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METROPOLITAN ENSEMBLE THEATRE

3927 Main Street
Kansas City, MO 64111

American Holiday Stories
12/5 - 12/14/2025


A performance of two Great American Christmas classics ~ Act 1: In one continuous scene, Thornton Wilder chronicles six generations of a pioneering and enterprising ...

American Holiday Stories
American Holiday Stories
12/5 - 12/14/2025


A performance of two Great American Christmas classics ~ Act 1: In one continuous scene, Thornton Wilder chronicles six generations of a pioneering and enterprising ...

American Holiday Stories
American Holiday Stories
12/5 - 12/14/2025


A literary lover’s holiday delight!   AMERICAN HOLIDAY STORIES comprises three tales of memory and joy that bring together masters Truman Capote, Thornton Wilder, and a ...

A Man For All Seasons
1/16 - 1/25/2026


It’s not easy telling truth to power, even in the 1500’s. It’s not easy telling truth to power, even in the 1500’s. A Man for ...

Silent Sky
2/27 - 3/8/2026


Silent Sky tells the true story of Henrietta Leavitt, an astronomer ahead of her time. It is 1900, and Henrietta has the opportunity to work ...

The Shawshank Redemption
4/17 - 4/26/2026


Based on the novella by Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption follows the story of Andy Dufresne, a successful banker sentenced to two consecutive life terms ...



Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards; Leads Favorite Theatre!


by BWW Awards - December 08, 2025

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards; LEGALLY BLONDE Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025

The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Kansas City Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre Returns to the Warwick With MOTHER’S DAUGHTER


by A.A. Cristi - September 16, 2025

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre will return to the Warwick Theatre for the first time since a 2024 fire with the Kansas City premiere of Mother’s Daughter by Kate Hennig. ...

Review: BOOK OF DAYS at Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre


by Alan Portner - February 01, 2025

Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre kicks off its 2025 calendar year offerings with an offbeat murder mystery/character study by Lanford Wilson called BOOK OF DAYS performed at The Westport Bowery. The play, originally commissioned by Jeff Daniels in 1998 for his own small town (Michigan) theater company,...

Past Shows

Mother's Daughter
9/17 - 9/28/2025


This stunning third part to Kate Hennig’s powerful Queenmaker Series, England’s first queen finds herself fighting xenophobia, religious nationalism, and strained familial bonds in the ...

That Day In Tucson
That Day In Tucson
5/11 - 5/21/2023


Don't miss out on your opportunity to see the real story of an unexpected hero, intern Daniel Hernandez, who is thrown into the spotlight after saving ...

Oliver!
Oliver!
6/18 - 6/28/2020


Winner of the 1963 Tony Award for Best Original Score & 1968 Academy Award for Best PictureA child gets lost in the inner city and ...

The Nowhere Girl
The Nowhere Girl
4/30 - 5/17/2020


Movie star Caroline has it all: looks, fame, and a clear shot at superstardom. With pregnancy, though, her carefully crafted life gets torn apart as ...

Mother of the Maid
Mother of the Maid
3/19 - 4/5/2020


Isabella is a sensible, hard-working, God-fearing peasant woman whose faith is upended as she deals with the baffling journey of her odd and extraordinary daughter, ...

She Loves Me!
She Loves Me!
2/13 - 2/23/2020


An intimate and touching show, featuring music by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof) and book by Joe Masteroff (Cabaret), She Loves ...

{Proof}
{Proof}
1/9 - 1/26/2020


Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner 2001 Tony Award for Best PlayCatherine has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable mathematician ...

And God Did Shake the Pear: Shakespeare for Everyday Living


Scott Cox is BACK at the Warwick Theatre for THREE SHOWS ONLY with his one-man show, AND GOD DID SHAKE THE PEAR: SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYDAY ...

The Weir
The Weir
10/22 - 10/31/2019


Join us for a night of Irish ghost stories staged in the Warwick Lobby! Seating is limited, so get your tickets today! Call 816-569-3226 or ...

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde


Publicly accused of sodomy, renowned writer Oscar Wilde comes under legal scrutiny as a perpetrator of the love that dare not speak its name. Drawing ...

The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
4/4 - 4/21/2019


Based on the novella by Stephen King, this adaptation of The Shawshank Redemption hearkens to the 1994 critically acclaimed film, bringing audiences to the edge ...

August Wilson's Seven Guitars


The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents one of August Wilsons rarely produced masterpieces, Seven Guitars, the 1940s installment of his Pittsburgh Cycle, February 21-March 10 at ...

The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
1/17 - 1/27/2019


The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents Tom Stoppards translation of Anton Chekhovs theatrical masterpiece The Cherry Orchard at the Warwick Theatre January 17-27. Chekhovs classic focuses ...

It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
12/6 - 12/16/2018


The Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre presents Joe Landry’s retelling of the motion picture and holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life (IAWL) December 6-16 at the Warwick ...

The Unsinkable Molly Brown
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
6/14 - 6/24/2018


This legendary American original rises above her impoverished beginnings and proves that you can't keep a good woman down! Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre closes its 13th ...

Anna in the Tropics
Anna in the Tropics
4/18 - 4/22/2018


Anna in the Tropics, by Nilo Cruz will open the space on April 12th. The 2003 Pulitzer Prize winning play tells the story of Cuban ...

Defying Gravity
Defying Gravity
1/11 - 1/28/2018


Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre kicks off the new year with DEFYING GRAVITY, a clever and uplifting fantasy written by Jane Anderson, with ear catching musings about ...

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play


It’s Christmas Eve 1945, and only a few of KCMET Radio’s actors have braved the blizzard to perform that evening’s broadcast of It’s a Wonderful ...

Cymbeline
Cymbeline
11/11 - 11/26/2017


Imagine all the greatest hits from plays by William Shakespeare -- star-crossed lovers, heroic soldiers , raging royalty, evil drug dealing dukes, twisted villains, banished ...

9-5: The Musical Lyrics and Music by Dolly Parton and Book by Patricia Resnick


9 to 5 The Musical, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie. ...

Tennessee Playboy by Preston Lane


It’s just another rainy night at a 24-hour truck stop in East Tennessee when a stranger staggers in with a shocking tale of a murder ...

Gem of the Ocean
Gem of the Ocean
2/23 - 3/11/2017


The play is set in 1904 at 1839 Wylie Avenue in Pittsburgh's Hill District. Aunt Ester, the drama's 285-year-old fiery matriarch, welcomes into her home ...

Photograph 51
Photograph 51
1/19 - 2/4/2017


Photograph 51 is a moving portrait of RosalindFranklin, one of the great female scientists of the twentieth centruy, and her drive to unravel the mysteries ...

Photograph 51 by Anna Zeigler


A humorous and moving portrait of Rosalind Franklin, one of the great female scientists of the twentieth century, and her fervid drive to map the ...

It's a Wonderful Life: A Life Radio Play


This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few ...

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play


This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few ...

Deathtrap
Deathtrap
10/21 - 11/5/2016


Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell. A break in ...

Parade
Parade
6/16 - 6/26/2016


Parade by Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown Directed by Karen Paisley Parade tells the heart-wrenching, true story of Leo Frank: a Brooklyn-raised Jewish man ...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
5/12 - 5/28/2016


Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the story of a Southern family in crisis, especially husband Brick and wife Maggie. They gather at Brick's ...

The Tall Girls
The Tall Girls
3/31 - 4/17/2016


The tiny hamlet of Poor Prairie doesn’t see a lot of folks coming into town, least of all men – they’ve all left to find ...

The Skin of Our Teeth
The Skin of Our Teeth
2/18 - 3/6/2016


THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH By Thornton Wilder Winner 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Directed by Bob Paisley Meet George and Maggie Antrobus of Excelsior, ...

Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight


Passionate. Brilliant. Defiant. Tonight, 18th century scientific genius Emilie du Châtelet is back and determined to answer the question she died with: love or philosophy, ...

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail


THE NIGHT THOREAU SPENT IN JAIL By Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence Directed by Karen Paisley Produced around the country under the American Playwrights ...

Vincent in Brixton
Vincent in Brixton
10/15 - 11/1/2015


By Nicholas Wright Directed by Karen Paisley In 1873, at the age of 20, Vincent Van Gogh rented a room in a suburb of London ...

The Full Monty
The Full Monty
5/28 - 6/14/2015


Based on the cult hit film, THE FULL MONTY a 10-time Tony Award-nominee, is filled with honest affection, engaging melodies and the most highly-anticipated closing ...

Bill Clinton Hercules
Bill Clinton Hercules
5/6 - 5/9/2015


This unique one man show by Rachel Mariner with direction by Guy Masterson stars Bob Paisley as Bill Clinton. The show arrives in Kansas City ...

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