Looking for family-friendly live theater in Kansas City this winter? From classics to modern kid shows, Kansas City stages offer performances for kids of all ages and their grown-ups. This guide features the best family-friendly theater in KC to help you plan a cozy, memorable outing this winter.
Family Friendly Theater this Winter in Kansas City
The Drum Closet
January 28-February 22
The Coterie at Crown Center
A coming-of-age play about two young, drum-loving African American brothers navigating a white high school, its bias, bullying, and powers-that-be. The story follows two ambitious, Nigerian-American brothers. Though Timi is a freshman and Kareem is a senior, they both must learn how to survive the culture of their midwestern school and the obstacles of adolescence. Desperately trying to stay out of trouble, the brothers race to become drumline section leader and make their immigrant mother proud, all while learning how to be Black boys in a white world. Ages 12+
Mary Poppins
February 5-8
First Act Theatre at MidAmerica Nazarene University’s Bell Center
The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.”
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert
February 19-22
Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid
March 17-April 18
Theatre for Young America, Union Station
