{"id":2296398,"date":"2026-02-23T22:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2296398"},"modified":"2026-02-23T22:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:39:13","slug":"kc-rep-to-offer-musical-farce-civil-rights-tale-in-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kc-rep-to-offer-musical-farce-civil-rights-tale-in-2026-27\/","title":{"rendered":"KC Rep to offer musical, farce, civil rights tale in 2026-27"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Kansas City Repertory Theatre<\/a>\u2019s 2026-27 season announced Monday will have a little bit of everything.<\/p>\n

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The five-show schedule will begin in September with the 2017 Broadway hit musical \u201cCome From Away,\u201d which played in 2024 at Starlight Theatre, and will conclude in May with the British farce, \u201cThe Play That Goes Wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In between are \u201cJohn Proctor Is the Villain,\u201d a modern, comedic reimagining of \u201cThe Crucible\u201d that ran on Broadway in 2025, and \u201cFannie: The Life and Music of Fannie Lou Hamer,\u201d which draws on civil rights history to tell a true-life story.<\/p>\n

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And, of course, the KC Rep season will feature its traditional holiday production of \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d for the 45th year \u2014 this time without its longtime Scrooge, Gary Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Season-ticket packages starting at $54 are on sale now at kcrep.org<\/a>. Single tickets will go on sale July 15.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCome From Away\u201d portrays events in Gander, Newfoundland, after the 9\/11 attacks. It will open the Kansas City Repertory Theatre\u2019s 2026-27 season. File photo<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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Kansas City Repertory Theatre 2026-27 season<\/h2>\n

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\u2018Come From Away\u2019<\/h2>\n

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Sept. 1-20, Spencer Theater<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Tony Award-winning musical recounts how nearly 7,000 airline passengers were grounded in a small Canadian town after 9\/11. It will be presented during the 25th anniversary of the attacks.<\/p>\n

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\u2018John Proctor Is the Villain\u2019<\/h2>\n

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Oct. 6-25, Copaken Stage<\/b><\/p>\n

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Set in a high school classroom in a small Georgia town, this play follows five female students studying the Salem Witch Trials and how they discover parallels to their own lives.<\/p>\n

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\u2018A Christmas Carol\u2019<\/h2>\n

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Nov. 21-Dec. 24, Spencer Theater<\/b><\/p>\n

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One of Kansas City\u2019s favorite holiday traditions for more than four decades, KC Rep\u2019s production of the Dickens classic returns with Ebenezer Scrooge, the Cratchits, Tiny Tim, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFannie: The Life and Music of Fannie Lou Hamer,\u201d which will run Feb. 16-March 7, 2027, at the Copaken Stage, draws on civil rights history to tell a true-life story. Artwork by Dayna Meyer Kansas City Repertory Theatre<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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\u2018Fannie: The Life and Music of Fannie Lou Hamer\u2019<\/h2>\n

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Feb. 16-March 7, 2027, Copaken Stage<\/b><\/p>\n

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This one-woman play tells the music-filled story of American civil rights hero Fannie Lou Hamer, the daughter of a Mississippi sharecropper who co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964.<\/p>\n

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\u2018The Play That Goes Wrong\u2019<\/h2>\n

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May 4-23, 2027, Spencer Theater<\/b><\/p>\n

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Everything that can go wrong does go wrong during a theater company\u2019s opening performance of a murder mystery in this farce that played on Broadway (2017-19) and has run in London since 2012.<\/p>\n

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The Kansas City Star<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dan Kelly has been covering entertainment and arts news at The Star since 2009. He previously worked at the Columbia Daily Tribune, The Miami Herald and The Louisville Courier-Journal. He also was on the University of Missouri School of Journalism faculty for six years, and he has written two books, most recently \u201cThe Girl with the Agate Eyes: The Untold Story of Mattie Howard, Kansas City\u2019s Queen of the Underworld.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.kansascity.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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