After more than 60 years of collaboration, UMKC and Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KCRep) are formally parting ways.   Their affiliation agreement will end in 2029, marking the start of new growth for both institutions as they expand and pursue new opportunities. “UMKC...

  The complicated love story in “Once” kicks off the KCRep’s 2024 to 2025 season on Sept. 4 in the Spencer Theater. The heartfelt and intimate musical, playing until Sept. 22, explores personal growth and change through music.   Based on the 2007 indie film, the play...

I have been to many shows at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KCRep), but it was evident upon arriving to pick up my ticket that its annual production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is an entirely different beast. To begin with, everyone was dressed in their...

Did you know UMKC is haunted? Whether it’s the ghost of Harriet Barse at Epperson House, the spirits of the Dickeys in Scofield Hall or the ghost of actress Vaughn Burkholder rumored to still haunt the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, UMKC certainly has its fair share of...

Women of color, namely black women, deal with a variety of heavy issues daily. KCRep’s choreopoem, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” written by Ntozake Shange, captures every ounce of it, leaving its audience in tears. Covering...