The Nowhere Girl

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre 3927 Main Street, Kansas City, MO, United States

Movie star Caroline has it all: looks, fame, and a clear shot at superstardom. With pregnancy, though, her carefully crafted life gets torn apart as her body changes to grow a new life. The real and surreal blend together as Caroline grapples with her inner demons and fights for control of her own existence.  From…

Flyin’ West

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre 3927 Main Street, Kansas City, MO, United States

Set in 1898, Flyin’ West is the vivid and spirited story of African American women pioneers who settle together in the all-black town of Nicodemus, KS. After emancipation, the play’s four women have taken advantage of the Homestead Act to leave the oppressive South in hopes of finding the freedom that had been denied to them for…

The Sea Horse

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre 3927 Main Street, Kansas City, MO, United States

Originally produced at New York's Circle Rep, this tender, ribald, and complex love story is set in a waterfront bar where seaman Harry Bales spends his shore leave. "The Sea Horse" is run by Gertrude Blum, with whom Harry enjoys a purely physical relationship; they have never shared their private yearnings. Gertrude has encased her…

Oliver!

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre 3927 Main Street, Kansas City, MO, United States

Consider yourself at home as Dickens’ England come to life in OLIVER! the story of a workhouse orphan who escapes to find acceptance amongst a group of petty thieves and pickpockets, led by the elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft that he did not commit, a series of misadventures and revelations land…

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents Mother of the Maid

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre 3927 Main Street, Kansas City, MO, United States

Isabella is a sensible, hard-working, God-fearing peasant woman whose faith is upended as she deals with the baffling journey of her odd and extraordinary daughter, Joan of Arc. A riveting, epic tale about parenting, faith, and trying to talk to your kids when they talk to saints.