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The Coterie To Receive $20,000 Award From The National Endowment For The Arts


by A.A. Cristi - January 29, 2025

The Coterie Theatre has announced it has been approved by the  National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $20,000. This grant  will support the world premiere of Just Ask!, a new musical based on the best-selling book by Sonia  Sotomayor....

Musical Based on JUST ASK! by Sonia Sotomayor Will Premiere at the Coterie Theatre


by Stephi Wild - January 17, 2025

The Coterie Theatre will partner with What if Puppets and Deborah Denenberg to premiere a new musical based on The New York Times best-selling book, Just Ask!, by Sonia Sotomayor. ...

Ernie Nolan Chosen as Next Artistic Director of Unicorn Theatre


by Stephi Wild - July 02, 2024

 Unicorn Theatre has announced that Ernie Nolan has been  chosen as its next Artistic Director. With a distinguished career spanning over two decades, Nolan brings  a wealth of experience, creativity, and a profound passion for innovative and inclusive storytelling to  Kansas City...

The Coterie Reveals Lineup For 2024/25 Season


by Stephi Wild - April 30, 2024

The Coterie Theatre has announced its 2024/2025 season lineup. Learn more here!...

The Coterie Announces 2024/2025 Season Including CINDERELLA: A SALSA TALE This Fall


by A.A. Cristi - April 29, 2024

Discover the exciting lineup for The Coterie's 2024/2025 season, beginning with a co-produced world premiere with the American Royal in September 2025. Stay updated with BroadwayWorld for more details....

The Coterie Theatre Announces New Leadership


by Stephi Wild - March 15, 2023

The Board of Directors of The Coterie Theatre has announced the appointments of Jonathan Thomas as the theatre for young audiences' managing director and Heidi Van as interim producing artistic director....

The Coterie Theatre Announces New Leadership


by Stephi Wild - March 14, 2023

The Board of Directors of The Coterie Theatre has announced the appointments of Jonathan Thomas as the theatre for young audiences’ managing director and Heidi Van as interim producing artistic director. ...

Children's Theater Director Jeff Church Found Dead Following Abuse Allegations


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 28, 2022

Jeff Church, The Coterie Theatre's artistic director for more than 30 years, was found dead this weekend after he had resigned from his position amid sexual assault allegations....

Coterie Theatre Leader Joette Pelster Has Died, After Distinguished Arts Admin Career


by Stephi Wild - November 28, 2022

Coterie Theatre Executive Director Joette Pelster, 71, has passed away peacefully at home in her sleep. Earlier this month, she had announced her intent to retire this coming January. She had joined the professional non-profit organization 28 years ago, and led the theatre to impressive heights. Und...

Coterie Leader Joette Pelster Announces Retirement


by Stephi Wild - November 17, 2022

Longtime Executive Director of The Coterie Theatre, Joette Pelster, has announced her retirement from the organization she has led for 28 years....

Past Shows

Doctor Dolittle
6/27 - 8/6/2023


The musical "Doctor Dolittle" is a whimsical adventure based on the stories of Hugh Lofting and the 1967 film of the same name. It follows ...


Buckle up for this highly interactive adventure that puts you in the driver’s seat. Everyone’s favorite pigeon wants to drive the bus, and it’s up ...

Brainstorm
1/19 - 2/7/2021


Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and Company Three Gulliver Preparatory School...

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
11/5 - 12/29/2019


All of your favorite peanut characters come to life in the this stage production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas". When Charlie Brown complains about the ...

Elephant and Piggie's We Are In A Play


One of the most popular and beloved shows The Coterie has ever done returns to the stage! Gerald the Elephant is cautious and Piggie is ...

Beat Bugs: A Musical Adventure


Inspired by music made famous by The Beatles A brand new musical featuring five young anthropomorphized insect pals who live in an overgrown suburban backyard. ...

Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2/26 - 3/31/2019


In this charming musical adaptation of the beloved book, Mr. and Mrs. Popper’s lives take an adventurous turn when a mysterious box arrives on their ...

Secret Soldiers: Heroines In Disguise


True accounts of four women who, for different reasons, served as men in the Civil War. Woven into this unique and interactive play: early suffrage ...

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Musical


Back by popular demand, the beloved television classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer soars off the screen and onto the stage this holiday season. Rudolph and ...

Becoming Martin
Becoming Martin
9/18 - 10/21/2018


This world premiere centers on the mentorship Martin Luther King, Jr., receives when he enters Morehouse College at age 15. Through debate over civil disobedience ...

Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress
6/19 - 8/5/2012


This exuberant musical, based on Hans Christian Andersen's “The Princess and the Pea” has enchanted family audiences since it first appeared on Broadway. The Coterie ...

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox
4/10 - 5/18/2012


Roald Dahls’ much-loved story about Mr. Fox—great husband, father and rogue—who tries to outwit the repulsive Boggis, Bunce and Bean, the nastiest and meanest three ...

Lucky Duck
Lucky Duck
3/6 - 3/8/2012


A singing swan supermodel! It’s The Ugly Duckling meets American Idol with music by the composer of Dreamgirls! Homely songbird Serena runs away from her ...

Freedom Sisters: Stamping, Shouting, Singing Home


It is the 1950s in the Deep South and Lizzie Walker cannot silence the voice of her great-great-great grandmother Sojourner Truth, freedom fighter of slavery. ...

The Wrestling Season
The Wrestling Season
1/24 - 2/19/2012


With only a wrestling mat and a referee, eight teenagers struggle with how others see them and the destructive power of rumors. Commissioned and premiered ...

Seussical
Seussical
11/1 - 12/31/2011


The plots of Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg are tunefully interwoven in this widely celebrated and critically acclaimed celebration of Dr. ...

Children of the Damned Corn
Children of the Damned Corn
10/13 - 10/30/2011


After an accident in rural Nebraska, Milt and Betty end up in Gatlinville, once the home of the World's Largest Cream Corn Factory, but now ...

The Outsiders
The Outsiders
9/13 - 10/9/2011


It's 1965 and Ponyboy Curtis belongs to a lower-class group of Oklahoma youths who call themselves greasers. Walking home from a movie, Ponyboy is attacked ...

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