Kentucky Shakespeare Announces 64th Season of Free Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park LOUISVILLE, KY (February 11, 2024) – Kentucky Shakespeare, the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth, announces the 64th annual free Kentucky Shakespeare Festival May 29-August 11, 2024, at the C. Douglas Ramey Amphitheater in Old Louisville’s Central Park. “We are delighted to share … Continued
Kentucky Shakespeare returns to the Kentucky Center Bombard Theater January 6-14, 2024 with Kate Hamill’s playful adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved classic novel. The production is directed by Kentucky Shakespeare Associate Artistic Director Amy Attaway. She describes the production, “Following the success of our 2023 sold-out run of Hamill’s Pride and Prejudice, we are eager … Continued
PERFORMANCES ADDED FOR THE SOLD-OUT RUN OF THE WOMAN IN BLACK NOW THROUGH NOVEMBER 5! After completely selling out all four weeks of the October run of The Woman in Black, we’ve added an additional fifth week to the run to meet demand. Dates and times below: ADDED PERFORMANCE WEEK Monday, October 30 – 7:00 p.m. … Continued
Kentucky Shakespeare presents Ghost Play THE WOMAN IN BLACK Continuing their tradition of a fall performance for Halloween, Kentucky Shakespeare presents the hit ghost play The Woman in Black at their Old Louisville Headquarters. Stephen Mallatratt’s stage adaptation of Susan Hill’s novel was one of the longest-running stage plays in London’s West End, playing 13,000 performances … Continued
Kentucky Shakespeare Announces 63rd Season of Free Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park Kentucky Shakespeare, the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth, announces the 63rd annual free Kentucky Shakespeare Festival May 24-August 6, 2023, at the C. Douglas Ramey Amphitheater in Old Louisville’s Central Park. “I’m honored to kick off my 10th season as Producing … Continued
Kentucky Shakespeare Tours HAMLET to Record 37 Parks in Annual SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS Spring Tour Kentucky Shakespeare returns with the free SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS tour this spring. The 7-actor, 85-minute production of HAMLET will tour to multiple parks in Indiana and Kentucky this April and May. “We’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of our … Continued
Patrick Flick, Executive Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Association (STA) and Mark Edelman, founder and president of Theater League, Inc, a Kansas City, Missouri, based contributor to the performing arts, announced that the League will be gifting thirty-five Shakespeare Theatres across the United States and internationally with a grant of $255,000 in general operating support. … Continued
Kentucky Shakespeare returns to the Kentucky Center Bombard Theatre January 4-8, 2023 with Kate Hamill’s effervescent 2017 adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved classic. The production is directed by Kentucky Shakespeare Associate Artistic Director Amy Attaway. She describes the production, “This production captures the essence of this timeless story at top speed and with maximum hilarity. … Continued
Kentucky Shakespeare Presents ENTER GHOST. an Immersive Haunted Hamlet Experience LOUISVILLE, KY (September 12, 2022) – Continuing their tradition of a fall performance for Halloween, Kentucky Shakespeare presents an immersive new production inside their headquarters in Old Louisville. Kentucky Shakespeare commissioned playwrights Diana Grisanti and Steve Moulds to create this hour-long event, conceived by … Continued
An Unstoppable Pair! Kentucky Shakespeare & Pandora Productions team up to bring Shakespeare’s R&J to the stage. LOUISVILLE, KY – August 2, 2022 – “I dreamt a dream tonight.” Joe Calarco’s R&J re-imagines the classic story of history’s famous doomed lovers as a modern coming-of-age tale in this co-production between Kentucky Shakespeare and Pandora Productions, Louisville’s … Continued