UNICORN THEATRE
BOLDNEWPLAYS
RED GOD OF
BOLDNEWPLAYS
CARNAGE
THE SALVATION OF
IGGY SCROOGE
NEXT FALL
HUNGRY
TIME 2011
STANDS
STILL 2012
EVERYDAY RAPTURE
Recipe for success
2 Tony Award Winners
2 Tony Award Nominees
2 Musicals
1 World Premiere
Mix with the finest local talent and present on either one of
our two intimate stages. What an incredible recipe for our
38th season!
We must be doing something right. Is it because we feel
passionate about what we do? Is it because we produce the
hottest new plays being written? Is it because we take a risk
on new playwrights and give opportunities to young, emerging
artists? Or is it that we continue to feed your heart, your soul
and your mind? Whatever the answer, the Unicorn’s recipe
seems to be working and we want to share it with you.
We have produced 280 shows in the last 37 years, including
50 world premieres, 11 Pulitzer Prize winners and 12 Tony
Award winners. We only produce plays that have never been
done professionally in Kansas City or anywhere in the Midwest…
or anywhere at all. Usually we are the first theatre to receive
permission to do a new play after the New York production. Box Office Information
And, attending one of our In-Progress New Play Readings might Phone: 816-531-PLAY (7529), Ext. 10
Email: boxoffice@unicorntheatre.org
just give you first glance at the next great play. I love to find the
Address: 3828 Main Street,
kind of provocative story that gives you something to talk about Kansas City, MO 64111
on the way home or entices you to stay afterwards for one of our Web: www.UnicornTheatre.org
many talkbacks with the actors and director.
Performance Week Hours
Theatre is truly collaborative and we team up with two great Monday 12pm-5pm
Tuesday-Thursday 12pm-7:30pm
organizations on two plays this year: Kansas City Actors Theatre
Friday & Saturday 12pm-8pm
and UMKC Theatre. This way, we combine the best professional Sunday 12pm-3pm
artists with the brilliant young minds of tomorrow for an
experience that transcends an ordinary event. Non-Performance Weeks
Tuesday-Friday 12pm-5pm
If you want to feel something and explore current issues,
Show Times
you have come to the right place. (Unless otherwise listed)
Tuesday-Thursday 7:30pm
Friday and Saturday 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Stay Connected
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Cynthia Levin
Producing Artistic Director
Photo by Aren’t We Clever
The color
of an artist’s
passion
red
Written by John Logan
Directed by Cynthia Levin
Previews September 14-18
Runs September 20-October 2, 2011
On The Mainstage
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.
S M T W T F S
14 15 16 17
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
SEPT 14 - OCT 2, 2011 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
18 20 21 22 23 24
PREVIEW
OPEN
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
25 27 28 29 30 1
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
2 * Talk back with the actors and director after the show
3:00PM
Pictured: Jim Birdsall
Photo by Aren’t We Clever
The
civility and
savagery
of parenting
god of carnage
Written by Yasmina Reza 2009 Tony Award winner God of Carnage has its Kansas
Translated by Christopher Hampton City debut at the same theatre where Reza’s smash hit Art
Co-Produced with Kansas City Actors was staged more than a decade ago. Two couples meet to
Theatre in partnership with UMKC Theatre have a well-mannered discussion regarding a schoolyard
Directed by Mark Robbins fight between their sons. What results is a wildly hysterical
night of tantrums and tears before bedtime—and the kids
Previews October 19, 20 and 21 aren’t even there!
Runs October 22-November 13, 2011
On The Jerome Stage
S M T W T F S
19 20 21 22
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
OCT 19 - NOV 13, 2011
OPEN
7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
kansas city 23 25 26 27 28 29
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
30 1 2 3 4 5
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
6 8 9 10 11 12
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
13 * Talk back with the actors and director after the show
3:00PM
Pictured: (L to R) Cinnamon Schultz, Brian Paulette, Melinda McCrary and John Rensenhouse
Photo by Aren’t We Clever
The Christmas story
Dickens
wishes he’d
written
the salvation of
iggy
scrooge
Book by Larry Larsen and Levi Lee
Music by Edd Key
Co-Produced with UMKC Theatre
Directed by Missy Koonce
Previews November 30, December 1 and 2
Runs December 3-24, 2011
On The Mainstage
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.
S M T W T F S
30 1 2 3
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
NOV 30 - DEC 24, 2011
OPEN
7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
4 6 7 8 9 10
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
11 13 14 15 16 17
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
Pictured: (L to R) Matthew Rapport, 18 20 21 22 23 24
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM XMAS EVE
EVENT
Rufus Burns, Matthew McAndrews * Talk back with the actors and director after the show
and Ron Megee
Photo by Aren’t We Clever
Love
who you
love
next
fall
Written by Geoffrey Nauffts
Directed by Jeff Church
Previews January 25, 26 and 27
Runs January 28-February 12, 2012
On The Mainstage
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.
S M T W T F S
25 26 27 28
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
JAN 25 - FEB 12, 2012 7:30PM
OPEN
7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
29 31 1 2 3 4
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
5 7 8 9 10 11
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
12 * Talk back with the actors and director after the show
3:00PM
Pictured: (L to R) Dwight Tolar
and Rusty Sneary
Photo by Aren’t We Clever
A
‘mouthwatering’
comedy
world premiere
hungry
Written by Lia Romeo
Directed by Cynthia Levin
Previews February 29, March 1 and 2
Runs March 3-18, 2012
On The Jerome Stage
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?
S M T W T F S
29 1 2 3
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
FEB 29 - MAR 18, 2012 7:30PM
OPEN
7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
4 6 7 8 9 10
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
11 13 14 15 16 17
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
18 * Talk back with the actors and director after the show
3:00PM
Pictured: Manon Halliburton (standing)
and Dina Kirschenbaum
Photo by Aren’t We Clever
Chaos
comes
home
time
stands
still
Written by Donald Margulies
Directed by Sidonie Garrett
Previews April 11, 12 and 13
Runs April 14-29, 2012
On The Mainstage
This 2010 Tony Award nominee focuses on Sarah, a
photojournalist 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.
S M T W T F S
11 12 13 14
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
APRIL 11 - 29, 2012
OPEN
7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
15 17 18 19 20 21
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
22 24 25 26 27 28
3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
29 * Talk back with the actors and director after the show
3:00PM
Pictured: Carla Noack
Photo by Aren’t We Clever
From the
wheat fields
to the Great
White Way
everyday
rapture
A semi-autobiographical stage memoir by Sherie Rene
Written by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
Directed by Jerry Jay Cranford
Musical Direction by Anthony T. Edwards
Previews May 16, 17 and 18
Scott, this is the story of a woman’s psycho-sexual- Runs May 19-June 3, 2012
spiritual journey that separates her mostly Mennonite On The Mainstage
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 S M T W T F S
16 17 18 19
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
PREVIEW
musical follows Sherie’s road to Broadway semi-star- MAY 16 - JUNE 3, 2012
OPEN
7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
dom. This is the first production in the nation since 20 22 23 24 25 26
Sherie premiered the show on Broadway. 3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
27 29 30 31 1 2
This production is made possible by a grant from Theater League. 3:00PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 7:30PM 8:00PM 8:00PM
3 * Talk back with the actors and director after the show
3:00PM
Photo by Aren’t We Clever
This is your opportunity to catch a glimpse of new works we are developing from local and national
playwrights. Many of the scripts you will hear read are being considered for our 2012-2013 season.
In the last four seasons, five of the plays read in this series have been produced in our main season.
• Tickets or reservations not required. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
• All readings are at 7:30pm.
• Dates: Sunday, November 6, 2011; Thursday, February 2, 2012; Thursday, April 19, 2012;
Sunday, May 6, 2012.
• A donation is requested at the door.
Don’t miss the world premiere of Hungry this season at the Unicorn. It was first seen in the In-Progress
Reading Series in Spring 2011.
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