Mother’s Day Flash Sale. Hurry! Save on summer camp registration and have more money to pamper Mom! Two days only – get $25 off when you register for our “Honk Jr.” summer camp.
Mother’s Day Flash Sale is available beginning Friday, May 11 at 4 p.m. and will expire at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, May 13. Use the code “flashsale” at checkout.
Kudzu Playhouse’s 2018 Dinner Theatre was a smashing success! Many thanks to everyone who came and enjoyed the show, we owe all it to you! We are also very grateful to Sweetpea’s Table for catering and providing the venue. The food was excellent!
Please stay tuned to our Facebook page and website for announcements on our next dinner theatre, and join our mailing list to be the first to know about our season announcements, special events and educational workshops.
Kudzu Playhouse has two remaining shows for the 2018 Season – The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Madagascar – A Musical Adventure. Join us next at the Hernando Performing Arts Center for Hunchback, July 13 – 22, 2018. Help us ring the bells of Notre Dame by becoming a show or season sponsor!
Tickets for our 2018 dinner theatre “You Have the Right to Remain Dead” are now on sale! Enjoy a night of great food and excellent entertainment April 13 & 14! We’re proud to announce that we will be partnering with Sweet Pea’s Table restaurant!
Imagine- you’ve just settled down in a theatre to solve an audience-participation murder mystery. The narrator comes out and gives you a few “ins and outs” on what to look for in the play. The show starts and you meet Fat Daddy, a rich but vindictive southern gentleman with an equally conniving and scheming family. So you know who’s going to die, right? But who will the murderer be? Will it be Sweet Mama, Daddy’s pandering wife; Hyacinth, the daughter who’s always cleaning the family firearms; Earl the worm, or his overly amorous wife, Savannah; or Clete, the sullen handyman who, for some reason, is in the will? Then Fat Daddy is discovered, dead as a hammer. Except the corpse isn’t Daddy’s – it’s the narrator’s! The director comes on stage and the police arrive. Now you have to figure out which of the actors murdered the narrator. And not only are you questioning the cast, but they are questioning you! Yes, you are a suspect as well! This frantic mystery-comedy will have audiences guessing until the last clue is dropped and the last ham overacts.
The stars were out on the evening of Friday, February 2, 2018 at the Landers Center in Southaven, MS for the 15th Annual Northwest Mississippi Theatre Alliance Awards. More commonly known as “The Allies” the awards ceremony recognizes excellence in the theatrical arts among North Mississippi’s high school and community theaters. Kudzu Playhouse 2017 Allie Awards included honors for Mary Poppins, School of Rock and Romeo & Juliet.
With 10 high schools and 4 community theaters, The Northwest Mississippi Theatre Alliance is one of the largest organizations of its kind in the region. Kudzu Playhouse is proud to have won 15 out of 34 categories in the community division, the most prestigious being “Best Overall Production” for Mary Poppins. 
Here is a list of Mary Poppins wins:
| Best Overall Production | |
| Best Musical | |
| Best Cast | |
| Best Director of a Musical | Keith Salter |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Russell Lehman |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical | Desiree Albonetti |
| Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Justin Bixler |
| Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical | Lauren Suddoth |
| Best Performance by a Male Dancer | Russell Lehman |
| Best Choreography | Russell Lehman |
| Best Special Effects | Russell Lehman |
| Best Sound | Ricky Smith |
| Best Vocal Direction | Patti House |
Other wins for Kudzu were:
Best Lobby Design – Dawn Sheppard – School of Rock
Best Performance by a Young Actress (13-17) – Mikayla House – Romeo & Juliet.
Kudzu Playhouse is thrilled to have been able to bring such high-quality productions to the stage in 2017.
The 2017 Allie Awards Nominations have been announced. The Northwest Mississippi Theatre Alliance announced the nominations for its annual awards banquet to be held on Friday, February 2, 2018 at the Landers Center in Southaven, MS. Kudzu Playhouse is proud to recognize all of the nominees from our productions in 2017. For the full list of nominees, check the Northwest MS Theatre Alliance Facebook page.
Nominations for Mary Poppins: Best Musical, Best Cast. Individual nominations (nominations in red denote the winner for that category):
| Best Director of a Musical | Keith Salter |
| Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical | Russell Lehman |
| Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical | Desiree Albonetti |
| Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Musical | Justin Bixler |
| Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Musical | Lauren Suddoth |
| Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Musical | Brianna Patton |
| Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Musical | Missy Handwerker |
| Best Performance By a Young Actor (13-17) | Ethan Benson |
| Best Performance By a Young Actress (13-17) | Karris Chambliss |
| Best Performance By a Young Actor (12 & Under) | Peyton Gillis |
| Best Performance By a Male Dancer | Russell Lehman |
| Best Choreography | Russell Lehman |
| Best Set | Russell Lehman |
| Best Costuming | Joi Taylor / Susan Zeringue |
| Best Special Effects | Russell Lehman |
| Best Sound | Ricky Smith |
| Best Lighting | Daniel Ford / James Taylor |
| Best Vocal Direction | Patti House |
| Best Hair & Make-Up | Buddy Hart / Rence Phillips |
| Best Lobby Design | Tobie Pillstrom |
| Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Play | Mikayla House |
| Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Play | Joe Ranager |
| Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Play | Kelly Stevenson |
| Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Play | Charisse Norment |
| Best Performance by A young Actress (13-17) | Mikayla House |
| Best Cameo Performance By an Actor | Lyric Brock |
| Best Performance By a Young Actor (13-17) | Riley Young |
| Best Performance By a Young Actress (13-17) | Cate Amis |
| Best Performance By a Young Actress (13-17) | Alyssa Sheppard |
| Best Performance By a Young Actor (12 & Under) | Jackson West |
| Best Performance By a Young Actress (12 & Under) | Shelby Smith |
| Best Set | Daphne Cox |
| Best Orchestral Direction | Andrew Wasylina |
| Best Lobby Design | Dawn Sheppard |
Kudzu Playhouse is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring performing arts to the community by showcasing talented actors and actresses of all ages in an open and encouraging environment, while also nurturing and developing young future performers, regardless of gender, race or socioeconomic background.
