2019-2020 Season

September 6 – 22, 2019
Kephart Theatre

1776: The Musical

Book by Peter Stone, Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards

History with a twist

It’s the summer of 1776, and the nation is ready to declare independence… if only our founding fathers can agree to do it! 1776 follows John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia as they attempt to convince the members of the Second Continental Congress to vote for independence from the shackles of the British monarchy by signing the Declaration of Independence. This gender and ethnically neutral production will show what our nation is truly all about.

Production sponsored by BANK VI
Orchestra & costumes co-sponsored by EDWARD JONES 
Orchestra & costumes co-sponsored by HERITAGE REAL ESTATE ADVISORS, LLC

October 18 – November 3, 2019
Sunflower Financial Theatre

Lost in Yonkers

By Neil Simon

Family matters

At the beginning of World War II, we meet Bella, thirty-five years old, mentally challenged, and living at home with her mother, stern Grandma Kurnitz. Her ne’er-do-well brother, Eddie, deposits his two young sons on the old lady’s doorstep, and takes to the road as a salesman. The boys are left to contend with Grandma, with Bella and her secret romance, and uncle Louie, a small-time hoodlum in a strange new world called Yonkers.

Sponsored by COLDWELL BANKER, ANTRIM-PIPER WENGER REALTORS and KCOE ISOM

November 15 – December 7, 2019
Kephart Theatre

Cinderella

Book by Douglas Carter Beane and Oscar Hammerstein II
Music and Lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

It’s possible
Ages 3+ can attend!

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s brilliant retelling of the classic fairy tale brings all of these characters to life with new songs, new dances, and great orchestrations. Amazing transformations, splendor, and magic will fill the stage as we root for Ella to find her prince in this holiday classic.

Production sponsored by FIRST BANK KANSAS
Orchestra and Costumes co-sponsored by HERITAGE REAL ESTATE ADVISORS, LLC
Orchestra and Costumes co-sponsored by EDWARD JONES

January 3 – 19, 2020
Sunflower Financial Theatre

Every Brilliant Thing

By Duncan MacMillan with Jonny Donahoe

Counting the everyday joys

When you’re seven years old and your mom is in the hospital because “she’s done something stupid,” you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything that’s worth living for. This narrated play with audience interaction finds a perfect balance between conveying the struggles of life, and celebrating all that is sweet in it.

Sponsored by  PKM STEEL SERVICE INC and Salina Regional Health Foundation

February 7 – 22, 2020
Kephart Theatre

Murder on the Orient Express

By Ken Ludwig
Based on the novel by Agatha Christie

Mayhem amongst the elegant

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.

Sponsored by BENNINGTON STATE BANK

July 2 – 19, 2020
Kephart Theatre

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman
Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak
Based on the novel by Ray Horniman

Produced in collaboration with KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

The family that slays together… oh, well

When the low-born Monty Navarro finds out that he’s eighth in line for an earldom in the lofty D’Ysquith family, he figures his chances of outliving his predecessors aren’t good, so he goes in a more nefarious direction. Can he knock off his unsuspecting relatives without being caught and become the ninth Earl of Highhurst? And what of love? Because murder isn’t the only thing on Monty’s mind…

Sponsored by BANK OF TESCOTT and WELLS FARGO ADVISORS and SAINT FRANCIS MINISTRIES