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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
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HISTORY
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ith our 2023/24 Season, Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KCRep)/Missouri Repertory Theatre (MRT) , is celebrating 60 years of transformative theatre! During our time, KCRep has been a source of inspiration to thousands of our nation’s best artists and to millions of Americans in Kansas City and beyond. Missouri Repertory Theatre was founded in 1964 by Dr. Patricia A. McIlrath, who is among a select few pioneers of the regional theater movement who believed that theater could change the world and could change our town. Kansas City’s citizens continue to benefit from Dr. Mac’s passionate commitment to artistic excellence, innovation, education, and community transformation. Under her direction, KC’s theatre fans enjoyed many memorable shows, including an unforgettable 1983 production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Dr. Mac’s vision for providing professional experience to early career artists continues today through our partnership with UMKC.
Stuart Carden
performance venue, Copaken Stage, in downtown Kansas City’s Power & Light District. Eric Rosen was hired as Producing Artistic Director in 2007. During his tenure, he was instrumental in cultivating a national reputation and brand for KCRep and the city as a destination for reimagined classics such as Into the Woods and Evita, and critically acclaimed new works, including Clay, Venice, and Between the Lines. In 2013, KCRep returned to the co-CEO structure when Rosen was partnered with Executive Director Angela Lee Gieras. Together, they led the company through a successful campaign for, and renovation of Spencer Theatre, crafted a five-year, $5 million campaign that increased investment in audiences, new works, and education, and rebranded the organization.
Following Dr. Mac’s retirement in 1985, George Keathley was appointed as Artistic Director. During his tenure, and through his partnership with Executive Director James D. Costin, MRT was established as the pinnacle of artistic achievement for local theatre artists, creating a legacy of excellence through work in the civic community and with legendary MRT productions such as Dracula and Richard III. In 2000, Peter Altman joined MRT as Artistic Director for a seven-year tenure. His vision included laying the groundwork to promote the city more aggressively as a center for nationally recognized theatre artists, and he spearheaded changing the theatre’s name to Kansas City Repertory Theatre in 2006 to help achieve this goal. He also helped create KCRep’s second permanent
Angela Lee Gieras
In 2019, director, producer, and educator Stuart Carden joined KCRep as its fifth Artistic Director. Deeply committed to centering KCRep in this region, Stuart believes the arts play a crucial role in strengthening communities. With an eye towards creating transformative theater experiences for all, Stuart brought KCRep productions to the grounds of the World War I Museum and Memorial and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the latter of which was the origin of Ghost Light: A Night of Haunted Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads, which is now an annual, two-day, free family festival. In 2022 Stuart launched KCRep for All, our expansive community tour that takes KCRep to community centers, libraries, and other public spaces all over the region. He strives to provide greater access to our art form and to reflect the passions, curiosities, and stories of the diverse communities that make KC such a vibrant city.
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Both of KCRep’s theatres — Spencer Theatre and Copaken Stage — are ADA accessible and parking spaces are readily available. Infrared hearing systems and large-print and Braille programs are available free of charge at the lobby coat check counter in both of our theatres. One performance of each show is interpreted in American Sign Language. Please visit our website at KCRep.org for dates. Live Audio Description may be requested in advance of a production. Please contact the Box Office to learn more.
EDUCATORS
Are you a teacher interested in bringing your class to a student matinee performance or participating in a customdesigned classroom workshop created around your curriculum? Call Melinda McCrary at 816.235.2707 or email mccrarym@kcrep.org for more information.
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CHAIR
TREASURER David W. Frantze**
Andrew Kaplan** VICE-CHAIR Melea McRae**
Shannon Johnson John H. (Topper) Johntz, Jr.** Honorary Vice Chair Mary Cook Jorgenson Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin Endowment Meggan Newland, M.D. Dana Abraham** Matt Ralston** Executive Shawna Roath Andrew Kaplan** Richard Singleton III Finance Hillary Stamper David W. Frantze** Benjamin Stone, M.D. Governance Diana Toman Ivan R. Batlle** Julie Towner Judge Jon R. Gray (Ret.)** Susan Waldron Human Resources Michelle Webb & Compensation Dominic Wu, M.D. Kerri S. Reisdorff** Tina Youngblood IDEA Committee LaMonica Madden** DISTINGUISHED Stewart S. Myers** DIRECTORS Debby Ballard DIRECTORS Irvin V. Belzer C. Mauli Agrawal, Ph.D.* Bill Blessing Bunni Copaken** Scott Boswell Kevin D. Covington Rob Bratcher Courtney Crappell* Ann King Dickinson Douglas N. Ghertner Courtney Goddard Laura Hall** Deanna Graves Scott Hall** Greg Graves Hayley E. Hanson Nancy P. Hatch COMMITTEE CHAIRS Development Ashlei Holznecht**
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Mike Lochmann George Shadid Myra Siegel Jo Ann Sullivan Bert Trucksess Abigail Wendel ADVISORY DIRECTORS Donald J. Hall Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. John B. Francis (1917-2004) William C. Nelson (1937-2014) DIRECTORS EMERITI Emily Ballentine Thomas R. Brous (1943-2023) William L. Bruning Linda Cozad Barbara Fay Robert Firnhaber Mark S. Gilman J. Gordon Kingsley Jeannette Nichols Marvin W. Ozley Sally Rheinfrank Sally West
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values Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) in all we do. IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS BARRIERS TO IDEA PRACTICES Review all policies and practices with an IDEA lens, makingrecommendations for appropriate revisions. ENSURE INCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION Invite and share stories that reflect the identities of our entire community across all touchpoints (e.g., programming, marketing, production, audiences). BUILD ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR IDEA PRINCIPLES Establish budget planning policies and practices that support the IDEA work while also creating a plan for socializing our work in the community. CULTIVATE IDEA PARTNERSHIPS Cultivate partnerships throughout the theatre community that demonstrate our commitment to equity and representation. COMMIT TO IDEA LEARNING AND AWARENESS Implement a comprehensive development plan that supports ongoing IDEA learning and awareness for staff, board, artists and audiences.
EXPECT ACCOUNTABILITY Hold ourselves accountable for driving the intended actions and the desired outcomes set by the IDEA framework.
We operate from a place of courage and curiosity to bring about an equitable environment and sense of belonging for everyone in every aspect of our theater. We foster empathy and understanding and believe in opportunity and justice for all. Our IDEA Committee’s charge is to identify barriers and change practice and policies to create a KCRep culture of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism. We are using the framework at left to guide us toward our goal. An important part of our inclusion effort is recognition of the local Native American tribes and cultures whose lands we currently inhabit. We open our meetings with the following:
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to acknowledge that our theatre sits on the traditional, ancestral, and current home of Native Americans, Indigenous, and First Nations people. We ask you to join us in acknowledging the many tribal groups from our area, including the Osage, Kaw, Missouria, Shawnee and Wyandot tribes. We honor the elders, both past and present, and this calls us to commit to continuing to learn their stories as well as how to be better stewards of the land that we occupy.
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Stuart Carden
Angela Lee Gieras
Artistic Director
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Executive Director
presents
CHRISTMAS CAROL
based on the book by
CHARLES DICKENS adapted for the stage by
GEOFF ELLIOTT music director/conductor
ANTHONY T. EDWARDS lighting design
MINJOO KIM choreographer
MARC WAYNE
scenic design sound design
wig design
GAYLA VOSS
associate director
associate scenic designer
MACKENZIE GOODWIN TRAN GENE EMERSON FRIEDMAN assistant lighting designer
production stage manager
assistant stage manager
JORDAN CANON-KRUIS*
JENNY GREEN
JOSHUA HORVATH
assistant music director
JONATHAN LLOYD SCHRIOCK
costume design
JOHN EZELL
casting
RACHAEL HONNOLD RACHEL M. DYER*
ANDI MEYER assistant stage manager
CAROLINE B. JACKSON*
directed by
JASON CHANOS LEAD SPONSOR
celebrating our heritage fund Miller & Jeannette Nichols ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted by Geoff Elliott, was first produced by A Noise Within Theatre Company, Pasadena, California, Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott, Co-Producing Artistic Directors and received its first public performance on December 1, 2012.
* Denotes Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors & Stage Managers in the United States.
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CAST
In Alphabetical Order
Ghost of Christmas Past/Quartet-Alto/ Fred Party Guest Belle/Business Associate/ Fred Party Guest Mrs. Fred/Business Associate Quartet-Featured Soprano Fred/Dance Captain/Quartet-Bass The Storyteller Mrs. Fezziwig/Charwoman/Harp Ebenezer Scrooge Solicitor/Dick Wilkins/Topper Bob Cratchit
CHIOMA ANYANWU* KUSHI BEAUCHAMP ASH BOWEN LAUREN BRATON* DARRINGTON CLARK* NEDRA DIXON* PEGGY FRIESEN* GARY NEAL JOHNSON* WILL PORTER CODY PROCTOR*
Ghost of Christmas Present/Solicitor
MATTHEW RAPPORT*
Jacob Marley/Mr. Fezziwig/Old Joe
JOHN RENSENHOUSE*
Ensemble Young Ebenezer/Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come/Quartet-Tenor Mrs. Dilber/Fred Party Guest Mrs. Cratchit
MARK ROBBINS* TANNER ROSE* MORGAN LYNN STERRETT TEONNA WESLEY*
*Denotes Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
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YOUTH ENSEMBLE
Green Cast Peter Cratchit Belinda Cratchit Martha Cratchit Turkey Boy Fan Ignorance Tim Cratchit Want
JASON (DEUCE) CHANOS, JR. EMILIA HUERTA-TORRES SERENITY MARIE SHEPARD SOLA OWENS LAUREN ROTHHAAS MILO SCHUBERT ETHAN SUEN JENAVE TLING
Red Cast Tim Cratchit Belinda Cratchit Ignorance Peter Cratchit Martha Cratchit Fan Turkey Boy Want
Youth Cast Swing Youth Cast Swing
ISLA CASTANEDA EVAN DAGGETT MARY FLOOD SAVION JACKSON LOUISE PFEIFFER KENNEDY ROSARIO GARRETT STEPHENS ERYNN SYMONS EMMA ANDREWS KIERAN FORD
UNDERSTUDIES Kushi Beauchamp for Quartet-Alto ; Ash Bowen for Ghost of Christmas Past; Lauren Braton for Business Associates & Mrs. Fezziwig; Daniel Doss for Piano Conductor. Dri Hernaez for Mrs. Cratchit, Solicitors, Mrs. Dilber & Charwoman; Nico Holguin for Fred, Young Ebenezer, Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come & Topper; Will Porter for Quartet-Tenor, Bob Cratchit, Old Joe; Cody Proctor for Storyteller & Quartet-Bass; Matthew Rapport for Marley & Mr. Fezziwig; Mark Robbins for Scrooge; Morgan Lynn Sterrett for Belle, Mrs. Fred, Quartet-Soprano, Fred Party Guest & Solicitor.
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TIME & PLACE
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1843, in and around the city of London, and in the past, present, and future in Ebenezer Scrooge’s dreams.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL will be performed with ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.
Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Director is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.
The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound Designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829 IATSE.
N E X T at KCREP!
By CHRISTINA HAM Directed by MALKIA STAMPLEY Co-Produced with MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER
FEB 13 - MAR 3 COPAKEN STAGE
Experience the soul-stirring journey of Nina Simone’s iconic musicand the powerful stories of four extraordinary women in this captivating and moving play featuring Nina’s music performed live! For tickets, and more info: KCRep.org Lead Sponsor: Additional Support provided by: Herb & Bonnie Buchbinder
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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
M
erry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Welcome!
Whether this is your first time experiencing the miraculous transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge or this production has been a part of your family’s holiday tradition for decades, we welcome, each and every one of you to our joyous holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol. All of us at KCRep so look forward to this time of year where we gather to reflect on the past, be thankful for the present, and imagine what the future might hold. And especially this year, Scrooge’s revelation that we are all "fellow travelers" on life’s journey is a fresh and powerful reminder of our connection, our reliance on community, and our shared responsibility to one another. A Christmas Carol is also a wonderful holiday tradition for the artists, artisans, crew, technicians, KCRep staff, and youth cast families who bring it to life. I honor their commitment and thank them for the time they spend away from friends and families to so generously give the gift of this experience to you and the Kansas City community. There are nearly two hundred people in the cast, backstage, and on staff who come together each holiday season to share Ebenezer’s tale of redemption and celebrate the season with you.
As for me, my wife, Neysa, and our now twelve-year-old twins, Dashiell and Griffin, we are celebrating our fifth holiday season in Kansas City. As we build friendships and community in Kansas City, this time of year is a special one for us. It is an opportunity to celebrate the community that we have grown to love as we return to the theatre as a family and sit together and experience with you Charles Dickens’ wondrous and miraculous story of transformation and joy, A Christmas Carol. One final note — we’d love to have you back with us at KCRep in the Spring for the one and only doo-wop, sci-fi horror musical, Little Shop of Horrors. I specifically chose Little Shop of Horrors for you and A Christmas Carol audiences, and we’d love to see you back in the theatre for this show. These tickets are selling fast so get them now to experience this fun and outrageous classic American musical featuring songs such as, “Git It,” “Somewhere that’s Green,” and “Suddenly Seymour." In addition to a 10-piece band and a rip-roaring doo-wop and soul score, our production will feature the phenomenal talents of Kansas City musical theatre star Shon Ruffin as the carnivorous plant, Audrey II. We’d love to have you back with us!
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! Stuart Carden
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CAST
CHIOMA ANYANWU*
Belle/Business Associate/ Fred Party Guest
ASH BOWEN
LAUREN BRATON*
Mrs. Fred/Business Associate
Quartet-Featured Soprano
DARRINGTON CLARK*
NEDRA DIXON*
PEGGY FRIESEN*
Fred/Dance Captain/ Quartet-Bass
The Storyteller
Harp/Charwoman/ Mrs. Fezziwig
GARY NEAL JOHNSON*
WILL PORTER
CODY PROCTOR*
MATTHEW RAPPORT*
Solicitor/Dick Wilkins/ Topper
Bob Cratchit
Ghost of Christmas Present/ Solicitor
Ghost of Christmas Past/ Quartet-Alto/Fred Party Guest
MARK ROBBINS* US/Ebenezer Scrooge
KUSHI BEAUCHAMP
TANNER ROSE* Young Ebenezer/Christmas Yet-To-Come/Quartet-Tenor
MORGAN LYNN STERRETT
Ebenezer Scrooge
JOHN RENSENHOUSE* Marley/Mr. Fezziwig/ Old Joe
TEONNA WESLEY* Mrs. Cratchit
Mrs. Dilber/ Fred Party Guest
* Denotes Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors & Stage Managers in the United States.
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THE COMPANY
YOUTH ENSEMBLE • RED CAST
ISLA CASTANEDA
EVAN DAGGETT
MARY FLOOD
SAVION JACKSON
LOUISE PFEIFFER
KENNEDY ROSARIO
GARRETT STEPHENS
ERYNN SYMONS
(Tim Cratchit)
(Martha Cratchit)
(Belinda Cratchit)
(Fan)
(Ignorance)
(Turkey Boy)
(Peter Cratchit)
(Want)
YOUTH ENSEMBLE • GREEN CAST
JASON (DEUCE) CHANOS, JR.
EMILIA HUERTA-TORRES
SERENITY MARIE SHEPARD
SOLA OWENS
LAUREN ROTHHAAS
MILO SCHUBERT
ETHAN SUEN
JENAVE TLING
(Peter Cratchit)
(Fan)
(Belinda Cratchit)
(Turkey Boy)
(Martha Cratchit)
(Ignorance)
(Tim Cratchit)
KIERAN FORD
EMMA ANDREWS
(Youth Cast Swing)
(Youth Cast Swing)
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(Want)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL CAST CHIOMA ANYANWU
(Ghost of Christmas Past/Quartet Alto/ Ensemble) (She/Her) KCRep: the ripple, the wave that carried me home, Noises Off!, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Christmas Carol, Antony and Cleopatra (Co-Production, UMKC Theatre). Local: Dot, The Pests (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar (This Happy Breed, The Arts Asylum); Godspell, Hairspray (Starlight Theatre); The Revolutionists, The Wolves, Men on Boats, The Mountaintop, Everyday Rapture, Hungry, Pipeline (Unicorn Theatre); Evil Dead the Musical (EGADS! Theatre); 1776, Evita (Music Theatre Heritage). Directing: Pippin (Avila University); Bomb’itty of Errors (Fishtank Productions); Emotional Creatures (Co-Director, Spinning Tree Theatre). Education: BFA in Theatre Arts, Stephens College; MFA in Acting and Directing, UMKC. AEA Member
KUSHI BEAUCHAMP
(Belle/Business Associate/Fred Party Guest/ Ensemble) KCRep: Peter Pan & Wendy. Local: This Is How I’m Crazy (Charlotte Street Foundation); Fixing King John, The Motherfu**er with the Hat, Thinner than Water Cymbeline (UMKC Theatre). International: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hippolyta, Parrabbola, Romania). Regional: San Diego, The Wolves, Events (Third Rail Repertory); Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard (readings, Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble); Exodo: A Devised Piece (Milagro Theatre); Savage/ Love (Imago Theatre). Educational Theatre: The Tempest and Spring Awakening (Lewis & Clark College). Education: BA in Theatre Performance (Acting), Lewis & Clark College; 3rd year MFA Candidate (UMKC).
ASH BOWEN
(Mrs. Fred, Business Associate 2) (She/They) KCRep: Cyrano de Bergerac u/s. Regional: As You Like It, Imbroglio, The African Company Presents Richard III, Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet, Romeo & Juliet podcast, The Tempest u/s (Great River Shakespeare Festival); The Battlefields of Clara Barton (workshop at Zach Theatre). Local: Not I, Fixing King John, The 39 Steps, Thinner than Water, Jane Eyre, Jump u/s, Cymbeline (UMKC Theatre). Upcoming:
Big Love (UMKC Theatre). Playwriting: Smile, You’re on Camera (staged reading, KC Public Theatre). Education: BA in Government, BA in Theatre & Dance with an emphasis in Performer’s Process, University of Texas at Austin; 3rd year MFA, UMKC. Ms. Bowen is an actor, teacher, and playwright from Dallas, Texas. @teao3 ashbowen.com
NEDRA DIXON
DARRINGTON CLARK
Anne Frank, Angels in America, Our Town, The Syringa Tree, Man and Superman, Indian Ink, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Delicate Balance, M. Butterfly, The House of Blue Leaves. Local: Grand Horizons, King Lear, The Mousetrap, A Lesson from Aloes, The Cripple of Inishmaan (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Shearwater, The Grave (The Living Room); Steel Magnolias (Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre); The Year of Magical Thinking (Spinning Tree Theatre); 101 Dalmatians, Frindle (The Coterie); Little Foxes, The Dinner Party (American Heartland Theatre); The Lifespan of a Fact, The Clean House, Spinning into Butter, Frozen, Wit (Unicorn Theatre). Regional: Ghosts (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Blithe Spirit, Hay Fever, The Tempest (Guest Artist, Stephens College). Film: Ride with the Devil, Kansas City, King of the Hill, The Big Brass Ring, “Truman,” “My Antonia,” “Sarah, Plain and Tall.” AEA Member
(Storyteller) KCRep: Pride & Prejudice, Welcome to Fear City; A Raisin in the Sun. Broadway, Off-Broadway, National Tours: Bubblin’ Brown Sugar; Tintypes; Hair; Jesus Christ Superstar; Godspell; By Strouse. Regional: Into the Woods; Children of Eden; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Man of La Mancha; Oklahoma; Songs for a New World; A Midsummer Night’s Dream. LAUREN BRATON Local: Skeleton Crew, Dot (Kansas City Actors (Featured Soprano/Business Associate/ Theatre); Company (Music Theatre Heritage); Ensemble) KCRep: Fun Home, Last Days of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Black Summer, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Pearl Sings! (Spinning Tree Theatre); Project of Fleet Street, A Christmas Carol, Sunday in Dawn, Ruined, bare: A Pop Opera, And Her Hair the Park with George, Into the Woods. Local: Went with Her, The Women of Brewster Place The Secret Garden, R&H Unplugged, Ragtime, (Unicorn Theatre); The Wiz (The Coterie); Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, She Loves Me Menopause the Musical (American Heartland (Music Theater Heritage); America Meets Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar, They’re Paris (Soloist, Lee’s Summit Symphony at Playing Our Song (Starlight Theatre). Special Kauffman Center); Nine, Violet, A Little Night Event Performances: The White House; Music (Spinning Tree Theatre); First Date, Cinderella, Sound of Music (Starlight Theatre); The Kennedy Center Honors; Carnegie Hall; Madison Square Garden. Music Videos: Tech Where the Wild Things Are, Shrek (The N9ne’s Fear. Radio: Host/ Vocalist on NPR’s Coterie); Grey Gardens (Unicorn Theatre); 12thStreet Jump. Director: Listen, Wilhelmina!; Life Could Be A Dream, 25th Annual Putnam Sketchbook for Ollie; Hair: Then and Now; In County Spelling Bee, No Way to Treat a Lady, the Heights; Once on This Island; Grey Gardens; It’s A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play (American Heartland Theatre); Judy Barbra Liza and Blues Sophisticated Ladies; Children of Eden; Beehive. Upcoming: A GOD • SIB’S TALE: A Folk Opera in the Night (Quality Hill Playhouse); A Man (Co-Creator w/Pamela Baskin-Watson) SAG/ of No Importance (Metropolitan Ensemble AFTRA, AEA member Theatre); Passion and Everlasting Universe: World Premiere (Civic Opera KC); Great Duets PEGGY FRIESEN (Chestnut Fine Arts Theatre). Regional: (Mrs. Fezziwig/Harp/Charwoman/ Ensemble) Arrow Rock Lyceum and Seagle Music Colony KCRep: The Curious Incident of the Dog in New York. laurenbraton.com AEA Member the Nighttime, The Fantasticks, The Diary of (Fred/Dance Captain/Ensemble) (He/Him) KCRep: Flood, Twelfth Night. Local: Dreamgirls (The New Theatre); The Inheritance, Tiny Beautiful Things, Dance Nation, Kill Move Paradise, Who’s Your Baghdaddy (Unicorn Theatre); Hairspray, Godspell (Starlight Theatre); Once on This Island (Spinning Tree Theatre); Cats, My Fair Lady (Musical Theatre Heritage); Charlie Brown Christmas, Puffs, We Shall Not Be Moved, Garfield, Madagascar (The Coterie). Local directing: Boxed (Whim Productions). Regional: Man of La Mancha, A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); A Christmas Carol, A Year with Frog and Toad (Children’s Theatre of Madison); Ghost, Newsies (Circa 21). Education: BS in Theatre, Kansas State University. @ darringtune AEA Member
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THE COMPANY All is Calm (Music Theatre KC Pro); GARY NEAL JOHNSON Festival); The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Metropolitan
(Ebenezer Scrooge) KCRep: Death of a Salesman, (Willy Loman), Give ‘Em Hell, Harry (Harry Truman), Oleanna (John), M. Butterfly (Gallimard), Royal Hunt of the Sun (Pizarro), Treasure Island (Long John Silver), Bus Stop (Virgil), A Delicate Balance (Harry), Of Mice and Men (George), August: Osage County (Charlie), The Drawer Boy (Morgan), Nicholas Nickleby (Squeers), King Lear (Gloucester), Julius Caesar (Caesar), Little Shop of Horrors (Mushnik), Cabaret (Herr Schultz), The Fantasticks (Hucklebee), Last Days of Summer (Rabbi Lieberman), among others. Local: A Lie of the Mind, A Number, The Mousetrap, A Lesson from Aloes, Morning’s At Seven, among others (Kansas City Actors Theatre); King Lear (Lear), Merchant of Venice (Shylock), among others (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); Wizard of Oz (Wizard), Annie (FDR) (Starlight Theatre); Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye, Spinning Tree Theatre); Hello, Dolly (Vandergelder) Musical Theatre Heritage); Regional: Goodman Theatre (Chicago), ACT (San Francisco), Shakespeare Theatre Company (D.C.), Utah Shakespeare Festival, Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre. Awards: Dean Goodman Award for best supporting actor (San Francisco) 2006. AEA Member
Ensemble Theatre). Regional: The Iceman Cometh (Goodman Theatre); Othello, Henry V (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Hatfield & McCoy (House Theater of Chicago); Stupid F***ing Bird, Idomeneus (Sideshow Theater); Machinal (Greenhouse Theater); Great Expectations (Strawdog Theater); The Mother (Oracle Theater); The Source (Route 66 Theater); three seasons at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Education: BFA Theatre Performance, Wichita State University. codyproctor.com AEA Member
in Her Ear, Noises Off (Westport Country Playhouse); Oslo, Saint Joan, Taming of the Shrew, Dracula, Clean House, The Mystery of Irma Vep, A Christmas Carol (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Hamlet, The Millionairess, Peter Pan (Resident Ensemble Players/ Delaware). Education: MFA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PTTP; BA Grinnell College. AEA Member
MARK ROBBINS
(Ebenezer Scrooge Understudy/Ensemble) (He/ Him) KCRep: Roof of the World, Sticky Traps, Angels in America (Parts I and II), Death of a Salesman, The Mystery of Irma Vep, A Christmas MATTHEW RAPPORT Carol (25seasons), Oedipus the King (title role), (Ghost of Christmas Present/Solicitor/Ensemble) Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (title (He/Him) KCRep: A Christmas Carol, The role), Circle Mirror Transformation, Bus Stop, Borderland. Local: Romeo and Juliet, The The Voysey Inheritance (co-production with Tempest, Shakespeare in Love, King Lear, The ACT), Man and Superman, The Front Page, Guys Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s and Dolls, Saint Joan, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Dream, Macbeth, Richard III, Julius Caesar Macbeth, The Winter’s Tale, Major Barbara, The (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); Sea Gull, Inherit the Wind, The Deputy, Crown of Thorn, Taming of the Shrew, Nicholas Nickleby, Disgraced, How to Use a Knife, Mr. Burns, Cock, The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge, Bloody, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Loose Ends. Local acting: Several roles for Kansas City Actors Bloody Andrew Jackson, Miss Witherspoon, Fuddy Meers, Mojo, Arms and Legs(Unicorn Theatre, The Living Room, Heart of America Theatre); Blithe Spirit, And Then There Were Shakespeare Festival, New Theatre, Unicorn None, A Streetcar Named Desire, Journey’s End, Theatre (most recently, Native Gardens), American Heartland Theatre, The Coterie. Translations (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Funny Girl, On Golden Pond (New Theatre); Local directing: Unicorn Theatre, Heart of WILL PORTER Life on the Mississippi, Jekyll and Hyde, The BFG America Shakespeare Festival. Founding (Solicitor 2/Dick Wilkins/Topper/Ensemble) (The Coterie). International: Prejudice and member of Kansas City Actors Theatre: (He/Him) Recent: Legally Blonde (Starlight). Pride (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Mr. Rapport directed several productions. Education: KCRep: Cyrano de Bergerac, Peter Pan & Wendy. is the Director of Education for the Heart of MFA, Wayne State University; BA, Webster New York: Bells Are Ringing (Off-Broadway). America Shakespeare Festival. AEA member College Conservatory. AEA Member National Tour: CATS, Bye Bye Birdie. Tokyo: A Chorus Line. Regional Favorites: Little JOHN RENSENHOUSE TANNER ROSE Mermaid, All Shook Up (MUNY); How To (Jacob Marley, Mr. Fezziwig, Old Joe, Ensemble) (Young Ebenezer/Ghost of Christmas YetSucceed (Theatre Under The Stars); HAIR KCRep: Dracula, To Kill a Mockingbird, Les to-Come/Ensemble) (He/Him) KCRep: A (Berkshire Theatre Company); A Christmas Liaisons Dangereuses, Gross Indecency, Royal Christmas Carol, Peter Pan and Wendy. Carol (McCarter Theatre); Shrek, Mary Poppins Hunt of the Sun, King Lear (twice!). Local: Off-Broadway: Bells Are Ringing (The (North Shore Music Theatre); Spamalot, CATS Spider’s Web, Skylight, Glengarry Glen Ross, Lion Theatre, NYC). International: Vi Lieb (Pittsburgh CLO); Hello Dolly, A Christmas Story Inspecting Carol, God of Carnage (Kansas Musikaler (Oslo National Academy of the (Fulton Opera House); Little Shop of Horrors City Actors Theatre); The Tempest, King Lear, Arts). Regional: Pryor Rendering (Oklahoma (New London Barn Playhouse); Hairspray Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth (Heart City Repertory Theatre); Thoroughly Modern (Florida Studio Theatre). UMKC: Fixing of America Shakespeare Festival); Don’t Dress Millie (Broadway Rose Theatre Company, King John (Bishop), The 39 Steps (Hannay), for Dinner, You Can’t Take It with You, Murder Portland OR); La Cage aux Folles, The Rocky Thinner Than Water (Gary), Cymbeline (Queen/ Among Friends, Over the Moon (New Theatre); Horror Show (Weitzenhoffer Theatre); The Guiderius). Education: 3rd year MFA The Sound of Music (Starlight); Pontypool Beth Leavel Christmas Show (Oklahoma City candidate, UMKC. (The Living Room). National Tours: The Lion Philharmonic). Local: The Inheritance (Unicorn King (Scar), Noises Off (Garry). Regional: The Theatre); Cabaret (Music Theatre Heritage), CODY PROCTOR Rehearsal, The Cure at Troy, Romeo and Juliet, Justice at War (The Coterie), Grand Horizons (Bob Cratchit/Ensemble) (He/Him) KCRep: Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing (Oregon (Kansas City Actors Theatre). Television: The The Old Man and the Old Moon, Noises Off!, Shakespeare Festival); As You Like It (Arena Deuce (HBO - Streaming now!). Upcoming: A Christmas Carol. Local: Ragtime, Funny Girl, Stage, D.C.); The Mystery Plays (Hartford Godspell (Music Theatre Heritage). Titanic (Music Theater Heritage); Shakespeare Stage); Coriolanus (McCarter Theatre); Flea @thattannerrose AEA Member in Love (Heart of America Shakespeare
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL MORGAN LYNN STERRETT
(Ms. Dilber/Fred Party Guest) (She/Her) KCRep: A Christmas Carol (2022). Local: Freaky Friday (The New Theatre); The White Rose, Beat Bugs (The Coterie); Godspell (Theatre Atchison PRO); Cats (Music Theatre Heritage); White Christmas (Music Theatre KC PRO); Conjure the Night, Spectral Sisters, The Great American Train Adventure, Tinker’s Toy Factory (Cedar Fair: Worlds of Fun). Regional: Newsies, The Tempest (Oklahoma Shakespearean Festival); Alabama Story, Mamma Mia (Great Plains Theatre). Education: BS Theatre Performance, Kansas State University. IG: @morganlynnster morganlynnsterrett.com
TEONNA WESLEY
(Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble) KCRep: the ripple, the wave that carried me home (Understudy/ Janice), The Royale, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, A Christmas Carol. Local: Honky!, The Colored Museum (The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City); Tomorrow Inshallah (The Living Room Theatre); Regional: Steel Magnolias, Cinderella, The Royale, and Mountain Octopus (Creede Repertory Theatre). Education: New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. @Tefamous AEA Member
YOUTH ENSEMBLE EMMA ANDREWS
(Swing) KC Rep: A Christmas Carol (6th season) Regional: Seussical, Mary Poppins, Shrek (Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre); Into the Woods (Cinderella, Interlochen Center for the Arts). Local: Jane Eyre (UMKC); Voice from the Other Side (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Shawnee Mission Theatre in the Park); Oliver!, Spotlight Cabaret (Music Theater Heritage); Multiple shows with Music Theatre KC, Christian Youth Theatre, Park Hill and Park Hill South High School. Film: Impossible Escapes (Wide Awake Films). Education: 11th grade at Park Hill South High School; studies voice with Melinda MacDonald and dance with Empire Dance Academy. Emma loves drinking coffee and listening to Harry Styles.
(Ignorance/Ensemble/Red Cast) KCRep: debut. Local: Shrek The Musical, Matilda Jr, and Broadway on Baltimore (Theatre at Vis); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (St. Elizabeth Catholic School); Mother Noah (Music Theatre Heritage class showcase). Education: 8th grade atSt. Elizabeth Catholic School and voice Lessons with Leayn Losh. Mary enjoys volleyball, babysitting, baking, and hanging out with friends.
KIERAN FORD
SAVION JACKSON
(Swing) KCRep: A Christmas Carol (2021, 2022). Local: Gypsy (Music Theater Heritage); The Prom, Band Geeks (Music Theatre Kansas City); Children of Eden (Olathe Civic Theatre Association); Cinderella, Wrinkle in Time, among others (Theatre for Young America); ShakesFEAR and William Shakespeare’s Christmas Carol (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival). Education: DRI HERNAEZ 10th grade (homeschool and MCC Longview). (Understudy/Mrs. Cratchit/Solicitors 1 & 2) Kieran studies acting with Broadway Artists KCRep: Cyrano de Bergerac, Peter Pan & Wendy. Alliance (NYC), The Coterie, and Heart of Local: Cymbeline, Thinner Than Water, The America Shakespeare Festival; dance with 39 Steps, Fixing King John (UMKC). FILM: Miller Marley School of Dance and Voice Once I Was Engaged (Little Red Wagon Films). (Entertainers); and voice with Lauren Braton. Education: BA in elementary education, @kieran.t.ford Brigham Young University-Hawaii; 3rd year MFA Acting Candidate, (UMKC); Labyrinth RED CAST Theater Intensive Ensemble 2022.
NICO HOLGUIN
(Understudy Fred Young Ebeneezer) (He/Him) KCRep: Cyrano de Bergerac. Local: The Tempest (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); Where Did We Sit On The Bus?; Fixing King John; The Motherfu**er With The Hat; Thinner Than Water; Jane Eyre; Cymbeline (UMKC). Regional: The Diary of Anne Frank (Arizona Theatre Company); The Ultimate Christmas Show - Abridged (Blank Conversations Theatre Company); Disconnected (Everyman Ensemble Theatre Company). Upcoming: Big Love (UMKC). Education: BIS, New Mexico State University); Stella Adler - Art of Acting (Summer Conservatory 2016); 3rd year MFA candidate, UMKC. @nicoman_teriyaki
Carmen, Tosca (Lyric Opera KC); Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (White Theatre at the J); Shrek, Finding Nemo (Music Theatre KC); Beauty & the Beast, Seussical, Lion King (Stage Right Performing Arts). Education: 8th grade at Indian Hills Middle School. Evan studies dance at Empire and is a member of Stage Right’s Young Professionals acting program.
ISLA CASTANEDA
(Tim Cratchit/Ensemble/Red Cast) KCRep: debut. Local: Matilda the Musical and Seussical (Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts); Into the Woods (Frontier Trail Middle School); The Music Man and Annie (The Bell Center). Education: 6th grade at Corinth Elementary School; theatre and dance classes at The Culture House; Vocal Instruction by Laura Robertson. Isla plays the cello and is learning to play the guitar. She enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and her dog, Ginger.
EVAN DAGGETT
(Belinda Cratchit/Ensemble/Red Cast) KC Rep: A Christmas Carol (2019). Local: Pagliacci,
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MARY FLOOD
(Peter/Ensemble/Red Cast) KCRep: A Christmas Carol (2022 as Tiny Tim; 2019 as Young Ebenezer). Local: Shakespeare Alive (Tybalt, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival). Education: 6th grade at Highlawn Montessori. Savion spends much of his time at O’Riada Manning Academy of Irish Dance where he dances in parades, performances, and competition. Savion loves dancing, sewing, and playing Quidditch.
LOUISE PFEIFFER
(Martha Cratchit/Ensemble/Red Cast) KCRep: debut. Local: The Women (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Chicago (Lincoln College Preparatory Academy); Annie (Leawood Stage Company); Shakespeare Festival Parody (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival). Education: Louise is a Junior at Lincoln College Preparatory Academy. As a graduate of Académie Lafayette, she is fluent in French. Louise trains in voice and piano with Sarah LaBarr and is a member of HASF’s Team Shakespeare. She enjoys practicing visual and performing arts, spending time with friends and family, and volunteering at KC Pet Project.
KENNEDY ROSARIO
(Fan/Ensemble/Red Cast) KCRep: A Christmas Carol (2022). Theatre: The Nutcracker (Johnson County Community College); The Wizard of Oz (Flying Monkey and Munchkin #2, Austin Children’s Theater); Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery and Beauty and the
THE COMPANY Beast (Pleasant Ridge Middle School). Film: commercials for Planet Fitness, American Girl, St. Luke’s Health System, and Hallmark, among others. Kennedy enjoys music (especially the drums), writing, ice skating, softball, and aviation (flying planes).
GARRETT STEPHENS
(Turkey Boy/Ensemble/Red Cast) KCRep: A Christmas Carol (2021, 2022). Local: The Velveteen Rabbit, Spamalot, Comedy of Errors (Kansas City Young Audiences); The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Theater for Young America); Little Mermaid Jr., Matilda Jr (Johnson County Heritage Center); Rising Star Revue (Music Theatre KC); Newsies Jr. (Summit Theatre Group); The Awesome 80s Prom, Frannie Minkmann’s Exquisite Bat Mitzvah (StageworX). Education: 9th grade at Académie Lafayette International High School; Improv at Kansas City Young Audiences, Dance at Kansas City Young Audiences, Piano at Janet Howard Piano Studio. Garrett loves playing guitar and piano, going for walks with his dog, Eloise, participating in Debate and Model UN, reading books, and spending time with friends and family.
Woeful Tales, Elf, Moana Jr, 30 Horrible Catastrophes of Middle School (Pioneer Trail Middle School). Recognitions: Kansas Junior Thespian Top Three Monologues (2022). Education: 8th grade at Pioneer Trail Middle School. In addition to theater Emilia enjoys listening to music, singing, playing basketball, crafting, and hanging out with friends.
SERENITY MARIE SHEPHARD
(Martha Cratchit/Ensemble/Green Cast) KCRep: debut. Local: Descendants and Camp Rock (Music Theatre KC); choir member (Youth Chorus of Kansas City). Education: Sophomore at Raymore-Peculiar High School. When not performing onstage, Serenity enjoys singing with the Ray-Pec Rush Show Choir, watercolor painting, and playing with her guinea pig, Pablo.
SOLA OWENS
(Turkey Boy/Ensemble) (She/Her) KCRep: A Christmas Carol (2022), Roommates: A New Sitcom (Summer Youth Theatre Ensemble, 2022). Local: Beauty and the Beast (Leawood Stage Company); Urinetown, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Rockhurst High School); Freaky Friday (St Teresa’s Academy); Children of Eden (Spinning Tree Theatre); Performer in Starlight Stars and the 2019 Starlight Gala (Starlight Theatre); Into the Woods, among others (Kansas City Young Audiences). Education: Junior at St. Teresa’s Academy. @solamowens
ETHAN SUEN
(Tim Cratchit/Ensemble/Green Cast) KCRep: debut. Local: Matilda the Musical (Muriel Kauffman Theatre); School of Rock (Theatre in the Park); The Little Mermaid and Tarzan (The Culture House). Education: 6th grade at Pleasant Ridge Middle School; theatre and dance classes at The Culture House Conservatory and Miller Marley School of Dance. Ethan enjoys reading and is a competitive figure skater and swimmer.
JENAVE TLING
(Want/Ensemble/Green Cast) KCRep: debut. Jenave studies voice at Key Impact Studios and plays the flute in her school band. She enjoys dancing, cooking, playing ping pong, badminton, volleyball and (of course) hanging out with friends. When she is bored, Jenave likes to look up songs on YouTube and play the piano. Education: 8th Grade at Arrowhead Middle School.
CREATIVE TEAM CHARLES DICKENS
(Author) (Feb 7, 1812 - Jun 9, 1870) Charles Dickens was born in Portsea, England, to John and Elizabeth Dickens. His father was a ERYNN SYMONS clerk in the Naval Pay Office, and in 1824, he (Want/Ensemble/Red Cast) KCRep: debut. was arrested for debt. While his family was Local: White Christmas (Theater in the imprisoned in Marshalsea Prison in London, Park); Honk Jr. and Seussical the Musical (The Dickens, then only twelve, was forced to Culture House); Annie (First Act Theatre work at Warren’s Blacking Factory. After his Arts); Education: 4th grade at Millbrooke father was released from prison, Dickens Elementary (Olathe, KS). Erynn enjoys LAUREN ROTHHAAS attended a day school in London. In 1827, Gymnastics, playing the ukulele, (Fan/Ensemble/Green Cast) KCRep: A Christmas he was taken from school and worked in a and basketball. Carol (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022). Local: Motor law office and later as a freelance reporter Court 103 (KC Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe at Doctors’ Commons court. In 1833 he GREEN CAST Festival); Importance of Being Earnest, You’re a began writing sketches of London life Good Man Charlie Brown, Alice in Wonderland, JASON (DEUCE) under the pseudonym Boz, which appeared Newsies, James and the Giant Peach, and The in newspapers and magazines and were CHANOS, JR Jungle Book (The Barstow School). Education: published in the collection Sketches by Boz (Peter Cratchit/Ensemble/Green Cast) KCRep: Lauren is currently a junior at The Barstow A Christmas Carol (Youth Swing 2022). Local: in 1836. That year, Dickens also married School. She enjoys participating in theatre, Dear Edwina Jr, Raise Your Voice, The Tempest, Catherine Hogarth, met John Forster, his traveling, and playing soccer. SpongeBob the Musical (The Barstow School). close friend and biographer, became the Education: 8th grade at The Barstow School. MILO SCHUBERT editor of Bentley’s Miscellany, and began Deuce loves baseball, hanging out with his (Ignorance/Ensemble/Green Cast) KCRep: publishing The Pickwick Papers in monthly friends, and being on stage. debut. Local: High School Musical, Jr., Broadway installments. Over the next six years, Dickens the Musical (Stages at published four novels in serial form including EMILIA HUERTA-TORRES Revue and Flat Stanley, th (Belinda Cratchit/Ensemble/Green Cast) KCRep: the J). Education: 5 grade at Walter Harrison Oliver Twist (1837-1839) and Nicholas Academy (homeschool); theatre classes at Nickleby (1838-1839). In 1842, he went on a debut. Regional: Disney Frozen Broadway The J and Theater for Young America. Milo lecture tour of the United States and Canada, Musical (for the Kansas Choral Directors enjoys basketball, ultimate frisbee, gaming, Association Honor Choir, performing in where he urged the abolition of slavery and Olathe, Wichita, and in Indiana in 2024). playing guitar, his dogs, and hanging out with international copyright. When he returned Local: Mean Girls (Frontier Trail Middle family and friends. to England, he published American Notes School); Trap, Homework Eats Dog and Other (1842), a critical account of his experiences
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL there, and the novel, Martin Chuzzlewit (18431844), part of which was set in America. He also wrote A Christmas Carol (1844), the first of his popular Christmas books, which include The Chimes (1844), and The Cricket on the Hearth (1845). After returning from a tour of Italy, Switzerland, and France with his family, Dickens established an amateur theatre company. He also founded and edited two periodicals, Household Words (1850 to 1859) and All the Year Round, which ran from 1859 until his death. In 1853, Dickens gave the first of many public readings from his work. During this period, he wrote his most successful novels, Dombey and Son (1846-1848), David Copperfield (1849-1850), Bleak House (1852-1853), Hard Times (1854), Little Dorrit (1855-1857), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), Great Expectations (1860-1861), and Our Mutual Friend (1864-1865). After several tours of the British Isles and America to give public readings, Dickens suffered a mild stroke. He died in London on June 9, 1870, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.
GEOFF ELLIOTT
(Playwright) Producing Artistic Director, A Noise Within. Director: The Winter’s Tale, A Christmas Carol, Noises Off, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Arcadia, All My Sons, Endgame, Eurydice, The Playboy of the Western World, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, and many others. Actor: The Poet, An Iliad; Dodge, Buried Child; Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; Don Quixote, Man of La Mancha; Lloyd Dallas, Noises Off; King Lear, King Lear; and many more. Elsewhere: South Coast Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, California Repertory. Education: MFA—American Conservatory Theatre. Mr. Elliott is a recipient of multiple LADCC, Back Stage Garland, Robby, DramaLogue, and LA Weekly awards as well as the Margaret Hartford Award for Distinguished Achievement.
JASON CHANOS
(Director) (He/Him) Kansas City Directing: A Christmas Carol, Of Mice and Men (KCRep). Kansas City Acting: The Price (Kansas City Actors Theatre), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Invisible Hand, Roof of the World, A Christmas Carol, The Last Night of Ballyhoo (KCRep); Anthony & Cleopatra, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Richard
III, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Measure for Measure, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); Fully Committed (Unicorn Theatre); Whale (The Coterie). Mr. Chanos is the Associate Artistic Director of the KCRep/UMKC Theatre Partnership where he serves as a producer for the KCRep.
ANTHONY T. EDWARDS
(Music Director/Conductor/Keyboards) KCRep: A Christmas Carol, Fun Home, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Side by Side by Sondheim, Evita, The Fantasticks, Sunday in the Park with George, Hair: Retrospection (Music Director, Conductor/Keyboards), A Little More Alive (Keyboard/Orchestra Contractor),The Tallest Tree in the Forest (Orchestra Contractor), Little Shop of Horrors (Music Director, Conductor/ Keyboards), Cabaret (Music Director, Conductor/Pianist, Orchestra Contractor), Into the Woods (Assistant Music Director/Conductor, Orchestra Contractor). Local: Resident Musical Director for Starlight Theatre, The Coterie, Unicorn Theatre, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, Eventology. Additional Local: New Theatre, Quality Hill Playhouse, Theatre in the Park, Late Night Theatre, Musical Theatre Heritage. Red Barn Theatre, Waterfront Playhouse (Key West). New York: New Victory Theatre. Mr. Edwards has served as musical director for theatres across the country including the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and is Adjunct Faculty for UMKC. Mr. Edwards is a Kurzweilendorsed artist and is a Board Member of the AIDS Service Foundation of Kansas City. aemusicservices.com
Cincinnati Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Swedish Riksteater and the Cullberg Ballet in Stockholm, The Cincinnati Ballet, CBS, PBS-TV, and Swedish State Television. His drawings have been exhibited in New York, San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas, St. Louis, Prague and Brussels. His work received the Award for Experimental Television Art in Milan, Italy, two Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards for Excellence, and fifteen National Critics’ Circle Awards including the 2011 Connecticut Critics Circle Award for his designs of the historic Westport Theatre’s production of The Diary of Anne Frank.
JENNY GREEN
(Costume Design) (She/Her) KCRep: Dresser (2015 -2016); Assistant Costume Shop Manger (2016-2020); Costume Shop Manager (2020-present); Costume Design for A Christmas Carol (2020). Local costume design: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Wiz, Grease (Shawnee Mission Theatre in the Park). TV/Film costume design: Amigo Undead (Gravitas Ventures); Rock Jocks (Intelligent Life Media); Video Game Reunion, The Legend of Neil (Atom.com); FCU: Fact Checkers Unit (NBC.com); Game Over (Machinima). Education: BFA in Technical Theatre, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg.
MINJOO KIM
(Lighting Design) (She/Her) KCRep: Flood, The Royale. Regional: Demon (The Bushwick Starr), Fat Ham, English (Studio Theatre); Ink, The Great Leap (Round House Theatre); The Chief (Pittsburgh Public Theater); Clue, A Few Good Men (Bristol Riverside Theatre); JOHN EZELL Sh-Boom! Life Could Be A Dream (Sierra (Scenic Design) KCRep: A Christmas Carol; over Rep); Water by the Spoonful, Life Sucks, The 75 productions for the Missouri/KCRep. Mr. Great Leap (Cygnet Theatre); One in Two Ezell has designed for Broadway under the (Diversionary Theatre). International: The legendary direction of George Abbot, the Two (Space Owul); Crimson Girl, A Story of New York Shakespeare Festival, NY Public Sorastar (Dongsoong Art Center); Die or Theatre, Crossroads Theatre, Roundabout Not (Seoul Art Space Mullae); Mask on/off Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger, (Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre); The Last Williamstown, Berkshire, Old Globe, Coconut Day (Chung-Won Art Center); Story of Arang Grove, Asolo State Theatre, Arizona Theatre (The Central Academy of Drama, Grand Hall); Company, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, San The Glass Menagerie (The Central Academy of Jose Rep, Dallas Theatre Center, Westport Drama, North Theatre). Assistant Designer: Country Playhouse, Indiana Repertory Working in DC (BLM Plaza); Celia and Fidel Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hong Kong (Arena Stage, Kogod Cradle); Mother Road, Repertory Theatre, Market Theatre in Disney’s Newsies (Arena Stage, Fichandler Johannesburg, South Africa, the Istanbul Stage); Dear Jack, Dear Louis (Arena Stage, Cultural Olympics, Pacific Conservatory for Kreeger Theater); What You Are (The Old the Performing Arts, Lyric Opera, Blackstone Globe, White Theatre); Seize the King (La Jolla Theatre and Second City in Chicago, Playhouse, Potiker Theatre). Education: MFA
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THE COMPANY in Theatrical Lighting Design (University of California San Diego); BA in Theater and Film Design (Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea).
MACKENZIE GOODWIN TRAN
Does Arizona (Arizona Theatre Company); The Music Man, Carousel, La Cage aux Folles (Stages/Saint Louis); Death and the Maiden (Associate Director) (She/Her) KCRep: The (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Calderon’s Living Room’s Carousel, A Christmas Carol JOSHUA HORVATH Life is a Dream (New York’s Lincoln Center); (Assistant Director), COVID Compliance (Sound Design) (He/Him) KCRep: A Christmas Gerald Freedman’s adaptations: A Christmas Officer/Safety Coordinator, Commons Carol, The Foreigner, Saved, Little Shop of Carol [Co-Designer with John Ezell] and Producer for playwright Nathan Louis Horrors, Venice, Around the World in 80 Scenic Designer: People Who Led to My Plays; Jackson during his residency. New York: Days, Clay, Winesburg, Ohio, The Trip to The Dearest Friends, The Boor, The Enemies, Brother Toad (Director, workshop, Lincoln Bountiful, An Iliad. Regional: Long Wharf, Center Theatre Directors Lab). Regional: The The World of Sholom Aleichem and What the Hartford Stage, Centerstage, the Alliance, Butler Saw (Great Lakes Theater Festival). Butcher’s Son & The Butcher’s Son: 40 Years the Goodman, Steppenwolf, the Court, Fallen Tour (Director, Chicago Musical Theatre Gene serves as Archivist and Curator of the Lookingglass, Milwaukee Rep, Arena Stage, Festival & Tour; winner Most Promising New Casa de Santo Nino at Zuni Pueblo, N.M. He Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, McCarter, is Guest Curator and Archivist for the John Musical, Chicago Musical Theatre Festival). the Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Ezell Collection, Modern Graphic Arts Library, Local directing: Role Play, Raise Less Corn & California Shakespeare, the Mark Taper Washington University in Saint Louis. He is More Hell! (KC Public Theatre); Mirrors (Bodhi Forum, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. a tenured Associate Professor of Design at Productions); Oleanna; Sex, Drugs, Rock & Awards: Four-time Joseph Jefferson Award Roll; LoveSong (Co-director, The Living Room UMKC. His fine art, Stages of Conversion, has winner and a LA Ovation winner. He has been seen at multiple galleries in the Greater Theatre); The Last Black Play, Trading Races, taught sound design for theatre and film at Kansas City area. Northwestern University, DePaul University, VOICES New Play Series (Westport Center for the Arts); Bite Marks (Alphabet Soup, WHIM JONATHAN LLOYD Loyola University, Southern Oregon Productions); M. Butterfly (Associate Director, SCHRIOCK University, and is an artistic associate of Lookingglass Theatre. Currently, Mr. Horvath Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre); Seeing (Assistant Music Director/Violin) (He/Him) Red, The Beasts of Men’s Stories (Fishtank is a production manager at the Oregon KCRep: Last Days of Summer, A Christmas Theatre/UMKC co-production); A-Cop-Alypse Carol, Evita, Sunday in the Park with George, Shakespeare Festival. (Fringe Festival). Stage Manager credits: Cabaret. Local: Violinist with Stevie Wonder GAYLA VOSS Dreamgirls, Million Dollar Quartet (Swing PSM, (Sprint Center); Hank Williams: Lost Highway (Wig Design) KCRep: Twelfth Night, Ms. Holmes New Theatre); Electric Poe ‘23, The SpongeBob (New Theatre and Restaurant); Natasha, & Ms. Watson, Apt. 2B, A Christmas Carol, Little Musical, Pete the Cat, Alice’s Wonderland (The Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Fishtank Shop of Horrors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coterie); Dot, The Price (Kansas City Actors Theatre); Tuck Everlasting (The Coterie); The Rivals, among others. Ms. Voss was the Theatre). Other Credits: The Buffalo Room Hands on a Hardbody, Everyday Rapture Costume Shop Manager for Kansas City Rep (co-curator with Vi Tran); The Butcher’s Son, (Unicorn Theatre); The Producers, Oklahoma for many years. an autobiographical folk musical by Vi Tran (Musical Theatre Heritage);Icarus Flew, 21 (developer/director); William Inge Theatre Chump Street, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side MARC WAYNE Festival, Inaugural New Play Lab Director & Story, Hello Again (Spinning Tree Theatre); Les (Choreographer) KCRep: the ripple, the wave Panel Moderator; Artistic Director, Westport Misérables, Company, Chicago, The Producers, that carried me home (KCRep for All Tour). Center for The Arts; Co-producing Artistic Peter Pan (Jewish Community Center, Shirley Local: Titanic: The Musical; Stevie. Signed, Director, Brother Octopus Productions White Theatre); Legend of Zelda Symphony Sealed, Delivered; Blame It On The Boogie, Hair, (formerly Stuffed Buffalo). Upcoming/ (KC Music Hall). Regional: Fiddler on the Roof Ragtime, Carousel, Showboat (Music Theater current: American Crossroads - Four Directions (Fireside Theatre Company); A Catered Affair Heritage); Shrek: The Musical, Rudolph the (workshop, Production Stage Manager, (Porchlight Theatre); Fiddler on the Roof, Red-Nosed Reindeer, Charlie Brown Christmas, KCRep). Affiliations: Lincoln Center Directors Hank Williams: Lost Highway, Always, Patsy Alice’s Wonderland, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive Cline (Lyceum Theatre); Bus Stop (Sapulpa the Bus, BeatBugs, Pete the Cat, The SpongeBob Lab (2015/2016); Chicago Directors Lab (2018/2019). Voice Actor, Intimacy Designer. Theatre); I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Musical (The Coterie); Wylliams/Henry goodwincalling.com AEA Member Change, Fiddler on the Roof (Crown Uptown Contemporary Dance Theater, Kansas City Dinner Theatre); The Importance of Being Chiefs Cheerleaders, Storling Dance Theater, GENE EMERSON Ernest (Kechi Playhouse); Killer Joe (Theatre Maxxas Dance Theater. Regional: Belhaven FRIEDMAN on Consignment); Ohio Lite Opera, Light University Dance Department (Jackson, (Associate Scenic Designer) (He/Him) KCRep: Opera of Oklahoma, Wichita Symphony. MS), Dance Revolution (National Tour), Big A Christmas Carol; Scenic Designer: Death of International: Recitals in Austria, Germany, Muddy Dance Company (St. Louis, MO), a Salesman, Master Class, I’m Not Rappaport. and France. CARMAN Ministries (National Concert Tour), Local: Don’t Dress for Dinner (The New The Bibleman Adventure (National Tour). Theater); Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare RACHAEL HONNOLD International: Continental Singers in Love, Richard the Third, Much Ado About (Assistant Lighting Designer) KCRep: debut. (World Tours). Education: The Ohio State Nothing, Othello, Romeo and Juliet (Resident Local Lighting Design: Little Shop of Horrors University: Dance. Scenic Designer, Heart of America (Theatre in the Park), Rock of Ages (Padgett Shakespeare Festival). Regional: Second City
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL Productions), Catch Me If You Can (Blue Valley Northwest; Chicago, Camp Rock (Stage Right Performing Arts); Cyclone, Once On This Island, Rent (Spinning Tree Theatre), Milking Christmas (The Black Box Theatre); The Mystery of Christmas (Dramatic Truth School of the Arts, The Pulse Performing Arts Center, and Dancerz Unlimited). Regional design: In10sity (Dance at Colorado & Nashville); Blood Wedding (UMKC Black Box); Stupid Fucking Bird (MNU Black Box); Gruesome Playground Injuries and Catholic School Girls (JCCC Black Box). Awards: nominated for Best Lighting Design, Bluestar Awards, Catch Me If You Can. Education: BA in theatre (UMKC). Affiliations: Local 31 stagehand, HMX Live (production arm of Harvest Productions), KC Live! Mosaic. www. rachaelhonnold.com
Cafe (Hope Repertory Theatre). Education: MFA in Theatre Design and Technology – Stage Management, UMKC; BA in Theatre Arts, New Mexico State University. AEA Member
UMKC; BA in Music, Theatre College of the Ozarks. AGMA, AEA Member
ANDI MEYER
(Casting) (She/Her) Based in Osage/Kikapoo/ Kansa/Sioux/Otoe-Missouria ancestral RACHEL M. DYER territory (Kansas City), Andi is an award(Assistant Stage Manager) (She/Her) KCRep: winning Kanaka Maoli/Asian American Production Stage Manager: Cyrano theatre maker/activist, arts educator, deBergerac, Twelfth Night, Brother Toad, Man and parent. She is the Producing Artistic In Love, Lot’s Wife. Assistant Stage Manager: Director of Tradewind Arts, a boutique The Old Man and the Old Moon, Ms. Holmes & arts organization devoted to illuminating, Ms. Watson Apt. 2B, A Christmas Carol (2021 motivating, and amplifying the voice of Native &2022 and 2014-2019). Mary’s Wedding, Fun Hawaiian, Oceanic, and Asian American Home, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Pride & Prejudice, artists. Andi was a 2017-18 Charlotte Last Days of Summer, The Curious Incident of Street Foundation (CSF) Studio Resident. the Dog in the Night-Time, Between the Lines, Her work has been recognized with support Side by Side by Sondheim, Evita, The Diary of from ArtsKC, TCG, Asian Arts Initiative, Anne Frank, Sunday in the Park with George, The Kauffman Foundation, Charlotte Street Hair: Retrospective, An Iliad. Local: Romeo & Foundation, JOCO libraries, InterUrban Juliet (Production Stage Manager, Heart of DANIEL DOSS ArtHouse, and the Dramatists Guild Fund, America Shakespeare Festival); Morning’s at (Piano Conductor Understudy/Ensemble) (He/ as well as two NEA award winning projects Seven (Production Stage Manager, Kansas Him) KCRep: A Christmas Carol, Fun Home, in partnership with The Coterie Theatre City Actors Theatre) Education: BS in Theatre including Hana’s Suitcase and Justice at War. Sweeney Todd, Side by Side by Sondheim, Hair: Design and Technology, Northwest Missouri Andi has appeared in productions at The Retrospection, Pippin, The Great Immensity, State University. AEA Member Saved, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Into Unicorn Theatre, The New Theatre, The the Woods. National Tours: Ragtime, The Coterie, The Kansas City Repertory Theatre, CAROLINE B. JACKSON Addams Family, The Color Purple. New York: Disney’s Spirit of Aloha, with voice and (Assistant Stage Manager) (She/Her) KCRep: MotherFreakingHood (New York Festival Twelfth Night, Pride and Prejudice (Production on-camera clients including Hallmark, H&R of Musicals); Wild and Willful Women (Tru Block, Sprint, and McDonald’s. AEA Member Assistant). Local: Carmen, La Traviata, Amahl Voices Musical Reading Series). Local: and the Night Visitors, The Shining, Sondheim A NOISE WITHIN Wicked, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, on Sondheim, Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci, (Licensor) A Noise Within produces classic Les Misérables (Broadway Across America) The Sound of Music (Assistant Stage Manager, theatre as an essential means to enrich our and numerous other productions at the New Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Smart People, community by embracing universal human Theatre & Restaurant, Starlight Theatre, Little Women, Grand Horizons (Production experiences, expanding personal awareness, Unicorn Theatre and The Coterie. Education: Stage Manager, Kansas City Actors Theatre). and challenging individual perspectives. It is a BM in Music Composition (Conservatory of Regional Production Stage Manager: leading regional producer based in Pasadena, Music, UMKC). danieldoss.com Something Rotten, Mamma Mia, Pageant: CA. ANW’s award-winning resident company JORDAN CANON-KRUIS The Musical, Fully Committed, This Happened presents world-class theatre at their stateOnce…Romance Depot, Babes In Arms, You’re (Production Stage Manager) KCRep: Cyrano of-the-art, 324-seat performing space. This a Good Man Charlie Brown, The World Goes de Bergerac, Peter Pan and Wendy, Flood, venue, established in 2011, has allowed Round, Altar Boyz (Forestburgh Playhouse); A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, The ANW to expand its audience, surpassing its Into the Woods (Arkansas Repertory Theatre); previous box office and attendance records Royale, What Would Crazy Horse Do?, Fire Falstaff (IU Opera Theatre). Regional in Dreamland, Constellations, The Invisible each year. In addition to producing worldAssistant Stage Manager: Le Nozze di Figaro, class performances of classic theatre, the Hand. Local: Doctor Dolittle (The Coterie) Master Class (Utah Festival Opera and Regional: Noir, Describe the Night, 1984, organization runs robust education programs Quixote Nuevo, Quack, Skeleton Crew, Murder Musical Theatre). Tour Manager: Dog Man: committed to inspiring diverse audiences The Musical (TheatreWorks USA/National on the Orient Express, Satchmo at the Waldorf, of all ages. Helmed by Producing Artistic A Christmas Carol (Alley Theatre, Houston); Tour). Upcoming: Gaslight (Production Stage Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia RodriguezManager, Kansas City Actors Theatre); Romeo Elliott, who hold MFAs from San Francisco’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor et Juliette (Assistant Stage Manager, Lyric Dreamcoat, Legally Blonde (Lees-McRay American Conservatory Theatre, A Noise Opera of Kansas City); Little Shop of Horrors Summer Theatre); Hairspray, Smokey Joe’s Within truly delivers CLASSIC THEATRE, (KCRep). Education: MFA Stage Management, MODERN MAGIC.
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STAFF ADMINISTRATION/FINANCE Chief Financial Officer Catherine Kaullen General Manager Amy M. Abels Owen Associate Director of Finance Kelly Rasor Manager, Information Services Michelle Blaine Finance Manager Caycee Garlow
Development Associate Sara Cook Grant Writer Diana Silver EDUCATION/ COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Director of Education/ Community Programs Melinda McCrary
FRONT OF HOUSE House Manager Kelly Cooper Assistant House Managers Warren Deckert LaVera Fleeks Snipes Front of House Staff Patricia Abts Justin Balling Samantha Balling Dylan Cooper Warren Deckert Linda Fleeks Cay Fogel Brett Gieras MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS Vanessa Harper Director of Marketing Bret King-Hurd & Communications Luigi Muscadin Jana Liles Mark Noble Creative Director & Lainey Obenshain Digital Marketing Specialist Wyatt Owen Dayna Meyer Anthony Snipes Design/Publications Specialist Craig Thompson Thaylia Smith Social Media Manager & PRODUCTION Content Creator Production Manager MacKenzie Turner Janann B. Eldredge Publicist Technical Director Ellen McDonald W.R. Shinoski Publications Assistant Assistant Technical Director/ Nancy Marcy Automation Tom Gault DEVELOPMENT Scene Shop Foreman Director of Development John Owen Nancy Steinacker Head Carpenter Associate Director of Development Daniel Traner Carrie Lenahan Materials Coordinator Development Database Manager Terrance Volden Marie Kocher ARTISTIC Associate Artistic Director Nelson T. Eusebio III Director of Artistic Development Laley Lippard Associate Artistic Director/ UMKC Partnerships Jason Chanos Artistic Associate/Casting Andi Meyer Artistic Manager Lillian Rider
Carpenters Luke Habjan Abigail Hixson Jacob Maher Properties Director Grace Hudson Assistant Properties Director Ariel Lacey Properties Artisan Regina Weller Charge Scenic Artist Colleen Doty Costume Shop Manager Jenny Green Assistant Costume Shop Manager Mary Williams Head Cutter/Draper Christina HadleyDike Cutter/Draper Jana Jessee Wardrobe Supervisor Marianne Rowse Lighting & Projections Supervisor Lexy Canon-Kruis Head Electrician Austin Hendricks Production Electricians Michael Esposito Shayna Phillips Sound & Video Supervisor Jeffrey Keirsey Head Audio Engineer Elizabeth Copenhaver Production Audio Engineer Anakin Garner TICKETING SERVICES Manager, Ticketing Services Codashti McAllister Associate Manager, Community Partnerships & Ticketing Services Courtney Klein Ticketing Services Representatives Mahryn Barron Tehreem Chaudhry Andrew Fogel Dani Saunders Cheryl Wakefield
PRODUCTION CREW: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Stage Management Production Assistants Michelle Lawson Kaitlyn White Youth Cast Coordinators Dana Peterson Gregory Williams Light Board Operator Michael Esposito
Follow Spot Operators Shayna Phillips Katelyn Stanton Audio Board Operator (A1) Elizabeth Copenhaver Audio Technician (A2) Anakin Garner Swing Audio Technician Halley Sylvester
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Stage Crew Francis Cooper Lin Lentine Meg McSweeney Addison Price Motors Operator Powell Brumm Wardrobe Supervisor Marianne S. Rowse
Dressers Sadie Carlson Scott Cordes Marianna Flores Olivia Keller Kimi Schuler Swing Dressers David Krom Georgianna Londré Wig Crew Jessica Michael
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LEADERSHIP fundraising strategies that nearly doubled annual giving in three years. Gieras earned an MBA and MA in arts administration from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas and a BS in finance with a minor in theatre from the University of Florida. She has guest lectured at the University of Florida, Southern Methodist University and at the ANGELA LEE GIERAS University of Missouri(Executive Director) (She/Her) Kansas City. Ms. Gieras is in her eleventh season actively serves the national leading KCRep’s business theatre field. She is frequent operations. She co-leads guest and speaker on with the artistic director to podcasts and webinars fulfill the company’s artistic about theatre, leadership, vision and mission. She is and change management. a performing arts leader, She serves on the board of executive coach, strategist, directors for the League of and fundraiser. During her Resident Theatres (LORT), career, she has overseen is the Treasurer of the board the production of over 55 for Theatre Communications plays including thirteen Group (TCG) and is a past world premieres with co-chair of the LORT Equity, three artistic directors. A Diversity, and Inclusion former commercial banker, Committee and the Gieras began her career in Nominating Committees. theatre administration at She has served as a panelist the Warehouse Theatre in for the NEA, and the Alumni Greenville, South Carolina, Board for SMU’s Cox School and went on to serve as the associate managing director of Business. She is a founding of the Dallas Theater Center, board member for Theatre Alliance of Kansas City where she led finance and (TAKC) and a past member operations and oversaw of the Executive Women’s the acquisition of a new Leadership Council at the production facility. Just KC Chamber. Angela is prior to joining KCRep, married to mortgage banker, she served as director of John Gieras, and is mom to development at Florida daughter Brett Lee Gieras, Theatre in Jacksonville, who is a freshman in college. where she executed
Performing Arts. Stuart is married to public art curator Neysa Page-Lieberman and dad to twelve-year-old twins, Dashiell and Griffin.
STUART CARDEN (Artistic Director) (He/Him) is in his fifth season as Artistic Director of KCRep. An arts leader, director, deviser, producer, educator and new play specialist, Stuart has worked across the United States building new plays, ensemble generated projects, reimagined classics, multidisciplinary performance, and actormusician driven theatrical storytelling. Including creating theatrical experiences with The Old Globe, Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Second City, New Victory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Silk Road Rising, Victory Gardens, People’s Light, Northlight Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, ArtsEmerson, The Wallis Annenberg Center, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Virgin Voyages and PigPen Theatre Co. He is a member of the Society for Stage Directors and Choreographers and represented by Beth Blickers and the Agency for
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$25,000 - $49,999 Barkley (in-kind) E. Kemper Carter and Anna Curry Carter Community Memorial Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee Ford Motor Company Fund Francis Family Foundation * John & Innes Hale Linda & Topper Johntz * Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation * Pemberton Family Charitable Foundation R & C Charitable Foundation Victor E. and Caroline E. Schutte Foundation Trust E, David W. Frantze and Bank of America, N.A., Trustees *
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ANNUAL SUPPORTERS Kansas City Repertory Theatre is grateful for the charitable contributions of the many donors who help make our productions, community outreach programs, and youth education programs possible. The following list represents annual and event support as of September 7, 2023. 816.235.2700
Anonymous (2) Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation * Lynn Badaracco & Dwight Quiring Ivan & Karla Batlle * Beth and John Borders Herb & Bonnie Buchbinder Donor Advisory Fund * Louetta M. Cowden Foundation Bank of America, Trustee Curry Family Foundation The DeBruce Foundation Ann King Dickinson H&R Block * The H&R Block Foundation Laura & David Hall * Nancy P. & Robert W. Hatch * Ellen & Irv Hockaday * Mary & Mark Jorgenson Judy O. Kirk Charitable Fund Frank & Margaret G. McGee Fund Kathy Nordhus Betsy Piebenga * Jessica & Matt Ralston J. B. Reynolds Foundation * The Sosland Foundation * Jo Ann & William D. Sullivan * US Bank * Sally & Robert West *
Dana Abraham & Chuck McCann American Century Investments Foundation Americo Life, Inc Anonymous Marcia H. Bailey * Anne & Bill Blessing * Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City The Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation Burns & McDonnell * Stanley J. Bushman & Ann Canfield Cafe Trio (in-kind) Kay & John Callison * Chappelow Events (in-kind) Virginia & Charles Clark * Commerce Bank Rick & Barbie Dierks * Erik & Bev Elving Evergy Brad & Linda Finkle Dave & Geri Frantze Angela & John Gieras Deanna & Greg Graves Scott & Suzy Hall Hayley E. Hanson & Todd McGuire Dan and Kelly Heckman Husch Blackwell LLP JE Dunn Construction Company Andrew & Sheryl Kaplan Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation * KPMG, LLP * Missouri Humanities Council Scott A. Moore Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund Bill and Barbara Nelson Foundation * Jeannette T. Nichols * Oppenstein Brothers Foundation Commerce Bank, Trustee Polsinelli PC Marny & John Sherman Stinson LLP * Drs. Jessica & Benjamin Stone Bert & Sue Trucksess * UMB Financial Corporation Jayhawk Primary Care at The University of Kansas Health System VanTrust Real Estate Susan & Jason Waldron
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CONTRIBUTORS $2,500 - $4,999 American Century Investments (matching gift) Anonymous * Dick & Emily Ballentine * G. Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund Ann Kaufmann Baum * Stephanie & John Beeder BlueScope * Harvey S. Bodker * Melanie Coleman & Todd Gafney CommunityAmerica Credit Union Country Club Bank Kevin & Dia Covington Crux KC LLC Tom & Margaret Cummings * Steve & Cathy Doyal Kevin Eilers and Courtney Meyer George Enders & Sally Ling First Business Bank David & Janis Francis Judge Jon R. Gray (Ret.) & Dr. Valerie E. Chow Hartley Family Foundation Eric & Lisa Hays Shirley & Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr. Shawn & Melissa Hickey Patrick Hughes, MD Steven Irwin Laurie & Chuck Jarrett Shannon & Brent Johnson Nancy L. Kain * Travis and Margaret Kramer Tracy & David Lockton Beth & Gregg Lombardi R. A. Long Foundation Timothy J. Marchesi & John D. Lawrence / DeMarche Amy McAnarney Melea McRae Sharon & Michael Milens Pamela Miller & Michael Cummings Mosaic Life Care Meggan Newland, M.D. & Jon Henry Ogletree Deakins Debra & Allen Parmet Diane & John R. Phillips Michelle & Tim Prier Kelly Rasor & Linda Duderstadt Kerri Reisdorff Luke & Sara Selby Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP Cody & Michelle Sparks Hillary Stamper
Katie Hall Marc & Nina Hollabaugh Scott & Amy Holsopple Coleen & Chris Hotop Hufft John & Elaine Jepson * Mr. & Mrs. William S. Kanter Jana & Curtis Liles Mike & Candis Lochmann * Carol & Fred Logan $1,500 - $2,499 Steve & Becky Lowry Bourgmont Winery Mike & Kirby McDaniel Steven & Leigh Eck Sara & David O'Connell / FCI Advisors What Matters 2 Us Fund * Sally Firestone * John & Kendal Orlowski Brett Gerstenberger Janet & Jack Podoll Douglas & Ann Ghertner * Rick & Tanya Ratliff Gill Studios, Inc. (in-kind) Roanoke Park Conservancy MaryLee Guthrie Holly Streeter-Schaefer & Donald J. Hall * Ken Schaefer Chris Hernandez & Paul Monteil Seaboard Sarah Hoestje The Sheppard Family Joan Horan The Ingram Family Foundation * Brad & Gisele Sprong Doug Kallenberger & Lynn Blixrud Diana & Tim Toman Sylvia & Laurence Tucker Joy & Jerry Kaplan * Sandra K. & Stanley J. Vogel* Bridgette & Jason Kling Pete B. Browne & Regina & Bill Kort Julie Walker-Browne Brandon & Melissa McManamy Myron & Nicki Wang Stewart & Debbie Myers Abby & Alex Wendel Midwest Trust Company Richard Wetzel Lisa & Charles Schellhorn * George & Beverley Wilson Joe & Susan Sims Christine Yannitelli & Richard Singleton III Dennis Manske * Susannah & TJ Sotos Dr. Michael J. & Cindy S. Wurm * $500 - $999
Jennifer Fitzgerald Jon & Bettine Freeman Sandi & Ed Fried Chris Glissman * Anita Toby Grow Dennis & Donna Haines * Desarae Harrah Chad Harris Mike & Wendy Hauser George Helmkamp John & Sharon Hoffman Ashlei & Charles Holznecht Alleyne Johnson Buddy & Carolyn Jones Dr. Carlo Jurani Brian Kaufman Heather & Jason B. Kort Kathy & Craig Laursen Al Geritz & Dick Leeson Troy Lillebo & Brian Ellison * LOHR Distributing Co - Missouri (in-kind) William J. & Frances Lynn * Bob & Meg Maffitt Ashley Mahoney Patricia E. Cleary Miller, PhD. Paul Miranda Missouri Employers Mutual Moneta Group Kansas City Investment Mark & Janette Morgan Mark & Lynne O'Connell Scott & Robin Page Jeff & Angela Place Mike Poore Drs. Susan & Charles Porter Ann Abercrombie $1,000 - $1,499 George & Wendy Powell * Ellen & John Aisenbrey * Joe & Lainey Puglisi Acord Cox & Scott LLC Joel & Elizabeth Allen Rivas Media (In-Kind) Agrawal Family Fund Anonymous Linda Robins Sarah & Jon Baum Irv Belzer & Sue McCord-Belzer * ArtsKC - Regional Arts Council * Mark & Ryan Rostine Sherrie Bell Mark & Janice Schonwetter Nathan & Margaret Benjamin Robert H. & Kathleen M. Bender * Katherine & James Schorgl Becky Blades Darren Sextro & Boulevard Brewing Co. (in-kind) Joan & Bert Berkley Blue Heron Foundation * Timothy & Jessie Burkhalter John Rensenhouse John Bleazard Michael & Karmel Carothers George & Lisa Shadid * Mary Lou & Tom Brous * Jessica & Jason Chanos Stan & Linda Shipman Bob & Karen Brush * Craig Coen & Jeffrey Bellamy Myra & Lester Siegel, Jr. * Jamie Buckley Harper Coulson & Cyprienne Simchowitz & Marianne Burrell Rebecca Hall-Coulson Jerry White Robert Butcher & Madelyn Rudd Juliette & Ian Singer Angela & Dale Davied Margie Carmody Cindy & David Edgington T. J. & Willard Snyder James & Ellen Copaken Jane & Charles Eldredge Kitty Steffens Creative Planning Melanie & Mike Fenske Greg Thurman & Don White Kit & Jay Culver * Gautreaux Family Fund William & Nancy Topper * Teal & Marty Dakan Stephen & Patricia Gound Rev. Paul Turner * ECCO Select Family Foundation Deb & Paul Turpin Tracy Gretter Janann B. Eldredge Leeann & Mark Van Dyne
Gaye Stevick Julie Stotlar-Towner Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin & Gabe McCubbin University of Kansas Health System - Broadmoor Veracity Consulting, Inc Robb Krumlauf & Leanne Wiedemann
* Shooting Stars — Donors of 10 or more consecutive years
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CONTRIBUTORS $500 - $999 (continued) Barbara McMahon & Dennis Varble Michelle & Cornell Webb Diane & Roy Whitley * Amy S. Winterscheidt Debra S. Wood Henry E. Wurst Family Foundation *
$250 - $499 Kathy Anderson Anonymous Sara Anthony Avek IP Diane & Steve Azorsky Debby & Gary Ballard Sarah & James Barrows Nancy Bean Mary & Tom Bloch Fred & Cindy Bodker Dan & Jobeth Bradbury Sue & George Brandt Connor & Kara Brooks Jerry & Meghan Carpenter
Arden & Mary Ann Carr * Amy & Michael Castillo James & Linda Cole Sarah & Clayton Cook * Don & Pat Dagenais Denton Donor Fund Dana & Bill Dunaway Durkee Family Foundation * Angie & Scott Eck Robert & Mary Florance * SuEllen Fried Bernie Fromm Jeff & Mary Fromm Scott Giffen Ronald & Susan Goldsmith Philanthropic Fund * Grant Family Fund Doreen & Norman Greczyn Rishelle Greenlee Nancy Harrison Joan L. Hartung Liz & T.J. Hawks Bill Herdegen Bill & Irma Lou Hirsch * Mary & Eric Honour Blair & Lyn Hosford * Jay Howard
Justin Howard Rita & Mark Hyde Lance & Pat Jessee Gary Neal Johnson & Lynne Beachner Victoria Kandt Jay & Ann Kinnamon Jim Kunstman Maurine Lenahan Marilyn & Bruce Lowrey Debra & John Mahoney Christine McAtee Sue McKee Alan & Judy Michelson Joe Morris & Kelly Harmon Justin & Kathy Nemecheck Carl & Pam Nitsche / Nitsche DAF Jane & Charles Olsen Aaron Osborne & Ashlee Parker Wanda R. Perkins Carolyn Phelps Mary Ann Pinkerton Maggie Presson * Mike & Usha Rafferty Reed Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. Cindy Reynolds
Don Grodecki & Cheryl Ricke Charles & Cristine Roberts * Paula & Jack Rowe James & Kathy Sear * Michelle & Darin Shank Rosemarie Skivers Elsie Smith * Gretchen & Jack Steadman Adam & Sara Stein Amy & Jason Stubbs Johnna Thomas Russ & Maralee Thompson Mark Thornhill & Maria Donigan Linda S. Trout Ratana & Oscar Tshibanda Marcia Valera David & Marie Voysey Christine Waldschmidt Sara Welsch John Wilinski * Elizabeth Hartley Winetroub Pam & Bill Wishon Michael Wright & Christa Cavanaugh * Judy Yi Damon & Patricia Yurchak
* Shooting Stars — Donors of 10 or more consecutive years
Thank you to all of those who support KCRep with charitable donations via funds at the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City and United Way of Greater Kansas City, as well as other donor advised fund entities and programs. For a complete list of Friends of KCRep ($100+), please visit KCRep.org/contributors.
GIFTS IN HONOR & MEMORY In Memory of LAURA LANGHAUSER ADAMS from Rev. Susan Langhauser In Honor of STUART CARDEN'S Birthday from Virginia Lieberman
In Honor of DOROTHEA & NATHAN JAGODA from the Jagoda Family Foundation
In Honor of STUART CARDEN'S Birthday from Jeramy Zimmerman
In Memory of CANDIS LOCHMAN from Jo Ann Sullivan In Memory of WILLIAM LYNN from Paula Laverentz In Memory of WILLIAM LYNN from George W. Rebeck
In Honor of MARY R. HONOUR from the KCRep Staff In Memory of BRITA HOROWITZ from Marsha S. Pinson
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In Honor of the KCREP FOR ALL INITIATIVE from Melinda Morris Kearney
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In Memory of MAXINE MEFFORD from The Sinrud Family In Memory of CHRISTINA OBENSHAIN from KCRep Staff In Honor of LAINNEY OBENSHAIN from KCRep Staff In Honor of the 2023 Gala Chairs DRS. BENJAMIN & JESSICA STONE from Katherine & James Schorgl In Honor of the 2023 Gala Chairs DRS. BENJAMIN & JESSICA STONE from Juliette & Ian Singer
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Now YOU can play a key role in the future of live professional theatre in Kansas City by taking your place as a member of KCRep’s Planned Giving Society. Arielle Jacobs as Delilah in KCRep's 2017 world premiere production of Between the Lines. Photo: Cory Weaver
The society is comprised of individuals like you who have made special provisions for KCRep’s future through a bequest, trust, or other deferred gifts. By making a commitment to KCRep through charitable gift planning now, you ensure that your favorite theatre will enjoy a vibrant future and remain a vital force for many generations to come.
Take your place in the spotlight! Contact Carrie Lenahan at 816.235.5420 for more information. PLANNED GIVING SOCIETY
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CHARITABLE GIFT PLANNING Help KCRep continue its legacy of artistic excellence while building a legacy of your own! Your financial advisor can help you determine the best charitable gift planning option(s) for you.
BEQUESTS TRUSTS GIFTS OF LIFE INSURANCE APPRECIATED SECURITIES REAL ESTATE PROPERTY DONATIONS RETIREMENT PLAN ASSETS & IRAS OTHER LIFE INCOME AGREEMENTS
For more information, contact Carrie Lenahan at lenahanc@kcrep.org or call 816.235.5420. THANK YOU to these supporters and their families. Generous commitments through estate planning ensure that KCRep continues to thrive, inspiring future generations of theatre lovers.
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Thanks to the tireless work of our artists, technicians, and staff, and thanks to a warm reception from patrons like you, KCRep can continue to bring shows, community outreach programs, and youth education programs to life this season. Photo (l-r): Tiffany Yvonne Cox, Meredith Noel, & Chioma Anyanwu in KCRep's 2023 production of the ripple, the wave KCRep.org that carried me home. Photo: Don Ipock
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