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Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
12/4 - 12/13/2025


The American Dream crumbles under the weight of truth in this reimagined take on Arthur Miller’s classic. Willy Loman, an aging salesman, clings to the ...

Long Time Since Yesterday
Long Time Since Yesterday
3/12 - 3/21/2026


When a group of old friends reunite for the funeral of their brilliant but troubled friend, Janet, grief unearths long-buried truths. Ex-lovers, former rivals, and ...

Like Six O'Clock
Like Six O'Clock
6/11 - 6/26/2026


In a quiet tire shop owned by Bennie, the shock of a nearby factory shooting reverberates throughout the city. With the shooter still at large, ...



KC MELTING POT THEATRE Announces Leadership Transition


by Emmy Rice - August 03, 2025

KC Melting Pot Theatre (KCMPT), Kansas City’s premier Black theatre company, announces a significant leadership transition as Dr. Nicole Hodges Persley steps down as Artistic Director at the conclusion of the 2024–2025 season....

Lewis Morrow's JAWBONE CRACK QUICK Comes to KC Melting Pot Theatre


by Stephi Wild - November 19, 2024

KC Melting Pot Theatre will continue its 10th anniversary season with Lewis Morrow's Jawbone Crack Quick, under the direction of Ile Haggins. Learn more about the show here!...

Past Shows

'Night, Mother
'Night, Mother
9/18 - 9/27/2025


The season opens with the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama ‘Night, Mother , a raw and intimate exploration of mental health, family dynamics, and the strength of ...

Sankofa Entertainment Showcase


Enjoy an intimate dress to impress night of live music, soulful songstresses, poets, dance, and conscious hip-hop artists.

Seven Guitars
Seven Guitars
9/12 - 9/21/2024


Set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1948, “Seven Guitars” follows the lives of seven African American characters as they navigate love, loss, and the pursuit ...

Just Off Broadway Theatre's Summer Festival


Just Off Broadway Theatre is proud to announce its Summer Festival '23 featuring two plays, two play readings, and some of the finest local actors. ...

The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson
12/1 - 12/10/2022


It is 1936, and Boy Willie arrives in Pittsburg from the South in a battered truck loaded with watermelons to sell. He has an opportunity ...

Mother/son
Mother/son
9/15 - 9/24/2022


Mother/son engages the aftereffects of parent-child relationships in this compelling story about race, redemption, and recovery. Lydia, a white woman who is married to a ...

KCMPT Black Playwright Festival


KC Melting Pot Theatre is proud to return for our third year of this playwright festival. Our finalists are: Welcome to the Blue Swan by ...

Begetters
Begetters
5/12 - 5/21/2022


Begetters by Lewis Morrows focuses on the twilight years of a long married African American couple, Spicer and Norma, whose caustic relationship has begun to ...

Barbecue
Barbecue
2/10 - 2/19/2022


The OMallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and straight talk with their sister Barbara, whose spiral of drugs and recklessness ...

Two Trains Running
Two Trains Running
12/3 - 12/11/2021


August Wilsons classic Two Trains Running, the 7th play in his ten-part series, takes place in the 1960s against the backdrop of a rumbling Civil ...

To Act Is To Do by Richard Alan Nichols


Join us at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 18 at the Just Off Broadway Theatre for the release of To Act Is To Do by ...

Into the Woods
Into the Woods
3/18 - 3/26/2016


The story follows a Baker and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella who wishes to attend the King's Festival, and Jack who ...

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