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Segment 1: A new play about gun violence in Kansas.Nathan Louis Jackson's new play, "Brother Toad," is set in Wyandotte County and Johnson County. It's…
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The last Saturday in April was bright and warm, and the students walking around campus at the University of Missouri-Kansas City wore, along with their…
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The Unicorn Theatre's staging of a play with an all-Asian-American cast is “a landmark event,” according to one member of that cast.Speaking with Gina…
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Segment 1: A school secretary is helping immigrants make plans in case of deportation.For undocumented parents with kids who are U.S. citizens, the risk…
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The widows may have bonded so strongly because their husbands had been murdered within five years of each other. Or perhaps they were drawn together by…
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A new theater troupe in Kansas City is staging monthly play readings in an unlikely venue: a bar.That’s part of the Kansas City Public Theatre’s mission.…
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Kansas City has a wide range of theater venues, from tiny spaces that seat only a couple dozen people to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. And…
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Playwright Karen Hartman knew her work "Project Dawn" dealt with intense material. Its story, about women with multiple prostitution convictions who are…
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People need space to talk about war these days, says Anne Gatschet.“We live in a world that’s got a lot of war. I think all of us are dealing with how to…
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It was a year ago when the Kansas City Actors Theatre decided to produce Sam Shepard's play “A Lie of the Mind” this season. When Shepard died in July,…
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Today, Up To Date previews the Kansas City Fringe Festival with a look at two of this year's acts.First, we find out what a group of Kansas City musicians…
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As families prepare to pile into cars for summer vacations, one new play takes a trip back in time to explore the experience of black travelers in Jim…