the 2024-25 season
Oct. 30 - Nov. 3, 2024 | KANSAS CITY PREMIERE!
BUBBLE BOY
Music & lyrics by Cinco Paul
Book by Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio
Based on their 2001 film
Jimmy Livingston was born without immunities and has spent his entire life confined inside a plastic bubble room. Enter Chloe, the girl next door, who becomes his friend and steals his heart. When she leaves town to get married, Jimmy travels cross-country in a homemade bubble suit in order to stop the wedding and finally tell her how he feels. Along the laugh-filled journey he deals with a crazy cult, a biker gang, a dead cow, and a controlling mother who will stop at nothing to get him back in the bubble.
- Wed Oct 30, 2024 at 7:00p | Opening Night
- Thurs Oct 31, 2024 at 7:00p | Trick-or-Treat
- Fri Nov 1, 2024 at 7:00p | ASL-interpreted
- Sat Nov 2, 2024 at 7:00p
- Sun Nov 3, 2024 at 2:00p | ASL-interpreted
"One of the cleverest, funniest, and most endearing musicals I’ve seen in a long time." - Stephen Schwartz
Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2025 | WORLD PREMIERE!
TEEN WRITERS FEST
short original plays by Kansas City metro area teens
Celebrate 3 world premiere plays by Gabe Baethke (playwright mentor Frank Higgins), Frankie Nelson (playwright mentor Vicki Vodrey), and Gigi Vollenweider (playwright mentor Sarah Aptilon). Originally penned in August and September '24, Spinning Tree brings professional directors and designers on board to launch these exciting and resonant new works.
- Fri Jan 31, 2025 at 7:00p | Opening Night
- Sat Feb 1, 2025 at 2:00p
- Sat Feb 1, 2025 at 7:00p
- Sun Feb 2, 2025 at 2:00p
4th Annual Teen Writers Fest!
April 15-19, 2025 | WORLD PREMIERE!
FIRST GENERATION
by Victor Wishna
in partnership with Jewish Vocational Service of Kansas City
FIRST GENERATION is being written just for Spinning Tree Theatre! Summary of the play will be provided asap.
- Tues Apr 15, 2025 at 7:00p | Opening Night
- Wed Apr 16, 2025 at 2:00p
- Wed Apr 16, 2025 at 7:00p
- Thurs Apr 17, 2025 at 7:00p
- Fri Apr 18, 2025 at 7:00p
- Sat Apr 19, 2025 at 2:00p
June 20-22, 2025 | KANSAS CITY PREMIERE!
THE ALIEN LOGS OF SUPER JEWELS
Based on the award-winning book by BK Bradshaw
Music & lyrics by Josh Freilich
Additional lyrics by BK Bradshaw & Jaqi Bradshaw
Why does everything seem so easy for everyone else? As Jewels recounts her adventures from Kinderprison to Muddle School, she looks for clues to what sets her apart. Could she be an alien, a superhero, or something completely different? Join Jewels as she explores the confusing – and often hilarious – world of social expectations. Jewels’ journey of self-discovery takes her to some unexpected places, and most surprising of all is finding a little bit of ourselves along the way.
- Fri Jun 20, 2025 at 7:00p | Opening Night
- Sat Jun 21, 2025 at 2:00p
- Sat Jun 21, 2025 at 7:00p
- Sun Jun 22, 2025 at 7:00p
spinning tree: a resident theatre co. at joco ahc
Performances are at Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center, 8788 Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, KS