MISSION STATEMENT
MTKC celebrates the collaborative art form of musical theatre through preparatory training and professional performances, emphasizing the importance of live music, in an inclusive environment honoring both individuality and community.
About Us
President & Founder:
Cary Danielson Pandzik
Executive Artistic Director:
Julie Danielson
Director of Operations:
Chris Clements
General Manager:
Jasmine Hall
A revolutionary new concept…
The first of its kind in the entire country. A live theater space, featuring full-scale on-stage productions, inside a major movie theater complex.
Located at 16301 Midland Dr, Shawnee, KS 66217.
For more information about short-term rentals, email events@bbtheatres.com.
Production History
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2026
Rising Star Revue
Xanadu
You Can’t Stop the Beat: An Evening with Marc Shaiman
Once Upon a One More Time
The Wedding Singer - [MTKC Pro]
Music of the Night2025
All is Calm - [MTKC Pro]
Time To… - (Senior Showcase)
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - [MTKC Pro]
High School Musical
The SpongeBob Musical
Billy Elliot – [MTKC Pro]
Songs for a New World – [MTKC Pro]
All Shook Up2024
Sugarplum: WORLD PREMIERE – [MTKC Pro]
Change It! – (Senior Showcase)
Merrily We Roll Along – [MTKC Pro]
Children of Eden
Seussical
Soundstage: The Hollywood Musical Experience
The Adventures of Charlie Brown – (Waiting in the Wings Day Camp)
Rocky – [MTKC Pro]
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – [MTKC Pro]2023
Let it Be
Hollywood Live: Holiday Edition – [MTKC Pro]
Lost and Found – (Senior Showcase)
Bye Bye Birdie – [MTKC Pro]
Band Geeks
Beauty and the Beast
Finding Nemo, Jr.
Zombies – (Waiting in the Wings Day Camp)
Tick, Tick...Boom! – [MTKC Pro]2022
The Prom – [MTKC Pro]
White Christmas – [MTKC Pro]
Once Upon a Time – (Senior Showcase)
Shrek
Footloose
Rising Star Revue
Snow White and the 27 Dwarfs – (Waiting in the Wings Day Camp)2021
Barnum
A Christmas Story – [MTKC Pro]
The Start of Something New – (Senior Showcase)
Disney's Camp Rock
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – (Waiting in the Wings Day Camp)
Something Rotten – (Broadway at B&B)2020
Best Day of My Life – (Senior Showcase)
How to Eat Like a Child – (Waiting in the Wings Day Camp)
Disney's Descendents
Little Shop of Horrors
Mary Poppins -
2019
Elf – [MTKC Pro]
2020 Vision – (Senior Showcase)
High School Musical – (Broadway at B&B)
James and the Giant Peach
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown – (Rising Star Day Camp)
Pippin – [MTKC Pro]
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
MTKCouples Cabaret – [MTKC Alumni Show]2018
Music of the Night: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 – [MTKC Pro]
See What's Next – (Senior Showcase)
My Favorite Year – (Broadway at B&B)
Fame – (Broadway at B&B)
Honk! – (Rising Star Day Camp)
Hair – (22nd Annual Senior Show)
Disney's Freaky Friday – (Disney Pilot Production)2017
Soundstage: The Hollywood Musical Project
A Wonderful Life – [MTKC Pro]
Let's Go to the Movies – (Senior Showcase)
All Shook Up – (Broadway at Baker)
State Fair – (Broadway at Baker)
The Wizard of Oz – (Day Camp)
Xanadu – (21st Annual Senior Show)
Avenue Q – [MTKC Pro]
The Little Mermaid
White Christmas2016
Songs for Steven: Memorial Concert for Steven Karlin – (Special Alumni Show)
The Weather Report – (Senior Showcase)
Bells Are Ringing – (Broadway at Baker)
Footloose – (Broadway at Baker)
School of Rock - Regional Premiere
Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory – (Day Camp)
The Last Five Years – [MTKC Pro]
Sweet Charity – (20th Annual Senior Show)
The Last Five Years of Broadway: Songs from 2011-2016 – (14th Annual Alumni Show)
42nd Street2015
A Trip to the Library – (Senior Showcase)
The Pajama Game – (Broadway at Baker)
A Man of No Importance – (13th Annual Alumni Show)
Children of Eden – (Broadway at Baker)
Starmites – (Rising Star Production)
How to Eat Like a Child – (Day Camp)
The Wedding Singer – (19th Annual Senior Show)
Bring It On - Regional Premiere2014
New Ways to Dream – (Senior Showcase)
The Wiz – (Broadway at Baker)
The "B-List" of Broadway – (12th Annual Alumni Show)
Crazy for You – (Broadway at Baker)
Disney's Camp Rock – (Rising Star Production)
The Adventures of Charlie Brown – (Day Camp)
City of Angels – (18th Annual Senior Show)
Jesus Christ Superstar: In Concert
Hairspray2013
When We Grow Up – (Senior Showcase)
Once On This Island – (Broadway at Baker)
Next to Normal – (11th Annual Alumni Show)
My Favorite Year – (Broadway at Baker)
Honk! – (Rising Star Production)
Schoolhouse Rock! – (Day Camp)
Once Upon a Time in New Jersey – (17th Annual Senior Show)
Little Shop of Horrors
Seussical2012
Rock the Vote KC – (Senior Showcase)
All Shook Up – (Broadway at Baker)
Close-Up: Songs of the Silver Screen – (10th Annual Alumni Show)
Hot Mikado – (Broadway at Baker)
The Truth... and Other Lies – (Reprise Production)
Free to Be...You and Me – (Day Camp)
Chicago – (16th Annual Senior Show)
Xanadu
Thoroughly Modern Millie2011
Grounded in Flight – (Senior Showcase)
Urinetown – (Broadway at Baker)
MTYPraise! – (9th Annual Alumni Show)
Anything Goes – (Broadway at Baker)
The Truth... and Other Lies – (WORLD PREMIERE)
Dinosaur Days – (Day Camp)
Into the Woods – (15th Annual Senior Show)
Happy Days: The Musical
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels2010
Zombie Prom – (Broadway at Baker)
Be the Star / Be the Sun – (8th Annual Alumni Shows)
Children of Eden – (Broadway at Baker)
Snow White and the 17 Dwarfs – (Day Camp)
Thirteen – (Middle School Camp)
The Drowsy Chaperone – (14th Annual Senior Show)
White Christmas -
2009
On Our Way – (Senior Benefit Concert)
Curtains – (Broadway at Baker)
Cabaret – (Broadway at Baker)
john and jen – (7th Annual Alumni Show)
The Wizard of Oz – (Day Camp)
Smile – (13th Annual Senior Show)
All Shook Up
2008
Once On This Island – (Broadway at Baker)
A New Brain – (6th Annual Alumni Show)
My Favorite Year – (Broadway at Baker)
Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Jr. – (Day Camp)
The Boys From Syracuse – (12th Annual Senior Show)
On Your Toes
2007
The Wiz – (Broadway at Baker)
If I Can Dream – (5th Annual Alumni Show)
The Pajama Game – (Broadway at Baker)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day – (Day Camp)
Songs for a New World – (11th Annual Senior Show)
Hot Mikado - Regional Premiere
2006
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – (Broadway at Baker)
Happily Ever After – (4th Annual Alumni Show)
Godspell – (Broadway at Baker)
Free to Be...You and Me – (Day Camp)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – (10th Annual Senior Show)
Urinetown
2005
Footloose – (Broadway at Baker)
Generations – (3rd Annual Alumni Show)
Children of Eden – (Broadway at Baker)
A Day in the Life of Charlie Brown – (Day Camp)
Into the Woods – (9th Annual Senior Show)
Seussical – (with the Kansas City Symphony)
Seussical
2004
42nd Street – (Broadway at Baker)
We Tell the Story: The Songs of Ahrens and Flaherty – (2nd Annual Alumni Show)
Chess – (Broadway at Baker)
How to Eat Like a Child – (Day Camp)
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? – (8th Annual Senior Show)
Once On This Island
2003
Polar Express – (with the Kansas City Symphony)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown – (1st Annual Alumni Show)
My Favorite Year – (Broadway at Baker)
West Side Story – (Broadway at Baker)
School House Rock Live!, Jr. – (Day Camp)
City of Angels – (7th Annual Senior Show)
Cinderella – (with the Kansas City Symphony)
My One and Only
2002
Annie Warbucks – (Broadway at Baker)
Grand Hotel – (Broadway at Baker)
The Wizard of Oz – (Day Camp)
10th Anniversary Gala and Alumni Showcase
Lucky Stiff – (6th Annual Senior Show)
Footloose
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown – (with the KC Symphony)
2001
Holiday Fantasy – (with The Kansas City Symphony)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – (Broadway at Baker)
Evita – (Broadway at Baker)
The Adventures of Charlie Brown – (Day Camp)
Into the Woods – (5th Annual Senior Show)
The Will Rogers Follies
2000
Once On This Island – (Broadway at Baker)
Cabaret – (Broadway at Baker)
Godspell – (Broadway at Baker)
Tom Sawyer – (Day Camp)
The Secret Garden – (4th Annual Senior Show)
Anything Goes
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1999
Crazy for You – (Starlight Youth Academy)
Jekyll and Hyde – (Broadway at Baker)
Jesus Christ Superstar – (Starlight Youth Academy)
How to Eat Like a Child – (Starlight Youth Academy Day Camp)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – (3rd Annual Senior Show)
State Fair
1998
Grease – (Broadway at Baker)
Chess – (Broadway at Baker)
Grease – (Broadway at Baker)
The Cookie Lady – (Day Camp)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood – (2nd Annual Senior Show)
Once On This Island
1997
Barnum – (Seven Days of Broadway)
West Side Story – (Broadway at Baker)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – (Broadway at Baker)
Free to Be...You and Me – (Day Camp)
Into the Woods – (1st Annual Senior Show)
1996
42nd Street & Lullaby of Broadway
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – (Seven Days of Broadway)
Anything Goes – (Broadway at Baker)
The Will Rogers Follies – (Seven Days of Broadway)
The Adventures of Charlie Brown – (Day Camp)
1995
Annie Warbucks
L'il Abner – (Seven Days of Broadway)
Bye Bye Birdie – (Broadway at Baker)
Guys and Dolls – (Seven Days of Broadway)
1994
Oliver!
Fiddler on the Roof – (Seven Days of Broadway)
Finian's Rainbow – (Seven Days of Broadway)
Hello Dolly – (Broadway at Baker)
The Music Man – (Broadway at Baker)
1993
Here's Love - Miracle on 34th Street
42nd Street – (Seven Days of Broadway)
Guys and Dolls – (Broadway at Baker)
How to Eat Like a Child – (Day Camp)
Brigadoon – (Seven Days of Broadway)
Meet Me in St. Louis – (Seven Days of Broadway)
Bob McGrath Live
Overland!
1992
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Carousel – (Seven Days of Broadway)
Anything Goes – (Seven Days of Broadway)
Oklahoma – (Seven Days of Broadway)
1991
The Music Man – (with Bethel College and JCCC)
F.A.Q.
Please read below for answers to some of our
Frequently Asked Questions.
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Music Theatre Kansas City offers various levels of performance opportunities each year.
MTKC ProAUDITION ONLY, Professional Adult Actors
Currently Non-Equity
Winter Show
AUDITION ONLY, Student Performers
One week between Christmas and New Year’s
Actual dates vary with holiday calendar
"Waiting in the Wings" Day Camp
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED, open to ages 8-12
June/July
Summer Mainstage Productions
AUDITION ONLY, Student Performers
June/July
Senior Showcase
Open to MTKC Graduating Seniors only
Mid-October
MTKC Alumni Show
Open to MTKC Alums only
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We have our own theater space inside the B&B Shawnee Movie Theater Complex off 435 and Midland Drive.
There is free parking and there is handicap accessible seating available
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Tickets typically go on sale a month before the performance and online links will be available on our website.
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Each MTKC show is different, but the general age range is 8-18.
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Many of our MTKC students have been successful on Broadway or in Hollywood, and hundreds of them are currently using their theatre and music talents to work professionally. Many of them graciously return to MTKC to teach, train and share their expertise with our students. They will tell you they gravitate back to the program because of their personal experience as an MTKC student.
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Music Theatre Kansas City is a not-for-profit 501(c)3. In an effort to control tuition costs to our students, MTKC relies on fundraisers, individual gifts, and grants to maintain the quality of program.
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Most of them are from the Kansas City metropolitan area, especially during the school year. However, we have had students from all over the country participate in the summer. We welcome all students who are looking for an intensive week-long experience in music theatre performance.
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Most of our mainstage shows feature casts of about 30-45 young people. But they vary according to show requirements.
Julie Tree Fund
All contributions to this fund support one purpose: bringing live musicians to every MTKC production. Live orchestras—large or small—enhance our shows with true professional quality. We honor each composer’s original orchestration and provide valuable opportunities by reserving at least 25% of our orchestra seats for student musicians.
"Continue the Tradition"
Since 2001, Artistic Director & Resident Music Director Julie Danielson has shaped the signature sound of MTKC, guiding our choruses and nurturing the musicianship that defines every production. In 2008, she led MTKC’s first full pit orchestra, launching a tradition audiences now eagerly anticipate and deeply value.
Live orchestras offer students an extraordinary educational experience and allow MTKC to connect with a wider community of young artists. We proudly hire local professional musicians at a fair wage and reserve opportunities for high school and college players to learn alongside them.
To honor Julie’s impact, Hermes Landscaping donated a tree now planted outside the Baker University theater.
Contributions to The Julie Tree Fund ensure that MTKC can continue this beloved tradition of live orchestras for years to come. To support the fund and help keep live music at the heart of every MTKC production, please donate using the button below or send contributions to:
The Julie Tree - MTKC
9780 Hollis Lane
Shawnee, KS 66227
Keep the music alive!
MTKC Alumni Association
Encouraging alumni to contribute and stay engaged with the organization through various level of membership.