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(816) 513 - 8980 3051 Central in Penn Valley Park Kansas City, MO 64141

GPS/Navigation address: 3051 Penn Valley Dr Mailing address: 3051 Central

816-513-8980

Just Off Broadway Theatre (816) 513 - 8980 3051 Central in Penn Valley Park Kansas City, MO 64141

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2022 PAST PERFORMANCES

The Laboratorium of Curious Creations

March 31 - April 2 Enter the colorful, dazzling world of the ever- so-slightly mad but always lovable inventor as his circus creations come to life and refuse to be tamed. The mischievous creatures seek only to entertain themselves, and you, with their high-flying acrobatics, contortions, and feats of strength. Beware that you don’t fall under their spell and run off to join their circus.

Begetters

May 12 - 21 Begetters by Lewis Morrow’s focuses on the twilight years of a long married African American couple, Spicer and Norma, whose caustic relationship has begun to rot the lives of their adult children and those they love. As Norma and Spicer wade through the collateral damage of their marriage, they realize the things and people they lose in the wake are irreplaceable.

Barbecue

February 10 - 19 The O’Mallery’s have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and straight talk with their sister Barbara, whose spiral of drugs and recklessness has forced her siblings to stage an open-air intervention. But the event becomes raucous and unpredictable as familial stereotypes collide with hard realities, and racial politics slam up against the stories we tell—and maybe even believe—about who we were and who we've become.

The Pajama Game in Concert

April 7 - 10 Conditions at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory are anything but peaceful as sparks fly between new superintendent, Sid Sorokin, and Babe Williams, leader of the union grievance committee. Their stormy relationship comes to a head when the workers strike for a 7 ½ cent pay increase, setting off not only a conflict between management and labor, but a battle of the sexes as well.

Bottle of Fire

June 22 - July 2 A Black family and a White family discover a hidden connection in the past and a surprising connection in the present. The fates of two brothers, one running for Congress, and two sisters, one creative Pentecostal minister, intersect in this timely stage play that entertains and provokes you to think.

Secrets & Lies

June 3 - 11 When a group of white Hollywood producers decide it would be a “great idea” to create a scripted African American reality show based on Molière’s The Imaginary Cuckold, all types of secrets & lies are told including the lie that this would be a good idea. Secrets & Lies is a “play within a play” that chronicles the filming of a TV series called “Secrets & Lies” featuring two African American families grappling with love and deception in the age of social media and scripted reality television. We watch the talented African American actors hired to play the family members grapple with the farcical script written by a white writing team that tests their patience and undermines their talent. Filmed in a fictional vacation community in the Martha's Vineyard, the secrets and lies tangled in this show mirror the media filters, superficial posts, and Kardashian culture of the world we live in where it isn’t quite what it seems.

Dying to Party

August 24 - 27 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 their night of celebration has quickly turned into a test of their love, as secrets are unburied and trust is questioned. Dying to Party is the soiree that is not to be missed!

KCMPT Black Playwright Festival

July 8 - 10 KCMPT is proud to return with their annual festival for the third year. Finalists: Friday July 8 at 7:00 pm Welcome to the Blue Swan by Paris Crayton III Sat, Jul 9 at 7:00 pm Willy Bobo by Layon Gray Sun, Jul 10 at 2:00 pm Hairy & Sherri by Adrienne Dawes

Sisters

September 30 - October 2 Four very different sisters must confront their perception of the past in order to break down the walls blocking their future. Their experiences dictate their beliefs, and those beliefs drive a dangerous wedge between sisters.

Mother/Son

September 15 - 24 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 Black man, comes to live with their son, John, who reluctantly stages an intervention for his mother’s drug addiction. As John helps his mother in her latest efforts to get clean, we discover that Lydia’s drug addiction is just the beginning of the issues this family must face and hopefully overcome.

Regina Sims Listening Party

October 14 An Evening of Live Music, Social Interaction, Food, and Special Guest Performances. You Don't Want To Miss It!

House Haunters

October 6 - 8 Come start the Halloween season with Kansas City Dance Collective! A beautiful property full of dancing spirits. They are just dying to meet you! Please don't be afraid to come with the whole family. We promise everyone will be safe. Our dancing creatures may be a little spooky, but they are here to entertain, not to scare.

The Piano Lesson

December 1 - 4 & 22 - 23 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 to buy some land down home, but he has to come up with the money right quick. He wants to sell an old piano that has been in his family for generations, but he shares ownership with his sister, and it sits in her living room. She has already rejected several offers because the antique piano is covered with incredible carvings detailing the family’s rise from slavery. Boy Willie tries to persuade his stubborn sister that the past is past, but she is more formidable than he anticipated.