Theatre in the Park opens its 51st season with the Kansas City premiere of the smash Broadway hit Be More Chill.  Longtime TIP choreographer Kacy Christensen, the mastermind behind the dancing in Shrek and Mary Poppins, steps into the director’s chair for this explosive, teen-driven pop musical about the lengths we go to attempting to fit in. Be More Chill ran on Broadway for 177 performances during the 2019 season and tells the story of Jeremy Heere, a high school loser who wants to impress his crush and become popular.  When he learns about SQUIP (super quantum unit Intel processor), a computer in a pill that can tell its user how to act, he immediately takes one.  As his personality begins to change, Jeremy unwittingly starts a domino effect turning his life into utter mayhem.  Be More Chill opens at TIP INDOORS on March 20 and runs through April 5 in the Black Box Theatre at the Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center.

RATED: PG/17 (Older teen mature themes and language.)
Be More Chill runs approximately 2.5 hours with one 15 minute intermission.