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1 week ago | 
thepitchkc.com | Brock Wilbur
I've felt left behind in the general antipathy directed at horror films "based in trauma" as an excuse to wave away a whole swath of films from the last decade. Plenty of people I like and respect have started yawning at the predictable nature of what they see as a recent turn into every terror flick needing to explain how it is rooted in one character's personal pain.
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1 week ago | 
thepitchkc.com | Brock Wilbur
Greetings dearest reader, and welcome to the May print edition of The Pitch magazine, grown right here in beautiful Kansas City. As per tradition, this month's issue is our Summer Guide. The S.G. is an O.G. project-one dedicated to laying out the most exciting, delish, delightful, or even demented highlights of the warm season ahead.
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2 weeks ago | 
thepitchkc.com | Brock Wilbur
Hi. It's Friday, you've got a weekend ahead, I've got a weekend ahead-we can cut this short. Paul Feig, as a film director, is always a roll of the dice. When he hits, he only hits home runs. When he whiffs, he whiffs so spectacularly that it'll make your head spin. For me, A Simple Favor was like a grand slam home run.
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3 weeks ago | 
thepitchkc.com | Brock Wilbur
Spinning Tree Theatre continues its excellent work in staging new, inclusive productions with bold statements, by now adding to its roster. The original hour-long show, written by KC local Victor Wishna and directed by Michael Grayman-Parkhurst, was commissioned to bring some difficult (and unfortunately timely) themes into focus.
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1 month ago | 
thepitchkc.com | Brock Wilbur
Look, from the minute the announcement email hit my inbox, Arts Asylum knew that I would be in attendance for Exit 16. On par with my personal brand love of nachos, cats, bright shirts, and dance-punk music, I am repeatedly and publicly That Guy for any piece of media that wants to fuck around and find out with a time loop.
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1 month ago | 
thepitchkc.com | Brock Wilbur
Personally, I think I've simply run out of introductory paragraphs to throw the parades required to kick off pieces about how much KC theater is absolutely tearing it up right now. If you aren't getting out to one of the nearly dozen playhouses putting up quality, incredible, vital work right now, you're letting yourself down-and our patron Dionysus/Bacchus depending on your beliefs.
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1 month ago | 
thepitchkc.com | Brock Wilbur
If you look up midwest fashion, you don't get Vogue articles and street style fashion coverage. You get pictures of christian girl autumn-esque, pumpkin spice latte drinking women in skinny jeans, knee high boots, and infinity scarves. Yet, this isn't specific to just the midwest, as many other regions of the United States are equally unrepresented. When people hear fashion week, it's likely that Kansas City is not the city they associate the term with.
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1 month ago | 
thepitchkc.com | Brock Wilbur
For twenty-nine years, Kansas City FilmFest International has brought audiences, films, and filmmakers together to celebrate the power of storytelling through the cinematic arts. Hitting last weekend-alongside KC's Panic Fest up at Screenland Armour-the famous cinema collective event featured categories full of features, shorts, and even screenplays.
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1 month ago | 
thepitchkc.com | Brock Wilbur
Greetings dearest reader, and welcome to the April 2025 print issue of The Pitch magazine-homegrown right here in Kansas City, USA. This is the annual 4/20 Mag, where we've always taken a brief aside to spotlight one of the great American pastimes: getting absolutely baked and watching cartoons. Hell yeah. This is as close to patriotism as I can feel these days.
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1 month ago | 
thepitchkc.com | Brock Wilbur
Each dip into The Unicorn's world premieres or mid-workshopped plays has felt like a breath of fresh air, especially in the last few months. Major movie releases have been on an unbreakable tepid streak, most of my favorite TV shows are wrapping up, and every podcast I listen to is about the same thing: just how Very Bad Things Are. In that time, Unicorn has repeatedly delivered unexpected, left-field home runs that I feel, on a personal level, thankful for.
