DANCE NATION

By Clare Barron

Directed by Heidi Van

A Co-Production with UMKC Theatre

December 1 – 19, 2021

Finalist, 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Run Time: 90 Minutes. There is no intermission.

Please Note: This production contains strong language.

Please Note: Due to the ongoing construction on Main Street, we recommend that you arrive early to give yourself plenty of time to find parking and take your seat.

This hilarious and empowering play is filled with pre-teen anxiety and major “Dance Moms” energy.

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ABOUT

Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at Nationals in Tampa Bay. A play about ambition, growing up, and how to find our souls in the heat of it all.

VIDEOS

SHOW PHOTOS

  • 1 end sailor crop
  • 2 big eyes crop
  • 3 warm up 2 crop
  • 4 jenise talk crop
  • 5 car crop
  • 6 faces crop
  • 7 ballet bar crop
  • 8 petals crop
  • 9 huddle crop
  • 10 jaeda leap crop
  • 11 ghandi end crop
  • 12 jump for joy crop
  • 13 blood crop
  • 14 triptych crop
  • 15 bathoom mirror crop
  • 16 flying 1 crop
  • 17 end 2 crop

CAST

as Dance Teacher Pat

Darrington Clark

as Dance Teacher Pat

as Amina

Jess Andrews

as Amina

as Zuzu

Jaeda LaVonne Smith

as Zuzu

as Connie

Fatima Wardak

as Connie

as Luke

Dee Jimenez

as Luke

as Maeve

Chelsea Rolfes

as Maeve

as Sophia

Vanessa Severo

as Sophia

as Ashlee

Jenise Cook

as Ashlee

as Crumpled Sailor aka Vanessa/The Moms

Brittany DeAnn Welch

as Crumpled Sailor aka Vanessa/The Moms

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