Author: Amy Attaway

Courier-Journal: Free 2020 Kentucky Shakespeare Season Features “Sha

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/theater/2020/02/23/kentucky-shakespeare-2020-season-includes-shakespeare-love/4753671002/ The Kentucky Shakespeare Festival doesn’t look 60 years old. It might be hard to believe, but that’s how many years Kentucky Shakespeare has been staging its free annual festival at the C. Douglas Ramey Amphitheater in Old Louisville’s Central Park. The 2020 Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, which breaks down the barriers of a traditional stage performance, will feature 64 … Continued

Churchill Downs Opening Night Series Expands Derby Week Celebration And Support of Local Arts Throughout The Year

https://www.churchilldowns.com/racing-wagering/news/churchill-downs-opening-night-series-expands-derby-week-celebration-and-support-of-local-arts-throughout-the-year New Series Supports 2020 Seasons and Opening Night Performances of Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville Ballet and Kentucky Shakespeare LOUISVILLE, KY (December 10, 2019) – Churchill Downs Foundation and Fund for the Arts today announced the Churchill Downs Opening Night Series to support the 2020 opening night productions of Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival … Continued

Buttons, snaps and fabric: Inside the workshop with Louisville’s theater costume designers

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/theater/2019/11/21/look-backstage-into-costume-room-louisvilles-leading-theates/2489426001/ It was five days before opening night when Louisville Ballet costume designer Alex Ludwig got an email that her fabric order had been canceled. Artistic and creative directorRobert Curran had insisted on a very specific linen for the dancers to match the ballet’s Cambodian setting. Ludwig had been planning to custom dye the white and metallic gold ordered fabric black so … Continued