Eric Yazell retired in May 2020 as the Theatre Program Coordinator at State Fair Community College; he began this role in 2000 and during this time established Children's Theatre for 4500 students a year. After retirement, Eric worked as a Creative for the Apple store in Leawood, KS.

Eric has directed over 75 plays and musicals including Over the River and Through the Woods, Urinetown, Young Frankenstien, All My Sons, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, She Kills Monsters, Noises Off, Women Playing Hamlet, Honus and Me, and Night of the Living Dead Live. He also loves theatre for youth productions directing Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience, U:BUG:ME, How I Became a Pirate, The True Story of Three Little Pigs, and many others.

Eric graduated from State Fair Community College (SFCC) in 1988. At the University of Central Missouri he earned bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication and a Master of Arts Degree in Theatre. He began his teaching career in 1992 as a Speech & Theatre Instructor at Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri.

Eric has received multiple awards and commendations including: Best Alumni Awards from UCM and SFCC; many Kennedy Center American Commendation Awards for Comic Direction, Sound Design and Dragon Design; Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri Hall of Fame Award and Loren Reid Service Award; and

Eric has directed Stinky Cheese Man and Naked Mole Rat for Cyclopedic Ensemble.

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Extraordinary director and a fantastic mom. Dragons Love Tacos director, Kristen Henning has directed 30+ productions over the last 14 years at the University of Central Missouri, State Fair Community College and Metropolitan Community College.

Kristen is the Theatre Program Coordinator at State Fair Community College. She earned both a BFA in Theatre Performance and an MA in Speech Communication from the University of Central Missouri. She also earned an MA in Theatre History/Dramatic Literature from UMKC.

Kristen has had several scenes and shows invited to perform at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF): Invited production 2020, Invited scene 2022. Commendations for directing: Junie B Jones (2023), Little Women, the Musical (2023), Be More Chill (2019)

Adriana earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) in Theatre from the University of Central Missouri. They have been involved in theater for 14 years both on and offstage; if it's art, they will try it! Adriana’s creative skills are a welcome addition to the board! They have skills in set design, scenic design, acting, directing, stage managing for more than 40 theatre productions. 7 of the shows in the last 10 years were for youth/education.

At the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Adriana has competed in the Irene Ryan Acting Semi-finals: twice as partner, twice as a nominee

Chris fulfills many roles for Cyclopedic. She’s the Board Treasurer and Secretary. Creatively, she volunteers as the costumer. She designed and built the costumes for both Naked Mole Rat and Stinky Cheese Man. Behind the scenes Chris is the one who picks up the loose ends for Cyclopedic including her recent role as grant writer.

Chris is a professor of Supply Chain Mgt & Business as a Force for Good at the University of Central Missouri. She has both an MBA and a PhD.

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A most amazingly creative content creator. Holden Childress has experience as an actor, member of Goodbrew, a new Indie Band, video creator and so many other tech skills. You’ll love his content for Cyclopedic!

Holden also recently composed a theme song for Romanic Fools that we will premiere at KC Fringe.

Alex, was once an actor with Eric at SFCC. Before that, he played several roles at the Academy Theatre, as well as Blue Springs Community Theatre. His resume is long but distinguished. Now he helps us get things done!

Our 1st show, produced in July 2022. We won Best of KC Fringe City stage, and had a ton of fun! Check out our reviews on YouTube.

We really rocked out our second show produced in July 2023. Check out video highlights on YouTube.

Our 4 dragons, Leroy the dog, the boy and our narrator, Man in TV brought the “Dragons Love Taco” play to life for our young audiences and their families. We closed on June 30. BUT you can see our highlights on youtube.

Check back next spring for our Cyclopedic for Young Audiences 2025 announcement.

We are proud to announce that Dragons Love Tacos received support from the Missouri Humanities Council

Our show for Mature Audiences will be in the KC Fringe Festival performing at the Arts Asylum. We’ll have 5 performances between July 20-27.

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