[1] Started in 2004, Kansas City Actors Theatre was founded in order to "challenge and enlighten the Kansas City community by producing classic and modern-classic plays using Kansas City theatre artists".
[2] The theatre is also known to be a place for young local actors to obtain experience in a professional setting.
[4][5] This mission was exemplified when it was the first theatre company to present Lanford Wilson's Tally Trilogy in repertory.
[7] KCAT uses professional actors in various performance spaces around Kansas City, Missouri.
[8] Notably, KCAT has produced productions at the National World War I Museum,[9] H&R Block City Stage, and in Union Station.