What If? Theatre Company Presents ARCADIA, 8/3-12

Louisville's The What If? Theatre Company is presenting Arcadia by Tom Stoppard at the MeX Theatre in the Kentucky Center, August 3, 4, 7, 10 and 11, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. and August 12 at 2:00 p.m.

Arcadia moves back and forth between 1809 and the present at the elegant estate owned by the Coverly family. The 1809 scenes reveal a household in transition. As the Arcadian landscape is being transformed into picturesque Gothic gardens, complete with a hermitage, thirteen year-old Lady Thomasina and her tutor delve into intellectual and romantic issues. Present day scenes depict the Coverly descendants and two competing scholars who are researching a possible scandal at the estate in 1809 involving Lord Byron. This brilliant play moves smoothly between the centuries and explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between classical and romantic temperaments, and the disruptive influence of sex on our life orbits the attraction Newton left out.

Arcadia is being directed by Rich Galey with a cast of talented Louisvillians: Kevin Butler, Katie Hay, Time Pettey, Tom Trudgeon, Chet Gray, John Hess, Candy Thomas, Howard Whitman, Maggie Hartman, Drew Koch, Jayme Thomas, and Rich Williams.

For tickets, call (502) 584-7777 or 1-800-775-7777, or go online at www.kentuckycenter.org.