June 5 - 29

GUYS & DOLLS

at The Hot Box (the nightclub in the show!)

Internationally hailed as the perfect musical comedy, this award-winning classic gambles with luck and love like no other.

The Space

Grand Theater

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More about the show

In a musical where nearly every song is a world-wide hit, Frank Loesser’s brassy and immortal score features tunes like “Luck Be a Lady,” “If I Were a Bell,” “Fugue for Tinhorns,” “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” and many more. In an exciting an innovative twist, MTH’s immersive production will deliver patrons to the Hot Box Club, where much of the show takes place. From the lobby to the stage, all elements will evoke 1940s Broadway with a select number of cabaret tables placed near the apron of the stage so you can enjoy Miss Adelaide and the Hot Box dancers up close!

Running Time

Act One: 67 minutes
Act Two: 45 minutes 

This show is in our Grand Theater, on the 4th floor of Crown Center.

 

Creative Team

directed by
TIM SCOTT

music director
TY TUTTLE

choreographer
ELAINE KIMBLE

scenic designer
JOE BURKARD

costume designer
LA TOYA ROZOF

lighting designer
SHELBI ARNDT

sound designer
JON ROBERTSON

stage manager
LACEY WILLIS

Performers

Kameryn Behrend

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Kameryn (Ensemble, US Adelaide, US General Cartwright) is thrilled to be making her MTH debut! Recent Credits: Singer/Dancer at World’s of Fun – Conjure the Night, Haunted Homecoming, Royal Rhythms; Hairspray (Starlight); Hair, Mamma Mia (Padgett Productions); A Christmas Story (MTKCPro); Anything Goes (The White Theatre). BFA Musical Theatre and Dance Minor from Ball State University. Many thanks to her family, friends, and the creative team! @kamerynkb

Nathan Darrow

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Nathan Darrow (Sky Masterson) MTH: A Chorus Line. Off- Broadway: Summer and Smoke (CSC / Transport Group). International: Richard III (Old Vic / World Tour / BAM).Regional: Jekyll & Hyde, The Winter’s Tale (Hartford Stage); Richard II (Luna Stage); Dial M for Murder (Old Globe); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, To Kill a Mockingbird (KC Rep); A Number (People’s Light); Hamlet, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); Five Mile Lake (McCarter); Ajax (ART); Death of a Salesman (Weston Playhouse); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (KCAT); The Little Dog Laughed (Unicorn); Much Ado About Nothing (Berkeley Rep). Film/Television: House of Cards; Billions; Gotham; The Wizard of Lies; Preacher; Rectify; Godless; Bull; Blue Bloods; Blindspot; The Blacklist; Quantico; F.B.I.; Law & Order.

Angel Z Duong

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Angel Z Duong (Ensemble) brings elegance and versatility to burlesque, musical theatre, and cabaret. Performance credits include STEVIE (2022), A Chorus Line (2023), Luxuria (2023), Tryst: A Lover’s Rendezvous (2023), and Whiskey Dynamite (2024). They’ve graced stages in Kansas City, Denver, and internationally.

Alex Herrera

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Alex Herrera (Benny Soutstreet, Ensemble) is very grateful to be returning to MTH! He was last seen at MTH in Little Women and Godspell (Jesus)! Notable credits include; NYC Off-Broadway: Tomorrow We Love (Tank Theatre) Pride House (World Premiere), Imbible Day Drinking (New World Stages), NYC: Broadway in Bryant Park; National Tours: Fiddler on the Roof, All Shook Up; Regional: Jersey Boys (Dodgers), Matilda (Engeman Theater), Light in the Piazza (Fabrizio), Aladdin the Musical (Aladdin); He is excited to be working with Tim Scott and Ty Tuttle! Much love to cast, crew, his family and friends for their endless love and support. @alexherrera88

Bryson Kendall

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Bryson Kendall (Rusty Charlie/Ensemble/US Sky) MTH: Little Women (Laurie) Professional: Ride The Cyclone (Mischa), The Brightest It’s Ever Been (Zach). Community: The SpongeBob Musical (SpongeBob), Footloose (Ren McCormack), Anastasia (Dimtry). Collegiate: Newsies (Jack Kelly), [title of show](Hunter), Frankenstein (Victor Frankenstein)

Haley Knudsen

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Haley Knudsen (General Cartwright, Ensemble, US Sarah) is thrilled to return to MTH in such a fun classic! Previous credits include MTH: Little Women, Cabaret, Padgett Productions: Rocky Horror Show, TCH/Kauffman Center: Beauty and the Beast, OCTA: Daddy Long Legs, A New Brain, White Theatre: Into the Woods, Theatre in the Park: Spelling Bee, White Christmas, Zombie Prom. BA Theatre from Loyola University Chicago, MFA Education from Avila University. Special thanks to the creative team and cast, as well as her family and loved ones for their unending support. @hazeknudsen12

Christian Owen

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Chris (Ensemble, US Nathan, US Nicely Nicely Johnson) is ecstatic to be back in the MTH stage for another production! Recent credits include: The Last Romance (Chestnut Fine Arts Center), Merrily We Roll Along (MTKC Pro), Godspell (MTH), Beautiful: The Carol King Musical (MTKC Pro), Bye Bye Birdie (MTKC Pro).

Megan Secrest

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Megan Secrest (Big Julie, Ensemble) was last seen on the MTH stage as Maggie in A Chorus Line. Previous credits include, Hollywood Live: Christmas (MTKC) and Anything Goes (Wichita State University). Megan recently moved to NYC and completed Broadway Dance Center’s Professional Semester where she performed pieces by: Deb Roshe, Traci Reszetylo, Mishay Petronelli, and Kellen Stancil. Megan has a BFA in Musical Theatre and a Minor in Dance from Wichita State University. Instagram: @_megan_secrest_

Emily Shackelford

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Emily (Sarah Brown) is a director, choreographer, performer, and currently serves as the Artistic Operations Manager at MTH. Her work as an actor has brought her to The New Victory Theater (Off-Broadway), DC Arena Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Portland Center Stage, The KC Rep, and many more. Recent directing credits at MTH include Little Women, Godspell, Gypsy, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Radio Play (‘23 & ‘24), A Spectacular Christmas, and The Secret Garden (Asst. Dir.), as well as Kate Hamill’s Little Women at KCAT (Asst. Dir.) and Cyrano de Bergerac at KCRep (Associate Dir.). For more, find her on instagram @emilyareti.

Francisco Javier Villegas

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Coming soon!

Willa Hope Walberg

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Willa Hope Walberg (Ensemble) is SO EXCITED to be back on the MTH stage after 12 years! Past credits include Alice Murphy in Bright Star and Brooke Wyndham in Legally Blonde at Great Plains Theatre, Kate in Legally Blonde at Starlight Theatre, and Rita/Dance Captain/Betty U/S in White Christmas at Missouri State University. She thanks Megan, her cat, Amity, her siblings, and most importantly, her parents for their unending love and support. BFA Musical Theatre, Dance Minor from Missouri State University. @WillaHopeWalberg

Douglass Walker

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Douglass Walker (Nicely Nicely Johnson) Performance credits include: Musical Theater Heritage: The Christmas Spectacular, Ruby Room Series-For The Culture, STEVIE, In The Heights, Porgy and Bess; Ruby Room Series- Songs Sung Blue, Ruby Room Series- Let’s Get It On, R & H Unplugged, In the Heights; KC Melting Pot Theatre: The Amen Corner; The Coterie Theatre: Alice’s Wonderland; Spinning Tree Theatre: Caroline or Change, Billy Elliot, Once On This Island; The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City: 5 Guys Named Moe, A Soldier’s Play, Memphis (2018), OTHELLO: A Hip-Hop Remix, Mahalia Jackson the Gospel Musical; The Black Repertory Theatre & The White Theatre at the J; Memphis (2022); T-Mobile Center: Read for 15 reading rally: host/emcee (2023 & 2024); Santa Clause.

Marc Wayne

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Marc (Harry the Horse, Ensemble) is honored to call MTH home for 7 years and 11 shows now. His work has been seen in productions by KC Rep, The Coterie, Belhaven University, St. Louis Dance Theater, Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Theater, KC Chiefs Cheerleaders, Storling Dance Theater, Dance Revolution, CARMAN Ministries, and Bibleman. Some favorites include: A Christmas Carol, Porgy and Bess, Godspell, Ragtime, Hair, Shrek: The Musical, Catch Me If You Can, and Guys and Dolls. Offstage he’s dance teacher, handyman/remodeler, artist, cook, writer, student of science/physics, and dad to 7+humans. “Jesus, Gene, Sammy, Donald, and Bugs…Thank you!”

Doug Weaver

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DOUG WEAVER (Uncle Arvide): Favorite Roles: Edna in Hairspray, Dindon in La Cage Aux Folles, Falstaff in Henry IV Part 1, Bottom in Midsummer Night’s Dream, Don in American Buffalo, Dr. Chumley in Harvey, and Joe in Time of Your Life. Selected Direction: Maxine at Union Station, Rocky Horror Show at Theatre Lawrence, Every Brilliant Thing at Spinning Tree, Blithe Spirit at KCAT, Full Gallop at Spinning Tree, At Home At The Zoo at KCAT. Director of EARTh (Equity Actor’s Readers Theatre) and Recipient of the Phoenix Award for Excellence in the Arts

Angela Wildflower

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Angela Wildflower (Miss Adelaide) is an actor and singer making her MTH debut. She has appeared on TV, film, & stages worldwide, with credits including Blue Bloods, FBI, Russian Doll, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Raising Kanaan, ATLANTA, Poker Face, and more. Angela’s Broadway credits include Motown The Musical as well as starring roles in Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar & Grill, The Color Purple, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Venice, Paradise Blue, and more. As a vocalist, she has toured with Postmodern Jukebox and 3x Tony legend Hinton Battle. Angela is a proud graduate of Spelman College. Follow her journey on IG @iWildflower.

Thomas Yambo-Rios

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Thomas Yambo Rios (Ensemble, US Benny, US Charlie) – Previous Credits: CAROUSEL; Music Theatre Heritage, A CHORUS LINE; Wichita State University, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES; Roxy’s Downtown, KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN; Roxy’s Downtown.

Musicians

Karita Carter

Trombone

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John Gilmore

Drums

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Lawrence Jackson

Trumpet

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On trumpet, Lawrence Jackson aka MrHighC, plays with several bands around the Kansas City area but also plays onboard Princess cruises during select times of the year. While this is his third production run with MTH he has also performed with the Black Repertory Theater. While you may find Lawrence performing with local bands like The Phantastics, Brass and Boujee, Mundo Nouvo, he is also a composer and arranger. His composition Thrawn’s Fanfare was written as a theme for a character in the Star Wars universe and was performed live by the Springfield Youth Symphony. His latest project has him writing and recording with local Folk and Irish band Carswell and Hope. You can find more about Lawrence at MrHighC.com

Amil McDaniel

Bass

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Zak Pischnotte

Reeds

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Zak Pischnotte is a highly versatile musician and educator in the Kansas City metro. For the last eight years he has taught various music history classes and performing ensembles at Johnson County Community College. As a woodwind doubler he has played at Starlight Theater, New Theatre, and is currently on his fifth show with MTH. On the local scene, he can be heard with Chris Hazelton’s Boogaloo 7 and his own free improvisation ensemble.

Ty Tuttle

Piano

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