Only One Day a Year @ The Coterie - Group Trip

Only One Day a Year

By Michelle Tyrene Johnson

For families with ages 9+

$8.00/ticket (The Coterie requires every human ages 0-100 to have a ticket.)

Based on the screenplay by Doug Atchison

Educators: Find classroom resources and curriculum extensions at coterie.edublogs.org.

A World Premiere Commissioned by The Coterie Theatre

This National Endowment for the Arts award-winning play intertwines present day with the last segregated days of Fairyland amusement park. Inspired by overlooked Kansas City history!

Two stories told in tandem: In the early 1960s in Kansas City, Rose James uses smarts and determination to try to defeat the racial segregation policy that allowed blacks to visit Fairyland Park only one day each year. Years later, Rose’s granddaughter, Ella, uses her talent and grandmother’s spirit to shine a light on an injustice at her school. Rose and Ella tap into “black girl magic” and empowerment to bring about meaningful change to their lives.

Original production designs and illustrations by the Kansas City Art Institute Illustration Department's student staffed agency, MICRO: Only One Day a Year by Emmie Florian.