Photo Flash: Unicorn Theatre's MY FIRST TIME

Where was your first time? Your wedding bed? A Burger King bathroom? Starting in 1998, over 40,000 have people anonymously posted their true first-time stories to a website (www.MyFirstTime.com). Ken Davenport then adapted those stories into a 90 minute theatrical event. Before the show, the audience is encouraged to anonymously fill out a survey about their own first time that will be woven into the show each night. Silly, sweet, absurd, funny, gay, straight, awkward and shy, all of these stories will spring to life in My First Time with just four amazing actors (Cheryl Weaver, Scott Cordes, Lauretta Pope and Keenan Manuel Ramos under the direction of Unicorn's Producing Artistic Director Cynthia Levin). You'll be reminiscing about your own first time...and thinking about your next one.

MY FIRST TIME runs September 25th-October 18th with previews on September 23rd and 24th. The show plays Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm. There is a Saturday Matinee at 3:00pm on September 26th. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased by calling 816-531-PLAY(7529), online at www.UnicornTheatre.org or at the box office located at 3828 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111. Intimate cabaret seating returns to the Unicorn. Get a table for two right up front for only $5 more per ticket. Seating is very limited and will sell fast. Call the box office today to book your table.

Ken Davenport is one of the few independent producers to have three shows running simultaneously Off-Broadway. He is currently represented by The Awesome 80s Prom, which he created and directed (www.Awesome80sProm.com). The Prom is in its 3rd year in NYC and is also running in Chicago with previous companies in Minneapolis and Baltimore. Ken is also the Co-Conceiver and Producer of Altar Boyz, the 2005 Outer Critics Award Winner for Best Off-Broadway Musical and the 2006 and 2007 Broadway.com Audience Favorite Award for Long Running Off-Broadway Musical (www.AltarBoyz.com). Altar Boyz recently finished a national tour of the U.S. and has also been seen in Korea and Hungary as well as other international destinations. Ken's Broadway/national tour management credits include My Fair Lady, Grease, Show Boat, Candide, Ragtime, Parade (workshop), Jekyll & Hyde, Chicago, Cinderella, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Gypsy and many others. Ken taught "Acting As A Business" for AOL and was the Director of Creative Development for NETworks. He is a proud member of the BMI workshop for librettists and won the Acclaim Screenwriting Award for his television pilot "I.C.A." Ken is currently adapting the Richard Matheson novel and film Somewhere in Time into a Broadway musical. Ken's First Time was on July 28th, 1989. More information on all of Ken's projects at www.DavenportTheatrical.com.

MY FIRST TIME is directed by Cynthia Levin (Unicorn's Producing Artistic Director) who most recently directed The Clean House and Mauritius for the Unicorn. The cast features Cheryl Weaver (Most recently at Unicorn: 9 Parts of Desire, Nickel & Dimed and Memory of Water), Scott Cordes (Most recently at Unicorn: The Exonerated, Take Me Out and Fuddy Meers), Lauretta Pope (Previously at Unicorn: Speech & Debate) and Keenan Manuel Ramos (Previously at Unicorn: Take Me Out). The design team includes scenic design by Gary Mosby (Recently at Unicorn: Speech & Debate, bare, The Women of Brewster Place, Rising Water and 9 Parts of Desire.), lighting design by Alex Perry (Previously at Unicorn: Sister Mary Ignatius), sound and projection design by Jeffrey Cady (Recently at Unicorn: The Clean House, Mauritius, rightnextto me and The Pillowman), costume design by Jon Fulton Adams (Recently at Unicorn: Speech & Debate, The Clean House, The Velvet Rut and Sister Mary Ignatius), properties design by Tanya Brown (Previously at Unicorn: Well) with Jinni Pike as Production Stage Manager (Previously at Unicorn: bare, The Velvet Rut and Sister Mary Ignatius).

Show Time and Ticket Prices for My First Time

Tuesday-Thursday 7:30pm: Start at $25
Friday and Saturday 8:00pm: Start at $30
Sunday Matinee 3:30pm: Start at $25

*A $2.50 per ticket box office fee is added for all phone and walk up sales.

Tickets may be purchased 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.UnicornTheatre.org. An online service fee applies to every order.

For more information, visit www.UnicornTheatre.org.

Photos by Cynthia Levin

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