If you happened to walk by the Folly Theater the night of November 16th, you would have seen the Grand Lady bathed in red lights, feathers, and pearls with a jazz trio playing by streetlights in the alley.
Every year, the team at the Folly takes an evening to recognize and thank its almost 200 volunteers! This year was no different with our annual Volunteer Recognition Night. This year was topped off with an Americana theme complete with ribs, a watermelon floaty, peach cobbler, and a performance by the KC Dixieland Band!
Thanks to all that attended and supported our 9th Annual Folly Golf Classic! Feel free to right-click and save or share your favorite photos! #FollyGolfClassic
Thank you to all the golfers that participated in our 9th Annual Folly Golf Classic!
We are excited to have Ty Herndon play at the Folly on Friday, October 23, 2015, and we’re not the only ones! Camp Magazine, Kansas City’s Voice for LGBT & Allied Communities, features Ty Herndon on the cover of their October 2015 issues. For a full read of the article, click here. To learn more…
Folly Theater is a finalist in KC Parent’s 2014 Family Faves Contest. Please vote for our business now through October 9. Thank you!
On January 17, 2014, months before first appearing on the Stephen Colbert Show, jazz musician Jon Batiste and his band Stay Human, took the Folly Theater stage to perform for their first time together in Kansas City. With his New Orleans style of jazz, and his fingers dancing on the piano, Gale Tallis, executive director…
The 2015 Class of Rising Stars has grown to include one of our very own. Jeremy Lillig, Folly Theater Board Member, has been named a Rising Star of Philanthropy by The Independent, Kansas City’s Journal of Society. Jeremy’s views on philanthropy have helped shaped the direction of Folly Theater, and we are always looking to strengthen this vision…
Congrats are in order! Our Executive Director, Gale Tallis, received the honor of being voted one of Kansas City’s most Influential Women of Kansas City Business. On April 2nd, Gale, along with the other honorees, was presented with a beautiful award . Please take a moment to congratulate Gale on this accomplishment! View the article…
Jazz is an important part of the Folly Theater’s personality. As are Groucho Marx, Humphrey Bogart, YoYo Ma, Joyce DiDonato, and Dave Brubeck. Jazz is but one of the many personalities the Folly has developed during its 113 year history. Perhaps you experienced a few yourself. Burlesque, vaudeville, family theater, Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West…