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
As a prelude to the summer 2022 production of RICHARD III in Central Park, Kentucky Shakespeare has added a new production to their indoor season with HENRY VI: THE WARS OF THE ROSES, adapted from Shakespeare by Stephanie Shine. The addition to the indoor ticketed season will run for a limited three-week run inside the … Continued
Kentucky Shakespeare announces 2022 Shakespeare Festival in Central Park LOUISVILLE, KY (November 22, 2021) – The 62nd season of Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park will run May 25-August 7, 2022 – the longest professional run in company history. The season will include productions of Twelfth Night, Richard III, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, plus the Globe Players professional training program with Much Ado About Nothing, Late Night Shakes with the Louisville Improvisors, Shakespeare in Dance with the Louisville Ballet, and … Continued
Friends, We are delighted to officially announce we have found the perfect new home, and we are relocating our offices and operations to new headquarters in Old Louisville this May! “Are you sure That we are awake? It seems to me That yet we sleep, we dream.” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream For the … Continued
Kentucky Shakespeare coverage starts on page 30! Other arts leaders are featured in this issue as well, discussing many details about the upcoming landscape of Louisville performing arts.
Kentucky Shakespeare Presents “Celebrate 60: the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Anniversary Production” LOUISVILLE, KY (September 2, 2020) – Kentucky Shakespeare, the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth, proudly announces the premiere of a new virtual production celebrating the 60th anniversary of the free Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park – Celebrate 60: the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival … Continued
New Album Release As Y’all Like It, songs from Kentucky Shakespeare and KET Premieres Kentucky Shakespeare’s 2019 As You Like It on KET KY: The Kentucky Channel LOUISVILLE, KY (August 20, 2020) – Kentucky Shakespeare, the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth, is partnering with KET, the state network of PBS member television stations, to … Continued