Jane Austen Birthday Tea 2024

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Thanks to member Mary Jo Powell, who is our sponsor, our Jane Austen Birthday Tea Celebration will be held again at the Kansas City Country Club on Sunday afternoon, December 15, 2024, from 2:00-4:00 P.M.  Mary Traylor will be our guest speaker and fabrics and costuming will be the subject. Mary will be talking about fabric and design in Jane Austen’s lifetime, using examples of costumes she has designed for Heart of America Shakespeare productions set in the regency period.

This is a members only event. Ticket price is $50 per person. Please send your check as indicated in the email you will receive. Reservations are not confirmed until receipt of your check. Be sure to click on Pay Offline to receive an email with the information about where to send your check. 

We will begin our Social time with a cranberry spritzer at 2:00 P.M.,followed by the Tea at 2:15 P.M. and our Speaker at 3:00 P.M.

Regency style of dress is encouraged but not necessary.

Looking forward to seeing you there and to celebrating Our Jane!

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2024 Birthday Tea $50.00 Sold out

Mary Taylor

Mary Traylor (Resident Costume Designer) is a Kansas City designer who has been creating costumes for the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival for 28 years. Her designs for opera have appeared at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Washington National Opera, Michigan Opera, Calgary Opera, Minnesota Opera, and opera companies in Austin, Texas and Orlando, Florida. Locally she has created costumes for the University of Kansas opera, UMKC Conservatory Opera, New Theatre, Starlight Theater, Coterie Theatre, and Unicorn Theatre. Mary has a Masters in Art History from University of Kansas and Masters of Fine Arts in Costume Design and Technology from UMKC.

Mary Taylor