"Let's Play" An Interactive Comedy Event & Fundraiser

About this event

This is an interactive fundraiser show for an artist residency Hilari Holt will be participating in Spring 2027, with the organization Access to Play in Abuja, Nigeria! Access to Play is a humanitarian organization using applied Drama and Theatre to promote mental wellness, resilience and social justice — in the communities that need it most.

Hilari will bring back what she learns in this residency and apply it to her ongoing work in similar efforts to work with KC youth, the KC Community (predominantly focused on KC’s Eastside) with workshops & classes as well as add to her work with the Still Point Theatre Collective. She will also document her journey, create a presentation and talkback event about her experience when she returns to Kansas City after May 2027.

Event Program:

5:30pm-6:30pm: VIP “Yappy” Hour: a time to meet & greet with Hilari Holt and enjoy the VIP snack room throughout the event,

6:30pm: Doors Open

7pm-8pm: Showtime

8:30pm: You don’t have to go home, but you do have to leave the venue!

The Show: This show features “The Hil & I”, an improv duo of Hilari Holt and a partner drawn at random*. Our program begins with a welcome by Hilari, going directly into drawing names for a series of The Hil & I “Lightning Sets.” These are sets of 5 minutes per selected “I” or when the “I” gets a laugh from the audience, whichever happens first (30 minutes), followed by an improvised stand-up set (10 minutes) inspired by themes brought up by the improv sets and closed out with one of Hilari’s spoken word pieces, chosen by the audience.

*Note: attendence of the event does not require participation in the improv sets, this is completely voluntary. And anyone submitting someone's name without their permission will be put on stage instead.

From Hil Bil Productions LLC