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It’s All About the Clothes: Inside Pride and Prejudice with KCRep’s Costume Shop

INSIDE Viewpoints April 18, 2019 0

Kim Martin-Cotten (Assistant AD) sat down with Gayla Voss (Costume Shop Manager), Jenny Green (Assistant Costume Shop Manager) and Michele Richmond (Head Cutter) to talk about building the costumes for KCRep’s current production “Pride and Prejudice.” How many costumes did you build for this show ? Let’s see… 18... Read more

Becoming Billy: Inside “Billy Elliot” with Ben Renfrow

INSIDE Viewpoints April 16, 2019 0

Pictured: Ben Renfrow as Billy in “Billy Elliot.” Photo courtesy of Spinning Tree Theatre. Our “Inside” series takes you behind the scenes of productions through blog posts written by the artists in the trenches. To read past “Inside” pieces, clickhere. By Ben Renfrow Tackling the role of Billy Elliot... Read more

Inside BILLY ELLIOT: Choreography and Casting with Andrew Grayman-Parkhurst

INSIDE Viewpoints April 14, 2019 0

Pictured: Ben Renfrow as Billy Elliot in the “Angry Dance” number. Photo courtesy of Spinning Tree Theatre. By Andrew Grayman-Parkhurst On September 30, 2008, Michael (Grayman-Parkhurst) and I saw the final, invited dress rehearsal of the Broadway production of Billy Elliot. (Invited dress rehearsals—when a director gives the go-ahead—have... Read more

Inside PRIDE AND PREJUDICE with Walter Coppage and Lauren Spencer

INSIDE April 11, 2019 0

Lauren Spencer and Walter Coppage, actors from KCRep’s current production of “Pride and Prejudice,” sat down with Kim Martin-Cotten (Assistant Artistic Director) to talk about stepping into this production. Kim Martin-Cotten: How is it to dive into a classic and find your way into what is both traditional and... Read more

theTEN with Dena Blizzard

theTEN Viewpoints February 11, 2019 0

“I cleaned my chandelier on the internet one night for two and a half hours….and that didn’t break it.”

theTEN with Jennifer Renfrow

theTEN Viewpoints February 5, 2019 0

What role is Jennifer Renfrow longing to play?

Guest Editorial: Kansas City Should Be a Safe Place to Work for all Theatre Professionals

Featured Stories News Viewpoints January 30, 2019 2

I think we all agree there is a problem. To fix the problem, it is going to take a culture shift and accountability, as well as an organization willing to oversee the change.

theEight with Teddy Trice

theTEN December 27, 2018 0

Pictured: Teddy Trice Jump inside the brains of Kansas City theater artists as we ask them 10 (or in this case, 8) questions that were in no way inspired by “Inside the Actor’s Studio.” What’s the one role/show you’ve always wanted to work on that you haven’t yet? There... Read more

Inside THE NANCE: Costuming Two Shows For One Production

INSIDE Viewpoints November 16, 2018 0

For me, this show has to be approached almost like two separate shows. The burlesque scenes are one, and the story of Chauncey, Ned and the burlesque troupe are another.

Inside THE NANCE: A Zap of Inspiration

INSIDE Viewpoints October 29, 2018 0

I first encountered Douglas Carter Beane my junior year of college. I was disillusioned with school, unhappy with the direction my life was going, and certainly sick of the Ozarks.