Cultural Arts Center
The Cultural Arts Center (CAC), completed in 2008, provides the city of Lee's Summit and the Kansas City metropolitan area with quality arts programming. The CAC has fostered student and community creativity and innovation since its creation. It was the vision of MCC to provide a home for the arts in the city of Lee's Summit. With the help of a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant the CAC broke ground in 2006. The CAC is not only a hub for the arts; it is also a FEMA certified disaster relief shelter. One of the only sites of its kind in the metropolitan area.
On average the gallery has seven exhibits per year, two of which are dedicated to our students for, "end of semester" shows and one exhibit is set aside for our, "Lee's Summit Fine Arts Challenge" which is our local high school annual exhibit. Every other year we have an art faculty exhibit showcasing the latest accomplishments and projects of our faculty. The gallery offers 1,600 square-feet of dedicated space for 2D, 3D and 4D works of art. For gallery inquiries please contact Daniel Reneau.
Performances
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For ticket and show information, contact: keith.townsend@mcckc.edu
Fall 2024
THE FANTASTICS
September 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27 @ 7:30 pm
September 28 @ 7:30 p.m.
This 1960 studio musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones
tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the 1894 play The Romancers (Les Romanesques)
by Edmond Rostand, concerning two neighboring fathers who trick their children, Luisa
and Matt, into falling in love by pretending to feud. The show's original off-Broadway
production ran a total of 42 years (until 2002) and 17,162 performances, making it
the world's longest-running musical!
FALL CABARET
October 17, 18 @ 7:30 p.m.
An evening of comedy and song, created and performed by MCC Longview Students. This
variety show celebrates the complexities of the world we travel through and the relationships
that are developed through our relationships with others.
AVENUE Q
November 20, 21, 22, 23, December 4, 5, 6 @ 7:30 p.m.
Avenue Q is a musical comedy featuring puppets and human actors with music and lyrics
by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff Whitty. It won Best Musical, Book,
and Score at the 2004 Tony Awards. The show's format is a parody of Sesame Street,
but its content involves adult-oriented themes. It has been praised for its approach
to contemporary themes. All of the characters (puppet and human) are young adults
who face real-world problems with uncertain solutions, including the differences between
innocent childhood experiences and the complexities of adulthood.
Spring 2025
SPRING CABARET
February 6, 7 @ 7:30 p.m.
SPRING MAIN STAGE PRODUCTION
March 26, 27, 28, 29 @ 7:30 p.m.
ONE ACT PLAY FESTIVAL
May 7, 8, 9, 10 @ 7:30 p.m.
Gallery
It is our desire and ongoing goal to develop a conceptually challenging and educational venue for our students, faculty and communities both near and far.
The gallery showcases the work of our own students and faculty, but also on a regular basis presents exhibits from emerging artists throughout our region and the nation. In addition, the gallery displays the strongest work of our local high school students each January for our annual high school juried exhibit.
Gallery Location: MCC-Longview Cultural Arts Center
Contact: Gallery Director Daniel Reneau.
Past exhibits and performances
14th Annual Longview Fine Arts Challenge winners
1st Place: Homage to Richard Diebenkorn’s “Interior with a Book” by Gwen King, Lee’s Summit West
2nd Place: Reflections I Love by Airam Rivera Garcia, Lee’s Summit North
3rd Place: I Hope We Dance Tonight by Autumn Hubbard, Lee’s Summit High School
13th Annual Longview Fine Arts Challenge winners
1st place: Luring by Stella Klein, Lee’s Summit North
2nd Place: On the Dock by Ella Breshears, Lee’s Summit West
3rd Place: Busy Berlin by Naomi Rendell, Lee’s Summit West
Albatross by Isley Lynn
Become a friend of the Cultural Arts Center
The satisfaction of giving comes from knowing you are investing in the lives of students, who made a commitment to better themselves and their community through education. Donations of any amount are accepted and are considered tax deductible. For detailed information on giving, use the 'Become a friend' button below. If you prefer to make a contribution over the phone, please contact the MCC Foundation Office 816.604.1195 or email mcc.foundation@mcckc.edu.
Contact
For tickets or information about upcoming productions or for rental information contact Mike Wydick.