When Whitten and Jaclyn Montgomery were six and nine respectively, their mother, Sandy, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. What followed was more than a year of the Montgomery girls’ parents being largely away from home as Sandy sought experimental treatments … Continue reading
“It’s not a fringe festival,” stressed Charlie Sexton, artistic director of Walden Theatre, about the upcoming Slant Culture Theatre Festival. Despite the fact that the festival features five performing arts groups, music, poetry readings, and tarot card readers, it’s not … Continue reading
Actors Theatre of Louisville opens its season with an ambitious contemporary staging of “Romeo and Juliet.” The play will be directed by Tony Speciale, a Louisville native and an alumnus of the Acting Apprentice Company at Actors Theatre. Born and … Continue reading
New Owners bring new life to Dairy Kastle.
When I tell locals that one of the reasons I love Louisville so much is that it reminds me of New Orleans, they don’t believe me at first. So I’m well practiced at ticking off the similarities between the two … Continue reading
I didn’t give the Kentucky Derby much thought before I moved to Louisville. For most of my adult life, I lived in New Orleans.
There’s a joke on the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas’ Twitter feed: “A dramaturg walks into a rehearsal room and everyone turns around and says, What’s a dramaturg?”
Students from Iroquois High School work with the Blue Apple Players and 21c to share an anti-drug message.