A Christmas Carol - The Kansas City Repertory Theatre

2012—2013 STUDENT MATINEE SERIES
Pippin
All matinees include a learning guide and Q. & A. with the cast after the performance.
All matinees start at 10:00am with the exception of A Christmas Carol which starts at 10:30am.
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Book by Rodger O. Hirson
Directed by Eric Rosen
September 14‐ October 7, 2012
Student Matinees: Tuesday, Oct. 2 & Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 at 10:00am.
Cost: $10 per student ticket with one complimentary chaperone ticket per 10 students.
Location: Spencer Theatre, James C. Olson Center for the Performing Arts, 4949 Cherry, Kansas City, MO 64110,
on the campus of UMKC.
Recommended for high school and up.
Building upon Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s successfully reimagined and innovative productions of
Into the Woods and Cabaret, Artistic Director Eric Rosen directs Stephen Schwartz’s iconic musical
Pippin, the story of Prince Pippin's quest to find personal significance. Pippin traverses the trials of war,
love and politics before discovering his true self amongst the peasants, away from the wealth and
privilege of royal life. This musical theatre classic, originally directed by Bob Fosse, promises to be a
profound reinvention with new visual and musical twists to enjoy.
The Mystery of Irma Vep
Written by Charles Ludlam
Directed by Tom Aulino
October 19‐November 18, 2012
Student Matinees: Thursday, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:00am.
Cost: $10 per student ticket with one complimentary chaperone ticket per 10 students.
Location: Copaken Stage, 13 th & Walnut, One H&R Block Way, Kansas City, Missouri, 64105, located in the H&R
Block Building.
Recommended for high school and up.
With a dizzying array of lightning‐fast transformations and costume changes, two of Kansas City’s finest
actors, Mark Robbins and Ron McGee, portray multiple men, women and monsters in The Mystery of
Irma Vep. Cited as one of the best plays of 1984 by The New York Times and TIME magazine, Charles
Ludlam's farcical thriller/comedy is a gender‐bending tour‐de‐force that both celebrates and satirizes
horror movies, classic literature and the conventions of theatre itself. Set on a “dark and stormy night,”
Lady Enid arrives at an estate with her new husband, who is under the spell of his deceased first wife
and haunted by something prowling the grounds. Freely quoting from a range of literary, cinematic and
pop culture sources, The Mystery of Irma Vep is a fun madcap romp with a nod to Shakespeare, Ibsen
and Poe; werewolves, vampires and mummies!
A Christmas Carol: Learning Guide Page 47