November 6 – December 30, 2024, check website for showtimes and tickets. The beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo comes to life on stage, with new music by award-winning songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Frozen). Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid, Nemo, who longs…
January 29 - February 23, 2025, check website for showtimes and tickets. As they work to create a garden, young people with different abilities are getting to know one another. Young Sonia is new, and there is something she hasn’t told the others about herself. Will they accept her? With multicultural music and joyful choreography,…
Dive into the heartwarming and thought-provoking world of “Broke-ology” by Nathan Louis Jackson, a poignant play that explores the complexities of family, sacrifice, and resilience. Set against the backdrop of a working-class neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas, the King family navigates the challenges of love and duty as they confront the realities of limited resources…
The UMKC Theatre Department is putting on their rendition of "The Inspector General", a satirical play by Nikolai Gogol. All performances will be at 7:30pm in the Spencer Theater at the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center with a matinee on Sunday at 2:30pm.
March 19 - May 4, 2025, check website for showtimes and tickets. What will happen to Cinderella at the ball … game? That’s the surprising climactic question in this contemporary Latin-American Cinderella musical, which delightfully turns the classic fairy tale on its head, telling the story from both Cinderella and the “stepsister’s” perspective. Cinderella, a…
The UMKC Theatre Department is putting on their rendition of "Into the Woods", a musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine in Spencer Theatre at the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center. All performances will be at 7:30pm with a 2:30pm matinee on Sunday.
An Uplifting tale of four blue collar Italian boys from the East Coast, with vocal harmonies to climb to extraordinary heights! From the gritty streets of Newark to the dazzling lights of Broadway, this quartet battles adversity, embraces brotherhood, and creates a unique sound that would forever change the beat of American music. Check website…
Fresh. Funny. Flirty. Step into the world of EMMA, where wit and romance collide in Kate Hamill’s delightful adaptation of Jane Austen’s timeless classic. Join the party as Emma Woodhouse romps through Regency-era England navigating the complexities of matchmaking, friendship, and love in a new adaptation that’s a bit zany and refreshingly contemporary. One thing’s…
June 11 - August 3, 2025 check website for showtimes and tickets. A Year with Frog and Toad is based on the popular Frog and Toad book series originally written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. Weaving several short stories from the six books together with tuneful, catchy Broadway melodies, the musical adaptation follows Frog and…
The Comedy Smash Hit, Adapted From One of the Most Popular Board Games in America! A bizarre group of strangers are invited to the ominous Boddy Manor. Their evening together turns into a real mystery of whodunit! Who could the murderer be? Professor Plum with the lead pipe, Mrs. Peacock with the candlestick, or Colonel…
