Music Theatre Kansas City (MTKC)’s professional company, MTKC Pro, is presenting the regional premiere of Rocky: Live on Stage April 12-28. Based on the academy-award winning film, MTKC Pro is bringing Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed to life in a new immersive multimedia production. All performances will be in MTKC’s theater, B&B Live, inside the B&B Shawnee Movie Theater Complex. Tickets are $20 for students and $30 for adults and are available online at www.mtkc.org. Group rates are available by request [info@mtkc.org]

The cast will be headed by Drew Starlin, a local Kansas City actor who made his Broadway Debut in the original cast of Footloose and has continued to perform professionally all over the country. He is joined on stage by Lawrence legend, Ric Averill as Mickey and Shane St. James as his opponent, Apollo Creed. 15 additional professional actors round out the cast, along with a live orchestra of 14 on-stage musicians, directed by MTKC’s Artistic Director, Julie Danielson. The film and montage elements of the production are directed by Kyle Stone.