Arts leaders from the Kansas City Rep, Unicorn Theatre, Coterie Theatre, Kansas City Actors Theatre and the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival have formed Theatre Alliance Kansas City, a community wide coalition, which will be dedicated to building awareness and
increasing engagement with both theatre audiences and artists. The alliance will offer membership to all metro area theatres, professional, non-professional and academic. The inaugural Board of Directors includes Angela Gieras and Jason Chanos (KC Rep), Cynthia Levin (Unicorn Theatre), Joette Pelster and Jeff Church (Coterie Theatre), John Rensenhouse (KCAT) and Sidonie Garrett (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival).

Theatre Alliance Kansas City will increase its membership and presence beginning January 2020. Plans include a web landing page, cross-promotion with increased exposure and creating a public celebration of all Kansas City theatre involving and including organizations, institutions and the many people who collaborate and create theatre.

MISSION: Theatre Alliance Kansas City is a collective of professional theatres dedicated to promoting, supporting and advocating for Kansas City’s theatre industry locally, regionally and nationally. Through its shared strength, it seeks to build awareness and increase engagement with both audiences and artists.

VISION: Theatre Alliance Kansas City works to energize audiences and artists with a series of programs, events and advocacy efforts. We provide resources that facilitate community building, collaborative marketing and theatre arts education. All of our initiatives seek to strengthen our theatres and grow our audiences