The Kauffman Center’s overriding vision is to enrich the lives of everyone in the community through extraordinary and diverse performing arts experiences. The Kauffman Center will be home to resident organizations, the Kansas City Ballet, Lyric Opera, Kansas City Symphony, and other innovative programming embraces a variety of audiences with different tastes, interest and passions. At the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, everyone can have an opportunity to experience excellence.