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UMKC Theatre is a graduate and undergraduate academic department of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) that provides both educational and professional training in multiple areas of theatrical production, including acting, scenic design, lighting design, costume design, sound design, dramaturgy and historical research, playwriting, and stage management,〔The University of Missouri-Kansas City. "2013-2014 UMKC Catalog, College of Arts and Sciences, Theatre."〕 and maintains a strong connection with the Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KCRT), the leading regional theatre in the Kansas City area.〔The Kansas City Repertory Theatre. "Company History". Accessed online at http://www.kcrep.org/about/history on 10/3/2013.〕〔^ Raymond R. Gould. "Department of Theatre, University of Missouri in Kansas City, A History of Productions." pg. 1. Located within the Patricia McIlrath Center for Mid-American Theatre, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 4949 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, Room 408. Accessed 10/1/2013.〕 ==History== Theatrical production at the University of Missouri-Kansas City began almost immediately after the institution was founded as the University of Kansas City in 1933.〔Felicia Hardison Londré. "A Brief History of the UMKC Department of Theatre." Archived within the Patricia McIlrath Center for Mid-American Theatre, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 4949 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, Room 408. Accessed 10/1/2013〕 The first play produced on the university campus was Rachel Crothers' ''Mary the Third'' in the summer of 1934, followed by Sophocles' classic tragedy ''Antigone'' in the winter of that same year.〔Raymond R. Gould. "Department of Theatre, University of Missouri in Kansas City, A History of Productions." pg. 1. Located within the Patricia McIlrath Center for Mid-American Theatre, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 4949 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, Room 408. Accessed 10/1/2013.〕 In 1948, a permanent theatre structure was constructed on campus by adapting an abandoned camp theatre building left over from a deactivated United States Air Force base, and Dr. John Newfield was hired to serve as the first professional director of the new University Playhouse. A former director of theatre and opera whose work had been produced throughout New York City and Europe, Newfield inaugurated the university's first Master of Arts degree in Theatre as a component of its Department of English upon his arrival.〔Felicia Hardison Londré. "A Brief History of the UMKC Department of Theatre." Archived within the Patricia McIlrath Center for Mid-American Theatre, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 4949 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, Room 408. Accessed 10/1/2013〕 However, it was not until the university hired Dr. Patricia McIlrath in 1954 as Newfield's replacement that an academic department sovereign from the Department of English was established to take on the dual responsibility of producing theatre on campus and training students in the history and methodology of theatrical production.〔Jim Lapham. "The Woman Behind Missouri Repertory Theatre." ''The Kansas City Star Magazine.'' June, 1974.〕 Initially serving as chair of the Department of Speech, McIlrath was selected to lead a newly formed Department of Speech and Theatre after the private University of Kansas City was inducted into the public University of Missouri system in 1963.〔Raymond R. Gould. "Department of Theatre, University of Missouri in Kansas City, A History of Productions." pg. 34. Located within the Patricia McIlrath Center for Mid-American Theatre, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 4949 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, Room 408. Accessed 10/1/2013〕 A fully independent Department of Theatre was established at UMKC in 1972.〔Raymond R. Gould. "Department of Theatre, University of Missouri in Kansas City, A History of Productions." pg. 48. Located within the Patricia McIlrath Center for Mid-American Theatre, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 4949 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, Room 408. Accessed 10/1/2013〕 As the head of UMKC Theatre, McIlrath played a paramount role in the development of regional theatre in the Kansas City area, founding the UMKC Summer Repertory Theatre in 1964.〔"Repertory Team is Recruited by U. M. K. C." ''The Kansas City Star.'' June 21, 1964. p. 2E.〕 The company, which changed its name to the Missouri Repertory Theatre in 1968,〔Giles M. Fowler. "Of Growth and Goals...Missouri Rep for '68." ''The Kansas City Star.'' Jan. 21, 1968.〕 and once again to the Kansas City Repertory Theatre in 2004,〔The Kansas City Repertory Theatre. "Company History." Accessed online at http://www.kcrep.org/about/history on 10/3/2013.〕 quickly gained Equity status to emerge as one of the leading regional theatres in the American Midwest.〔Alice M. Robinson, Vera Mowry Roberts, and Milly S. Barranger, eds. "Patricia McIlrath," located in ''Notable Women in the American Theatre: A Biographical Dictionary.'' Greenwood Press, Westport, CT: 1989. Pgs. 618-621.〕 In addition, UMKC Theatre became a founding member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre in 1965 and a founding member of the University/Resident Theatre Association in 1969, two institutions with which it still maintains accreditation. Following McIlrath's retirement as Founding Chair of the UMKC Theatre in 1984 and Founding Artistic Director of the Missouri Repertory Theatre in 1985, the responsibilities of leading the academic department of UMKC Theatre and of directing the professional company of Missouri Repertory Theatre (Kansas City Repertory Theatre) were separated, but the two institutions remain closely linked to this day.〔Felicia Hardison Londré. "A Brief History of the UMKC Department of Theatre." Archived within the Patricia McIlrath Center for Mid-American Theatre, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 4949 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, Room 408. Accessed 10/1/2013〕 Since its establishment in the 1960s, the department has had numerous alumni go on to find success in the fields of stage, film, and television. In addition, numerous professional theatres in modern-day Kansas City were founded by former students or employees of UMKC Theatre.〔Rebekah Presson. "An Atmosphere of Genius." ''Forum'' Vol. 14, No. 1. Jan/Feb. 1989: 9. Print.〕 Performances at the UMKC University Playhouse ceased production in the 1970s.〔Tara Kloeppel. "Playhouse marks birth of UMKC theatre." ''University News.'' Jan. 26, 2009: pg. 9.〕 Today, the mainstage performance space of the university is the Helen F. Spencer Theatre, a 630-seat proscenium space located in the James C. Olson Performing Arts Center and shared with the Kansas City Repertory Theatre.〔The Kansas City Repertory Theatre. "Spencer Theatre." Accessed online at http://www.kcrep.org/about/Spencer/ on 10/3/2013.〕 UMKC Theatre also regularly stages productions in Studio 116, a blackbox performance space located within same building. With a training mission of serving as a teaching hospital for the theatre, UMKC Theatre frequently engages in co-productions with various professional theatre companies throughout the Kansas City area, including the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, the Unicorn Theatre, the Coterie Theatre, and Kansas City Actors Theatre, and has presented theatrical works at multiple off-campus venues in recent years, such as the City Stage Theatre in Union Station (Kansas City) and the J.C. Nichols Theatre at the National World War I Museum.〔Robert Trussel. "Theatre, museum become allies for 'Billy Bishop'." ''The Kansas City Star.'' Feb. 8, 2012. Accessed online at http://www.kansascity.com on 10/3/2013.〕 The current chairperson of UMKC Theatre is Professor Tom Mardikes, who has served as chair of the department since 2001.〔Felicia Hardison Londré. "A Brief History of the UMKC Department of Theatre." 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