Adapted from Madeleine L’Engle’s much-loved classic tale, one of literature’s most enduring young heroines, Meg Murry, is back — braces, stubbornness and all.

Joining forces with her baby brother Charles Wallace, friend and neighbor Calvin O’Keefe, and the celestial beings Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which, she must battle the forces of evil in order to rescue her father, save humanity, and discover herself. Traveling through time and space, Meg must save both her father and the world from IT, an evil force that is rapidly casting its shadow over the universe. But what does Meg have that the IT does not? Love. For in the end, love is enough to overcome evil and bring IT’s dark world crashing down.

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 Nigerian American brothers. Though Timi is a freshman and Kareem is a Senior, they both want to be drumline section leader. Walking through the mayhem halls of “Blue Vale High” with his older brother as guide, Timi meets a bashful girl with a secret, a boy coming into his own, a terrorizing homecoming king, a couple faculty members who don’t want him to win, and all kinds of adolescence obstacles. The brothers race to become section leader while trying to stay out of trouble and make their immigrant mother proud all while learning how to be Black boys in a white world.

A fun and funny swashbuckling adventure and a love letter to books, access to books, and libraries.

Lilly is a ten-year-old worrywart. To keep her concerns at bay, she diligently and fervently lists them in a worry book. Her globe-trotting scientist-parents don’t worry about anything. When they learn of a rare sighting of the frangipani fruit fly, they set sail for the fabled Shipwreck Islands. Since water is her greatest fear, Lilly stays behind with her eccentric, librarian great-uncle. Then news comes that the scientists are shipwrecked, and Lilly must overcome her fear of the sea, find the hidden island, and outsmart a bunch of treasure-hungry pirates to save her parents.

The grooviest cat in town is BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

For Pete the Cat, life is an adventure no matter where you wind up. So, the minute the groovy blue cat meets The Biddles, he gets the whole family rocking. That is, except for young Jimmy Biddle, the most organized second grader on planet Earth. But when Jimmy draws a blank in art class during the last week of school, it turns out Pete is the perfect pal to help him out. Together, they set out on a mission to help Jimmy conquer second grade art, and along the way, they both learn a little something new about inspiration. Join Jimmy and Pete on an adventure of friendship, all the way to Paris and back in a VW Bus!

The beloved holiday classic comes to life on stage!

Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced with the harsh reality that his father is on the naughty list and that his half-brother doesn’t even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas. Based on the cherished New Line Cinema hit, Elf – The Musical TYA, features songs by Tony Award-nominees, Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin, with a book by Tony Award-winners, Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin.

This FREE classroom-sized session with two trained presenters is for 6th and 7th grades to support mental wellness for KC area pre-teens.

Partnering with the UMKC’s Department of Social Work to train our actors and facilitators, this session addresses the mental health issues we’re seeing on a fast rise in our schools.

This innovative, interactive theatre work introduces middle school students, an often underserved group, to mental wellness concepts—with the goals of de-stigmatizing asking for help, opening dialogue, and providing resiliency tools.

Ignite the excitement for reading through the creative arts with Coterie's Readers Theatre program! We offer two options: three 50-minute sessions OR one 1-hour session (1st &2nd grade only).

Coterie Theatre's in-school residencies are customized to each classroom and adapted to the reading and writing levels of each student to ensure active participation. All residencies align with the Missouri and Kansas English Language Arts and Theatre Arts standards.

Led by a professional teaching artist, students will explore the historical events and cultural context that inspired Edgar Allan Poe. Using either The Masque of the Red Death, Premature Burial, or The Tell-Tale Heart, students will explore how the use of symbolism created a lasting impact on audiences across the eras.
Coterie Theatre's in-school residencies are customized to each classroom and adapted to the reading and writing levels of each student to ensure active participation. All residencies align with the Missouri and Kansas English Language Arts and Theatre Arts standards.

Through this introductory workshop, students will learn to write dialogue and learn script writing format, build characters, write two monologues, create a setting, and begin creation of a scene.
For each classroom-sized group, choose between:
One 5-hour session for $450;
Two 2.5-hour sessions for $450;
Three 50-minute sessions for $300.
Coterie Theatre's in-school residencies are customized to each classroom and adapted to the reading and writing levels of each student to ensure active participation. All residencies align with the Missouri and Kansas English Language Arts and Theatre Arts standards.

Through monologue writing, we bring history to life with the power of your students' voices. Students will write and perform a short first-person monologue about a historical figure.

Coterie Theatre's in-school residencies are customized to each classroom and adapted to the reading and writing levels of each student to ensure active participation. All residencies align with the Missouri and Kansas English Language Arts and Theatre Arts standards.