Buddy Rogers News

UIS Performing Arts Center has announced the return of sensory-friendly performances as well as the Date Night Series.

The University of Kansas Department of Theatre & Dance has announced 78 students as recipients of its year-end awards and scholarships

A BRIGHT STAR shines, shines, shines in the Olathe Civic Theatre Associations (OCTA) current production of BRIGHT STAR now playing at the Buddy Rogers Family Playhouse in Olathe. Directed by Julie Ewing, with music direction by Ashley Jones, and choreography by Carolyn Braverman this phenomenal production is anything but community theater. Who would ever think community theater could be so good? BRIGHT STAR is of a quality that any professional theater would be delighted to attain.

Join Peter Leondedis and Shelly Stewart Banks, plus an ever-changing cast of talented Olatheans, as they come together to wait for the Spirit of Christmas to arrive and bring a little holiday magic to OCTA! Each night will include something new and different and you won't want to miss a thing. Join OCTA Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15that 8:00pm.

Directed by Christopher Annino, 'Silent Times' is a Roaring-Twenties escapade set in a small New England town. The story centers on Oliver Henry III (played by Geoff Blanchette), a small-time crook turned vaudeville theater owner. From humble beginnings in England, he immigrates to America in search of happiness and fast cash. He becomes acquainted with people from all walks of life, from burlesque performers, mimes, hobos to classy flapper girls. As his fortunes rise his life spins out of control. Much of the storyline is a reflection on current social issues that burden our society today.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association continues its first production of the 2018-2019 season, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. This musical comedy runs for two more weekends, September 7 - 23, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. Julie Ewing returns after last season's VIOLET to direct this Tony Award-winner alongside Kevin Bogan as music director.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association holds the Winner Workshop for their second New Works Playwright Competition. With this initiative, OCTA invited local playwrights to submit teasers of never before seen scripts and the top five were performed script-in-hand during the March semi-finals. Now, the winning playwright, Jessie Salsbury, gets a two-night workshop event of her play ADOPTION OF GRIEF, July 13 and 14.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association holds the Winner Workshop for their second New Works Playwright Competition. With this initiative, OCTA invited local playwrights to submit teasers of never before seen scripts and the top five were performed script-in-hand during the March semi-finals. Now, the winning playwright, Jessie Salsbury, gets a two-night workshop event of her play ADOPTION OF GRIEF, July 13 and 14.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association holds the Winner Workshop for their second New Works Playwright Competition. With this initiative, OCTA invited local playwrights to submit teasers of never before seen scripts and the top five were performed script-in-hand during the March semi-finals. Now, the winning playwright, Jessie Salsbury, gets a two-night workshop event of her play ADOPTION OF GRIEF, July 13 and 14.

Announcing Olathe Civic Theatre Association's exciting 2018-2019 season of five shows which begins September 7, 2018.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association concludes its 2017-2018 season with the comedy, UNNECESSARY FARCE, by Paul Slade Smith. In an economy motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant. In the room next door, two undercover cops are supposed to catch the meeting on videotape. But there's some confusion as to who is in which room, who is watching the video, who has taken the money, and who hired a hitman. This fast-paced farce is a comic gem running June 1 - 17, directed by Bill Pelletier.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association concludes its 2017-2018 season with the comedy, UNNECESSARY FARCE, by Paul Slade Smith. In an economy motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant. In the room next door, two undercover cops are supposed to catch the meeting on videotape. But there's some confusion as to who is in which room, who is watching the video, who has taken the money, and who hired a hitman. This fast-paced farce is a comic gem running June 1 - 17, directed by Bill Pelletier.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association continues its 2017-2018 season with Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of August: Osage County. With Superior Donuts, Letts shifts from the highly charged physical tone and dark humor of his previous works, but retains his contemporary flavor with a lighter touch to address complex social issues. OCTA's stage will transform into a Chicago donut shop for the three-weekend run of this KC area premiere April 6-22.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) continues its 2017-2018 season with Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of August: Osage County. With Superior Donuts, Letts shifts from the highly charged physical tone and dark humor of his previous works, but retains his contemporary flavor with a lighter touch to address complex social issues. OCTA's stage will transform into a Chicago donut shop for the three-weekend run of this KC area premiere April 6-22.

Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) begins 2018 with the award-winning musical Violet, an inspiring story of a girl with a disfiguring scar who sets out on a journey to seek healing and finds her true beauty along the way. With book and lyrics by Brian Crawley, music by Jeanine Tesori, and a story based on 'The Ugliest Pilgrim' by Doris Betts, this production is helmed by local theatre veterans Julie Ewing (director) and Kevin Bogan (music director). Violet runs three weekends February 9-25, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm.

On Jan 10th 2018, The Hollywood Museum turned Hollywood into Gotham City, as they projected the iconic Bat Signal on the side of the historic Max Factor building, at a VIP unveiling gala for HOLY HOLLYWOOD HISTORY! BATMAN '66, with special appearances by the show's cast members and other stars in attendance.

Up next at Olathe Civic Theatre Association (OCTA) is the poignant and funny tale of Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables. This play, an adaptation by Joseph Robinette of the beloved novel by L.M. Montgomery, will delight audiences of all ages November 3 through November 19.

OCTA is ready to sail into its new season on the wings of the musical spoof, Ruthless! Audiences can catch all the absurd fun of 'the stage mother of all musicals' September 15-October 1.

OCTA is ready to sail into its new season on the wings of the musical spoof, Ruthless! Audiences can catch all the absurd fun of 'the stage mother of all musicals' September 15-October 1.