This musical re-imagining of the mythological monster follows Medusa as she calls for justice following a violent encounter with the god Poseidon. 

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Thursday, May 16 
7:30pm –THE HEAD OF MEDUSA Preview
Friday, May 17     
7:30pm –THE HEAD OF MEDUSA OPENING NIGHT 
(Opening Festival Reception to Follow)
Saturday, May 18
1:30pm –5-Page Fringe
3pm – “Tamale Season” by Gary Enrique Bradley Lopez (Reading and Talkback)
7:30pm –THE HEAD OF MEDUSA
9:00pm –Playwriting Jam
Sunday, May 19  
1pm –Playwright’s Roundtable
3pm –”Besties” by Emma Carter (Reading and Talkback)
7:30pm –THE HEAD OF MEDUSA
Monday, May 20
7:30pm – THE HEAD OF MEDUSA, Industry Night

“Kansas City Public Theatre is a professional theater company that has already made its mark through its mission of deploying Radical Hospitality to provide theater to every person: presenting all shows free of charge in a variety of accessible locations, performing plays both classic and contemporary that are topical and full of diverse actors and stories, hiring area playwrights for the Theatre Lab series of staged readings and small productions, and further building community through audience conversations and local partnerships.”
-Missouri Arts Council Arts Organization of the Year 2022