Unicorn Theatre Announces Their Upcoming Season

The Unicorn Theatre exists to enhance the cultural life of Kansas City by producing professional contemporary, thought-provoking theater, which inspires emotional response and stimulates discussion.

red by John Logan
2010 Tony Award Winner for Best Play
Previews September 14 - 18, Runs September 20 - October 2, 2011

Directed by Cynthia Levin
Featuring Jim Birdsall and Sam Cordes

The color of an artist's passion

A startling snapshot of a brilliant artist at the height of his fame, this 2010 Tony Award winner takes you into the mind of master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko for whom paintings are "pulsating" life forces and intended to "rip your guts out and expose your soul." The play captures the eccentric painter's two-year struggle to complete a lucrative set of murals for Manhattan's exclusive Four Seasons restaurant.

god of carnage by Yasmina Reza Translated by Christopher Hampton
2009 Tony Award Winner for Best Play
Previews October 19, 20 and 21, Runs October 22 - November 13, 2011

Directed by Mark Robbins
Featuring Cinnamon Schultz, Brian Paulette, Melinda McCrary and John Rensenhouse

The civility and savagery of parenting

2009 Tony Award winner God of Carnage has its Kansas City debut at the same theatre where Reza's smash hit Art was staged more than a decade ago. Two couples meet to have a well-mannered discussion regarding a schoolyard fight between their sons. What results is a wildly hysterical night of tantrums and tears before bedtime-and the kids aren't even there!

Co-Produced with Kansas City Actors Theatre in partnership with UMKC Theatre

the salvation of iggy scrooge Book by Larry Larson, Levi Lee and Music by Edd Key
Previews November 30, December 1 and 2, Runs December 3 - 24, 2011

Directed by Missy Koonce
Featuring Matthew Rapport, Ron MeGee, Matthew McAndrews, Matthew Jayson Weiss, Rufus Burns, Erin McGrane, Britney McLeod, Kelly Gibson, Greg Brostrom and more to be announced!

The Christmas story Dickens wishes he'd written

A cross between the Dickens classic and a rollicking trip down pop culture memory lane, this is a phantasmagorical evening of irreverent Christmas cheer. Iggy is a burned out rock-n-roll superstar who snarls through Christmas Eve until a top of the charts group of ghosts shows up: rock legends Bob Marley, Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley come to set his warped values straight. This crazy Christmas offering was first seen at the Unicorn in 1998.

Co-Produced with UMKC Theatre
next fall by Geoffrey Nauffts
2010 Tony Award Nominee for Best Play
Previews January 25, 26 and 27, Runs January 28 - February 12, 2012

Directed by Jeff Church
Featuring Dwight Tolar, Rusty Sneary, Merle Moores, Mark Robbins, Vanessa Severo and Doogin Brown

Love who you love

Luke and Adam are deeply in love, but there is a twist to their five-year relationship. Luke is a Christian and Adam is an atheist. A witty and provocative look at faith and commitment, Next Fall was nominated for a 2010 Tony Award for Best Play.

world premiere
hungry by Lia Romeo
Previews February 29, March 1 and 2, Runs March 3 - 18, 2012

Directed by Cynthia Levin
Featuring Dina Kirschenbaum, Manon Halliburton, Jeff Smith and more to be announced!

A 'mouthwatering' comedy

High school misfit Amy struggles to fit in at home and at school, dealing with boy problems, peer pressure and her mother's constant pestering about her weight gain. But when a minotaur mysteriously appears in her backyard, Amy finds help and support from a very unlikely source. Being best friends with a giant, man-eating mythological beast has its advantages, but will the minotaur be her salvation, or her downfall?

time stands still by Donald Margulies
2010 Tony Award Nominee for Best Play
Previews April 11, 12 and 12, Runs April 14 - 29, 2012

Directed by Sidonie Garrett
Featuring Carla Noack, David Fritts, Robert Elliott and more to be announced!

Chaos come home

This 2010 Tony Award nominee focuses on Sarah, a photo journalist who has just returned home from Iraq after being injured by a roadside bomb, and her boyfriend James, a journalist who is swamped by guilt after leaving her there alone. When the adventurous couple confronts the prospect of a more conventional life, everything changes...in a flash.

everyday rapture by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
Previews May 16, 17 and 18, Runs May 19 - June 3, 2012

Directed by Jerry Jay Cranford
Musical Direction by Anthony T. Edwards
Cast to be announced

From the wheat fields to the Great White Way

A semi-autobiographical stage memoir by Sherie Rene Scott, this is the story of a woman's psycho-sexual-spiritual journey that separates her mostly Mennonite past from her mostly Manhattan future. She travels from Topeka, Kansas to New York City; with a disturbing detour through YouTube. Filled with familiar tunes, this musical follows Sherie's road to Broadway semi-stardom. This is the first production in the nation since Sherie premiered the show on Broadway.

This production is made possible by a grant from Theater League.

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