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Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre
Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre presents new performances of classic radio plays of intrigue, mystery, suspense, and comedy from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s in rotation with a 10-part original historical drama written by local playwright, actor, and director Forrest Attaway. Featuring local actors and musicians and hosted by actors John Rensenhouse, Cinnamon Schultz, and Walter Coppage.
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The Team
As a local actor and director, Cinnamon has had the pleasure of performing at several theatres in Kansas City; Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, The Unicorn Theatre, The Coterie Theatre, Theatre for Young America, the KC Rep., Kansas City Actors Theater and The New Theatre Restaurant. Cinnamon has also performed in radio, television and film as well, having appeared as Victoria in the film Winter’s Bone, which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and received four Oscar nominations in 2011 including Best Picture. She is also the head Acting professor for Kansas City Kansas Community College.
John Rensenhouse is an actor/director based here in Kansas City and is the Artistic Chair of Kansas City Actors Theatre. He performed as Scar in the Broadway National Tour of The Lion King for four years and has worked at many of the major regional theatres around the country including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Arena Stage in D.C., Hartford Stage, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse, the Milwaukee Rep and right here at home at the Kansas City Rep.
A lifelong lover of theater and one-time lighting designer for Philadelphia's Society Hill Playhouse, Valerie has been involved in one way or another since high school. As a KKFI Active Member and Foolkiller Folk programmer, Valerie is thrilled to also be a producer of Kansas City Actors Radio Theater!
Walter Coppage is an actor/director based in Kansas City and Chicago. He has appeared at Steppenwolf Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Milwaukee Rep, Studio Theatre (DC), KC Rep, St. Louis Black Rep, The Unicorn, The Coterie, and many others. He is a founding member of KC Actors Theatre, an advisory board member for KC International FilmFest, and actor ambassador for the National New Play Network. His recent TV credits include NBC’s “Chicago Med” and Comedy Central’s “Detroiters”. Recent film credits include David Dastmalchian’s “All Creatures Here Below”, and Kevin Willmott’s “Jayhawkers” and his forthcoming, “The Profit”.
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A new venture in weekly audio programming from local theatre company Kansas City Actors Theatre, Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre presents classic radio theatre performed anew by professional local artists. Episodes will include “Kansas City: 1924,” 10-part original historical drama written by local playwright, actor, and director Forrest Attaway, alongside classic radio plays including Agatha Christie’s “The Case of the Careless Victim,” “A Murderous Revision” from the “Suspense” series, and episodes of the comedy The Bickersons, by Philip Rapp.
Episodes of Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre will feature a range of top local theatre artists, including KCAT core artistic company members Hillary Clemens, Walter Coppage, Nedra Dixon, Brian Paulette, Shawna Peña-Downing, Victor Raider-Wexler, John Rensenhouse, Jan Rogge, Cinnamon Schultz, and Matt Schwader.
Kansas City Actors Theatre is grateful to its individual donors and the season sponsors whose support is assisting with this pivot to socially-distanced, safe theatre for this current season. Among those sponsors are American Theatre Wing, the Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation, the Sanford L. and Barbara L. Cohn Foundation, the Ellis Foundation, the Miller-Nichols Foundation, the Griswold Foundation, the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation for the Arts, the Missouri Arts Council, the Richard Stern Foundation, the Schubert Foundation, and Theater League.
About KCAT: Founded in 2004 as a 501(c) (3) organization, Kansas City Actors Theatre’s mission is to showcase the finest talents of Kansas City’s professional theatre community by bringing our audiences exceptional, artist-driven productions of classic and modern classic plays. To accomplish this mission: We are led by a collective of seasoned theatre professionals. We select thought-provoking plays that explore, celebrate, and share what it is to be human with sensitivity, intelligence, and humor. We employ Kansas City artists and artisans and pay them at professional rates. We actively nurture our local artistic community, which in turn makes Kansas City a more vibrant, vital place to live and work.
Recent Episodes
January 22, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Kansas City: 1924 – The Ides of Summer
In episode 7 of this historical radio-drama epic, Giovanni’s mob plots their next move after months of sabotage at the hands of Livestock Exchange agents and we see the personal toll of the ongoing conflict.
ListenJanuary 15, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
The House in Cypress Canyon (from Suspense)
A terrifying mystery unfolds when a chilling manuscript is found in an uncompleted house in this classic Suspense story, newly-produced with Kansas City actors.
ListenJanuary 8, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Easy Aces – Jane Takes Up Astrology
Things get a little spacey when Jane Ace takes up Astrology in a new presentation of the comedy classic "Easy Aces" on Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre.
ListenJanuary 1, 2021 Arts & Culture, Podcast
There’s Always Room at the Top (from Suspense)
When a job interview doesn’t go as expected for a young go-getter, she’s given the opportunity to jump on an unforeseen second chance. But what’s really going on behind closed doors?
Read MoreDecember 25, 2020 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre Holidays – The Bickersons and a KCAT Eggnog Party
Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre celebrates the Holidays with the classic comedy The Bickersons and a Kansas City Actors Theatre Eggnog Party.
ListenDecember 18, 2020 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Kansas City: 1924 – A Measured Response
The ongoing conflict comes to blows, vengeance gets personal, and shocking revelation arrives in episode 6 of Kansas City: 1924, "A Measured Response."
ListenDecember 11, 2020 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Kansas City: 1924 – Baseball Season
In episode 5 of Kansas City: 1924, the turf war between Ma Pritchett and Joey Giovanni threatens to spiral out of control as we learn what has become of Rose and George.
Read MoreDecember 4, 2020 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Kansas City: 1924 – The Levy Breaks
A storm rolls in as George and his family seek unconventional help for their problem, the next shot in the cross-town war of businesses lands, and some of Vincent's mysterious background is brought to light.
ListenNovember 27, 2020 Arts & Culture, Podcast
Cabin B-13 (from “Suspense”)
A newlywed couple sets off on a cruise ship with $10,000 for expenses, only to find a very different experience from the romantic honeymoon they expected.
Read MoreNovember 20, 2020 Arts & Culture, Podcast
The Case of the Careless Victim (from Agatha Christie’s Poirot Series)
A man is found dead, alone and barricaded in his room in the first American adventure of Agatha Christie's famous detective, Hercule Poirot.
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