Everyone had an interesting evening at the Play Reading for Larry Belew's new comedy, THE EARLY BIRD BREAKFAST CLUB! 21 audience members and 10 readers! Pictured from left to right - Victoria Owings, Benjamin Smith, Karen Abshire Bell, Delno Ebie, Drew Tombrello, Sally Pedruzzi, Crystal Meek, Deb Campbell, Judie Belew and Donna Murphy.
A Big Thank You to Cindy Pursell for bringing Cookies!

COME BE A PART OF OUR SPRING PLAY READING!

Friday April 19th, the Kechi Playhouse is hosting a reading of Larry Belew's original script
The Early Bird Breakfast Club.
Doors will open at 7 pm and the reading will start at 7:30.

The cast is as follows:

Delbert -- Drew Tombrello

Freida Peabody--Karen Abshire Bell

Shayanne McDonald--Victoria 

Carla Byers--Sally Pedruzzi

David Markham--Delno Ebie

Kevin Oglethorpe--Benjamin Smith

Martha Byers-Orr--Crystal Meek

Karen Evans--Deb Campbell

Marion Andrews--Judie Belew

Stage Directions -- Donna Murphy

Admission is FREE and we hope you will stay briefly afterwards for the feedback session.

    Announcing
   AUDITIONS

The first auditions of the 2013 season will be held Monday and Tuesday, April 15 and 16 starting at 7 pm at the Kechi Playhouse located at North Oliver and 61st Street. 


Needed are actors for the first two shows ~

You Take the Cake, which will rehearse in May and run June 6 to June 30th.  This original comedy is set in a bakery during prohibition. There are parts for two gangsters,  two lovable vagrants, a cop and a crazy would-be-actress who bakes cakes,                AND

 The Importance 
of Being Earnest
which rehearses in June and runs July 4 - 28.
Parts for 4 women – a stern mother, two air-headed young ladies, and a governess, and 5 men –  a  reverend, two butlers, and two young men in search of  romance.

Reading material will be provided. 
Auditions for the August, September, and October shows will be held later in the summer 

CASTING CALL in KECHI!

The Kechi Playhouse will hold auditions for ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN on Tuesday, July 12 starting at 7:00 in the evening. The script, based on the well-known book by Robert Fulghum, is a collection of stories and reflections, some funny, others serious. It has a flexible cast, which means there might be a perfect place in the show for YOU! Rehearsals will start August 6th and there will be 16 performances during September with shows on Thursday, Friday, Saturday evenings and Sunday Matinees. Reading material will be provided. The Playhouse is located at North Oliver and 61st Street North. For more information call (316) 744 - 2152. We hope to see you soon!

Comedy about Fake Fortune Teller predicted to be a HIT!

Everyone should love our July show, a darling, new play about a fake fortune teller. Even cast members, Glen Sharp, Tanya Anderson and Viviano Legorreta are laughing while they work to nail down lines for opening night. The show, a new comedy entitle, The Psychic by Sam Bobrick, will run June 30 through July 31. Performances are Thursday - Saturday evening at 8 pm and Sunday Matinees start at 2:30. Tickets on Thursdays and Sundays are $10, while Fridays and Saturdays are $11. We love both walk in traffic and reservations, so it's your choice to surprise us by showing up or to have us put your name in our book. Just be sure to get to the Kechi Playhouse before the fun ends July 31st! For more information call 744 - 2152.