Starlight Theatre

Starlight Theatre - Event Venue in Kansas City, Missouri

Theater / Performing Arts · Kansas City, Missouri

4600 Starlight Road, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

About Starlight Theatre

Starlight Theatre is Kansas City's oldest and largest continuously operated outdoor theatre, located in Swope Park. Since 1950, it has hosted Broadway musicals, concerts, and community programs for millions of visitors. The venue offers a vibrant cultural experience for all ages.

Venue Details

  • Seated capacity: 480
  • Standing capacity: 1,000
  • Meeting rooms: 10
  • Year built: 1950

Ratings

Google Rating: 4.7/5 (6,516 reviews)

Guest Highlights

  • Staff
  • Food
  • Venue
  • Parking
  • Clean
  • Room
  • Ambiance

Amenities

Facilities

  • outdoor theatre

Guest Services

  • accessibility

Meeting Rooms & Event Spaces

Jeannette and Jerome Cohen Community Stage House

  • Type: Theater
  • Capacity — Theater: 480, Cocktail: 1000
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible, risers, stage
  • Climate-controlled, fully enclosed stage available for special event rentals mid-October to early April. Riser layout available for talkbacks, townhall meetings, and book launch parties.

Applause Club

  • Type: Multi Purpose
  • Capacity — Banquet: 240
  • Features: Natural light, Wheelchair accessible, garage doors, patio view
  • Rehearsal space with four windowed garage doors with views of the Starlight Patio. Used for cocktail hour, VIP lounges, silent auction space, and more.

Applause Club + Applause Club Patio

  • Type: Multi Purpose
  • Capacity — Banquet: 400
  • Features: Natural light, Wheelchair accessible, garage doors, patio access
  • Rehearsal space with four windowed garage doors opening into the Starlight Patio. Can be rented together or separately. Used for cocktail hour, VIP lounges, silent auction space, and more.

Applause Club Patio

  • Type: Outdoor Space
  • Capacity — Cocktail: 300
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible, outdoor, patio
  • Outdoor patio space perfect for cocktail hours, company events, small musical performances, outdoor dining, and more.

Berger Rehearsal Hall

  • Type: Multi Purpose
  • Capacity — Banquet: 150
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible
  • Space for events with up to 150 guests. Used for cocktail hours, company parties and meetings, private pre-show events, banquets, and more.

Steadman Room

  • Type: Multi Purpose
  • Capacity — Cocktail: 75, Conference: 30
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible, balcony, indoor/outdoor
  • Indoor/outdoor space connecting to a balcony overlooking the Applause Club Patio. Flexible layouts for conference and reception styles.

Ovation

  • Type: Multi Purpose
  • Capacity — Cocktail: 75
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible, indoor/outdoor, historic
  • Former museum transformed into a space for reception style events. Private indoor/outdoor access surrounded by the history of Starlight.

Encore Deck

  • Type: Outdoor Space
  • Capacity — Cocktail: 100
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible, outdoor, deck
  • Fully outdoor space that can be rented as a private section during shows or used as a cocktail space.

North Pavilion West

  • Type: Outdoor Space
  • Capacity — Cocktail: 100
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible, covered, outdoor
  • Fully covered outdoor space for birthday parties, outdoor dining, graduation parties, and more.

North Pavilion East

  • Type: Outdoor Space
  • Capacity — Cocktail: 100
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible, covered, stage, outdoor
  • Fully covered outdoor space with access to a 16’ x 24’ stage for award ceremonies, programs, talent shows, and more.

North Lawn

  • Type: Outdoor Space
  • Features: Wheelchair accessible, outdoor, lawn
  • Biggest fully outdoor space for picnics, reunions, or outdoor movies.

Style

historic, outdoor

Contact

Phone: (816) 363-7827