Audience - Kentucky Shakespeare - Summer 2021

SUMMER 2021

KENTUCKY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL

Summer 2021

Matt Wallace, Producing Artistic Director | 502-574-9900 | kyshakespeare.com

SUMMER 2021

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SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE June 16 - July 31 (every night except Monday)

HENRY V July 8 - August 1 (every night except Monday)

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FROM THE THEATRE How many goodly creatures are there here!

How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in’t!

– The Tempest

It feels amazing to be able to say this... Welcome to the 61st season of your Kentucky Shakespeare Festival! To those who’ve been here before – welcome home. And to those joining us for the first time – you are welcome here!

Oh, how we’ve missed you and this experience after such a long road. We honor those who’ve come before us to grow Doug Ramey’s vision into what it is today – the many board members, leaders, staff members, artists, donors, volunteers, students, and audience members on whose shoulders we stand 60+ years later.

As excited as we are to create and share this again, we must acknowledge the loss of the past year and the two plagues in society we continue to fight, COVID-19 and social injustice.

Our hearts also go out to the many people impacted by both, who’ve lost loved ones, employment, stability, and we continue to commit to the work of anti-racism and stand against hate and injustice.

Matt Wallace

There are many now no longer with us as we attempt to heal and connect. We dedicate this season, our return to Central Park, to the memory of two of our dear family members and Festival creative team, Barb Cullen and Paul Owen. Paul designed our 1990 stage house and returned as scenic designer through our 2018 season. Our dear Barb was our choreographer, responsible for those spirited dances, jigs, in the park since 2015. These exceptional human beings had in common incredible talent and generous spirits, as talented as they were kind.

And it’s a loss not just for us, but for the community, with both having prolific careers in the theatre, impacting so many. We are incredibly grateful for our time with them and will do our very best to honor their memory through our work. At the top of the amphitheater in the center, you’ll see six new Olmsted Central Park Benches, we’re calling them “Decades Benches,” commemorating the six decades of the Festival. There is a bench for each of them, right next each other.

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FROM THE THEATRE

Paul Owen at the C. Douglas Ramey Amphitheater.

Barb Cullen with partner Jon Huffman.

Photo by Brian Owens.

I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it.

– As You Like It

This is not Netflix, Hulu, or Zoom. We are not streaming or virtual. Welcome back to live, in-person theatre. Here, we are again connected to each other, and anything can happen.

We’re able to provide this professional public service because of many generous donors.

When those of you who can afford to donate at intermission, you’re helping to sustain and grow your Kentucky Shakespeare, allowing us to make future dreams realities.

In this special homecoming summer take a breath, look around, and think about your Kentucky Shakespeare memories. We have so many more magical ones to create together, and we thank you for being part of our return.

Welcome home. Enjoy your evening under the stars!

Matt Wallace Producing Artistic Director

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KENTUCKY SHAKESPEARE

THE EARLY DAYS

Kentucky Shakespeare has been performing Shakespeare classics for 61 seasons. Here are just a few photos from the company’s historic productions. Top: A scene from the 1964 production of The Taming of the Shrew. Center Left: A program flyer from the 1968 season. Center Right: Founder Doug Ramey, Mae Saylers, and Jack Clowes. Bottom: A Courier Journal article from August, 1964.

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2021 PRODUCTION TEAM Director Henry V............................................................................................................... Amy Attaway Director Shakespeare in Love............................................................................................Matt Wallace Scenic Designer.............................................................................................................. Karl Anderson Costume Designer......................................................................................... Donna Lawrence-Downs Lighting Designer................................................................................................................ Casey Clark Sound Designer.....................................................................................................................Laura Ellis Composer, Game of Kings series...................................................................................... Scott Carney Fight Choreographer............................................................................................................ Eric Frantz Choreographer, Shakespeare in Love................................................................................. Megan Bliss Music Director, Shakespeare in Love.................................................................... James Russell Cooper Dramaturg...................................................................................................................Gregory Maupin Dialect Coach, Shakespeare in Love............................................................................ Rachel K. Carter Stage Manager................................................................................................................ Rachel Pelgen Assistant Stage Manager................................................................................................ Kristen Karem Fight Captain.............................................................................................................. J. Barrett Cooper Production Manager/Technical Director........................................................................ Patrick Jump Properties Manager......................................................................................................... Ryan Bennett Master Carpenter................................................................................................................. Jared Willis Costume Shop First Hand...................................................................................... Margo Birdwhistell Costume Shop Stitcher...........................................................................................Allison L. Anderson Wardrobe Supervisor/Stitcher........................................................................................... Annie Mayer Master Electrician.........................................................................................................Lindsay Krupski Assistant Master Electrician.........................................................................................Blake Anderson Sound Engineer........................................................................................................ Victoria Campbell Front of House Manager................................................................................................... Lillie Weber Gift Shop Manager...................................................................................................... Brenda Johnson Videographer......................................................................................................................... Abby Sage Photographer......................................................................................................................Bill Brymer

2021 BEKKI JO SCHNEIDER INTERN COMPANY Made possible through the generosity of Max G. Baumgardner, in memory of Bekki Jo Schneider.

Arts Administration .................................................................................................... Rachel Meadors Costumes ......................................................................................................................... Quinn Collins Education - Kids’ Globe.....................................................................................................Chelsea Nevil Electrics.............................................................................................................................. Isabelle Saba Front of House ............................................................................................................. Sadie Lawrence Front of House .................................................................................................................. Kayla Quijas Front of House ................................................................................................................Abby Schwarz Production........................................................................................................................Frances Rippy Production/Scenic .............................................................................................................Hannah Tarr Properties..................................................................................................................................KG Gude Sound.................................................................................................................................W. Seth Davis Stage Management....................................................................................................... Moira Cassiday A U D I E N C E

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Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love Listen for some of this iconic Shakespearean text found throughout Shakespeare in Love!

“What light is light, if Silvia be not seen?”

– The Two Gentlemen of Verona “Out, damn Spot!”

– Macbeth “Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.”

– Romeo and Juliet “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.”

– Macbeth “Tell me how you love her.”

– As You Like It

SONNET 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st, So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

“I will drag her out myself.”

– The Taming of the Shrew “Dreams are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy which is as thin of substance as the air.”

– Romeo and Juliet “O brave new world!”

– The Tempest “I’ll wager my fortune.”

– The Taming of the Shrew “The play’s the thing!”

– Hamlet “I will do such things,-What they are, yet I know not.”

– King Lear

O MISTRESS MINE TWELFTH NIGHT O Mistress mine where are you roaming?

O stay and hear, your true love’s coming, That can sing both high and low.

Trip no further pretty sweeting.

Journeys end in lovers’ meeting, Every wise man’s son doth know.

What is love, ‘tis not hereafter, Present mirth, hath present laughter: What’s to come, is still unsure.

In delay there lies no plenty, Then come kiss me sweet and twenty: Youth’s a stuff will not endure.

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“Lend me your ears!”

– Julius Caesar “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.”

– Romeo and Juliet “O, you are sick of self love.”

– Twelfth Night “Angels and ministers of grace defend us.”

– Hamlet

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“I am fortune’s fool.”

– Romeo and Juliet

presents The Kentucky Shakespeare Production of

Based on the screenplay by

Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard Adapted for the stage by

Lee Hall Music by

Paddy Cunneen Originally produced on the West End by Disney Theatrical Productions & Sonia Friedman Productions, directed by Declan Donnellan, and designed by Nick Ormerod directed by

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CAST (in order of appearance) Will Shakespeare..................................................................................................... Jon Patrick O’Brien Kit Marlowe...........................................................................................................Braden McCampbell Phillip Henslowe..........................................................................................................Gregory Maupin Fennyman.......................................................................................................................... Jon Huffman Lambert/Ned Allelyn...............................................................................................................Tyler Tate Lord Wessex/Frees......................................................................................................... Zachary Burrell Richard Burbage................................................................................................................. Brian Hinds Mistress Quickly...................................................................................................Ashley Nicole Cabrera Nol...........................................................................................................................Tony Reimonenq III Adam....................................................................................................................................Alex Gordon Robin.............................................................................................................................Shaquille Towns Spot......................................................................................................................................Barkley Ellis Queen Elizabeth.................................................................................................... Jennifer Pennington Tilney/Sir Robert de Lessups...................................................................................... J. Barrett Cooper Viola de Lessups..............................................................................................................BeeBee Patillo Nurse................................................................................................................... Abigail Bailey Maupin Molly....................................................................................................................................Mollie Murk Sam.................................................................................................................................Hunter Broyles Ralph........................................................................................................................................Kyle Ware John Webster..................................................................................................................Austin Ramirez Wabash............................................................................................................................. Monte Priddy Director Matt Wallace is sponsored by Mac and Jessica Thompson, White Clay.

The character of Will, played by Jon Patrick O’Brien, is sponsored by Kerry & Kathleen Wang.

The character of Viola, played by BeeBee Patillo, is sponsored by Thomas Gerstle.

Setting: London, 1593.

Shakespeare in Love is presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals Company: concordtheatricals.com.

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LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES An Essay by Jonathan Smith, Professor Emeritus, Hanover College There is an old story—almost certainly apocryphal—that Queen Elizabeth I, having mourned the passing of Falstaff early on in Henry V, asked Shakespeare to write another play, about “Falstaff in love”; and hence, Merry Wives of Windsor. But a play about Falstaff in “love,” Shakespeare knew too well, is a contradiction in terms.

Is “Shakespeare in Love” as paradoxical a phrase as “Falstaff in love”? Surely not, for someone who wrote (in sonnets and plays) so wisely about love.

But the challenge of the phrase in this case is that the facts of the historical Shakespeare in love are just stubbornly uninteresting. In spite of an exciting and well-connected career in the London

theatre milieu, he returned home regularly to his wife and family, for whom he bought a splendid Stratford mansion as soon as he could afford it, died in the bosom of his family, and is buried in great honor next to his wife and daughter. But we know almost nothing about the sparks that animated that marriage, so for the purposes of Shakespeare in Love, Anne Hathaway Shakespeare must be set aside very quickly (“She had a cottage”) so we can imagine the sort of woman who would stir the love of Shakespeare: unsurprisingly, someone very like Viola in Twelfth Night or Rosalind in As You Like It, who shares his love of language, is at home play-acting in any gender, and fights courageously

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“And from this loving marriage—not from Henry V— came all subsequent English monarchs from Henry VII on, including Elizabeth I, fan of Falstaff, and Elizabeth II, who reigns today.” for natural love and empowered women in a structured patriarchal world. And then, of course, she must disappear at the end, lest history be changed!

And speaking of history, when Shakespeare culminated his great decade of English history-writing with Henry V, he apparently decided that this history series should end, like his comedies, with marriage.

So the final scene of the play presents us with “Henry in love,” which for Shakespeare, characteristically, seems more like Much Ado About Nothing’s Beatrice and Benedick, with a language barrier thrown in. “Is it possible dat I should love de enemi of France?,” asks Catherine, and history suggests the question is an apt one. She did marry Henry and bear him a son (the ill-fated Henry VI), but with the vicissitudes of Henry’s ongoing campaigns in France and his early death, they spent no more than a few months together.

And then she scandalized the royal court by falling in love with an obscure Welshman named Tudor—and presumably this really was love, since she had nothing but scorn to gain by it. And from this loving marriage—not from Henry V—came all subsequent English monarchs from Henry VII on, including Elizabeth I, fan of Falstaff, and Elizabeth II, who reigns today.

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presents episode four in Kentucky Shakespeare’s Game of Kings series

Based on the screenplay by

by William Shakespeare edited by Gregory Maupin

directed by Amy Attaway HENRY V – THE PLOT Soon after inheriting the throne of England, Henry V is considering the strength of a claim to the throne of France as well. But it’s when the Dauphin of France sends Henry an insulting message that he makes up his mind and decides to invade.

Even the king’s former companions from his tavern days, while mourning the death of Sir John Falstaff, set out to join Henry’s army.

The French royal family rejects Henry’s claim to the crown, so Henry attacks, taking the town of Harfleur. The English soldiers are in poor condition after this, thanks to sickness and foul weather, and begin to retreat, but Henry rejects the French Herald’s offer of ransom and the two armies prepare to fight at Agincourt.

The evening before the battle, Henry tours the camp in disguise, finding out what his men think, which leads him to consider the heavy responsibilities of kingship and lingering questions about how his father took the throne.

Meanwhile, French confidence is high. The battle begins: Henry rallies his troops and places them all in God’s hands...

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CAST (in order of appearance) Chorus................................................................................................................. Hallie Dizdarevic King Henry V.........................................................................................................Zachary Burrell Falstaff.................................................................................................................J. Barrett Cooper Doll...................................................................................................................... Hallie Dizdarevic Hostess Quickly..............................................................................................Jennifer Pennington Bardolph..........................................................................................................Jon Patrick O’Brien Archbishop of Canterbury.................................................................................. Gregory Maupin Bishop of Ely................................................................................................. Tony Reimonenq III Duke of Exeter................................................................................................................ Tyler Tate Duke of Gloucester.................................................................................................... Alex Gordon Earl of Westmoreland......................................................................................... Shaquille Towns Montjoy................................................................................................................... BeeBee Patillo Nym............................................................................................................................. Mollie Murk Falstaff’s Page...................................................................................................... Gregory Sanders Pistol............................................................................................................................... Kyle Ware Lord Scroop................................................................................................... Braden McCampbell Earl of Cambridge...................................................................................................... Alex Gordon Sir Thomas Grey............................................................................................ Tony Reimonenq III King Charles VI of France......................................................................................... Jon Huffman Queen Isabel of France...................................................................................... Hallie Dizdarevic Dauphin....................................................................................................................... Will DeVary Captain Fluellen.................................................................................................. Gregory Maupin Constable of France....................................................................................................... Tom Luce Duke of Orleans..............................................................................................Jon Patrick O’Brien Governor of Harfleur................................................................................... Braden McCampbell Duke of Bourbon.......................................................................................Abigail Bailey Maupin Princess Katherine of France.................................................................................... Mollie Murk Alice.............................................................................................................Abigail Bailey Maupin Captain Gower...............................................................................................Jennifer Pennington Williams...............................................................................................................J. Barrett Cooper Bates.......................................................................................................................... Jon Huffman King Henry IV................................................................................................................. Tom Luce Duke of York.................................................................................................. Tony Reimonenq III French Soldiers....................................................................... Braden McCampbell, Mollie Murk Duke of Burgundy............................................................................................... J. Barrett Cooper Director Amy Attaway is sponsored by Don Stevens and Libby Marbury.

The character of King Henry V, played by Zachary Burrell, is sponsored by Phillip and Teri Allen.

The character of Falstaff, played by J. Barrett Cooper, is sponsored by Drs. Gordon Strauss and Catherine Newton.

Setting: England, early fifteenth century.

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BIOGRAPHIES ACTORS Hunter Broyles (Sam/Ensemble – SIL) is excited to join Kentucky Shakespeare for their main stage season. He was previously seen in the Globe Players productions the past 2 seasons as Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Twelfth Night) and Paris (Romeo and Juliet) and will be in this year’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He is a recent graduate of YPAS as a theatre major. He has performed with Actors Theatre, StageOne, Derby Dinner Playhouse, CenterStage, and Acting Against Cancer. He attended Governor’s School for the Arts for Musical Theatre last summer. In the fall, he will attend Northern Kentucky University to pursue his B.F.A. in Musical Theatre with minors in dance and psychological science.

He couldn’t think of a better way to spend his last summer before college.

For Barb.

Zachary Burrell (Lord Wessex/Frees – SIL; Henry V – H5) has previously appeared on the Kentucky Shakespeare stage as Prince Hal in Henry IV Parts I & II, as well as Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Laertes in Hamlet, and the Clown in The Winter’s Tale, among many others. He has also performed with StageOne Family Theatre, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Theatre [502], and Pandora Productions.

He attended Adams State University in Colorado.

Ashley Nicole Cabrera (Mistress Quickly/Kate/Courtier – SIL) is ecstatic to join Kentucky Shakespeare for her first summer season!

She recently graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia where she received her B.A. in Theatre, concentrating in performance.

During her time at JMU, she starred in The Moors (Moorhen) and Scab (Angel/ Grad Student). Ashley moved to Louisville in 2020 to work as an Artist Educator with KY Shakes. She is excited to return to Kentucky Shakespeare next year as an Artist Educator as well.

J. Barrett Cooper (Edmund Tilney/Sir Robert De Lesseps – SIL; Falstaff/Williams/ Duke of Burgundy – H5; fight captain – both) returns for his fourth season as an actor with KSF. For KSF: As You Like It, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Richard II, Comedy of Errors, Julius Caesar, Othello, King Lear, Much Ado. Regional Acting: Pioneer Playhouse (Salt Lake City), Wayside Theatre, Arkansas Rep, Alabama Shakespeare, Bunbury, Savage Rose, CenterStage and StageOne Family Theatre. As Fight Director: KSF, Kentucky Opera, University of Louisville, University of Evansville, Savage Rose, Walden Theatre, and Actors Theatre’s Professional Training Company. In the past year: Lilas Pastia & Fight Director in Carmen (Kentucky Opera), White in The Sunset Limited (Bunbury), Fight Director for The Three Musketeers

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BIOGRAPHIES (University of Evansville), director of The Laramie Project (Indiana University Southeast), various local & regional commercials and short film projects. He teaches with Actors Center for Training.

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Center where she is currently heading up a three year project funded by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art and the NEA that is intended to increase tolerance and understanding between Muslim and non-Muslim members of the Louisville community, and which will culminate in an original audio immersive drama for children. Favorite credits with the CTC Professional Company in Residence: A Streetcar Named Desire (Director), Ludwig in Cabaret, Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Daisy in Rhinoceros, and Yelena in Uncle Vanya.

Will DeVary (Dauphin – H5) is deeply grateful to return to Kentucky Shakespeare, where he previously appeared in King Lear, As You Like It, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, and Macbeth.

Regional theatre: A Christmas Story, A Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre), The Fan, and The Tingler (Cherry Artspace).

Educational theatre: The Trojan Women, Medea, Gather Ye Children, Marie Antoinette, Everybody, Strange Snow, The Medium, Twelfth Night (Ithaca College Theatre Arts), and Richard III (Commonwealth Theatre Center). Film/ Television/Other Media: Men Go to Battle, 9:45PM, and Big Egg. Will is currently pursuing his B.F.A. in Acting at Ithaca College. For Barb, Charlie, and Debbie- “But if the while I think on thee, dear friends, All losses are restored and sorrows end.”

Alex Gordon (Adam/Ensemble – SIL; Duke of Gloucester/ Cambridge – H5) joins Kentucky Shakespeare for the first time. He has recently graduated with an acting M.F.A. at the University of Louisville, where he played Karl Lindner in A Raisin in the Sun and others.

He recently performed the one-man show ...psychobabblish... in conjunction with NAMI Louisville in support of the Mental Health community. He is originally from West Virginia.

Hallie Dizdarevic (Queen Isabel of France/Chorus/Doll – H5) is delighted to return to the Kentucky Shakespeare stage after such an unexpected pause. In previous seasons, you may have seen her as Rosalind in As You Like It, Regan in King Lear, Doll Tearsheet in Henry IV Parts I & II,or Desdemona in Othello. Hallie is Director of Creative Engagement at Commonwealth Theatre

Brian Hinds (Richard Burbage/ Boatman – SIL) is a theater faculty member at the Youth Performing Arts School, where he has directed productions of Our Town, The Crucible, Hamlet, and (Anon)ymous. Originally from Maine, Brian spent ten years with The Children’s Theatre of Maine, where he served as an actor, instructor, and

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BIOGRAPHIES director. Since moving to Louisville in 2008, Brian has acted with Kentucky Shakespeare (Twelfth Night, Richard III, Julius Caesar, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Macbeth), StageOne Family Theatre (The Odyssey, Tuck Everlasting), Savage Rose Classical Theatre (The Tempest, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Liminal Playhouse (The Fastest Clock in the Universe) and Bunbury Theatre (Visiting Edna). Brian is a member of Louisville Improvisors.

Jon Huffman (Fennyman – SIL; King Charles/Bates – H5) is proud to be a member of 2021’s Kentucky Shakespeare Acting Company. Since 1981, he has played dozens of roles on this stage, including King Lear, Iago in Othello, Prospero in The Tempest, Claudius in Hamlet, and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. He’s also appeared locally at Actors Theatre of Louisville, StageOne Family Theatre, and Derby Dinner Playhouse. A veteran film and TV actor, Jon has acted in soap operas, major films, and network sitcoms. Jon dedicates all of his work to his late, great partner in life, Barbara F. Cullen.

Tom Luce (Constable/King Henry IV – H5) has been involved in the Louisville theatre scene as an actor, director and designer for the past 29 years. His Kentucky Shakespeare credits include King Henry IV in Richard II and Henry IV Parts I&II, Julius Caesar

(Caesar), Titus Andronicus (Marcus Andronicus), Macbeth (Duncan), and The Taming of the Shrew (Vincentio). He has worked locally with Actors Theatre, The Necessary Theatre, Theatre [502], and Savage Rose Classical Theater Company.

Tom has appeared in dozens of commercials, the network television shows Nashville and Chicago Fire, and several films with local producers Kelly’s Filmworks and City on a Hill. Recently: My Friend Dahmer (Vice President Walter Mondale), and the Hallmark feature An Uncommon Grace.

Abigail Bailey Maupin (Nurse – SIL; Alice/ Duke of Bourbon – H5) is delighted to return to Kentucky Shakespeare, where her credits include: King Lear (Goneril), As You Like It (Jaques), Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), Twelfth Night (Olivia), Taming of the Shrew (Kate), Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), and most recently Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. She and her husband Greg co-founded Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble, and they also perform as the Prohibition-era musical duo Rannygazoo. Abigail has appeared locally with Actors Theatre, Theatre [502], Derby Dinner Playhouse, StageOne Family Theater, Music Theatre Louisville, and Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company. Regional: Sweeney Todd (Goodspeed Opera House), Babes & Dudes, Die Like a Lady (NY International Fringe Festival), Iolanthe (Village Light Opera Group, NYC), Gift of the Magi (Vermont Stage Company) and Hansel and Gretel (Theatreworks/USA). For my Amy.

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BIOGRAPHIES Gregory Maupin (Henslowe – SIL; Canterbury/Fluellen – H5) is thrilled for his umpteenth time on stage and his sixth season as text coach/ dramaturg with Kentucky Shakespeare.

He and his wife Abigail are ukulele duo Rannygazoo, co-wrote The Glorious Adventures of the Mighty Robin Hood, and in 2004 co-founded Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble. He is a charter member of Brooklyn’s Under the Table Ensemble. Kentucky Shakespeare appearances include: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Guildenstern), Much Ado (Benedick), As You Like It (Touchstone), Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio), Midsummer (Bottom), Macbeth (Porter). With Actors Theatre: Luna Gale (Cliff), At the Vanishing Point (Martin), Our Town (Simon Stimson), Midsummer (Flute), Macbeth, 43 Plays for 43 Presidents. With the Dell’Arte Company: Vaudeville (co-creator).

Gregory graduated from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre.

Braden McCampbell (Kit Marlowe/Burbage’s Heavy – SIL; Ely/ Scroope/ French soldier – H5) spent two years as an artist educator with Kentucky Shakespeare. He has appeared onstage with the company in King Lear, Henry IV Part II, As You Like It, Romeo & Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Macbeth, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. He regularly performs with the Va Va Vixens.

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Mollie Murk (Molly/Courtier – SIL; Princess Katherine/ Nym – H5) is thrilled to be making her summer season debut at Kentucky Shakespeare!

In addition to teaching for KSF as an Artist Educator and Camp Instructor, she performed in Titus Andronicus (Lavinia), as well as several KSF touring productions, most recently as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. At Actors Theatre of Louisville, she acted in The Wolves (#8), Dracula (Mina, u/s Lucy), Dracula: The Radio Play (Mina Harker), and Are You There? in the 44th Humana Festival of New American Plays. She also has acted at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, and Suspend Aerial Arts.

She is an alum of Hope College, and Shakespeare & Company’s Center for Actor Training. Mollie is a proud member of the Ring of Keys Network: www.RingofKeys.org/keys/Mollie-Murk.

Jon Patrick O’Brien (Will Shakespeare – SIL; Duke of Orleans/ Governor of Harfleur – H5) is happy to be back for his 8th season with Kentucky Shakespeare!

You may recognize him from previous seasons as Hotspur in Henry IV, Part 1, Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Macbeth in Macbeth, and Hamlet in Hamlet—or perhaps you’ve seen him in other local shows— recently Cliff in Cabaret and John Proctor in The Crucible at Commonwealth Theatre Center. You can also find him in his recurring role of Motlow on AMC’s Turn: Washington’s

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BIOGRAPHIES Spies, as Baron Drew on Chicago PD, and as Hunter on The Good Wife. Please feel free to follow him offstage through his woodworking journey on instagram @bearbranchhandcrafted for more fun!

BeeBee Patillo (Viola De Lesseps – SIL; Montjoy – H5) is a Louisville native, graduate of the University of Louisville, and was a 2020-2021 acting apprentice at Actors Theatre of Louisville. With Kentucky Shakespeare: spring tours of Romeo and Juliet (Lady Capulet/Tybalt/Peter/Friar John), Hamlet (Horatio/Rosencrantz/Player Queen).

Other credits include: The Green Book (Neena) and When Fishies Rain Down From the Sky (Maya) at Bunbury Theatre; Baltimore (Alyssa) and Eurydice (Loud Stone) at the University of Louisville, The Reviews (Imani) with Ain’t I a Woman Playfest and Baltimore (Alyssa) with the National Black Theatre Festival.

She is an active volunteer in her community and was the 2019 Kentucky Derby Festival Queen.

Jennifer Pennington (Queen Elizabeth – SIL; Mistress Quickly/Gower – H5) Past KY Shakespeare roles include: Tamora in Titus Andronicus, Mistress Quickly in Henry IV Parts I & II, Emilia in Othello, Duchess of York in Richard II, and Portia in Julius Caesar.

Other local credits include: understudy for Van Helsing in Dracula (Actors Theatre of Louisville); A Streetcar Named Desire, Cabaret and The Trojan Women

(Commonwealth Theatre Center); Qualities of Starlight and Rich Girl (Theatre [502]); King Lear and Twelfth Night (Savage Rose Classical Theatre) and 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche (Pandora Productions). Regional credits include: The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (SouthCoast Repertory Theatre, CA); Medea (Boston Court Theatre, CA); The Hostage (Theatre Banshee, CA); and Much Ado About Nothing (Arizona Classical Theatre). She is currently Manager of Student and Alumni Engagement at Commonwealth Theatre Center.

Monte Priddy (Wabash – SIL) This is Monte’s 39th summer doing Shakespeare in the Park. Since 1961 he has played more than 90 roles in 28 of Shakespeare’s plays with Kentucky Shakespeare, Alabama Shakespeare, and Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company.

In addition to Kentucky Shakespeare, and its precursor the Carriage House Players, he has worked locally with Actors Inc. (the precursor to Actors Theatre), Louisville Children’s Theater (precursor to StageOne Family Theatre), U of L Repertory Co, Blue Apple Players, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Kentucky Cooperative Theater, and Bunbury Theatre. Outside Louisville, he toured the southeastern USA with Alabama Shakespeare, appeared in several series for KET, did children’s theater in Nashville and dinner theater in West Virginia. Favorite Shakespearean roles include Shallow in Henry IV Part II and John of Gaunt in Richard II. He received the Arts-Louisville/Broadway World 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award.

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BIOGRAPHIES Austin Ramirez (John Webster – SIL) is thrilled to make his Kentucky Shakespeare debut. He has performed with Actors Theatre: Dracula, Little Bunny Foo Foo, Macbeth, A Christmas Carol. Derby Dinner Playhouse: Curious George. Austin enjoyed meeting and performing Shakespeare for Jennifer Lawrence in 2017. In his spare time he enjoys writing short stories, doing standup comedy, and playing the saxophone, recorder and piano. He is a 3rd grader and Cub Scout at St. Patrick’s, and plays club soccer.

Tony Reimonenq III (Nol/Ensemble – SIL; Gray/York/Bishop of Ely – H5) is so excited for his first summer season with Kentucky Shakespeare! He serves as an Artist Educator during the school year. You might have seen Tony as Romeo in KSF’s Parks Tour of Romeo and Juliet. Tony has also performed in Berkshire Theatre Group’s productions of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown as Schroeder and the ensemble of The Skin of Our Teeth. Tony graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi in May 2020 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre with an emphasis in performance.

Gregory Sanders (Falstaff’s Page – H5) is excited to return to Kentucky Shakespeare, having played Falstaff’s Page last year in Henry IV, Part II. Greg attends 20

Martha Lane Collins High School in Shelby County. He has completed two summers with Camp Shakespeare, and is very proud of having been declared the King of Insults of Revelers 1 in 2018.

He is an avid Dungeons and Dragons player and likes hanging out with his brothers, cousins, and dogs.

Tyler Tate (Ned Alleyn-Mercutio/ Lambert/Courtier – SIL; Duke of Exeter – H5) is appreciative of the opportunity to perform at Kentucky Shakespeare! Born in Washington D.C., he moved to Newnan, Georgia, where he was raised. His interest in theatre began when he auditioned for his high school musical Hairspray and was cast as Seaweed Stubbs. After attaining his B.A. in performing arts, Tyler performed as an ensemble member in Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s production of Annie. He is currently preparing to graduate from the UofL Theatre Arts Department’s Graduate Acting program and is excited about what his professional career has to offer.

Shaquille Towns (Sampson/Ensemble – SIL; Earl of Westmoreland – H5) is excited to join the summer company of Kentucky Shakespeare, having recently complete the spring tour of Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio, Paris, Watch). Shaq is a local actor and a graduate from the American Music and Dramatic Academy in New York where he studied musical theater. Some of his

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BIOGRAPHIES credits and favorite rolls include Asagai (A Raisin in The Sun), Seaweed (Hairspray), Dauntless (Once Upon a Mattress), Prince Philippe (Snow White and the Prince) C.C. White (Dreamgirls) and Pharus Young (Choir Boy).

Barkley loves cuddling, snacking, napping, sunbathing, looking at his Maw, Shakespeare in the Park, gelato, and collecting garbage. He lives in South Louisville with his life partner, Radar Ellis, and their family.

Kyle Ware (Ralph/Ensemble – SIL; Pistol – H5) is an actor, educator, artist, and writer. Acting credits with the company include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Titus Andronicus, Henry IV Parts 1 & II, and Much Ado About Nothing. Kyle is the director of the Globe Players professional training program and directed their productions of Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Romeo & Juliet, and The Comedy of Errors. He has served as the Director of Education at Kentucky Shakespeare since 2014. He is Co-Artistic Director of Think Tank Theatre, a collaborative theatre ensemble, and was a Producing Founding Artistic Director of Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville.

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Barkley Ellis (Spot – SIL) is the sweetest & cutest boy, with perfect velvety triangle ears and stinky sugar foots.

Barkley is a 4-and-ahalf year old Chug mix who graduated from the Kentucky Humane Society’s Manners for Life Program in 2019. His dream roles include Toto (Wizard of Oz) and Pepe (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill).

Amy Attaway (Director – Henry V) proudly serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Kentucky Shakespeare. She’s directed The Taming of the Shrew, The Winter’s Tale, Richard II, Henry IV Part I and II, and Henry V once before in the park, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead at the Bomhard Theater, The War of the Worlds and Night of the Living Dead at Louisville Public Media, and the spring tours of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. Amy is also co-founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of Theatre [502], where she directed the regional premieres of The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, River City, Red Speedo, Auctioning the Ainsleys, Broadsword: a heavy metal play and Futura, as well as the world premiere commissions The Two Lobbyists of Verona and The Stranger and Ludlow Quinn. She spent five seasons as Associate Director of the Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where directed several commissioned works in the Humana Festival of New American Plays, including Sleep Rock Thy Brain, Oh, Gastronomy! and The End. Amy is a graduate of the University of Evansville, a Louisville native, and she and her

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BIOGRAPHIES husband Brian are unashamedly raising a 6-year-old theatre kid.

Matt Wallace (Director – Shakespeare in Love) is in his eighth season as Producing Artistic Director of Kentucky Shakespeare, where he has directed productions of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: Macbeth, Celebrate 60: the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Anniversary Production, As You Like It, King Lear, The Comedy of Errors, Othello, Titus Andronicus, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, and Richard III. Favorite acting credits with the company since 2001 include the Player and Guildenstern in productions of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Antonio in The Merchant of Venice, Orlando in As You Like It, and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He is in his thirteenth season as Director of Shakespeare Behind Bars at Luther Luckett Correctional Complex.

Previously, he served as an Artistic Associate with Kentucky Shakespeare from 2001-2010, was Director of Children’s Theatre at Derby Dinner Playhouse, and directed and performed at Chicago theatres and theatres across the Midwest. Matt met his wife Tina Jo at Kentucky Shakespeare 20 summers ago, proposed to her on this Central Park stage, and they are the proud parents of two amazing daughters.

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DESIGNERS & ARTISTIC Karl Anderson (Set Design) This is Karl’s second season in Central Park.

He has designed many sets for StageOne Family Theatre, most recently Dragons Love Tacos, Hamlet, and James and the Giant Peach. He also designed numerous shows such as Sleep Rock Thy Brain for Actors Theatre of Louisville, Assassins, Tommy, and Sweeney Todd for CenterStage at JCC,and many seasons for Pandora Productions, Theatre [502], and Bunbury Theatre, as well as Three Decembers for KY Opera. He graduated from UK with a B.F.A. in theatre design and technology. Karl is currently the Technical Director for StageOne Family Theatre. He is married to costumer Allison Anderson with whom he has two wonderful teenage sons.

Megan Bliss (Choreographer- SIL) is thrilled to be spending her first summer with Kentucky Shakespeare. Megan has choreographed at professional, community, and educational theaters locally and across the country. You may have seen her work at several local theaters like Derby Dinner Playhouse, StageOne, Music Theater of Louisville, CenterStage, New Albany High School, and Floyd Central High School. When not choreographing, she is a dance instructor at Weber School of Dance and a math coach at Slate Run Elementary School. She and her husband, Tyler, have two children, Marina and Kahler.

She dedicates this show in honor of her teacher, mentor, and friend, Barb Cullen.

Casey Clark (Lighting Designer), M.F.A., has designed for most genres of the performing arts for numerous companies, but considers KSF her

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BIOGRAPHIES artistic home. She thinks this summer will be especially joyous to produce, and is eager to participate. Casey also teaches at Bellarmine and works for Kentucky Performing Arts.

James Russell Cooper (Music Director SIL) is joining the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival for the first time and couldn’t be happier for it. He is the choir director and co-director of musical theater at Noe Middle School just down the street. In addition to his career as an educator, he has worked with Pandora Productions, CenterStage at JCC, The ChickenCoop Theatre, The Theatre Downstream and KY Opera. Russell holds a BME from the UofL School of Music and an MAEd from Bellarmine University. He and his husband Seth, both Louisville natives, have two troublemaking dogs: Hashbrown and Donut.

Donna Lawrence-Downs (Costume Designer) has designed the costumes for Kentucky Shakespeare for the last seven seasons, including all the summer festival productions and spring tours, the Macbeth in the Parking Lot and the indoor Titus Andronicus, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Twelfth Night, The War of the Worlds, and Night of the Living Dead. Donna has designed over 380 shows for more than 31 different theatres in her 32-year career, including a stint at KSF in the 1990’s, and StageOne Family Theatre, Music Theatre Louisville, CenterStage, Bellarmine University, Louisville Ballet, Kentucky Opera, and Pandora Productions. One of Donna’s favorite projects is designing costumes for Shakespeare Behind Bars, which she has done for the last 11 years.

Donna and her husband also own Life is Sweet Homemade Treats Bakery.

Laura Ellis (Sound Designer) is a performer and sound designer who’s designed five summer seasons for Kentucky Shakespeare, as well as colder-weather productions like The War of the Worlds and Macbeth in the Parking Lot, and she squished cold spaghetti for Night of the Living Dead.

She also regularly works with Pandora Productions and Looking for Lilith Theatre Company. When she’s not in a theater (or a park), she’s the Director of Podcasts and Special Projects at Louisville Public Media. Laura was born and raised in Louisville and has been going to Shakespeare in the Park since she was a tiny kid. Now a tiny adult, she still can’t imagine spending her summers any other way.

Eric Frantz (Fight Choreographer) has worked in stage combat as a choreographer and combatant for 17 years. During that time he lead the research on sword fighting and combat techniques using historical manuals and texts at the Frazier History Museum. Eric is delighted to be working with Kentucky Shakespeare for the sixth consecutive summer. In 2015, Eric choreographed the fight between Macbeth and Macduff for Kentucky Shakespeare, and it remains one of his favorites.

TECHNICAL Allison L. Anderson (Stitcher) is a costume designer, crafts artisan, and creator of mascots living in Louisville.

Over the past 3 decades she has worked on countless productions at theatres locally and around the country, including Louisville Ballet, Boston Ballet, Palm Springs Follies, and Children’s Theatre Charlotte. She is especially

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BIOGRAPHIES proud to have designed the Stage One/Ky Shakespeare co-production of Hamlet. Local mascots include the Bellarmine Knight and Buddy Bat. Allison is the Costume Shop Manager at Stage One and has two very tall sons with her husband, scenic designer Karl Anderson.

Blake Anderson (Assistant Master Electrician) is a newcomer to Kentucky Shakespeare. Blake just graduated from Indiana University Southeast last year receiving his bachelor’s degree in communications with a focus on technical theatre. He’s excited to be taking his first steps into the professional space and working alongside the members of Kentucky Shakespeare.

Ryan Bennett (Props Master) is excited to finally work with Kentucky Shakespeare for the summer season.

Last fall, Ryan worked as a carpenter for Kentucky Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the Parking Lot. Previously, he has worked for Actors Theatre of Louisville as Props Carpenter Artisan. He received his B.F.A. from UW Milwaukee and apprenticed with Skylight Music Theatre. Ryan would like to thank his family in Illinois, his old friends from Milwaukee, and his new friends in Louisville for their encouragement and support.

Margo Birdwhistell (First Hand) is thrilled, as Louisville native, to be working for Kentucky Shakespeare this summer! Previously, they have worked as a stitcher for the Utah Shakespeare festival, the Hangar Theatre, and the Huron Playhouse. They received their B.F.A. in Theatrical Technology from Northern Kentucky University and have just recently completed their Masters 24

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Victoria Campbell (Sound Engineer) is excited for her second official season with Kentucky Shakespeare. She graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science in theater technology. She has worked as a sound technician for Actors Theater of Louisville and many other great local companies. She has also worked in the past with Utah Shakespeare Festival, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and Cumberland County Playhouse. You will find her at the park with her senior dog Lunair all summer.

Rachel K. Carter (Dialect Coach), MFA, is thrilled to work with Kentucky Shakespeare for the first time. Rachel is an Assistant Professor at University of Louisville where she teaches voice, speech, and Alexander Technique.

She earned her M.F.A. in Theatre Pedagogy: Voice and Speech from Virginia Commonwealth University, and has her Alexander Technique teacher certification from The American Society of the Alexander Technique (AmSAT). Rachel has had the opportunity to voice/dialect coach multiple shows with Actors Theatre of Louisville, Theatre [502], and Pandora Productions here in Louisville. She is a current member of VASTA, AmSAT, and ATHE. Brenda Johnson (Gift Shop Manager/ Volunteer Coordinator) has been volunteering and working with the Festival for over forty-five years. Brenda’s full time job is with First Impression, Fine Stationery Engraving and Printing.

She enjoys spending time with her family which also includes her daughter, Holly and son-in-law Pete and four

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BIOGRAPHIES wonderful friends, Connie, Jeanine, Linda, and Marty. She hopes that you will all come back again and again and volunteer! Help us to keep Douglas Ramey’s vision alive by making your own history under the stars in Central Park!

Patrick Jump (Production Manager / Technical Director) This is Patrick’s first summer season in the park but he was a part of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot last fall! He’s a graduate of Murray State University with a B.S. in theatre and has been involved in over 150 productions in professional, community, and educational theatre. You may have seen his work on stage, as he has worked with many companies in the Louisville area since moving here in 2011, including CenterStage at the JCC, Acting Against Cancer, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Pandora Productions, The Bard’s Town Theatre, Floyd Central High School, New Albany High School, and most recently Sacred Heart School for the Arts.

Patrick also served as a Master Carpenter at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Peach State Summer Theatre, and Georgia Shakespeare. He is currently the owner of Bluegrass Production Studio.

Kristen Karem (Assistant Stage Manager) is a 2021 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a double major in Theater and English.

Her primary focuses in theater are stage management and playwrighting.

She is from Louisville, Kentucky, and is very excited to be working in her hometown this summer with such an incredible company. Kristen would like to thank her friends and family for their endless support and love.

Lindsay Krupski (Master Electrician) is a freelance lighting designer/electrician, and she is so excited for another

season with Kentucky Shakespeare! She previously worked on KY Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the Parking Lot in fall 2020, and spent summer 2019 working as the Assistant Master Electrician in the park.

Since moving to Louisville almost 3 years ago, she has designed with The Liminal Playhouse, Bunbury Theatre, Pandora Productions, Theatre [502], and more.

Lindsay grew up in Wisconsin and holds a B.F.A. from UW-Milwaukee. Lindsay would like to thank the wonderful theatre community in Louisville for being so awesome, as well as her family and friends all across the country for always supporting her dreams.

Annie Mayer (Wardrobe Head / Stitcher) is a Louisville native and a former Kentucky Shakespeare production intern - she could not be more excited to be rejoining Kentucky Shakespeare for the summer season. A 2019 Xavier University graduate (B.A. Theatre), she was seen onstage (Antigone: born against /Company), as well as offstage, as an assistant director (Hamlet), choreographer (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), and assistant costume designer (Mr. Burns: a post-electric play / Romeo and Juliet / Urinetown).

Following graduation, she participated in the Disney College Program at Walt Disney World, as a parade costumer at the Magic Kingdom. After returning to Louisville, she was a member of the wardrobe team for Celebrate 60: The Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Anniversary Production. Welcome back, and enjoy the show!

Rachel Pelgen (Stage Manager) is excited to be joining Kentucky Shakespeare for the summer! Most recently she was the event stage

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manager for Higher and Higher: A Rock ‘N Soul Party with Chester Gregory at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. She has also been the production assistant for several productions at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Previously she was the assistant stage manager for Miss Holmes at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and completed two internship years at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. She has also stage managed at Interlochen Center for the Arts Shakespeare Festival and Stage Right Musical Theatre Company. She is thrilled to be returning to live theatre this summer and would like to thank her parents, sister, and Justen for their continued support.

Lillie Weber (House Manager) is so excited to be back for her fifth year with Kentucky Shakespeare! She graduated with her B.F.A. in musical theatre from Lindenwood University. In St. Louis Lillie has recently been seen in Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey) and Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play (Quincy/Bart). When not on stage or in the park, Lillie can be found in her bakery Hoosier Girl? Pie based in New Albany, Indiana!

BEKKI JO SCHNEIDER INTERN COMPANY Moira Cassiday (Stage Management) is a rising senior at University of Evansville, majoring in Stage Management with a minor in history. She is an Indiana native through and through, who has been a part of theatre in one way or another since she was 5 years old. At the UE, she has worked as an assistant stage manager for Spring Awakening, head stage manager of the zoom productions

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BIOGRAPHIES of Much Ado About Nothing, two student run productions of UET Cabaret, and lastly was able to participate in the 2021 senior class’s Eclipse Company productions of Aqua Tofana and La Fama. This will be her first ever season at Kentucky Shakespeare and she is so excited. She is thankful to all of her supportive family and friends who have helped her get to where she is today.

Quinn Collins (Costumes) is a soonto-be senior at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. They are majoring in Costume Design & Technology, and with COVIDpreventing productions this past school year, they have been developing millinery, knotwork, and thermoplastic techniques. This is Quinn’s first season with Kentucky Shakespeare. They have done work as a stitcher and wardrobe crew head on The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Secret Garden. They are extremely excited to be a part of the Kentucky Shakespeare team this summer and cannot wait to show you what we have in store!

W. Seth Davis (Sound) is a soon to be junior at Indiana University Southeast.

He is majoring in technical theatre and part owner of a small film/photography company called CloseCall Entertainment.

He has previously done a multitude of shows including assistant stage managing Romeo & Juliet and being sound board operator for Vanya and Sonia Masha and Spike. This is Seth’s first season at Kentucky Shakespeare, and he cannot wait to show you what we have in store!

Kirsten “KG” Gude (Props) is ecstatic to be returning as the props intern for Kentucky Shakespeare this summer!

They are currently attending Kent State University to earn a double major in Theatre Studies and Digital Media Production. Favorite positions include props master for Newsies (Floyd Central HS), spotlight operator for Hair (KSU), and, most recently, as assistant stage manager and video editor for 35mm: A Musical Exhibition (KSU). They are so grateful to be doing live theatre again, and wish everyone the best of luck this summer!

Sadie Lawrence (Front of House) is a rising sophomore at the University of Kentucky studying Theatre, Art studio, and Gender and Women Studies.

This is Sadie’s first season at Kentucky Shakespeare and they are excited to work on their first in-person show since the pandemic with KY Shakespeare.

Most recently they worked as a Foley artist in UK’s A Distant Dream and their 10-minute play Under Arrest debuted in a small new works festival. They are very excited to be joining the team after so many years of watching KY Shakespeare shows and hope you enjoy this year’s season as much as they do!

Rachel Meadors (Arts Administration) is excited to work with Kentucky Shakespeare for the first time. Rachel moved from Williamsburg, Kentucky, to Louisville to pursue an education in Theatre Arts at the University of Louisville where she just finished her junior year. At UofL she stage-managed Fires in the Mirror, assistant stagemanaged A Piece of My Heart and Six Degrees of Separation, and worked in the costume shop for the ’19-’20 season.

She is thankful to Kentucky Shakespeare for the new learning experience and her friends, family, and professors for encouraging her to pursue her passions.

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BIOGRAPHIES Chelsea Nevil (Education: Kids’ Globe) is currently studying theatre education at Ball State University. Her recent work includes directing Jungalbook at Burris Laboratory School and assistantdirecting This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing at Ball State University. Originally from just across the river in New Albany, she is excited to start a new adventure with Kentucky Shakespeare! She is grateful for the opportunity to teach young theatre artists and thankful for the support of her friends, family, and community!

Isabelle Saba (Electrics) is super excited for her debut season with Kentucky Shakespeare Festival! She is a rising junior at Davidson College double majoring in Arab Studies and Theatre. She has been involved with theatre as an actor and technician since elementary school and loves it dearly. Her most recent work includes acting in L’École Des Femmes and being the lighting and sound technician of Machinal. She cannot wait to shed some light on what Kentucky Shakespeare has in store and hopes you enjoy the show!

Kayla Quijas (Front of House) has just graduated from Bellarmine University with a degree in theatre and psychology.

She has experience in multiple aspects of theatre but her favorites are acting and fight choreography. She has acted in Unrehearsed Shakespeare, she was Castaño in House of Desires, and she was also fight captain for the same show.

This will be her first time working with front of house and she couldn’t be more excited for the experience!

She is incredibly grateful to her teachers at Bellarmine University for introducing her to Kentucky Shakespeare as well as their guidance that pushed her to where she is now.

Abby Schwarz (Front of House) is a junior at Northern Kentucky University.

She is majoring in Theater Arts and is excited to join Kentucky Shakespeare’s family this summer. From a small town in southeastern Kentucky, Abby has been coming to shows in the park for years. So getting this internship is a very exciting opportunity! She is so grateful to everyone who has supported and continues to support her journey in the arts.

Frances Rippy (Production) is a director, actor, and theatre-maker studying Drama and International Economics at Vassar College. She is thrilled to be working in the park this summer as a production intern! A Louisville native, she graduated from duPont Manual and studied at CTC’s Walden Theatre Conservatory for ten years. At Vassar she is a proud member of the Shakespeare Troupe, a leader in campus life, and a director in student theatre.

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Hannah Tarr (Production Management/ Sets) is a rising junior Theatre Studies major at the University of Evansville.

Hannah has been coming to see shows in the park for years, so the opportunity to intern for Kentucky Shakespeare is a dream come true. She is thankful to healthcare workers and essential workers for keeping our community going, artists across the world for finding creative ways to tell stories, and you, for keeping each other safe and choosing to return to the park this summer.

We’ve made it. Be proud of all you’ve overcome. Breathe in the air on this special night, and keep in mind those who couldn’t make it to be here.

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KENTUCKY SHAKESPEARE STAFF Producing Artistic Director Matt Wallace Associate Artistic Director Amy Attaway

Director of Operations & Marketing Robert Silverthorn III

Director of Creative Engagement Hannah Pruitt

Director of Education Kyle Ware

2020-2021 EDUCATION TEAM Artist Educators Ashley Cabrera, Katie Joachim, Augustine Nguyen, Tony Reimonenq III Guest Teaching Artists and Instructors Chris Anger, Eric Frantz, Keith McGill, Megan Massie Ware, Gregory Maupin, Braden McCampbell Spring Tour, Romeo & Juliet Mollie Murk, Tony Reimonenq III, Georgette Kleier, Abigail Bailey Maupin, Gregory Maupin, BeeBee Patillo, Shaquille Towns; Clare Hagan, Stage Manager

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MISSION

Grounded in the works of Shakespeare, we enrich our community by presenting accessible, professional theatre experiences that educate, inspire, and entertain people of all ages.

VISION

To use Shakespeare’s universal truths and the power of the arts to transform lives. Shakespeare belongs to everyone.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Kentucky Shakespeare acknowledges we are situated on the traditional land of the Adena, Hopewell, Miami, Osage, Shawnee, and Cherokee, East people.

We respect their enduring presence and historical stewardship of these lands.

ANTI-RACISM STATEMENT

As artists and educators, we are committed to holding the “mirror up to nature,” while creating a safe and welcoming space at our performances, in the community, and in the classroom.

We recognize racism and inequality in our community and the country, and we commit ourselves to anti-racism. We believe that Black lives matter.

We commit to outreach and inclusion of people of all abilities, races, creeds, religions, genders, and sexual identities.

We acknowledge that we are a non-profit arts organization grounded in the works of Shakespeare and commit to exploring Shakespeare’s universal truths while never losing sight of the fact that not all experiences emanate from a white European vantage point.

We commit to deeply listening to our BIPOC community members, within and outside of our organization. We commit to learning, never being satisfied, and creating positive change – proactively committing our efforts and resources to building anti-racist, inclusive, equitable, and empathetic spaces and experiences for all.

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Macbeth in Cox Park, 2019.

ABOUT Kentucky Shakespeare serves communities through the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park, education programs for schools, public performances, and community outreach programs. As the most comprehensive in-school arts education provider in the Commonwealth, Kentucky Shakespeare serves schools throughout the region with interactive educational programming directly tied to academic standards, helping impact student achievement. Our many community programs explore conflict resolution, empathy building, and communication, in a range of settings from preschools to senior centers. Kentucky Shakespeare has been recognized by the Folger Library and the Kentucky Humanities Council for exemplary programming, is a multiyear recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Shakespeare in American Communities program, and is a past recipient of the Kentucky Governor’s Award in the Arts. Kentucky Shakespeare has been awarded multiple LEO Weekly Reader’s Choice Awards, Broadway World Louisville Regional Awards, the 2015 Center for Nonprofit Excellence’s Art of Vision Pyramid Award, the 2017 Louisville Awards in the Arts Bobby Petrino Family Foundation Arts Impact Award, and the 2019 Arts for All Kentucky Community Partner Award for arts inclusion work with people with disabilities.

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STRATFORD NOBILITY

Phillip and Teri Allen Max G. Baumgardner, in memory of Bekki Jo Schneider Thomas Gerstle Scott and JoAnn Haner Charlie and Jenny Marsh Jeremy Saunders, in memory of Bekki Jo Schneider Don Stevens and Libby Marbury Drs. Gordon Strauss and Catherine Newton Vivian Ruth Sawyer and Thomas T. Noland, Jr. Dr. Peter and Mrs. Margaret Tanguay Mac and Jessica Thompson

David and Lucille Fannin Stephen C. Gault, in honor of Charlie and Jenny Marsh Greg and Kim Greenwood Rick and Becky Reed Kerry and Kathleen Wang

STRATFORD SOCIETY Joe and Anne Ardery, made possible through a Fund for the Arts Partnership Grant Edith S. Bingham Anya Bond-Beckley Kevin and Mera Cossey Corlett Blake Counsell Door Equipment Company, in memory of Ron Caudill

Roxanne Esch Rosalie Felfle Liam Felsen Lea H. Fischbach Jonese Franklin and Laura Ellis Kevin Gibson Alan and Joan Gould Lynn and Bob Graham Alexis Rich and Allen Harris Shannon Harris Lane Hettich LaShondra Hood Kay Madrick Howard Kathryn Matheny, in memory of Dr. Roland Richmond Debra Mitchell and Mike Jordan

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2020-2021 DONORS Kentucky Shakespeare, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, relies on the support of our community to provide free Shakespeare and multiple outreach programs. We would like to thank the following individuals for their generous support in the 2020-2021 fiscal year! All donations are tax-exempt.

DUCHESS Anonymous (2) Chad Amos Alan and Kathy Attaway Belgravia Court Association David and Candy Cherry Benjamin Danhauer Clarice A. Denoux Dan Feith Liz and Larry Fentress O. Grant and Sylvia Bruton John and Kitty Hamilton Mary Ellen and Rick Harned Gary and Maureen Kingry Jeffrey Koleba Louisville Historic Tours Phil and Susan Lynch Mapother Family Memorial Fund – Katherine, Amy, and William Mapother Tim and Dair Mathistad David and Cathy Mekus National Dinner Theatre Association, in memory of Bekki Jo Schneider Bill and Dot O’Brien Sally Phennicie Andy Perry and Jon Sistarenik Carol Pye Mitch and Cindee Rapp Second Street Neighborhood Association Ruth Simons Kenney and Cathy Snell Robert Steen Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, made possible through a Fund for the Arts Partnership Grant Sandy Thorne and Ashton Wolf, in memory of Barb Cullen Richard T. Wolford

EARL Anonymous (4) Laura Beasley and Lachlan Apple Colleen Devlin and Gary Barrigar Jeremy Beck Stephen and Sharon Berger Mark Blessinger Beth Boesche-Taylor and David Taylor Mattie and Bob Brown Meredith Brown Gilbert D. Cheatham Terrence Cody Brian and Allysan Comstock Glenn Crothers and Tracy K’Meyer Lynne Dowling Angela and Richard Dworin Jacob and Susan Ems John David Dyche and Laura Harbolt Elizabeth Fairhead Jeff and Karen Filcik Philip and Linda Fitzgerald Leslie and Gregg Fowler Walter and Pat Hagens Mary Ellen and Frederic Harned Angela Henderson David Henry Jessica Hildebrand Gary and Sharon Hinkle Theresa Hinton Thaddeus Hoover Thomas and Patrice Huckaby Jim and Jeanette Kays R. Gwyn Lavin Todd Lowe Alan and Joyce MacDonald Ellis W. Manning, in memory of Barb Cullen Sharon Mattingly

Richard McKnight Jeff Noble Andrew and Ashley Noland John and Karen Rippy Alex Roma Thomas Roma Brian and Denise Ross Denis and Cathy Roux Thomas Ryley Jim and Kathy Schell Curt and Beth Schuman Paula Sharpenstein, in memory of Bekki Jo Schneider Val Slayton Jonathan Smith Diana and Walter Snowa Rebecca Steele Anita Streeter Rosalie Surtees Donald Wagner Herb Zimmerman KNIGHT Anonymous (4) Dr. Garrett and Lane Adams Barbara Allen Ron and Svea Allgeier Pamela D. Baete Rita J. Bell Mary Bingham Jim and Joyce Bishop, in memory of Ron Caudill Rachel Bishop Julie Boatright and Todd Turner Judy and Danny J. Boggs James Boland Bill Bolte Jack and Brenda Brammer Richard and Carolyn Brown Timothy and Jane Martin Buckley Cindy Carlson Robert and Carol Carnighan

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Martha Neal and Graham Cooke, in honor of Jon Huffman Jacob Cooper Irwin and Carol Cutler Vincent and Kathleen Decker Phillip DeLaney Ann and David Derrick Father Patrick Dolan Angela and Doug Dowell Michael J. Drury and Lane Stumler Jon A. Doukas Laurie Duesing Paul Dykes, in memory of Dr. Roland Richmond Bev and Woody Edwards Larry and Angie Edwards Jeffery Falkner Deborah R. Feger Miranda Filamini Harry Finke, in memory of Robert Lutz The Fireels Amanda Fuller Clark and Julie Gable Katie Gaughan Tina and Lee Gibson Melanie and David Gnadinger Chris and Tina Graney Meredith Gregg Katherine Grindon Pam and Tim Hackett, in memory of Barbara F. Cullen Barb and Ed Haines Mary Hanseman Chris and Patricia Haragan Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Harper Linda and Bill Hayes Timothy and Caroline Heine Michelle and Ben Hendricks 35

Dawn and Dennis Hershberger Mark A. Huffine David Hussey Katharina Jacob and Martin Krauss Alan and Sally Junkins David and Barbara Myerson Katz Robin Kaukas Ronald and Janet Ketterer Scott Ketterer and Ashley Huke-Ketterer Ray and Yvonne Knight Mary Korfhage Donald Kolb Forrest S. Kuhn, M.D. Anna Kunzler Sharon Lane Eve Lee Kate Leitner Stevie Lipps Zane Lockhart Danny and Anita Maupin Kelley McIntyre

Darren McKinnon Jim Meyers Robert Mitchell Alfred and Lark Mull Courtney Murchison R.L. and C.R. Neumayer Chip Nold and Cindy Read Agnes and Patrick Noonan Kirby and Maureen O’Bannon Judith Olliges Jerome and Melissa Pascua Christine Payne, in memory of Barb Cullen Cathy Peden, in memory of Robert Lutz Sara and Jeffrey Petrusksa Amy Picklesimer Christopher Pinkerton Louie and Meg Prestigiacomo Janet Quirey Anne Rademaker

Marty Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Rounsavall III Matthew Ruben Zenet K. Schissler Melissa Schmitt Judy Schroeder and Gary Watrous Jessica Sharpenstein Remy Sisk Maureen Slaton Stephen Ramsey Spanyer, in memory of Robert Lutz Randy Spaw and Kimberly Johnson Beth Spears Leslie Spetz Vashti Standridge Bob and Mary Ann Stenger Duncan Strauss, in honor of Gordon Strauss Kimberly Taylor Will and Jennifer Thompson

Debbie and Tom Tinker, in honor of Bekki Jo Schneider Lawrence Toebbe, in memory of Rose Mary, my sweet wife Monica and Malcolm Turner Jim and Beverly Bartlett Turner Jeannie & John Vezeau Dina Vuturo, in memory of Bekki Jo Schneider Jerry and Joanne Wallace Ross Walton Rob and Michelle Ward Victoria Watkins Margaret Weeks Charles Whaley Rory Whitaker Matt White Bronwyn Williams and Mary BrydonMiller Jim and Claire Williams Shawn and Kevin Williams

2021 CORNERSTONE DONORS A very special thanks to our 2021 Cornerstone Donors for their incredible additional support, making the historic move into our new Kentucky Shakespeare Headquarters possible!

How like a dream is this I see and hear!

- The Two Gentlemen of Verona Kentucky Shakespeare’s new Headquarters.

Rendering by Kyle Ware.

Charlie and Jenny Marsh Henry Sanders Scott and JoAnn Haner Tom Noland and Vivian Ruth Sawyer Gheens Foundation Don Stevens and Libby Marbury Phillip and Teri Allen Gordon Strauss and Catherine Newton 36

Stephen Gault, in honor of Charlie and Jenny Marsh David and Lucille Fannin Rick and Becky Reed Thomas Gerstle Greg and Kim Greenwood John and Kitty Hamilton Allen and Alexis Harris

Michael Paynter Elizabeth Cherry Siebert David and Candy Cherry Gordon Lamb and Diane Seaman Carol Pye Liz and Larry Fentress Bill and Dot O’Brien Sally Phennicie Kenney and Cathy Snell Bob Steen

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Andy Perry and John Sistarenik Phil and Susan Lynch Louisville Historic Tours Stephen Kubiatowski and Rebecca Seidel Dan Feith Gary and Sharon Hinkle Linda and Bill Hayes Lynne Dowling

Shakespeare in the Park,2016.

UPCOMING EVENTS NIGHTLY SCHEDULE 6:00 p.m.

Food Trucks Open 7:00 p.m.

Will’s Tavern, Will’s Gift Shop, and Kids’ Globe open 8:00 p.m.

Production Begins

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE For 2021 summer season details, please visit kyshakespeare.com.

June - July 2021 Shakespeare in the Libraries Tour: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

January 26 - February 5, 2022 Shakespeare’s R&J

by Joe Calarco A co-production with Pandora Productions

Fall 2021 The Turn of the Screw Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the story by Henry James

Directed by Matt Wallace Henry Clay Theatre Tickets: pandoraprods.org

Directed by Matt Wallace At Kentucky Shakespeare’s new headquarters in Historic Old Louisville Tickets: kyshakespeare.com

April - May 2022 Shakespeare in the Parks: Julius Caesar May 25 - August 7, 2022 Kentucky Shakespeare Festival (62nd Season) Central Park

For more information and updates throughout the year, please visit kyshakespeare.com or follow us on social media: Facebook and YouTube: @KentuckyShakespeare | Twitter, Instagram, and SnapChat: @kyshakespeare A U D I E N C E

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THEATRE SERVICES

kyshakespeare.com | info@kyshakespeare.com | 502.574.9900 | 616 Myrtle Street | Louisville, KY 40208

2021 UPDATES Please visit kyshakespeare.com for updates as health and government mandates and recommendations change.

ENTRY: If you are feeling ill, have a temperature, or have been around someone with COVID-19 in the past two weeks, please do not attend. Friday and Saturdays are traditionally the most crowded nights. If you can, we invite you to consider another night to assist with spreading out audiences.

STAFF & CAST: Kentucky Shakespeare’s staff and cast members are fully vaccinated, and we continue to monitor the health of our staff. We ask that our guests also remain diligent in selfcare, including hand washing and monitoring their health SANITIZING: Hand sanitizer stations will be available in the amphitheater.

SEATING: There is seating available on benches, picnic tables, and mulch and grass areas.

Please bring a blanket or chair if you’d like to sit in a lawn or mulch seating areas.

RAIN & WEATHER POLICY Performances will not be canceled before 7:30PM. In the event of lightning without rain, stage lights may be shut down and work lights turned on until lightning has ceased. In the event of rain, we will hold for a 15-minute rain delay. After the rain delay, Festival staff will make the decision whether or not to continue the production. In the event of severe or threatening weather, the audience will be informed of any warnings that exist over the house microphone.

In the event of approaching inclement weather, you will be instructed by an announcement from the stage manager indicating the best method of exit. For your safety, please leave the amphitheater in a calm and orderly manner using the sidewalks.

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ACCESSIBILITY Accessible ramps, parking, restrooms, and wheelchair seating are available for patrons with disabilities. Large format programs are available upon request at the Kentucky Shakespeare information booth.

ASL interpretation will be provided for the following performances: Thursday, June 24, Shakespeare in Love, and Thursday, July 15, Henry V. RESTROOMS For your convenience, handicapped accessible restrooms are located at the rear of the amphitheater. Public restroom facilities are maintained by Metro Parks. Women’s restrooms are located on the north side of the building, adjacent to Will’s Tavern. Men’s restrooms are location on the south side of the building, facing the police substation.

GIFT SALES Please take a moment to visit our gift shop at the rear of the amphitheater. Cash, check, and major credit cards accepted. For more information, contact us at 502.574.9900.

SHOW CONTENT/SUITABILITY Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Central Park is a family-friendly event for all ages. For specific show content, see below or contact the office at 502.574.9900 or info@kyshakespeare.com.

(Our late-night 10:30PM production of the Louisville Improvisors LATE NIGHT SHAKES is intended for mature audiences only.)

If we were rating the productions, they would be PG. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is a fanciful and fictional imagining of Shakespeare’s life.

Although sexuality and attraction remain integral themes in the play, our production will not contain nudity or the level of sexuality that the film had. Through special permission from Concord Theatricals, we have been permitted to remove curse words from the production, making the script similar to the version of the script made available for high school productions. As in Shakespeare, the play does include innuendo and sometimes bawdy humor.

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THEATRE SERVICES CONCESSIONS Please take a moment to visit the Food Trucks at the rear of the amphitheater provided by the Louisville Truck Association. Various food trucks will be in the park nightly from 6:00 p.m. until just after intermission. Cash and credit cards are accepted. The Association generously donates a portion of proceeds to Kentucky Shakespeare.

Check our website daily for rotating food truck schedule at kyshakespeare.com and/or on the Kentucky Shakespeare app. You’re also welcome to bring your own picnic too (no outside alcohol is permitted.)

BAR Kentucky Shakespeare offers Brown-Forman products, Fetzer Wine, and West Six Brewing for sale at the rear of the amphitheater in Will’s Tavern. Cash, check, and major credit cards accepted. Alcoholic beverages are not allowed to be brought in or taken out of the amphitheater designated perimeter. Please enjoy your beverages responsibly inside the amphitheater perimeter.

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SMOKING Smoking is not permitted within the amphitheater and must take place outside of the amphitheater perimeter/audience seating area.

CAMERA & RECORDING DEVICES During the performance, the taking of video and flash photography are prohibited, however you are welcome to take photos during the first half of this evening’s performance, and if you post them, be sure to tag Kentucky Shakespeare.

RENTAL Kentucky Shakespeare’s stage is available for rental for private parties, weddings, presentations, and special events. Contact Director of Operations Robert Silverthorn for information:502.574.9900, ex. 11, or rob@kyshakespeare.com.

GET INVOLVED Become a volunteer and support Kentucky Shakespeare! Visit our website or contact us today by phone at 502.574.9900 or email Robert Silverthorn III, rob@kyshakespeare.com.

PETS Pets are welcome, we just ask that you clean up after your pet and make sure your pet is on a leash. As a courtesy to audience members, we ask that you sit in the back picnic tables, or side grass area.

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