Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre

Blanche pines for a new place as John has a potential business partner to entertain in this classic radio comedy by Philip Rapp. Will they move up from their room without a view?

Featuring Matt Schwader, Olyvia Anothayanontha, Hillary Clemens, Santiago Sosa, Joshua Gleeson, and Walter Coppage. Directed by Gary Heisserer with Sound Design and Supervision by Mary Robinson.

Among KCART's program sponsors are the Estelle S. and Robert A. Long Ellis Foundation, ArtsKC, the Missouri Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Theater League, and the Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation.

Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre is taking a broadcast break in April as we get a head start on a new, exciting batch of content ready for you in our 2021-2022 season of free radio theatre programming! In this update, John Rensenhouse, Kansas City Actors Theatre Artistic Committee Chair, talks about the exciting projects we have coming up for KCART in the next year, from original works like "Ca$h 4 Carnage," more classic radio theatre, and even a new (hopefully live) game show format with Kansas City artists and actors. Listen in on this short update and we'll see you back for new episodes starting on May 14th.

We're also re-airing our original historical drama radio serial play, "Kansas City: 1924," on KKFI 90.1 FM in it's entirety in hour-long blocks every Friday from noon to 1 pm from April 2nd through May 7th, so tune in and listen from the beginning!

Revenge is served cold with the closing of “Kansas City: 1924” in the final episode, “Frigidus in Terra.” Fate trades life for life and future for future as a brutal winter descends on the city and its denizens look forward to the world to come.

Featuring Matt Schwader, Scott Cordes, Victor Raider-Wexler (who also Directs), Mike Ott, Mark Robbins, Bri Woods, Jen Mays, Kyle Dyck, Chioma Anyanwu, Brian Paulette, Nedra Dixon, Rusty Sneary, Sam Cordes, Jerry Mañan, Granvile O’Neal, Vanessa Severo, Walter Coppage, Natalie Licardello, and Justin McCoy. Sound Design by Jonathan Robertson. Written by Forrest Attaway.

Revelation and retribution arrive in “The Reckoning,” episode 11 of “Kansas City: 1924.” Vincent’s true nature is finally revealed and a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions is set into motion. Don’t miss this stirring preparation for the exciting conclusion of “Kansas City: 1924.”

Featuring Matt Schwader, Jan Rogge, Ellen Kirk, Scott Cordes, Victor Raider-Wexler (who also directs), Manon Halliburton, Mike Ott, Mark Robbins, Bri Woods, Jen Mays, Kyle Dyck, Chioma Anyanwu, Katie Hall, Katie Gilchrist, Brian Paulette, Nedra Dixon, and Gary Neal Johnson. Sound Design by Jonathan Robertson. Written by Forrest Attaway.

In “Doppelganger,” the 10th episode of “Kansas City: 1924,” a bold plan is carried out to bring an end to further bloodshed in the cross-town war, but there’s no guarantee – or even faith – that it will work. Meanwhile, shocking revelations come to light and a heartbreaking confrontation is put into motion.

Featuring Rusty Sneary, Matt Schwader, Jan Rogge, Ellen Kirk, Scott Cordes, RH Wilhoit, Alisa Lynn, Victor Raider-Wexler (who also directs), Manon Halliburton, Mike Ott, Mark Robbins, and Bri Woods with Sound Design and Engineering by Jon Robertson. Written by Forrest Attaway.

A bedridden woman listens in on a crossed-wire call, only to get drawn into a mystery deeper than she could have possibly expected. “Sorry, Wrong Number,” is a fun, twist-filled yarn that Orson Welles once referred to as ‘the greatest radio script ever written.’

Featuring Hillary Clemens, Matt Rapport, Jerry Mañan, Peggy Friesen, Damron Russel Armstrong, Teisha Bankston, and Jan Rogge. Directed by Darren Sextro with Sound Supervision by Mary Robinson and Sound Design by Sam Toskin.

Opportunity knocks when a cabbie’s fare leaves something behind in his taxi, but how far is he willing to go to answer the call? Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre presents the twists and turns of the classic “Suspense” story “Love, Honor, or Murder.”

Featuring Cathy Barnett, David Fritts, Marc Liby, Darrington Clark, Joshua Gleason, Austin Taylor Smith, and Kathleen Warfel with Host John Rensenhouse. Directed by Gary Heisserer with Sound Supervision by Mary Robinson and Sound Design by Caleb Stoller.

When two performers start chatting during the intermission break of their improv set, they end up getting a lot more personal about comedy than they expected. Written by KC's own Tosin Morohunfola, the radio play “Comediennes” draws from some of his back-stage experiences with improvisers from across the country.

Featuring Justin Barron, Katie Karel, and Amber McKinnon. Directed by Shon Ruffin with Sound Supervision by Mary Robinson and Sound Design by Matt Barnes.

The struggling writer of a 1940’s family radio show is mystified when his episodes start featuring strange dialog he didn’t write. Desperate for answers, he searches for the source of the mysterious interjections. This exciting original story by Jerry Mañan and Kitty Corum is in the spirit of the classic “Suspense” Series and is part Orson Welles, part Twilight Zone!

Featuring Jerry Mañan, Kitty Corum, Coleman Crenshaw, Walter Coppage, Victor Raider-Wexler, Drew Squire, and Emma Andrews. Written by Kitty Corum and Jerry Mañan. Directed by John Rensenhouse. Sound Design by Thomas Newby. Sound Supervision by Mary Robinson.

Brazen and desperate schemes take shape this week in “Best Laid Plans,” episode 9 of our original series, “Kansas City: 1924,” by Forrest Attaway. As dust settles on the latest battle for the streets of Kansas City, the combatants nurse their wounds and look for a way forward, with or without further bloodshed.

This latest episode in the ongoing historical saga “Kansas City: 1924” features Rusty Sneary, Matt Schwader, Katie Hall, Chioma Anyanwu, Kyle Dyck, Katie Gilchrist, Ellen Kirk, Scott Cordes, Gary Neal Johnson, RH Wilhoit, Alisa Lynn, Granvile O’Neal, Nedra Dixon, Walter Coppage, Justin McCoy, and Victor Raider-Wexler. Written by Forrest Attaway. Directed by Victor Raider-Wexler with Sound Design and Engineering by Jonathan Robertson.