The 2014 Kansas City Fringe Festival, which begins in less than two weeks, will showcase the work of not one, not two (nor three), but four MDC playwrights.* Fringe runs July 17 through 27 at venues throughout the city. Here's where you can catch the latest work from MDC writers:
A Hard Day's Night
By Vicki Vodrey
Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central in Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, MO 64108
Fri., July 18 - 7:30 p.m. / Sun., July 20 - 1:30 p.m. / Tue., July 22 - 8:00 p.m. / Thu., July 24 - 9:00 p.m. / Sat., July 26 - 6:00 p.m.
Poor Kelly. Growing up isn’t easy -
parents obsessed with Disney, a popular sister, Grandpa’s ghost in the
basement, and a house cluttered with pet ashes. But at her parents’
twentieth anniversary celebration, with guests there for partying the
night away, she vows to make things change. Writer: Vicki Vodrey.
Director: Taylor St. John. Featuring Jennifer Mays, Bryan Moses, Melissa
Fennewald, Chris Roady, Shelley Wyche, Mariah Thompson. "It's a f**king
compliment to call this family dysfunctional!"
Red Death
Libretto by Bryan Colley
Score by Daniel Doss
Off Center Theatre at Crown Center, 2450 Grand Ave., Kansas City, MO 64108
Fri., July 18 - 8:00 p.m. / Sat., July 19 - 3:30 p.m. / Mon., July 21 - 7:30 p.m., Wed., July 23 - 7:30 p.m. / Thu., July 24 - 6:00 p.m., Sat., July 26 - 9:00 p.m.
Join Prince Prospero in the safety of
his castle as plague and pestilence ravages the land. He will delight
and entertain you with a magnificent masqued ball. Tara Varney directs
this operatic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "Masque of the Red Death"
starring tenor Nathan Granner, with music by Daniel Doss and
choreography by Amy Hurrelbrink.
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Girl On Girl
Plays by Cynthia Hardeman, Michelle T. Johnson, and Teresa Leggard
Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central in Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, MO 64108
Sat., July 19 - 2:00 p.m. / Sun., July 20 - 3:00 p.m. / Tue., July 22 - 10:00 p.m. / Thu., July 24 - 6:00 p.m. / Sat., July 26 - 8:00 p.m.
Three female playwrights. Three World
Premieres. One director. Five actors and actresses doing everything
from working sexy lingerie to train station drama to dueling doulas.
Come see the work of Cynthia Hardeman, Michelle T. Johnson and Teresa
Leggard. Directed by Andre Du Broc.
Intermission
By David Hanson
Westport Coffee House, 4010 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO 64108
Sat., July 19 - 6:30 p.m. / Sun., July 20 - 1:30 p.m. / Thu., July 24 - 9:30 p.m. / Fri., July 25 - 8:00 p.m. / Sat., July 26 - 3:00 p.m.
Two lost souls, a man who only attends the first acts of production, and a woman who only frequents second acts, meet during several intermissions and slowly come to realize that life can not be lived 15 minutes at a time.
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*And one MDC artistic director:
Green Fish
Plays by Kate Haugan, Marlo Angell, Alli Jordan, and Victor Wishna
Heartland Forum (formerly American Heartland Theatre), 2450 Grand Ave., Kansas City, MO 64108
Sat., July 19 - 7:30 p.m. / Tue., July 22 - 6:00 p.m. / Fri., July 25 - 10:30 p.m.
Green Fish is the result of the FishTank's Spring Playwriting Seminar facilitated by Heidi Van and taught/directed by Bryan Moses.Taking place in a hospital near Disneyland, these short pieces explore the themes of pregnancy. Playwrights include: Kate Haugan, Marlo Angell, Alli Jordan, and Victor Wishna.
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