

Current New Work Development
Book: Allison Cloud
Music/Lyrics: Kevin Cloud

Description
Roar, a family musical, tells the story of Sarah the Bear, who like many bears before her has been forced by humans to perform as a dancing bear. But Sarah has an impossible dream. She longs to break free from the system of oppression and establish herself as an equal to the humans as the world's first dancing and singing bear. The problem is that everywhere Sarah turns, her voice is silenced.
As a last resort, Sarah runs off to the circus to pursue her dream, discovering too late that the circus is run by a family of evil clowns. The clowns imprison Sarah and force her to continue performing for their show as a dancing bear. Sarah continues to pursue her impossible dream, and eventually her dream grows bigger as she inspires other captive bears to raise their voices until they are heard. United, the power of their collective voice triumphs over the oppression they have endured.
Social Relevance
Despite progess, there still exist many oppressive systems - not only worldwide, but also right in our back yards. These systems present themself in many forms, therefore it is important to make them known so real sustainable change can be achieved. Most often progress is catalyzed by those who are being disenfranchiezed. It is our hope that we can reinforce the power of allyship and advocacy among those not afftected, that is informed by the marginalized group.
ROAR A New Musical Outdoor Staged Reading
Time/Date: Friday May 14 & Saturday May 15 at 7pm
Venue: The Black Box located in the historic West Bottoms district of Kansas City, MO.
2021 Kansas City Fringe Festival
Dates: July 18 - August 1
Venue: Will be available to view online.
Get tickets online here.
Developed in Associaton with The Culture House
Director: Heidi Van
Music Director: Jeremy Watson
Stage Manager: Shayla Leggs
Stage Manager: Matthew Koehler
Producer: Athena Louise Hyacinth
Production Assistant: Erica Coleman
Sound Design: Mark Johnson
Lighting Design: Micah Thompson (Fringe)
Videographer/Editor: Matthew Koehler (Fringe)
Set Design: Heidi Van (Fringe)
Costume Design: Athena Louise Hyacinth (Fringe)
Grip: Nancy Tran (Fringe)
Grip: Allison Uhlenhop (Fringe)
Sarah - Darcie Hingula
Joey - Cameron Mabie
Evil Clown Joe - Spencer Thompson
Mama/Bonnie - Jasmine Lowe
Papa/Harold - Robert Hingula
Clarence - Tim Ahlenius
Daisy - Cody Boehm
Reggie - Timothy Houston
Frankie - Brock Hatton
Lulu - Kirsten Nicole Myers
Female Understudy - Melissa Trierweiler
Male Understudy - Fisher Stewart
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Related Resources
If you or someone you know believe your civil rights are being violated, here are a list of resources for your use:
Federal: US Commision on Civil RIghts
Kansas City: Kansas City Human RIghts Commission
Missouri: MO Dept of Labor
MO Dept of Elementary and Secondary Education
Kansas: KS Deptartment of Justice & Civil RIghts
This Show Would Not Be Possible Without
The BlackBox Staff
Cloud Nine Aerial Arts
Daisy Bucket
Lee Walter Redding
Darcie Hingula
Barb and Steve Cloud
John and Traci Solomon
Kansas Department of Commerce CAIC
National Endowment for the Arts
Lewis Oates
ArtsKC Regional Arts Council
Dr. Benjamin Nero
Noella Folkes-Nero
Cory and Julianne Lagerstrom