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The Importance of Being Earnest


Kentucky Shakespeare presents our first production on the Actors Theatre of Louisville stage this January, with a perfect post-holiday pick-me-up! Oscar Wilde’s delightful comedy, subtitled  ...

Flex
3/26


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World Premiere & More Set for Actors Theatre of Louisville 2024-25 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 03, 2024

Actors Theatre of Louisville has revealed its 2024-25 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

Actors Theatre Of Louisville Presents The Return Of DRACULA: A FEMINIST REVENGE FANTASY By Kate Hamill


by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2023

Kate Hamill's thrilling Dracula is back by popular demand this fall! In this inventive adaptation that bounces between humor and horror, Hamill reimagines Bram Stoker's vampire classic as a full-throated battle cry against toxic masculinity. ...

Actors Theatre Of Louisville Presents PARTY PEOPLE By The Award-Winning Ensemble UNIVERSES, April 5-16


by A.A. Cristi - March 29, 2023

Actors Theatre welcomes back the award-winning ensemble UNIVERSES (Ameriville, Slanguage, Rhythmicity) for a kinetic mix of poetry, jazz, blues, hip-hop, boleros, salsa, and storytelling. Party People is a dynamic performance that illuminates the complex legacy of these revolutionary movements, and ...

World Premiere of Erlina Ortiz's LA EGOISTA to be Presented at Actors Theatre of Louisville This Month


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 10, 2023

Actors Theatre of Louisville is set to present the world premiere of Erlina Ortiz's La Egoista....

Toni Carver Smith Joins Actors Theatre of Louisville as Deputy Director of Advancement and Institutional Operations


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 12, 2023

Toni Carver Smith has joined Actors Theatre of Louisville as Deputy Director of Institutional Operations and Advancement....

Past Shows

Mrs Krishnan's Party
12/6 - 12/17/2023

The Wolves
6/29


by Sarah DeLappe Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team ...

The Wolves
1/8 - 2/1/2020


by Sarah DeLappe Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team ...


A music-filled holiday celebration! Louisville’s biggest and best holiday tradition—the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and ...

The Santaland Diaries
11/24 - 12/23/2019


adapt: Joe Mantello from David Sedaris; dir: Meredith McDonough....

Dracula
9/3 - 10/31/2019


Before Twilight, before True Blood, only one vampire commanded "the children of the night." In this blood-thirsty tale of unholy terror, Count Dracula slips into ...

Fifth Third Bank's Dracula
9/6 - 10/31/2019


The vampire hunt is on! Experience the Halloween tradition that drips with suspense—and even more blood. This celebrated gothic fright-fest is jam-packed with plenty of ...

Measure for Measure
10/9 - 10/27/2019


“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” Shakespeare’s black comedy tingles with intrigue in this story of love, lust, and politics. A full ...

Hype Man: a break beat play
9/11 - 10/13/2019


The Proscenium Theatre at The Drake: Idris Goodwin; dir: LA Williams....


TBA November 2018 ; dir: TBA November 2018 ....


Pamela Brown Auditorium: book: Hershey Felder; lyrics: Irving Berlin; music: Irving Berlin; dir: Trevor Hay....

Pipeline
1/8 - 2/2/2019


Nya Joseph is a dedicated, inner-city public high school teacher who is committed to her students' achievement, while she sends her only son, Omari, to ...

A Doll's House, Part 2
10/2 - 11/4/2018


Doll's House, Part 2 is a 2017 play written by Lucas Hnath. The play premiered at the South Coast Repertory, in April 2017, before transferring ...


Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Express, Independent, Daily Mail Winner of seven 2013 Olivier Awards, this highly- acclaimed National Theatre production embarks ...

PERSUASION
PERSUASION
7/14


book: Harold Taw; lyrics: Chris Jeffries. World Premiere...

42nd Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays


42nd Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays Actors Theatre of Louisville 316 West Main Street, Louisville, KY February 28 - April 8, 2018 The ...


The Humana Festival of New American Plays is the premier event of its kind, celebrating some of the most talented voices in the American theatre. ...

Keynote with A. Rey Pamatmat


Loving What You Hate When It Hates You, Too in the Pamela Brown Auditorium Join playwright and Humana Festival alum A. Rey Pamatmat for a ...

The Magic Play
1/23 - 2/11/2018


Andrew Hinderaker; dir: Halena Kays. World Premiere...

The Magic Play
The Magic Play
2/1 - 2/11/2018


The Magic Play by Andrew Hinderaker directed by Halena Kays with magic created by Brett Schneider Actors Theatre of Louisville 316 West Main Street, Louisville, ...

Little Bunny Foo Foo
1/9 - 2/4/2018


Anne Washburn; music: Dave Malloy; dir: Les Waters. Bingham Theatre:...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
11/24 - 12/23/2017


Fifth Third Bank’s A Christmas Carol based on the book by Charles Dickens adapted by Barbara Field directed by Drew Fracher Actors Theatre of Louisville ...

Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew
11/14 - 12/10/2017


SKELETON CREW by Dominique Morisseau directed by Steve H. Broadnax III Actors Theatre of Louisville 316 West Main Street, Louisville, KY (Bingham Theatre) Part of ...

The Santaland Diaries
The Santaland Diaries
12/2 - 11/23/2017


The Santaland Diaries Actors Theatre of Louisville 316 West Main Street, Louisville KY, 40202 (Victor Jory Theatre) December 1 – December 23, 2017 A delightfully ...

Fifth Third Bank's DRACULA
Fifth Third Bank's DRACULA
10/3 - 11/2/2017


Fifth Third Bank’s DRACULA originally dramatized by John L. Balderston and Hamilton Deane from Bram Stoker’s world-famous novel, Dracula as adapted and directed by William ...


One of the most remarkable and celebrated plays of our time. A work for the stage that is profoundly moving yet very funny, highly theatrical ...


The most honored play in a generation concludes the Wilma’s 2011/2012 Season – and then returns for the 20th Anniversary of Part Two: Perestroika to ...

Solo Mio Round 1
Solo Mio Round 1
9/29 - 9/30/2017


Actors Theatre of Louisville Victor Jory Theatre 316 W. Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202 Solo Mio #1 September 29 at 2 p.m. September 30 at ...


TBA ; dir: TBA ....

Circle Mirror Transformation
1/24 - 2/12/2017


An Obie Award-winner, this comedy triumph was extended twice by popular demand and landed on the Top Ten list of The New York Times and ...


Lanie Robertson; dir: J. Barry Lewis....

Detroit '67
11/15 - 12/11/2016


Shiva Theater: - Dominique Morriseau; dir: Kwame Kwei-Armah....

Detroit '67
11/15 - 12/11/2016


Shiva Theater: - Dominique Morriseau; dir: Kwame Kwei-Armah....

Macbeth
10/4 - 10/26/2016


William Shakespeare; dir: Les Waters....

Macbeth
10/4 - 10/26/2016


William Shakespeare; dir: Les Waters....


Playing Peter Pan at her hometown children's theater is one of Ann’s fondest, most formative memories. Now, 50 years later, Neverland calls again, casting her ...

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
1/26 - 2/14/2016


Peter And The Starcatcher, the most magical evening of madcap fun is now on tour! Hailed by The New York Times as “The most exhilarating ...

4000 Miles
1/5 - 1/31/2016


Amy Herzog; dir: Mike Donahue....

H.M.S. Pinafore
11/17 - 12/13/2015


adapt: Sean Graney, Matt Kahler, Andra Velis Simon from W.S. Gilbert, Albert Sullivan; dir: Sean Graney....

Luna Gale
10/6 - 10/25/2015


Albert Theatre: Rebecca Gilman; dir: Robert Falls....

At the Vanishing Point
1/27 - 2/15/2015


adapt: Naomi Iizuka from Naomi Iizuka; music: Ben Sollee; dir: Les Waters....

The Brothers Size
1/6 - 2/1/2015


adapt: Tarell Alvin McCraney from Tarell Alvin McCraney; music: Tarell Alvin McCraney; dir: Tea Alagic....

THE LAST FIVE YEARS
10/7 - 10/26/2014


The Last Five Years, a poignant and unconventional musical by Jason Robert Brown, explores the complexities of love and relationships through a fragmented timeline. Unlike ...

Our Town
Our Town
1/21 - 2/9/2014


Day in and day out, Grover’s Corners is Any Town, USA. The paper is delivered, the milkman visits, time passes and life continues. It is ...

Pirates of Penzance
1/7 - 2/4/2014


Set sail with this classic comedy that boasts one of the most famous patter songs in musical theatre history. The wit and whimsy of Gilbert ...

The Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance
1/7 - 2/4/2014


As a young boy, Frederic was mistakenly apprenticed to a band of tender-hearted pirates. Now at 21, soon to fall head-over-heels for the Major-General’s daughter, ...


Louisville’s biggest and best holiday tradition—the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future, brought to life ...

Tom Jones
11/12 - 12/8/2013


Women can’t keep their hands off Tom Jones, a man of unknown parentage but undeniable charm. Tom’s heart belongs to the virtuous Sophia Western, but ...

Fifth Third Bank's Dracula
9/13 - 10/31/2013


The vampire hunt is on! Experience the Halloween tradition that drips with suspense—and even more blood. This celebrated gothic fright-fest is jam-packed with plenty of ...

The Mountaintop
The Mountaintop
10/8 - 10/27/2013


Memphis, April 3, 1968. Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel. An exhausted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. returns from a prophetic speech during the sanitation ...

Noises Off
9/3 - 9/22/2013


A troupe of manic misfits unite to perform Nothing On, a sex farce stuffed with entrances and exits, mistaken identities, sardines and slamming doors—but the ...


Bingham Theatre: -...


- Various Playwrights ....

Appropriate
3/5 - 4/7/2013


Pamela Brown Auditorium: - Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; dir: Gary Griffin....

Cry Old Kingdom
3/8 - 4/7/2013


Bingham Theatre: - Jeff Augustin; dir: Tom Dugdale....

Gnit
3/15 - 4/7/2013


Pamela Brown Auditorium: - Will Eno; dir: Les Waters....

Sleep Rock Thy Brain
3/22 - 4/7/2013


- Rinne Groff, Lucas Hnath, Anne Washburn; dir: Amy Attaway....

The Delling Shore
2/27 - 4/7/2013


Bingham Theatre: - Sam Marks; dir: Meredith McDonough....

Girlfriend
1/29 - 2/17/2013


Nebraska, the 1990s. Two teenage boys—one a social outcast, the other the quintessential jock—explore a relationship during a summer of self-discovery between high school graduation ...

The Whipping Man
1/8 - 2/2/2013


Bingham Theatre: - Matthew Lopez; dir: Meredith McDonough....

Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night
10/9 - 10/28/2012


In his first production as Artistic Director, Les Waters directs this epic yet powerfully intimate, Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a family confronting a sea of ...

The Mountaintop
10/8 - 10/27/2012


Memphis, April 3, 1968. Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel. An exhausted Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. returns from a prophetic speech during the sanitation ...

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity


Diaz’s smart, hilarious powerslam of a play pins pop culture to the mat while throwing political correctness out of the ring. Tired of making other ...

A Christmas Carol
12/6 - 12/23/2011

Fifth Third Bank's A Christmas Carol


A music-filled holiday celebration! Louisville’s biggest and best holiday tradition—the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and ...

FIFTH THIRD BANK’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL


A music-filled holiday celebration! Louisville’s biggest and best holiday tradition—the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and ...

ReEntry
ReEntry
11/15 - 12/17/2011


How do you go from battlefields to backyard barbecues? What is the price paid by families at home when husbands, mothers, sons and sisters go ...

A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story
11/8 - 11/27/2011


In this Christmas adventure like no other, young Ralphie Parker’s fervent campaign for a Red Ryder BB gun unfolds despite a chorus of worries (“You’ll ...

Dracula
9/14 - 10/30/2011

Dracula
Dracula
9/16 - 10/30/2011


The vampire hunt is on! Experience the Louisville Halloween tradition that drips with suspense and even more blood. This celebrated gothic screamfest is jam-packed with ...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
10/4 - 10/29/2011

Theater of War
Theater of War
9/2 - 10/10/2011


Theater of War Productions, supported by a generous grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in collaboration with the USO, is partnering with prominent theaters across ...

Sense & Sensibility
8/30 - 9/24/2011

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The Importance of Being Earnest in Louisville The Importance of Being Earnest
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Four Old Broads on the High Seas in Louisville Four Old Broads on the High Seas
Barn Lot Theater (8/7 - 8/17)
Hadestown (Non-Equity) in Louisville Hadestown (Non-Equity)
Carson Center (3/6 - 3/6)
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Barn Lot Theater (3/27 - 3/30)
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A WONDERFUL LIFE in Louisville A WONDERFUL LIFE
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