Mark Robbins

Good People

Bill Anderson and Matthew Long-Middleton — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Economic struggles, loyalty to friends and endless hopes of coming out on top in America. Those are the central themes of the play Good People, a 2011 Tony Award nominee for best play. It recently was presented in St Louis, and now has a debut in Kansas City at the Unicorn Theater.

[VIDEO] The Ghostly Specters Of 'A Christmas Carol'

Julie Denesha — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:45:00 +0000

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol opens on a "cold, bleak, biting" Christmas Eve.

The Mystery Of Irma Vep

Jabulani Leffall and Jeffrey Harvey — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Mummies, ghosts, and werewolves - oh my! The new production at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre is a real scream.

'Irma Vep' A Show Dependent On Clothes Encounters

Steve Walker and Julie Denesha — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:04:05 +0000

The Kansas City Repertory Theatre's latest production, The Mystery of Irma Vep, features eight characters of both sexes, including the Lord and Lady Hillcrest, their maid and butler, and a couple of surprise visitors. Because the license for the show stipulates that it can only be cast with two actors of the same gender, it requires a dizzying amount of split second costume changes that depend on both a skillful designer and dressers with laser focus.

Kansas City Actors Theatre's 'The Mousetrap' A Killer Show

Steve Walker — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:42:58 +0000

When Kansas City Actors Theatre started fishing for a theme for the launch of its eighth season, the founders first picked one play, then tailored a similar one around that. They are now poised to give audiences what they're calling its "Summer of Mystery."

KCAT Tackles Four Works by Harold Pinter

Steve Walker — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:45:00 +0000

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Kansas City, Mo. – Kansas City Actors Theatre, or KCAT, has built a reputation for designing its seasons around a specific theme or playwright. In past years, the company studied marriage by mounting four different plays about it, and spotlighted Missouri-native Lanford Wilson by staging his three "Talley" plays.

Actors Revisit Roles in KC Actors Theatre's "True West"

Steve Walker — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:20:00 +0000

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Kansas City, MO – There are many theatre roles - say, Romeo and Juliet - that should probably be retired from an actor's repertoire by the time they're 30. But what happens when actors return to roles they played much earlier in their careers?