FRONT & CENTER

Don’t miss CenterStage’s 2023-24 season at the Trager Family JCC

by G. Douglas Dreisbach

Carousel

AUGUST 17, 19, 20, 24, 26 & 27, 2023

In a coastal village in Maine toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Their complicated love affair explores themes of love, heartache, redemption, and forgiveness.

First Date

NOVEMBER 2, 4, 5, 9, 11 & 12, 2023

CenterStage at The Trager Family Jewish Community Center (JCC) is Kentucky’s oldest community theater company that delivers quality, community theater performances and spectacular musicals. Their mission is to transform lives, empowering individuals through the exploration of character, the amplification of voices, and the sharing of stories.

Audience is excited to partner with CenterStage this season for four exciting productions that will take place in the Shapira Foundation Auditorium at the new Trager Family JCC located on Dutchmans Lane. Tickets are $25 per performance and well worth the price.

To purchase tickets or for more information, visit JewishLouisville.org

When tightly wound Aaron is set up with cool girl Casey, a quick drink turns into a hilarious dinner served with sides of Google background checks, fake emergency phone calls, a slew of bad boy and uptown girl exes, and some seriously saucy chemistry. Can this mismatched pair turn what could be a dating disaster into something special before the check arrives, or end up at another table for one?

The Prom

FEBRUARY 22, 24, 25 & 29, 2024;

MARCH 2 & 3, 2024

When four fading Broadway stars hear trouble is brewing around a small-town Indiana prom — and the press is involved — it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue, and themselves. The town’s parents want to keep the dance on the straight and narrow — but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom, the entire town has a date with destiny. Now, Broadway’s brassiest are coming to join the fight and they are ready to kick-ball-change the world.

She Loves Me

MAY 9, 11, 12, 16, 18 & 19, 2024

Set in a 1930s European perfumery, we meet shop clerks Amalia and Georg, who, more often than not, don’t see eye to eye. After both respond to a “lonely hearts advertisement” in the newspaper, they now live for the love letters that they exchange, but the identity of their admirers remains unknown. Join Amalia and Georg to discover the identity of their true love, and all the twists and turns along the way!