Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre

KCART is proud to present the second radio play of its new “Amplify” series, where young playwrights have the chance to experience the process of producing their radio play from start to finish.

In Vietnam in 1946, the 4th generation medicine man of the Le family receives a visit from the spirit of his father, the previous medicine man, who warns of the danger and the endless war to come. The spirit insists that the medicine man find a successor soon, but with only a daughter left in the family, who could he possibly teach to be the next “medicine man?”

Featuring Vi Tran, Paul Kim, Erika Crane Ricketts, and Ai Vy Bui with direction from Shawna Peña-Downing and sound design by Thomas Newby. Written by Bui Ngoc Hieu, a Vietnamese-American actor, filmmaker, playwright, and student who is currently pursuing a BA in Theatre at UMKC

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

A reckoning arrives and the bodies in the donated cadaver program are warmer than usual in the shocking conclusion of “Ca$h 4 Carnage.”

Featuring Walter Coppage, Ai By Bui, Vanessa Severo, Nedra Dixon, Criston Starks, and Justin McCoy with direction from Brianna Woods and sound design by La’ron Cooper. Written by Khalif J. Gillett.

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

The pressure rises as witnesses step forward and The Law draws closer. Desperate people risk rash decisions as they race to escape the growing stack of refrigerated bodies threatening to bury them.

Featuring Donovan Woods, Walter Coppage, Ai Vy Bui, Vanessa Severo, Nedra Dixon, Criston Starks, and Bety Le Shackelford under the direction of Brianna Woods with sound design by La’ron Cooper. Written by Khalif J. Gillett.

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

History repeats itself as new developments lead Detective Nguyên to resurrect an old case. Meanwhile, the stakes are raised as dreams start to sour and conspirators search for honor among thieves.

Featuring Donovan Woods, Walter Coppage, Ai Vy Bui, Vanessa Severo, Nedra Dixon, Just McCoy, and Bety Le Shackelford with direction by Brianna Woods and sound design by La’ron Cooper. Written by Khalif J. Gillett.

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, Theatre League, and the Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation.

As bodies start to come up missing from a university medical lab, a headstrong youth takes a job from the ego-driven professor who runs the donated cadaver program in the opening episode of this five-part '90s-era noir by KC-trained writer Khalif J. Gillett.

Featuring Donovan Woods, Nedra Dixon, Walter Coppage, Vanessa Severo, Criston Starks, Justin McCoy, and Ai Vy Bui with direction from Brianna Woods and sound design by La’ron Cooper.

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, Theatre League, and the Breidenthal-Snyder Foundation.