CHRISTMAS IN SONG Comes to Quality Hill Playhouse

Quality Hill Playhouse continues its annual tradition of presenting holiday music in a cabaret setting when CHRISTMAS IN SONG opens November 24. The production will mark the 16th consecutive year of presenting the Playhouse's signature blend of sacred and secular Christmas songs in the intimate 153-seat theatre.

This year's revue will feature beloved carols including "I Wonder As I Wander", "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", and "Joy to the World!"; classical favorites "O Holy Night", "The Birthday of a King", "Gesu Bambino"; a spirited gospel arrangement of "Go Tell It on the Mountain"; songs by pop artists Harry Connick, Jr., Amy Grant, and Michael W. Smith; songs from the television classic A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS ("Linus and Lucy," "Christmastime Is Here"); and the quintessential holiday song, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas".

Vocalists Joseph Carr, LaTeesha McDonald Jackson, and Sarah LaBarr will perform these holiday favorites as solos, duets, and ensembles under the inspired direction of Playhouse Producing Artistic Director J. Kent Barnhart who also serves as pianist/emcee. All four are certain to lighten the hearts and souls of audiences with the wonder and joy of the season through some of its most beautiful music.

CHRISTMAS IN SONG runs through December 24 at Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 W. 10th Street, Kansas City, Mo. Single tickets are $38, with discounts for students, seniors, and groups. For tickets, call 816-421-1700. Visit www.QualityHillPlayhouse.com for more information or to purchase tickets online.

About the Performers
Joseph Carr is making his debut at Quality Hill Playhouse with this production. With degrees in both theatre and music, Carr is at home in both musical theatre and opera. Local credits include Musical Theater Heritage, Spinning Tree Theatre, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. LaTeesha McDonald Jackson returns to Quality Hill Playhouse after last appearing in the 2015 production of Christmas in Song and previous productions of Rhapsody in Gershwin. Jackson performs regularly with Lyric Opera of Kansas City and Fine Arts Institute, among others. Sarah LaBarr last appeared at QHP in 2016's A Grand Night for Singing. A classically-trained singer who loves musical theatre, she has appeared with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Kansas City Rep, and Starlight Theatre, among others.

About Quality Hill Playhouse
J. Kent Barnhart founded the producing company Quality Hill Productions in 1995 and secured the lease on Quality Hill Playhouse in the same year. The company regularly produces six cabaret revues and off-Broadway musicals each year, with a season running from September through July. The theatre has seven rows and seats 153, providing one of the most intimate theatre experiences in Kansas City.

For more information, contact Rick Truman, 816-421-1700, rtruman@qualityhillplayhouse.com.