Location Kansas City, Missouri Opened 2006 (2006) | Genre(s) Children's theater Headquarters Missouri, United States | |
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Whoop Dee Doo is a kid-friendly variety show featuring live performances and active audience participation. The show is based in Kansas City, Missouri and is known for its collaborations with local artists. Whoop Dee Doo also travels and has worked with arts organizations such as the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska, Deitch Projects in New York, NY, Loyal Gallery in Malmo, Sweden, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art In Kansas City, MO and The Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago.
Whoop Dee Doo began in 2006 and has taken various forms until the organization began to travel and gained non-profit status as a 501(c)(3) community arts organization. Since 2008, Whoop Dee Doo has gained stability with a consistent staff and hosts of the show, Jaimie Warren and Matt Roche. Whoop Dee Doo has collaborated with approximately 30 local artists and has worked with acts and artists such as Amanda Lepore, Chic-a-go-go, Hunx and His Punx, New York Ukulele Ensemble, Peggy Noland, Cazwell, The Ssion, Tilly and the Wall and Peaches.
Whoop Dee Doo hosts free, live shows as well as workshops combining contemporary artists with under-served youth groups such as Operation Breakthrough and the Boys and Girls Club.