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Lewis Morrow's JAWBONE CRACK QUICK Comes to KC Melting Pot Theatre


by Stephi Wild - November 19, 2024

KC Melting Pot Theatre will continue its 10th anniversary season with Lewis Morrow's Jawbone Crack Quick, under the direction of Ile Haggins. Learn more about the show here!...

Feature: BIG TROUBLE AT LITTLE YALTA at Just Off Broadway Theatre


by Alan Portner - July 01, 2024

BIG TROUBLE AT LITTLE YALTA is a comedic take by Neil Salvage on a not very well remembered, but extremely important meeting of world leaders during the waning days of the World War II in Europe.  Almost all of what you see in our play is fiction, but a little understanding of what really transpired...

Previews: BIG TROUBLE AT LITTLE YALTA at Central Standard Theatre


by Alan Portner - June 25, 2024

Recently, I watched and chuckled at an early rehearsal of a show called BIG TROUBLE AT LITTLE YALTA.  Bob Paisley's Central Standard Theatre presents the World Premiere of YALTA scheduled for July 3 through July 7 at the Just Off-Broadway Theatre at 3051 Central in Kansas City....

Feature: BRITISH INVASION 2024 at Central Standard Theatre


by Alan Portner - December 04, 2023

Since 2010 Central Standard Theatre has been producing thought inducing, innovative theatre.  Based in Kansas City, CST offers an international angle to the local theatre scene.  With productions touring Britain, Ireland, Canada and Australia, CST offers the world a unique view of who we are in the ...

IS GOD IS Comes to KC Melting Pot Theatre This Month


by Stephi Wild - September 05, 2023

KC Melting Pot Theatre will unveil its 10th season with a production of Aleshea Harris's Obie Award-winning masterpiece, 'Is God Is.' The production is directed by Lynn King....

Past Shows

Seven Guitars
Seven Guitars
9/12 - 9/21/2024


Set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1948, “Seven Guitars” follows the lives of seven African American characters as they navigate love, loss, and the pursuit ...

The Search for Anno Domini
The Search for Anno Domini
5/30 - 6/2/2024


KU distinguished scholar/playwright of African and African American Studies Dr. Peter Ukpokodu will write and produce "The Search for Anno Domini MMXXI-I-VI," in partnership with ...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


Edward Albee's classic play,  Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf follows a middle-aged couple, George and Martha, as they manage the vulnerabilities of their marriage. George, a ...

The Session
The Session
2/8 - 2/17/2024


The Session  is an engaging play written by Harvey Williams from Kansas City, MO. It takes place in a small town and focuses on a ...

The Amen Corner
The Amen Corner
11/30 - 12/9/2023


KCMPT presents a revival of James Baldwin's classic play  The Amen Corner , directed by Melonnie Walker. The Amen Corner, Baldwin's first work for the stage ...

Is God Is
Is God Is
9/14 - 9/23/2023


Is God Is , Aleshea Harris's Obie Award winning play, is a harrowing and epic tale of revenge. Twin sisters, Racine, and Anaia have received ...

Just Off Broadway Theatre's Summer Festival


Just Off Broadway Theatre is proud to announce its Summer Festival '23 featuring two plays, two play readings, and some of the finest local actors. ...

STEW
STEW
5/11 - 5/20/2023


This play follows four generations of Tucker women who come together at their mother’s home to prepare a traditional stew for a very important day ...

Fairview
Fairview
2/9 - 2/18/2023


In Fairview, we meet the Frasier family in the midst of a chaotic evening preparing for the family matriarch’s birthday dinner. Beverly, the hostess, is ...

The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson
12/1 - 12/10/2022


It is 1936, and Boy Willie arrives in Pittsburg from the South in a battered truck loaded with watermelons to sell. He has an opportunity ...

Mother/son
Mother/son
9/15 - 9/24/2022


Mother/son engages the aftereffects of parent-child relationships in this compelling story about race, redemption, and recovery. Lydia, a white woman who is married to a ...

Dying to Party
Dying to Party
8/24 - 8/27/2022


Trish and Allen, a married couple in their 60s, plan an unforgettable party for a special occasion. As the festivities get underway, they discover that ...

KCMPT Black Playwright Festival


KC Melting Pot Theatre is proud to return for our third year of this playwright festival. Our finalists are: Welcome to the Blue Swan by ...

Secrets & Lies
Secrets & Lies
6/3 - 6/11/2022


When a group of Hollywood producers decide it would be a great idea to create a scripted African American reality show based on Molires The ...

Begetters
Begetters
5/12 - 5/21/2022


Begetters by Lewis Morrows focuses on the twilight years of a long married African American couple, Spicer and Norma, whose caustic relationship has begun to ...

Barbecue
Barbecue
2/10 - 2/19/2022


The OMallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and straight talk with their sister Barbara, whose spiral of drugs and recklessness ...

Two Trains Running
Two Trains Running
12/3 - 12/11/2021


August Wilsons classic Two Trains Running, the 7th play in his ten-part series, takes place in the 1960s against the backdrop of a rumbling Civil ...


- Ntozake Shange; dir: Shirley Jo Finney....

Funnyhouse of a Negro
5/3 - 5/18/2019


KCMPT presents a revival of Adrienne Kennedys 1964 Obie Award-winning play Funnyhouse of a Negro at Just Off Broadway Theater May 3rd - May 18th. ...

To Act Is To Do by Richard Alan Nichols


Join us at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 18 at the Just Off Broadway Theatre for the release of To Act Is To Do by ...

Into the Woods
Into the Woods
3/18 - 3/26/2016


The story follows a Baker and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella who wishes to attend the King's Festival, and Jack who ...

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HOLIDAY SHOW Tracker
PHOTOS
Trailblazing Women of Country: From Patsy to Loretta to Dolly in Kansas City Trailblazing Women of Country: From Patsy to Loretta to Dolly
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/29 - 3/29)
Golda's Balcony, Starring Iris Bahr in Kansas City Golda's Balcony, Starring Iris Bahr
The White Theatre at The J (4/26 - 4/27)
Trey McLaughlin and the Sounds of Zamar in Kansas City Trey McLaughlin and the Sounds of Zamar
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/28 - 3/28)
A Christmas Carol in Kansas City A Christmas Carol
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre (12/13 - 12/22)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in Kansas City The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The White Theatre at The J (3/15 - 3/30)
West Side Story in Kansas City West Side Story
The White Theatre at The J (7/5 - 7/27)
'Dirty Dancing in Concert' in Kansas City 'Dirty Dancing in Concert'
Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College (3/9 - 3/9)
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