Potluck Productions announces its 13th annual Kansas City Women’s Playwriting Festival, directed by Richard Alan Nichols.
Production dates are March 7, 8, 14, and 15 with an 8:00 PM curtain, March 9 and 16 with a 3:00 PM curtain, March 13 with a 7:30 PM curtain, and an industry appreciation night on March 10 with a 7:3o PM curtain. Tickets are $15. All performances will be held at the Just Off Broadway theatre, 3051 Central in Kansas City.
This year’s plays include: Harvesting the Marigold Seeds by Maureen Brady Johnson of Oberlin, OH; The Usual by Janet Conner of Kansas City, MO; A Couple of Boobs by Kathy Coudle King of Grand Forks, ND; The Body Washer by Rosemary Toohey of Baltimore, MD; The Horse of Fine Restraint by Kristine McGovern of Centennial, CO; Heirloom Blue by Robin Rodriguez of Philadelphia, PA; Little Girl Tenant by Carlynn Trout of Columbia, MO; and Cinnamon Rainbow by Ann Wuehler of Springfield, OR.
The following Kansas City talent will perform in this year's Festival: Ari Bavel, Glendora Davis, Shaun Hennessy, Melissa Johnson, Madison Phoebe Joy, Carol Leighton, Ellen Loschke, Natalie Liccardello, Mary Gay Rogers, Monique Simmons, Joyce Slater, and Lucille Windsor. We are also pleased to feature the following design talent: Richard Alan Nichols, Director; Becky De Schepper, Stage Manager; Bill Wright, Lighting Design; Baron Stout, Sound Design; Angela Sims, Costume / Hair Design; Margaret Kensinger, Properties Design; Jon Morreau, Photographer; and D.K. Evenson, Set Design.
Directions to the Theatre
Unfortunately, the city has decided to take this opportunity to tear down and reconstruct the 31st street bridge between Main and Broadway. That means getting to the Just Off Broadway theatre can be a bit adventuresome. Note almost all the usual routes into the theatre are undergoing "improvement" so use these directions to find an alternate route.
If you get misplaced, contact the theatre box office (816-784-5020) anytime within 60 minutes of curtain for directions.
From the south (Johnson County, South Kansas City)
- Take Broadway north to 31st Street.
- Turn left (west) on 31st Street.
- Immediately get in the right-hand lane.
- Take an immediate right on Penn (this is just past the Firefighter's Memorial Fountain).
- Take the second right (no street name, sorry) and go down the hill.
- Keep veering to the right until you go under a bridge (this is Broadway).
- At the construction sign, jog left and into the JOB parking lot.
From the north (option #1)
- Take Broadway south past Pershing Road and past 26th Street
- About 1/3 mile, there is a fork in the road where Broadway forks left. Fork to the right (no street name, sorry)
- Follow the road as it curves to the left until you go under a bridge (this is Broadway).
- At the construction sign, jog left and into the JOB parking lot.
From the north (option #2)
- Take Broadway south to 31st Street.
- Turn right (west) on 31st Street.
- Turn right on Penn (this is just past the Firefighter's Memorial Fountain).
- Take the second right (no street name, sorry) and go down the hill.
- Keep veering to the right until you go under a bridge (this is Broadway).
- At the construction sign, jog left and into the JOB parking lot.
