Kansas City's Community Children's Theatre: A history
by Oliver, Sarah Miranda, M.A., UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY, 2008, 121 pages; 1455832

Abstract:

From 1947 to 1999, the Junior League's Community Children's Theatre was a many-branched, multi-faceted, organization that brought live theatre to school-age children in Kansas City and the surrounding area. The theatre, a completely volunteer women's organization, had the goal "to entertain, to educate, to broaden the horizons, to train future audiences to appreciate live theater by supporting and encouraging Trouping Units and furthering performing arts for children in our community."

This thesis covers the history, women, trouping units, and plays of Community Children's Theatre. The included production photographs are reproduced from photographs contained in the Community Children's Theatre's records, housed at the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection at the University of Missouri-Kansas.

One thesis could never fully explain the complexity of a long-lived theatre. However, this thesis elucidates a theatre group that touched the lives of over two million children with the magic of live theatre.

 
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SchoolUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY
SourceMAI/ 46-06, p. , Aug 2008
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsAmerican history; Theater
Publication Number1455832
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