISTMAS CAROL
MAY 6-25
Spencer Theatre
Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning Christmasof
An enchanting romp through Regency-era England
A quietly powerful play by Kansas City, KS playwright, Nathan Louis Jackson, highlighting the enduring power of family bonds
FEB 11-MAR 2
Copaken Stage
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STUDENTS
“I was very amazed by the performance — the play was very cool and funny. The person who was playing the plant had amazing vocals and the other actors also did a great job. “
— Middle school student, Little Shop of Horrors
“It is wonderful to have live theater opportunities such as this one. The debate at the end of the play was extraordinary, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you for the overall experience.”
— High School Student, What the Constitution Means to Me
Kicking off our 2023/24 season last summer with enthusiasm, creativity and buckets of strong talent was our 7th Summer Youth Theatre Ensemble, a free program for high schoolers. Young artists put their hearts and minds together over the four weeks (20 days!) devising, writing, moving, discussing, exploring, and collaborating to create their own original play, Here/After. The piece, both moving and hilarious, traveled to an afterlife during which characters worked to make a pitch to return to life on earth. Selfunderstanding was key and the revelations were meaningful. Led by teaching artists Raz, Sam, Em and Auryona, their final show was exceptional, joyfully-built, and a wonderful way to cap off our signature summer depth program.
Across our season we hosted over 7,500 young people — 2nd graders through college students, and their chaperones — from all over the region to our productions
STUDENTS & EDUCATION
“My students LOVED Nina! It definitely provoked a lot of great conversations once we got back to school. ”
— High School Teacher
Nina Simone: Four Women
“SYTE lets us be free and open with our thoughts and feelings. Together, we put those thoughts and feelings into a play that’s enjoyable for us and the audience. We’re all also able to connect pretty fast because of our similar interests and ideas.”
— SYTE High School Student
at a morning matinee. Close to 40% of those young people saw the play via our STARS program which offers fully free or discounted tickets. At each performance, the building shakes at the curtain calls as young people passionately applaud the stories which are now theirs forever.
Theatre director Kenny Leon said, “I’m looking for the day when every child in America can have a little piece of theatre in their daily educational lives.” This is a simple wish; a clear and joyful one towards which we work all season. Help us keep our education/ engagement work flying high! Smart, growing and vital to today’s community.
To learn more about our programs, at the theatre or at your site, or how to support them, reach out to Melinda, Director of Education, at mccrarym@kcrep.org.
Photo Credits (clockwise from top left) Melinda McCrary, Teonna Wesley, Melinda McCrary, Don Ipock, Tionna Wesley, Don Ipock.
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Season Opener with pianist Behzod Abduraimov in collaboration with Park University ICM SEPT. 20, 2024
Ingrid Stölzel: A Musical Portrait OCT. 12, 2024
Thanksgiving with NAVO NOV. 30, 2024
NAVO Chamber Orchestra with pianist Steven Spooner and violinist Véronique Mathieu
FEB. 22, 2025
The Art of Cello with Daniel Veis MAR. 22, 2025
Frontier String Quartet APR. 2025
Season Finale Fest with violinist Maria Ioudenitch MAY 7, 9, 11, 2025
ILLUMINATION
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THEATRE FOR ALL —
FROM OUR STAGES TO OUR COMMUNITIES,
KCRep supporters are at the heart of all that we do.
Any way you support KCRep — with a production sponsorship, a scholarship gift through our STARS (Support the ARTs in Schools) program, or an operating gift — you make world-class productions, Student Matinees, Summer Theatre Camp, the KCRep For All Community Tour, and much more available to everyone in Kansas City.
In gratitude of your support, KCRep offers a variety of donor benefits, including sponsor recognition and exclusive events. Explore donor benefits for each giving level at kcrep.org/donor-sponsorshipbenefits.
2024-2025 Signature Series:
Fri. Oct. 11th, 7pm UNFORGETTABLE
ft. Sachal Vascandani
Sat., Nov. 16th, 7pm BRIGHT SIZE LIFE
ft. Rod Fleeman
Tues., Dec. 10th, 7pm A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
Selections from Charlie
Sat., March 1st, 7pm ALWAYS & FOREVER
ft. Brenna Whitaker Visit KCJO.org for ticket information
ft. Lucy and Bram Wijnands
Sat., April 5th, 7pm LEVEL UP!
Selections from Classic Video
Sat., May 31st, 7pm GLAMOUR OF OLD HOLLYWOOD
2024-2025 Concerts Including Works of Brahms, Parry, Rachmaninoff, Holst and many others along with American spirituals and gospels 2025 performance of Bach's immortal MASS IN B MINOR with chamber orchestra and soloists
PARK UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MUSIC
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.
Come experience the birth of our international stars. Visit ICM.PARK.EDU for our concert schedule today.
Stanislav loudenitch Artistic Director /Piano Studio
Ben Sayevich Violin Studio
Daniel Veis Cello Studio
Peter Chun Viola Studio
CONTRIBUTORS
$50,000+
Copaken Family Fund *
Copaken Family Foundation
R & C Charitable Foundation
2024/25 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 August 6, 2024.
Victor E. and Caroline E. Schutte Foundation Trust E, David W. Frantze and Bank of America, N.A., Trustees *
Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts - Commerce Bank, Trustee *
The Sunderland Foundation
$25,000 - $49,999
E. Kemper Carter and 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 *
$10,000 - $24,999
Anonymous (3)
American Century Investments Foundation
Lynn Badaracco & Dwight Quiring
Pete B. Browne & Julie Walker-Browne
Herb & Bonnie Buchbinder
Donor Advisory Fund *
Burns & McDonnell *
Louetta M. Cowden FoundationBank of America, Trustee
The DeBruce Foundation
Ann King Dickinson
Dave & Geri Frantze
Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation *
The H&R Block Foundation
H&R Block *
Vicki Catlin
Nancy P. & Robert W. Hatch *
Health Forward Foundation
Ellen & Irv Hockaday *
Enid and Crosby Kemper Charitable Foundation, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee
Judy O. Kirk Charitable Fund
Frank & Margaret G. McGee Fund
Jessica & Matt Ralston
J. B. Reynolds Foundation *
JoMarie Scaglia
Nathan Schechter MD Trust in memory of Vicki S. Catlin
The Sosland Foundation *
Jo Ann & William D. Sullivan *
UMB Financial Corporation
US Bank *
Sara E. Welch *
Sally & Robert West *
Wylie Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
Dana Abraham & Chuck McCann
Anonymous
Chris & Sharon Baxter
Marcia H. Bailey *
Ivan & Karla Batlle *
Anne & Bill Blessing *
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City
The Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation
Cafe Trio (in-kind)
Kay & John Callison *
Chappelow Events (in-kind)
Virginia & Charles Clark *
Ron & Kim Coker
Melanie Coleman & Todd Gafney
Commerce Bank
Country Club Bank
Rick & Barbie Dierks *
Steve & Cathy Doyal
Jane & Charles Eldredge
Evergy
Brad & Linda Finkle
First Business Bank
Angela & John Gieras
Graceland University/ Kristi Hettrick & Alan Waterman
Deanna & Greg Graves
Judge Jon R. Gray (Ret.) & Dr. Valerie E. Chow
Sharon & Donald F. Greenwood, Jr.
Carla Griffin
Laura & David Hall *
Hayley E. Hanson & Todd McGuire
JE Dunn Construction Company
Mary & Mark Jorgenson
Andrew & Sheryl Kaplan
Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc.
Carol & John Kornitzer
KPMG, LLP *
Mike & Candis Lochmann *
William J. & Frances Lynn *
Americo Life, Inc
Renita Mollman
Scott A. Moore
Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund
Barbara and Bill Nelson Foundation *
Graham & Margot Nelson
Meggan Newland, M.D. & Jon Henry
Jeannette T. Nichols *
Ogletree Deakins
* Shooting Stars — Donors of 10 or more consecutive years
$5,000 - $9,999 (continued)
Oppenstein Brothers Foundation - Commerce Bank, Trustee
Debra & Allen Parmet
Diane & John R. Phillips
Polsinelli PC
Jami & Fred Pryor
Seaboard
Marny & John Sherman
Stinson LLP *
Drs. Jessica & Benjamin Stone
Donna Thomason
Bert & Sue Trucksess *
CONTRIBUTORS
Shirley & Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr.
Shawn & Melissa Hickey
Ryan Holmes
Edward & Camille Honesty
Joan Horan
Coleen & Chris Hotop
Patrick Hughes, MD
Steven Irwin
Laurie & Chuck Jarrett
Scott & Kelly Jeffcote
Nancy L. Kain *
Robb Krumlauf & Leanne Wiedemann
William L. Bruning
Timothy & Jessie Burkhalter
Jennifer Collier
FCI Advisors
Christie & Timothy Geier-Pratt
Brett Gerstenberger
Stephen & Patricia Gound
Family Foundation
Michael & Kathryn Harvel
Chris Hernandez & Paul Monteil
Marc & Nina Hollabaugh
Ashlei & Charles Holznecht
Hufft Projects
Joan and Bert Berkley
Blue Heron Foundation *
John Bleazard
Sue & George Brandt
Mary Lou & Tom Brous *
Bob & Karen Brush *
Marianne Burrell
Robert Butcher & Madelyn Rudd
James & Linda Cole
Cindy & Richard Croskell
Kit & Jay Culver *
Deborah Dibal
Omar Farias
Sandi & Ed Fried
Jayhawk Primary Care at The University of Kansas Health System
VanTrust Real Estate
Susan & Jason Waldron
Thomas & Sally Wood Family Foundation
$2,500 - $4,999
James & Mary Jennifer Amato
American Century Investments (matching gift)
Anonymous *
Jeff Anthony & Susann Ogg
Dick & Emily Ballentine *
G. Kenneth and Ann Baum
Philanthropic FundAnn Kaufmann Baum *
Jamey Bertram
BlueScope *
Darin Brickman
James Butler
Bryan & Justina Canzoneri
Centric Projects
Craig Coen & Jeffrey Bellamy
James & Ellen Copaken
Harper Rebecca Coulson
Kevin Covington & Dia Wall Covington
Crux KC LLC
Tom & Margaret Cummings *
Joel DeBoer
Melanie & Mike Fenske
Kenneth & Vanessa Ferguson
Paul & Stacey Fischer
Francis Family Foundation *
David & Janis Francis
Douglas & Ann Ghertner * Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Donald J. Hall *
Scott & Suzy Hall
Carol & Fred Logan
Beth & Gregg Lombardi
R. A. Long Foundation
Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin & Gabe McCubbin
Sharon & Michael Milens
Pamela Miller & Michael Cummings
Paul John Odum
John & Shari Olander
Joseph Podrebarac
Hillary Stamper
Mark & Dette Swanson
Julie Stotlar-Towner
Ratana & Oscar Tshibanda
Veracity Consulting, Inc
Brenda & Brett Williams
George & Beverley Wilson
$1,500 - $2,499
Anonymous
Ken & Sharon Bowman
Jon & Shelley Copaken
Gill Studios, Inc. (in-kind)
The Ingram Family Foundation *
Joy & Jerry Kaplan *
Bridgette & Jason Kling
Brandon & Melissa McManamy
Marshall Miller
Stewart & Debbie Myers
Matt Nordhus
Lisa & Charles Schellhorn *
Joe & Susan Sims
Juliette & Ian Singer
Richard Singleton III
Susannah & TJ Sotos
Lisa & Scott Adams
$1,000 - $1,499
Anonymous
Marion and Henry Bloch
Family Foundation
Boulevard Brewing Co. (in-kind)
Shannon & Brent Johnson
Kim Jones
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Kanter
Brian Kaufman
Regina & Bill Kort
Bob & Meg Maffitt
McQuaid Brothers
William Moran
Network for Good
Sara & David O'Connell / What Matters 2 Us Fund *
John & Kendal Orlowski
Janet & Jack Podoll
Joe & Lainey Puglisi
Rick & Tanya Ratliff
Roanoke Park Conservancy
Damon & Shawna Roath
Holly Streeter-Schaefer & Ken Schaefer
Lindsey Patterson Smith
Brad & Gisele Sprong
Sylvia & Laurence Tucker
Deb & Paul Turpin
Leeann & Mark Van Dyne
Sandra K. & Stanley J. Vogel*
Lynne & Carl Weilert
Kathryn Welch & John Wright
Molly & Steve Wendland
Richard Wetzel
Audrey & Thomas Wiegmann
Jon Wright
Christine Yannitelli & Dennis Manske *
C Stephen Metzler & Brian D Williams Fund
$500 - $999
Joel & Elizabeth Allen
Debby & Gary Ballard
Ken Barnes & Abby Mocek
Sherrie Bell
Irv Belzer & Sue McCord-Belzer *
Robert H. & Kathleen M. Bender *
* Shooting Stars — Donors of 10 or more consecutive years
Al Geritz & Dick Leeson
Dr. James & Christine Morgan
Glenski
Chris Glissman *
Keith Goering & Mary Ann Dvorcheck *
Anita Toby Grow
Cathi & Thomas Halberstadt
Amy & Nate Harris
Joan L. Hartung
Leslie & Martin Herst
John & Sharon Hoffman
Mary & Eric Honour
Blair & Lyn Hosford *
Carol & Dennis Hudson
Melissa Jaramillo
John & Elaine Jepson *
Arlen & Patricia Johnson
Buddy & Carolyn Jones
Doug Kallenberger & Lynn Blixrud
Stacy King
Jay & Ann Kinnamon
Liz & Warren Lewis
Ashley & Phil Mason
Patricia Ann Miles
Helen & Joel Miller
Patricia E. Cleary Miller, Ph.D.
Mark & Janette Morgan
Sheryll & Thomas Myers
Carl & Pam Nitsche / Nitsche DAF
Mark & Lynne O'Connell
Jane & Charles Olsen
Patrick O'Rourke
Scott & Robin Page
Jeff & Angela Place
George & Wendy Powell *
Kerri Reisdorff
Linda Robins
Mark & Janice Schonwetter
Lindsay & Matt Severns
George & Lisa Shadid *
Stan & Linda Shipman
$500 - $999 (continued)
Myra & Lester Siegel, Jr. *
Angela & Chris Smart
Carol Sokolenko
Nicolas Stefanescu
Kitty Steffens
Sterneck Capital Foundation
Charles Sun
Swift Construction, Inc./ CEI Electrical & Mechanical
Jason & Libby Thomas
Robert & Cindy Thompson
William & Nancy Topper *
Rev. Paul Turner *
Two West Advisors
Barbara McMahon & Dennis Varble
Michael & Miranda Wagner
Michelle & Cornell Webb
Diane & Roy Whitley *
Teddi Wolff
Debra S. Wood
$250 - $499 Anonymous
Ellen & John Aisenbrey *
Kathy Anderson
Nancy Artzer
Diane & Steve Azorsky
Edward & Linda Balzano
Jolynn Bartolotta
Brian & Jessica Best Stewart
Ken & Jill Biesma
Amy Black
Fred & Cindy Bodker
Dan & Jobeth Bradbury
Larry Braddy
Cindie & Bob Buchanan
Arden & Mary Ann Carr *
Patrick & Thaylia Smith Conway
Sarah & Clayton Cook *
Betty Ann Cortelyou
Don & Pat Dagenais
Dominique Davison
Denton Family Fund
Cheryl DeShon
Amy & Jared Dirks
Mike & Elizabeth Disilvestro
David Douglass
Durkee Family Foundation *
Cindy & David Edgington
Janann B. Eldredge
EPR Properties
Margaret Fishback
Chris & Julia Frantze
CONTRIBUTORS
SuEllen Fried
Jeff & Mary Fromm
Scott Giffen
Ronald & Susan Goldsmith
Philanthropic Fund *
Matt Gowen
Rishelle Greenlee
Allen & Gail Gutovitz
Charitable Fund *
Eileen Hand
Grant & Claire Harrison
Nancy Harrison
Richard & Julie Hellman *
George Helmkamp
Bill & Irma Lou Hirsch *
Sarah Hoestje
Justin Howard
Jennifer & Jason Ingraham *
Nathan & Megan Jackson
Chad A. Kirby
Marli Klumb
George Krebs
Erika Kuster
Eric & Emily Larson
Maurine Lenahan
Elizabeth R. Lesan & Katsuyoshi Nishimoto
Troy Lillebo & Brian Ellison *
Sam Logan
Felicia & Venne Londre
Debra & John Mahoney
Timothy J. Marchesi &
John D. Lawrence / DeMarche
Robert & Heather Maynard
Sue McKee
Milligan Family
Koi Morford
David Nelson & Angela Turpin
Alexander Ong
Rudolph Pabon
Carolyn Phelps
Maggie Presson *
Brittany & Michael Remmert
Robert Riccardi
Tom & Cynthia Ryan
Richard & Erin Sack
James & Kathy Sear *
Michelle & Darin Shank
Rosemarie Skivers
Linda S Stevens
Phyllis Stevens
Tom Strumillo
Ann & Daniel Sweeney
Chris & Brooke Sweeney
James H Taylor
Johnna Thomas
Russ & Maralee Thompson
Mark Thornhill & Maria Donigan
Linda S. Trout
Marcia Valera
Eileen and Tom Weir
Anne & Keith Wiedenkeller
Michele & John Wilinski *
Vanessa Williams
Terri & Blake Williamson
Elizabeth Hartley Winetroub
Pam & Bill Wishon
Dr. & Mrs. John S. Yungmeyer
$100 - $249
Amanda Akers-Vornholt & Wayne Vornhold
Mollie Alexander & Frank Hogan *
Kathryn & Chris Allen
Rachel Allen & Christopher Allen, KM, CFA
Pat & Lauren Amey
Marilyn & Chris Anderson
Tom Anderson
Anonymous (3)
Arvest Bank
Aimee Asbury & Richard S. Starks II
Barbara & Richard Atlas *
Sonny Aust & Lauren Aust-Yen
Linda & Erik Avery
Laura & Nate Baldwin
John Ballard
Katherine & Larry Barnhart
Bradley & Wendy Barth
Heather Bath
Andrea & Will Becker
Matthew & Katharine Beem
Kimberly Benjamin
Nathan & Margaret Benjamin
Donna Bennett
Jeffrey J. Bentley
Cindy & Ted Berard
Linda Birkenmeier
Charles R. Bise Jr.
Linda & Bruce Blazek
John & Marge Bott
Kathleen Bradford
Ms. Katherine Breen
Charles & Deb Brook
David Brown
Tom & Cherie Brown
Terry Brummer
Stephen Butland
Janet Buttery
Melonee Cain
Frank Carroll
* Shooting Stars — Donors of 10 or more consecutive years
Greg & Ann Carlson
Karen Cartlidge
Kenda Caskey
Jessica & Jason Chanos
Susan Clevenger
Lupe & Greg Clouse
Meredith Collins
Tom & Lari Ann Collins
Martha Comment
Joe Constantino
Robert Cook
Larry Cork
Jody & Bill Craig
Christopher Crenner & Katherine Levy
Robert & Nicolette Croskell
Kymberli Cutler
Edmund P. & Donna J. Cytacki
John G. Daniel
Cara David
Donald & Linda Degnan
Gabe & Lindsey Dewitte
Brad Douglas
Tim & Trisha Drape
Barry & Marilyn Dryer
Family of Eric & Katie Dufur
Susan & Jared Ebel
Kristen Ellis Johnson
Douglas & Chris Fain
Barbara Fay
Sandy Feaker
Iman Fennell
Susan Fershee
Patricia Fitzpatrick
Whitney Skye Flaska
Mick & Denise Fletcher
Rocco & Karen Florio
Dr. Alan & Cathy Foster
Dianne & R. Dennis Fowler
Kelly & Michael Fowler
Mark & Sandi Fowler *
Randy Fowler
Alberzine & Abby Freeman
Sidonie Garrett
Brag Gee
Pam & Dr. Fred Geer *
Sharon Glass
Courtney Goddard
Carol & Marvin Goldstein *
Ismael Gonzalez
Max & Harriet Gordon
Christine Granger
Doreen & Norman Greczyn
C.W. & Nancy Green
Don Grodecki & Cheryl Ricke
Heather M Gudgel
$100 - $249 (continued)
Rex & Jody Gunn
Rupal Christine Gupta
Beth & Chris Hafner
Melanie Halsey
Kristen & Tyler Harrelson
Kristen Harris
John Hart & Katelyn Peter
Michael & Kathryn Harvel
Patricia Hemauer
Chris Hess
Kristi Hettrick
CONTRIBUTORS
Jane & Bruce Kunz
John & Patricia Kurtz
Jennifer Lane
Ryan Lane
Kathy & Craig Laursen
Joe & Rebecca Layton
Carrie & Patrick Lenahan
Gayle Levy & Whitney Terrell
Virginia Lieberman
Mark & Karen Long
Marilyn & Bruce Lowrey
Sharon Lynch & Jane Nichols
LaMonica & Christopher Madden
Candice Petersonmoon
Dr. Andrea Picciotto
Mary Ann Pinkerton
Allison & Kevin Pinkowski
Rob & Joy Preacher
Lena Price
Angela Rabin
Don & Phyllis Ranum
Kelly Rawlings
Dr. Carl B. Reed &
Melody A. Miller
Kevin Regan & Cathy Francis
Greg & Rebecca Reid
Kath Stanley
Eva Steinman
Mr. & Mrs. Rodger Stelter
Dr. Joy Stevenson
Linda Stinnet
Steven & Sandra Stites
Jeffrey Stitt
Annelies Stoecklin
Kim Stout
Rebecca Stowe
Mark Stuecheli & Mary Nick
Brandi Tabor
Juliann & Mark Tapko
Zach Hickman
Lisa Hickok
Richard & Merri-Ann Higgason
Paget & Tom Higgins
Mr. Brad & Dr. Amy Hogan
Bruce & Cindy Hogle
Edward Honestly
Dick & Rose Marie Huber
Leslie & Mark Huffhines *
Amanda Humiston
Justin & Rita Huntington
Joan & Steve Israelite
Anna Jaffe & Michael Horine
Charles Johnson
Ellen Johnson
Gary Neal Johnson & Lynne Beachner
Karen Johnson & Angus Stoddart
Joyce Jonasson
Colby Jones
Katherine Jorgenson & Marc Harman
Sarilee Kahn
Paul & Connie Kamps
Kauffman Foundation
Matching Gifts
Jessica Keal
Olivia H Keller
Annie & Alan Keneipp
Joan & Chris Kennedy
Lesley Ketzel
Jenn Killpack
Susan King-Kostelac & Martin Kostelac
Christy Kinman
Elise Kirchhofer
David & Lisa Klose
Patricia Konopka
Linda & Bill Kornitzer
Patrice Krampff
Sue & Dev Malik
Tom Mardikes
Richard & Lydia Marien
Carol Marks
Tiffany Marr
Michael McCawley
Laurie McCormack
P. Alan McDermott *
Tim McMulin & Emilee Rose
Gerald & Jean McNamara *
Craig McPherson
Melea McRae
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Merrigan
Julia & Dennis Meyer
Kathlene Keck Meyer
Kim Meyer
Alan & Judy Michelson
Kelsea Miller
William Sr. & Melanie Miller
Virginia Miller
Chelsea Mong
Marti Moore & John Kinsey
Patricia A. Moore
Susan Morrissey
Heather & Tom Morrow
Ann & Jim Mueller
Judy & Carl Mullins
Bailey Mae Munson
Robyn Murphy
Doris Negaard
Kathryn & Stephen Nichols
Jane J. Olson
Bonita & Thomas Oothoudt
Dr. Christina Marie Pacheco
Jenny Palmer
James Parrott
John Pearson
Wanda R. Perkins
Allyson & Eric Perry
Kathy Peters
Libby Rivers
Pat Roane
Charles & Cristine Roberts *
Julie Robinson
Melinda Rocha
Lindsey Rood-Clifford & Chris Clifford
Lucia & Christopher Rooney
Paula & Jack Rowe
Anton & Barbara Schaefer *
Mary Schindler
Chris Schlenker
Donald & Martha Schlosser
Jack & Errett Schmid
Stephanie Schriock
Janet W. Sears
Darren Sextro & John Rensenhouse
Kavya Shankar
Janardana Sharma
Gail E. Shaw
The Sheppard Family
Phil & Lurae Shreves
Kurt Rasmussen &
Cheryl L. Simmons
Janet & Andrew Simonsen
Cuthbert & Severns Simpkins
Rik Siro and Teresa Woody
Thomas & Mitzi Slover
Anita Louise Smith
Elsie Smith *
Mary Susan Smith
Michelle Smith
Vicki & Thomas Smith
Kristin Smithson
Larry & Jean Snider
Tori Sodek
Diana Spare
Jonathan Specht
Betty Ann Springer
Starr Terrell
David Terry
James Thomas &
Kathy Burke-Thomas
Kristina Thompson
Heidi Thummel
Lauren & Nick Tobaben
Diana & Tim Toman
Cliff & Leslie Van Blarcom *
Linda Vande Garde
Kevin Vanderweide
Roy D Vanek
Michael & Mary Varner
Todd Vorachek
Gayla & Jon Voss
Wayne & Debora Wainwright
Christine Waldschmidt
Craig Stephen Wallace
Kathleen L Warfel
Christal Watson
Vicki Webber
Dr. Audrey V. Wegst
Susie Weis
Charles & Linda Wells
Regina Wells
Blake & Lisa Wendelburg
Ronda & Bill White
Julie & Louis Williams
Richard C. Williams
Mr. Stephen & Martha Williamson
Amy Winger
Geri Wise
John R. Wise
Karen Woodbury
Michael Wright & Christa Cavanaugh *
Damon & Patricia Yurchak
Cathy Zitnik
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. * Shooting Stars — Donors of 10 or more consecutive years
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
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.
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
Nathan Schechter MD Trust
in memory of Vicki S. Catlin ~ ~ Richard R. Cawthorn
816.235.2700
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
Rev. Susan Langhauser
Lindsay Meyer & ~ Corey Brunk
Pamela Miller &
Michael Cummings
~ Dr. Mary Jo Rahatz
George & Lisa Shadid
~ Dr. Nathan & Ruth G. Shechter
Brad Voelker
Hal vonBohnhoff
~ Betty Widmier
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