The Monarchs of KC
April 30 - May 15

The Monarchs of KC brings to vivid life the essential story and some of the most interesting characters from the era of the Negro Leagues in America, exploring the joy, skill and courage of these players in their simple quest to play the game and play it fairly.

Set in the locker room of the abandoned stadium where the Negro League teams once played, the musical play raises the ghosts of great baseball players of the Negro Leagues to play one last great contest to conquer the supremacy of the all-white Major Leagues. Rube Foster, who founded the Negro National League in Kansas City, comes to life to manage an all-star dream team that includes Leroy “Satchel” Paige, James “Cool Papa” Bell, Wilbur “Bullet” Rogan, Josh Gibson, Jackie Robinson, and Toni Stone, a female player who held her own in the largely male world of professional baseball.

This team of ghostly giants goes up against the racism that kept black players out of major league baseball from 1898 to 1947 and play a final glorious game in which everyone has equal rights to three strikes, four balls and nine innings of fair play. Along the way they revive the joy of the Negro Leagues baseball games in songs such as “Baseball is a Working Man’s Game,” “Everybody Gets Three Strikes,” and “I Dreamed I was in the Major Leagues.”

Date: April 30 - May 15

Presented by: Theatre for Young America

National Standards: 1.2,1.7,1.8,1.9,1.10,5.1, 5.2, 6.1,6.2,13.1,14.1,14.2

Showtimes:

Tuesday, April 20: 10 a.m.
Wednesday, April 21: 10 a.m.
Thursday, April 22: 10 a.m. & Noon
Friday, April 23: 10 a.m. & Noon
Saturday, April 24: 2 p.m.

Tuesday, April 27: 10 a.m.
Wednesday, April 28: 10 a.m.
Thursday, April 29: 10 a.m. & Noon
Friday, April 30: 10 a.m., Noon & 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 1: 2 p.m. (This performance will be ASL interpreted)

Monday, May 3: 12 p.m.
Tuesday, May 4: 10 a.m.
Wednesday, May 5: 10 a.m.
Thursday, May 6: 10 a.m. & Noon
Friday, May 7: 10 a.m. & Noon
Saturday, May 8: 2 p.m.

Monday, May 10: 12 p.m.
Tuesday, May 11: 10 a.m.
Thursday, May 13: 10 a.m. & Noon
Friday, May 14: 10 a.m. & Noon
Saturday, May 15: 2 p.m.

Admission:
$8 per person
$6 for USKC members - at ticketing counter or by phone only.
$5 for groups of 15 or more with advanced reservations by phone.

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For more information or to reserve tickets by phone please call (816) 460-2020.

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