Legally Blonde – July 2024

Legally Blonde

July 12-14, 17-21

Legally Blonde

July 12-14, 17-21

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Legally Blonde, Our Summer Musical!

A fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde The Musical, follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances – this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal!

Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle ingeniously charms her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex. With the support of some new friends, though, Elle quickly realizes her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.

Legally Blonde The Musical is perfect for high school and community theatre, featuring a large ensemble and several big song-and-dance numbers.

Show Times

July 12-13 & 17-20

7:30 p.m.

July 14 & 21

2:00 p.m.

TICKETS ARE FREE!!!

Location

Rose Theatre

9301 State Line Rd, 

Kansas City, MO 64114

 

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Time

April 21-23 & 28-30

7:30 p.m.

April 24 & May 1

2 p.m.

Location

Black Box at Avila University
11901 Wornall Rd. Kansas City, MO

Map & directions

Cast & Production Team

Director – Katia Milazzo

Music Director – Grace Mott

Choreographer –  Cristina VanSickle

 

Cast List

Elle Woods  –  Erin Pettijohn
Paulette Buonufonte – Noa Adams
Vivienne Kensington – Ashton Botts
Brooke Wyndham – Taylor Kaschke
Enid Hoops – Ashton Bennett
Pilar – Cara Parisi
Margot – Ashlyn Robertson
Serena – Briana Smith
Professor Callahan – Don Leonard
Warner Huntington III – Timothy Houston
Emmett Forrest – Colin Rohach
Kyle – Chris Zimmerman
Dewey/Winthrop – Brad Dawdy
Chuteny – Kelsey Linn
Grand Master Chad/Nikos – Scotty Sharp
Sundeep Padamadan/Carlos – Micah Watny
Aaron Schultz – Evan LeRoy
Elle’s Mom/Laker Girl – Alexis Close
Elle’s Dad – Cole Bracken
Kate – Ashlyn Warren
Leilani – Kristien Nett

Bruiser Woods – Fancy Jo
Rufus – Stella Rose

Galean – Sophia Zacharias
Courtney – Rachel Pinchi
Store Manager – Alicia Santee-Davis
Lowell – Jonathan Kirkland
Pforzheimer – Keegan Donovan
Judge – HeatherAnne Norbury
Court Stenographer – Paige Reese
Sonya the Stylist – Pancha Brown
Kiki the Colorist – Haley Roberts
DA Joyce Riley – Brenna McConaughuy

Delta Nu/Harvard Students
Sola Owens
Gretchen Anast
Risa Norbury
Ruby Schubert
Scarlett Nevins
Pascale Hunt
Lauren Daugherty
Zoe Pearson
Audrey Chopin
Jess Smith

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Legally Blonde The Musical is presented with special arrangement with Musical Theater International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTI shows.com

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Beauty and the Beast – July 2023

Beauty and the Beast

July 14-16, 19-23

Beauty and the Beast

July 14-16, 19-23

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Tale As Old As Time, Our Summer Musical!

Step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s classic, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, an international sensation that has been produced in 37 countries worldwide. Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature, the stage version includes all of the wonderful songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The original Broadway production ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.

 

This “tale as old as time” is filled with spectacular costume and set opportunities or, even more simply staged, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast offers a great opportunity to bring your entire community together for family theatre at its best.

Show Times

July 14-15 & 19-22

7:30 p.m.

July 16 & 23

2:00 p.m.

TICKETS ARE FREE!!!

Location

Rose Theater at Rockhust High School 

9301 State Line Rd

Kansas City, MO 64114

Map & directions

Time

April 21-23 & 28-30

7:30 p.m.

April 24 & May 1

2 p.m.

Location

Black Box at Avila University
11901 Wornall Rd. Kansas City, MO

Map & directions

Cast & Production Team

Director – Miranda Brand

Music Director – Grace Mott

Choreographer –  Cristina VanSickle

Stage Manager–  Katia Milazzo


Cast: 

Belle: Sydney Nicks

Beast: Charlie Meacham

Gaston: David Thompson

Mrs. Potts: Karen Seaton

Chip: Tenley Thompson

Lumiere: CJ Miller

Cogsworth: John Carver

Babette: Celia Thompson

Wardrobe: Kimberly Arzoian

Maurice: Paul Anderson

Lefou: Colin Rohach

Silly Girls: Jennifer Coville, Taylor Kaschke, Kelsey Linn

Featured Company

Cole Bracken              Sola Owens

Tucker Burks               Amy Pearson

Brad Dawdy                Zoe Pearson

Amy Fish                    Johanna Quigley

Andrea Hobley            Matthew Santaularia

Natalia Monterio         Jaime Tanner

 El O’Brien                  Rachel Pinci

 

Children’s Company

Brilyn Brilhart

Madeline Copeland

Amelia Coville-Schweigert

Lincoln Coville-Schweigert

Sutton Hamm

Autumn Nicholes

Abby Peterson

Henry Tanner

Piper Thompson

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Community theater is an affordable way to bring the arts to your life. 

 

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is presented with special arrangement with Musical Theater International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTI shows.com

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The Drowsy Chaperone – April 2022

The Drowsy Chaperone

April 21-24 & April 28-May 1

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The Drowsy Chaperone

April 21-24 &
April 28-May 1

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

Our hearts are heavy as we announce the cancellation of the remaining performances of Leawood Stage Company’s production of The Drowsy Chaperone. 

The Board of Directors came to this challenging decision based on the rising number of cast and crew members testing positive for COVID. The safety of our cast, crew, musicians, and audience members is our priority and we hope all those affected get well soon.

After weeks of rehearsals and the hours spent on set and costume construction, it is disappointing to see the work of this outstanding cast, orchestra, and crew not being rewarded with applause from an audience. Those that saw the one and only performance, gave The Drowsy Chaperone exceptional reviews. It is heartbreaking to shut down this wonderful production, but it is the responsible decision in order to keep our community safe.

Our box office will be reaching out to all ticket holders over the course of the next few days.

Ticket holders have the following options:

  • Receive a full refund
  • Turn your ticket purchase into a donation to Leawood Stage Company

For any questions regarding tickets, please email vicechair@leawoodstageco.org and we thank you for your patience as we work to get your order processed.

Thank you for your support through this challenging time and we hope to see you at our future events!

Jazz age fun in our spring musical!

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical. The show features two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan, and an intoxicated chaperone.

Hailed by New York Magazine as “The Perfect Broadway Musical,” The Drowsy Chaperone will be a delightful production of madcap fun.

Leawood Stage Company is thrilled to welcome Madison Dodd as Director of the first show in our 24th Season. Madison has made several Leawood Stage Company appearances beginning in 2007 when she played the loveable Amaryllis in The Music Man. She was also seen in LSC productions of Annie Get Your Gun and Brigadoon. Most recently Madison appeared as Emily in the virtual reading of Our Town in 2020 and was seen live as a Bird Girl in Seussical last summer. She is a graduate of Stephen’s College.

Show Times

April 21-23 & 28-30

8 p.m.

April 24 & May 1

1:30 p.m.

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Location

Avila University Black Box Theatre
11901 Wornall Road
Kansas City, MO 64145

Map & directions

Time

April 21-23 & 28-30

7:30 p.m.

April 24 & May 1

2 p.m.

Location

Black Box at Avila University
11901 Wornall Rd. Kansas City, MO

Map & directions

Cast & production team

Director – Madison Dodd
Music Director – Christina Vogler
Choreographer – Hewleek McKoy

Cast:
Man in Chair – Brian Larios
The Drowsy Chaperone – Sydney VanDyke
Aldolpho – Doug Jones
Janet Van de Graff – Kelly Urschel Edgar
Robert Martin – Carson Tate
George – Chy F. Billings
Mrs. Tottendale – Julie Fox
Underling – Ron Meyer
Mr. Feldzieg – Paul Anderson
Kitty – Camille Breckenridge
Gangster #1 –Micah Watney
Gangster #2 – Ryan Barber
Trix – Andrea Hobley
Super – Jonathan Kirkland
Ensemble –
Joyce Hess
Gracie King
Emily Alphine
Jonathan Kirkland
Cody Kreutzer
John Carver

Character breakdown

Man In Chair

Musical theatre aficionado who mourns the end of the Golden Era. He narrates the show as he listens to the record on vinyl.

Mrs. Tottendale

The air-headed, proper, and bossy host of the wedding.

Underling

Mrs. Tottendale’s savvy butler who is thrifty and stiff yet has an understated sense of humor.

Robert Martin

The dashing, ever-cheerful groom; played by matinee-idol Percy Hyman.

George

Robert’s anxious, dim-witted best man who has Robert’s best-interest always at heart.

Feldzieg
Broadway producer who is desperate for his star to return to his show; played by Jack Adler.

Kitty

Feldzieg’s dim-witted companion who has hopes of being a star; played by Sadie Adler.

Gangsters
Posing as pastry chefs, this duo is intending to collect from Feldzieg; played by the vaudeville duo Tall Brothers.

Aldolpho

European self-proclaimed “ladies man”; played by former silent movie star Roman Bartelli.

Janet Van De Graaf
The famous bride. Glamorous and talented star of Feldzieg’s Follies; played by rising star Jane Roberts.

The Drowsy Chaperone

Janet’s alcoholic confidante and friend; played by well-established stage actress Beatrice Stockwell

Trix

The brave and brash female aviator who, by chance, is recruited to perform the wedding.

Ensemble
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The Addams Family – July 2022

The Addams Family

Free Summer Show!
July 14-17 & 21-23, 2022

IMPORTANT MESSAGE:
It is with great sadness we announce both weekends of The Addams Family have been cancelled.

The Addams Family, a new musical, is fun for the entire family and will feature performers of all ages with a children’s ensemble. Based on characters created by Charles Addams, this musical with a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa brings to life our favorite ghoulish family.

The Addams Family is a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. The Addams face change as they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.

Leawood Stage company is thrilled to welcome back Kevin Bogan as Director for another summer production. Kevin directed Annie Get Your Gun, My Fair Lady, and Promises, Promises. He performed in Sunday in the Park with George and has music directed several additional shows for Leawood Stage Company.

Escape the summer heat and rain, inside the Rose Theater at Rockhurst High
School, 9301 State Line Road, Kansas City, MO 64114 July 14, 15, 16, & 21, 22,
23 at 7:30 p.m. or July 17 at 2:00 p.m. Doors will open one half hour before
curtain time. Admission is free. Select your seats as you enter the theater. The
Rose Theater is handicap accessible.

Show Times

July 21-23
7:30 p.m.

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Location

Rose Theater at Rockhurst High School
9301 State Line Road
Kansas City, MO 64114

Map & directions

Leawood Stage Company presents the highest quality free theater in the area. We offer summer performances free to the public, serving senior citizens on a limited budget or families that might otherwise not be able to afford live theater performances. This is a great way to introduce young audiences to the arts.

Escape the summer heat and rain, inside the Rose Theater at Rockhurst High School, 9301 State Line Road, Kansas City, MO 64114 July 14, 15, 16, & 21, 22, 23 at 7:30 p.m. or July 17 at 2:00 p.m. Doors will open one half hour before curtain time. Admission is free. Select your seats as you enter the theater. The Rose Theater is handicap accessible.

No food or drink is allowed in the theater, no concessions will be sold. No dogs are allowed other that registered service dogs.

Cast & Production Team

Gomez – Brian Larios
Morticia – Ramsey Self
Wednesday –  Averey Shaw
Pugsley – Leo Covitz
Grandma –  Pam Sollars
Fester –  Tony Francisco
Lurch –  Rob Hallifax
Mal –  Doug Jones
Lucas – Edmund Castle

Alice –  Meredith Hollan
Cupid – Emma Daggett
Ensemble – Katherine Allison, Amelia Clark, Sean Dearing, Charlotte Gilman, Ashley McGuire, Adele Milligan, Karen Seaton, Camryn Warner, Miles Wirth

Director – Kevin Bogan
Stage Manager – Chuck Harper
Choreographer – Valerie Martin
Co-Choreographer – Tyler Rene Harper
Costumes – Annette Cook
Set Design/Construction/Props – Frank Gentile
Sound/Lighting Tech – Atem Akuei, Andrew Classen, Logan Cook, Owen Lundstrom, Trevor Murphy, Aldric Yang

Character breakdown

Gomez Addams
Stage Age: 35-55
Vocal Range: Bb2 – G4
A suave man of Spanish descent who adores his wife and children and takes immense pride in being an Addams. Gomez finds himself trapped between his daughter and his wife, being forced to hide Wednesday’s big secret from Morticia. He has great comedic timing and is a good dancer. Spanish accent is a plus!

Morticia Addams
Stage Age 35-55
Vocal Range: G3 – Bb5
The beautiful, leggy and mysterious head of the Addams family who believes strongly in family tradition. Morticia is unnerved thinking that Gomez is hiding something from her. She is confident and sexy with a side of dry wit. She is a strong mover (tango skills a plus!)

Wednesday Addams
Stage Age: 18 – 22
Vocal Range; A3 – E5
Gothic big sister Wednesday who has her father’s heart and her mother’s sensibility falls in love with a “normal” boy who she brings home to meet the family. Wednesday is trying to balance her relationships with “strange” family with that of her new love and his “normal” family. Wednesday showcases compassion, a bit of stubbornness and strong will. She has a strong belt.

Pugsley Addams
Stage Age 10 – 13
Vocal Range: A3 – F5
The youngest of the Addams Family, Pugsley loves to be tortured by his big sister. He is lost trying to figure out his place now that she has a new boyfriend and family dynamics are changing. Pugsley is charming and funny, ideally with an unchanged singing voice.

Uncle Fester
Stage Age: 30-50
Vocal Range; C3 – G4 (optional C5) Serving as the narrator of the show, Uncle Fester is lovable, childish, enthusiastic and highly incorrigible. Fester has great comedic timing and a tenor voice. Ukulele skills a plus!

Grandma
Stage Age: 102
Vocal Range: G4 – F5 Fun, quirky and feisty, Grandma always has a trick up her sleeve. Grandma is wise, wacky and sometimes a bit crass. She has great comedic timing and physicality.

Lurch
Stage Age: 25 – 50
Vocal Range: Eb2 – E4
A man of few words, Lurch is the Addams Family butler. His unmistakable commanding presence is accented by grunts, moans and deliberate movement. Must have great non-verbal story-telling abilities (think: facial expressions and sound). Lurch has a rich bass voice.

Lucas Beinecke
Stage Age : 18 – 22
Vocal Range: C3 – C5
The hopeful romantic and son of Alice & Mal, Lucas has fallen in love with Wednesday and intends to marry her. He is optimistic and hopeful yet struggles to find the balance between his ‘normal’ family and the macabre Addams. Strong singer.

Mal Beinecke 
Stage Age 35 – 55
Vocal Range: C3 – A4
The uptight and father of Lucas and cold-shouldered husband to Alice, cynical Mal meets the Addams with skepticism. He finds the Addams to be too bizarre for his liking and cannot fathom being related to them.

Alice Beineckee
Stage Age 35 – 55
Vocal Range: C3 – A4
The uptight and father of Lucas and cold-shouldered husband to Alice, cynical Mal meets the Addams with skepticism. He finds the Addams to be too bizarre for his liking and cannot fathom being related to them.

The Ancestors
Stage Age: 15+
All Vocal Ranges
Male & Female The Addams ancestors from various eras serve as the chorus for the show and help bring the story to life. They will be featured both singing and dancing throughout the entire show (once released from the family crypt!). Seeking actors with both vocals and dancing abilities.

The Ancestor Children
Stage Age: 5 – 14
Vocal Range SA (Unchanged Voices)
These children are keepers of the secrets of the Addam’s family and help guide them along. (Must be 7 years old to audition)

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