All week, we’ll be previewing the shows
by MDC writers that will be featured in the upcoming Kansas City Fringe
Festival, July 16-26. Click here for
a complete schedule of Fringe shows by MDC playwrights (and staff!).
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By Ry Kincaid
Presidential Briefs
is an American history rock musical. MDC resident playwright (and composer and actor)
Ry Kincaid plays a history teacher who gives a rundown on all 44 U.S. Presidents
in 44 original songs performed in 50 minutes! Songs include “John Quincy Adams
was Bald” and a rap about William Howard Taft (“You Can't Knock Down 340”).
Hysterical and historical, Presidential
Briefs is fun for those who know a little or a lot about the
Commanders-in-Chief.
“I had a funny idea and took it
seriously,” Kincaid explains. “It may at first sound like a show featuring
songs about each President is meant for a limited audience—but I want to write
plays that are worth me buying a ticket if I were an audience member.”
You can see Kincaid sing his way
through presidential history at the Buffalo Room (817 Westport Road) at any of
the following performances:
7/18 - Saturday - 6:30pm
7/20 - Monday - 8:00pm
7/23 - Thursday - 6:30pm
7/24 - Friday - 9:30pm
Purchase tickets HERE.
