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3051 Central in Penn Valley Park
Kansas City, MO 64141
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Just Off Broadway Theatre
(816) 513 - 8980
3051 Central in Penn Valley Park
Kansas City, MO 64141
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2021 PAST PERFORMANCES
Baybra’s Tulips
September 17 - 25
Baybra’s Tulips is a compelling family drama that pivots
around Baybra, an African American man returning
home after a 10-year stint in prison to live with his sister,
Tellulah, and her born-again Christian husband Charles.
Estranged from his daughter who was an infant when he
was sentenced, Baybra struggles to reconnect with the
world that seemingly left him behind. Faced with the
reality of his present and the secrets of his sister’s past,
Baybra reaches a crossroads where vengeance and the
desire to build a new life crash head-on into the fate of
the family.
Dark Was There Journey
October 24 - November 6
InPlay Theatre Company in collaboration with WCA Theatre present "Dark
Was Their Journey" an Original Play by Jacqee Gafford.
Local professional actors as Coretta Scott King, Myrlie Evers and Betty
Shabazz, the widows of assassinated freedom-movement leaders Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr, Medgar Evers, and Malcom X. Years after their
husbands were killed, the three women meet for a weekend and share
their grief, their courage, laughter, fears and hopes.
The play charts the evolving roles of the three women from spouses of
iconic figures to notable figures after their husbands’ assassinations. The
play also notes the special relationship the three widows forged after
their husbands’ deaths.
Two Trains Running
December 3 - 11
August Wilson’s classic Two Trains Running, the 7th play in his
ten-part series takes place in the 1960s against the backdrop
of a rumbling Civil Rights Movement, the recent assassination
of Malcolm X, and gentrification encroaching on Black
communities. As the community awaits the funeral of
“Prophet Samuel,” a local reverend, Memphis Lee fights to
keep his restaurant alive with the threat of “urban renewal.” As
the Black community reels from the impact of Civil Rights and
community leaders’ deaths and urban renewal’s grip on the
Pittsburgh community, the next generation of community
freedom fighters, Sterling and Risa, work to help Memphis
save his business from the government that continues to
double down on racist practices against African Americans.
KCMPT Black Playwright
Festival
July 9 - 11
KC Melting Pot Theatre is proud to return
for our second year of this playwright
festival hosted by our Director of New
Play Development, Lewis J. Morrow. We
received submissions from all over the
country and are delighted to bring you
these finalists.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
Cinderella in Concert
October 14 - 17
The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the
Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance.
Originally presented on television in 1957 starring Julie Andrews,
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella was the most widely viewed
program in the history of the medium. Its recreation in 1965 starring
Lesley Ann Warren was no less successful in transporting a new
generation to the miraculous kingdom of dreams-come-true, and so
was a second remake in 1997, which starred Brandy as Cinderella and
Whitney Houston as her Fairy Godmother. struggles to reconnect with
the world that seemingly left him behind. Faced with the reality of his
present and the secrets of his sister’s past, Baybra reaches a crossroads
where vengeance and the desire to build a new life crash head-on into
the fate of the family.