Kentucky Performing Arts | January 2020

JANUARY 2020

Kentucky, USA with host Ben Sollee January 8 Gary Gulman: Peace of Mind January 23 The Second City: Laughing For All the Wrong Reasons January 24

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Kentucky, USA: The Great Indoors The Kentucky Center-Bomhard Theater...... 6

Gary Gulman: Peace of Mind The Kentucky Center-Bomhard Theater...... 9 The Second City: Laughing for all the Wrong Reasons The Kentucky Center-Bomhard Theater.... 10

Staff and Support........................................................... 18 Theatre Services .............................................................. 22

THEATRE INFORMATION The Kentucky Center (Whitney Hall, Bomhard Theater, Clark-Todd Hall, MeX Theater) 501 West Main Street; Brown Theatre, 315 W. Broadway; and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall, 724 Brent Street. Tickets: The Kentucky Center Box Office, 502.584.7777 or 1.800.775.7777 Reserve wheelchair seating or hearing devices at time of ticket purchase.

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LOCAL PREMIERS & FAMILIAR FAVORITES

Happy 2020!

January is a special month, when we are given the chance to hit “reset” and look toward the New Year as a blank canvas, to be filled with new opportunities. This is a very special time as we not only begin a new year, we begin a new decade. Everyone here at Kentucky Performing Arts is looking forward to a future filled with local premieres, familiar favorites and many opportunities to experience the arts.

We kick off the new year with a special treat as PNC Broadway in Louisville brings a new production of the classic Jesus Christ Superstar to Whitney Hall, in honor of the classic musical’s 50th anniversary! Our friend, and amazing local talent, Ben Sollee returns to the Bomhard Theater with the second installment of his series Kentucky, USA. The Louisville Orchestra creates a new experience inside Old Forester’s Paristown Hall collaborating with indie-rocker Gabriel Kahane on a unique orchestration of his critically acclaimed songs. Plus, we celebrate the return of the world famous Second City comedy troupe, as they bring laughter to the Bomhard Theater and host workshops throughout Louisville.

In the coming year, you can discover a number of wonderful shows and events, including StageOne Family Theatre’s commissioned new work Lawbreakers: A Fast and Furious History of Women’s Suffrage, Kentucky Opera’s modern telling of the classic The Marriage of Figaro, Louisville Ballet weaves together the past and present story of the Commonwealth in the first part of a three part cycle Kentucky! Vol. 1, and Brown-Forman Midnite Ramble heralds the return of the Tony Award® winning The Color Purple for a two-night run in Whitney Hall. Those are just a handful of highlights from our ever-expanding list of shows and events happening at The Kentucky Center, the Brown Theatre and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall. I encourage you to visit our new website, KentuckyPerformingArts.org, to see everything happening on our stages.

Yes, friends, this will be an exciting year for us and for you. Let’s make it our New Year’s Resolution to spend time together and enjoy all the opportunities available in our family of venues. After all, it wouldn’t be a party without you.

Kim Baker, President and CEO, Kentucky Performing Arts

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The Kentucky Center in collaboration with Louisville Public Media presents

KENTUCKY, USA: THE GREAT INDOORS HOSTED BY BEN SOLLEE

FEATURING MUSICAL GUEST DAWN LANDES & BEST-SELLING AUTHOR SILAS HOUSE Wednesday, January 8, 2020 • 8:00pm • The Kentucky Center-Bomhard Theater

Welcome to KENTUCKY, USA—a friendly place to swap stories, indulge in gossip, and hear music your friends would have told you about if they weren’t on their phones all the time.

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Musician and host Ben Sollee has teamed up with The Kentucky Center to launch this new radio show featuring talent from around Kentucky and further South, in front of a LIVE AUDIENCE.

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“...a friendly place to swap stories, indulge in gossip, and hear music your friends would have told you about if they weren’t on their phones all the time.”

Expect big laughs with an onstage cast including Greg and Abigail Maupin, Brigid Kaelin, and Tara Anderson, supported by live foley from beatboxing champion, Rayul, and a special appearance by Damaris Phillips.

ABOUT BEN Kentucky native Ben Sollee cut his teeth performing as part of the onstage cast of the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour.

He has since toured the world. From Lhasa, Tibet to Lawrence, Kansas, Ben continues to share the beauty, humor, and struggles of his home state. As a composer, Sollee has created music for stage, screen, and virtual reality, earning an Emmy Award for his 2018 score Base Ballet. As a producer, he has curated hundreds of live events, including experiences for the Speed Art Museum and Lincoln Center.

There they were, dignified, invisible, moving without pressure, over the dead leaves, in the autumn heat, through the vibrant air, and the bird called, in response to the unheard music hidden in the shrubbery, and the unseen eyebeam crossed, for the roses had the look of flowers that are looked at. There they were as our guests, accepted and accepting. So we moved, and they, in a formal pattern, along the empty alley, into the box circle, to look down into the drained pool.

Dry the pool, dry concrete, brown edged, and the pool was filled with water out of sunlight, and the lotos rose, quietly, quietly, the surface glittered out of heart of light, and they were behind us, reflected in the pool. Then a cloud passed, and the pool was empty.

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Go, said the bird, for the leaves were full of children, hidden excitedly, containing laughter. Go, go, go, said the bird: humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Time past and time future.

What might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present.

Silas House (Storyteller) Silas House is the nationally bestselling author of six novels--Clay’s Quilt, 2001; A Parchment of Leaves, 2003; The Coal Tattoo, 2005; Eli the Good, 2009; and Same Sun Here (co-authored with Neela Vaswani) 2012, and Southernmost (June 2018)--as well as a book of creative nonfiction--Something’s Rising, co-authored with Jason Howard, 2009; and three plays: The Hurting Part (2005), This Is My Heart for You (2012), and In These Fields, with Sam Gleaves, 2016.

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GARY GULMAN: GULMAN PEACE OF MIND Thursday, January 23, 2019 • 8:00pm • The Kentucky Center-Bomhard Theater

Gary Gulman is a stand-up comedian

who lives in New York City. Originally from Boston, Gary has been a scholarship college football player, an accountant, a barista, a doorman, a waiter and a high school teacher. Now he is one of the most popular touring comics and one of only a handful of comedians to perform on every single late-night comedy program. “Gary will be the next

giant ex-Bostonian comic to break huge, CK, Burr, Gulman: You heard it here first” raved the Village Voice. He’s made three TV specials, and three albums. Gary marked his 20-year anniversary in standup with the It’s About Time Tour, selling out theaters throughout the country. It’s no wonder the New York Times wrote “Gary is finally being recognized as one of the country’s strongest comedians.”

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THE SECOND CITY:

LAUGHING FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS Friday, January 24, 2019 • 8:00pm • The Kentucky Center-Bomhard Theater

It all started with children’s games.

Rooted in the groundbreaking improvisational games of Viola Spolin, The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy revolution began.

The small cabaret theater has grown to become the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating art and fostering generation after generation of superstars.

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Co-founded by Spolin’s son, Paul Sills, along with Howard Alk and Bernie Sahlins, The Second City was experimental and unconventional in its approach to both theater and comedy. Almost immediately, alumni of The Second City, including Alan Arkin, Joan Rivers, Fred Willard, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, launched the theater into the international spotlight.

In 1976, Second City launched SCTV, which has been hailed as one of the

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“In 1976, Second City launched SCTV, which has been hailed as one of the greatest sketch comedy series of all time.” greatest sketch comedy series of all time.

The two-time Emmy winner featured an all-star cast made up of Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, and Rick Moranis.

Today, The Second City is home to a world-class entertainment company, continuing to produce premier talent in all three of its locations-Chicago, Toronto, and Hollywood--and entertaining more than one million audience members a year. From Steve Carell to Keegan-Michael Key, Stephen Colbert to Tina Fey, Chris Farley to Mike Myers, Second City’s imprint is all over film, television, and beyond.

We hope you enjoy the show...after all, it’s been almost 60 years in the making.

THE COMPANY MAUREEN BOUGHEY is a member of The Second City Touring Company. With Second City, Maureen has also performed at The Kennedy Center in Generation Gap, aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line’s Gem in several sketch and improv shows, and as an understudy in the Mainstage production, Algorithm Nation or the Static Quo. She is a graduate from the Syracuse University Drama Department and is on the harold team, Revolver at iO Chicago. @maureen_boughey MAYA HAUGHTON is a current ensemble member and recent Bob Curry Fellow.

She performs in The Second City’s Improv Comedy Hour, After Hours: A Late Night

In addition to its stages, Second City Touring Companies perform electrifying revues and original productions across North America and abroad. Our creative collaborations have produced thrilling and critically acclaimed work in partnership with organizations like the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Cruise Line, the New York Comedy Festival, and the Chicago Bulls.

Second City Training Centers in Chicago, Toronto, Hollywood, and online teach thousands of students a year, and the opening of the Harold Ramis Film School in 2016 gave the world the first film school dedicated to comedy. Finally, Second City Works is an industry leader in bringing improv-based methodologies to businesses and organizations of all types.

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Improv Show and Legendary Laughs.

Previous ensembles include Under the Gun Theater, Improv Asylum’s national touring company, M.I. Productions, Second City’s Outreach and Diversity Ensemble and Second City Theatricals on the Norwegian Cruise Line Epic. Maya has also worked with Barrel of Monkeys Productions and PIMPROV. She’d like to thank her partner, Mars, her family and friends for their support and inspiration.

Follow Maya on IG @NotYoMaya

Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Company. Go Blue!

BEN LARRISON is thrilled to be performing with The Second City. He is originally from New Haven, Connecticut, and is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory. Ben performs regularly at The Annoyance Theatre and iO Chicago, and is the creator of the #SquirrelTruth campaign. He would like to thank his family and friends for all their incredible support. Ben has a website, which is benlarrison.com, and is on Twitter and Instagram @benlarrison.

STEPHANIE K. HAWKINS (Stage Manager) is a freelance stage manager and production manager in the Chicago area. She is originally from Detroit and is a proud alumna of the University of Michigan. SM: Indiana Repertory Theatre, Children’s Theater of Madison, South Coast Repertory. PM: Oak Park Festival

STUART MOTT (Music Director) is a Chicago-based music director of improv and sketch comedy. He previously music directed for The Second City aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Dawn and

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Breakaway and is thrilled be a part of The Second City National Touring Company. Stuart teaches in the music program at The Second City Training Center and can be seen playing regularly at The Annoyance, ComedySportz, and iO Chicago. He has music directed such groups as VAMP, Anarchy, Buzzed Broadway, Storytown, MINt, Shamilton, Wavelength, and Baby Wants Candy.

He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

OLIVIA NIELSEN is delighted to be performing with The Second City. A New York native, Olivia moved to Chicago after graduating from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, with a double major in Theater and Psychology. She has performed with Second City aboard the NCL Gem and can be seen performing

around Chicago with her sketch duo, OPIE, and Lil’ Tooties (iO). She is proudly represented by Grossman & Jack Talent.

She can still see when she’s smiling, so no funny business.

MAX THOMAS was raised on Jimi Hendrix, Rick James, & Soy Milk. He was destined to become a comedian.

His Chicago credits include NBC Break Out Comedy Festival & 2018 Bob Curry Fellow (The Second City); Dutchmasters (Jackalope Theater); In The Blood (Red Tape Theater); Jitney (Congo Square Theater); Othello (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); LAWD the CVS Is Burning (MPAACT Theatre). Max studied at The School at Steppenwolf, Second City & B.A.D.A. When he is not acting he is performing stand-up & spoken word improv with his team PREACH. He thanks

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Olivia Nielsen, Griffin Wenzler, Maureen Boughey, Maya Haughton, Terrence Carey, and Ben Larrison Photo by Tim Schmidt

family, friends, & James Baldwin for reminding him he is not alone.

GRIFFIN WENZLER is originally from Nashville, TN, but now he lives in Chicago because that is where comedy lives. He can be seen performing with Trigger Happy at the Annoyance Theater every Wednesday as well as with house teams at the iO and CIC theaters. He would like to thank his family and his haters for pushing him to new heights. Follow him at @BadBoyRkLobster. Griffin is represented by Paonessa Talent Agency.

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All actors and stage managers are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers.

Director............................. Cat McDonnell Producer.................................Joe Ruffner Company Manager.............Joshua Kaiser Casting Director..............Claudia Wallace VP of Production.........................Jen Hoyt CEO & Exec. Producer... Andrew Alexander

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See Loose Nuts: A Rapsody in Brown, an illustrated and handwritten story set in the West End,

by African American artist Bert Hurley.

December 13, 2019 – April 19, 2020

Bert Hurley (American, 1898–1955) Loose Nuts: A Rapsody in Brown, 1933 Pen and black ink, crayon, watercolor, and graphite on wove paper, Gift of Dr. Wade Hall and partial purchase 2001.6

Exhibition season support provided by: Dav Fam Art Fund Cary Brown and Steven E. Epstein Paul and Deborah Chellgren Debra and Ronald Murphy Eleanor Bingham Miller

Support for this exhibition provided by:

Additional support provided by members of the Art on Paper Society

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Anonymous Doug & Kelly Abney Mr. Kevin Addington In Memory of Alan L. Adelberg Walter E. App & Donna W. Tilson

Dr. & Mrs. Joe F. Arterberry Ms. Sheila and Mr. Adam W. Ashley Ms. Joanne G. Bader Ms. Lourdes Christine Baez Dr. Eric Baker & Dr. Tara Odle-Baker Mark & Kathy Barrens Mr. & Mrs. Donald Baxter Barry Bernson Beth Ward Studios** Mr. Jacob A. Bortell Turney P. Berry & Kendra D. Foster Mr. & Mrs. Keith Board Ms. Lolita Bonds Mr. & Mrs. James W. Boone Laura Lee Brown & Steve Wilson Terry & Sara Burd Mr. Jack & Mrs. Barbara Butorac Mrs. Karen Byrley Mr. Scott Caro Keith & Rene Cartwright Charles & Linda Cauble Marica Chacona Jennifer & Ben Chandler John Austin Clark Greg & Susan Cohen Stacey Combs Dan & Donna Cooper Mr. John B. Corso Mr. & Mrs. Denver Cornett III Mr. Nick Covault Ms. Karen Cozine Malvina & Thomas Craig Ms. C.S. Dalgleish Shaista Deshmukh Louis Deluca & Victoria Faoro Ms. Clarice Denoux Stephen & Theresa Diebold Norman Dixon & Patrick Owen Eric & Claudette Doyle Ms. Laurie Duesing Ms. Karen Dunn Mrs. Maria J. Eckerle Mr. Michael Eckstein Mr. & Mrs. John Elder Ms. Gay Ellison Patience Elsner Mr. Glenn Epperson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Erickson Dr. Robert Esterhay & Ms. Ruth Mattingly Dr. Vilma Fabre LaVonne & Brian Fingerson Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Fowler Ms. Melissa Gaddie Mr. & Mrs. Jim Gaffney Mr. & Mrs. Gene Gardner Donna Geddes Sheldon & Nancy Gilman Dr. & Mrs. Richard Goldwin Chuck & Jackie Grimley Patrick & Jody Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. John W. Hampton Mr. Bill Harned Hood & Heather Harris Pamela Harris Ms. Susan Harrison and Mr. Paul Reid Mr. & Mrs. William Harrison Marian Hayden Mr. & Mrs. John Hayes

Mr. Joseph Hertzman Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Downtown** Ms. Deborah Hibberd Ms. Mary Jane Hoben Mr. David Hogan Dr. Keith Hornung Mr. Gary Huntoon Harry & Sherry Jacobson-Beyer Mrs. Anita Jones Mary Jones Chris & Ashley Kaelin Ian & Denise Kalina Charlie & Teresa Kamer Charles & Robyn Kane Ms. Peace Karalakulasingam Mr. & Mrs. Morton L. Kasdan Dr. Daniel Kean Kentucky State Parks** Ms. Mary Jane R. Kephart Dr. Nancy Kiesow-Webb & Dr. Chuck Webb Mr. Ray Kirkland Gerald & Dana Kirpes Mr. David Klaphaak Marjorie & Robert Kohn Mr. Eugene Lacefield & Ms. Mary Margaret Lowe Ms. Judith Landis Mr. & Mrs. Sterling Lapinski John & Lilia Lawson Mr. Joseph Lewis Lincoln Trail Title Jim & Lois Luckett Mr. James D. Ludwig Robert Major Ms. Jane Martin and Ms. Janet Childress William and Sandra Martz Mr. Anthyun Mask Craig & Karen Matthews Mr. Anthyun Muask James Mauch & Sharon Smith Mr. William Mitchell Linda and David Miles Robert E. Milward Fund at Blue Grass Community Foundation Jack & Marilyn Monohan Mr. David Moody Mr. Benjamin Moore Mr. Don & Mrs. Lisa Moore James & Chambers Moore Mrs. Pat Moremen Mrs. Patricia Muench Cynthia Murphy Gloria Jean Murray Mr. Alan Nakamura Robert & Sharon Nesmith Ms. Susan H. Norris Mr. & Mrs. Dan O’Brien Ms. Ann Ogden Mrs. Judith Olliges Erin Palmer & Tyler Kinney Ms. Tara Parker Adrian S. Partridge Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Payne Ms. Lynn Pereira Duane Peterson Tony Petrelli Ms. Joy Potts Shane Powers Gordon & Patty Rademaker

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Dr. & Mrs. Julio Ramirez Tracy Redmon Kathleen Reno & Tom Payette Will & Becky Richards Bobby & Caroline Riede Mrs. Barbara Roberts Laura Rogers Alan & Beatrice Rosenberg Mark & Kay Rountree Loy Rush Ms. Stephanie Schaefer Mr. Terry Schwartz Mr. Mason Scisco Dr. & Mrs. Saleem Seyal Brett & Andrea Shepherd Holly Sibrary and Stephen Belcher Lesa & Gregg Siebert Mr. & Mrs. Edward Skarbek Martha & Linda Shapiro Mr. Ted and Mrs. Ronda Sloan Drs. Kyle & Laura Slone Mr. Darrell Smith Ms. Laura Smith Mollie Smith Mr. & Mrs. Kenney M. Snell Dr. Charles Sowder Mr. Robert Steinmetz & Mrs. Barbara Elliott Dr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Sturgeon Ms. Sharon Stetter Dr. Don Stevens Mr. Jeff Stream Barbara & Richard Sweet Mr. John Tederstrom & Mr. Mark Cannon Ms. Brenda Thompson Fernando Trevino Ms. Karen Troutman Mrs. Melanie Twyman Bob & Vicky Ullrich Mr. Randall Vaughn David & Susan Vislisel Mrs. Kellie Vogt Karyn Walters, M.D. Ann Waterman & Niles Welch Karyn Watters, M.D. Ms. Jennifer Love Webb Dr. Mureena Turnquest & Dr. Kevin Wells Melany Wessels Ms. Rebecca West Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Wheeler Mary Jo White & Tim Shull Lorraine Whitney Dr. Floyd T. Wilkerson Patty & Jim Williamson Wilmes and Associates/Architects, PSC Phoebe Wood Rev. Joan Wooden Ms. Grace Wooding Dr. Kenneth & Shelly Zegart Ms. Susan G. Zepeda & Dr. Fred P. Seifer

*Value of donated time from Kentucky Center Volunteers **In-Kind Donation

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KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bruce Ferguson, Chair Kristen Webb Hill, Vice-Chair • Mary R. Nixon, Secretary • Daniel Woodside, Treasurer Lourdes Baez Laura Melillo Barnum Eileen Cooke Brown Marion C. Forcht Sandra Frazier

Donna Hall Paula Harshaw Jeff Kosse Kate Latts Angela Leet

Bruce Merrick Doug Owen Libby Parkinson Lindy Street Tierra Kavanaugh Wayne

DIRECTORS EMERITI Madeline Abramson Owsley Brown II (1942–2011) Wendell Cherry (1935–1991)

Gordon B. Davidson (1926–2015) C. Edward Glasscock

Robert W. Rounsavall, III Rose Lenihan Rubel (1922–2002)

KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Phil Lynch, Chair Kim Baker, Vice-Chair • Leah Huddleston, Secretary • R.K. Guillaume, Treasurer Phillip Allen Philip Eschels Maggie Faurest Bruce Flannery

J. Tim Galbraith Ankur Gopal Lillian Hunt Chris Kipper

Todd Lowe Barry Meyers R. Charles Moyer Melissa Richards-Person

Carolyn Tandy Ray Wallace Hollis Weishar Lisa Zangari

KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS EXECUTIVE STAFF

Kim Baker Heather Weston Bell Terri Montgomery Amber A. Halloran Julie Roberts Christian Adelberg

President and CEO Senior Vice President, Programming, Events & Education Senior Vice President, Human Resources Chief Operating Officer Vice President, Development Vice President, Marketing & Communications

KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS ENCORE SOCIETY The Encore Society recognizes individuals who have demonstrated support for the long-term well-being of The Kentucky Center with an estate gift or notification of their bequest intention or other planned gift.

The Kentucky Center wishes to honor and acknowledge the following for initiating the Encore Society with their extraordinary generosity:

The Honorable & Mrs. Jerry E. Abramson Anonymous Ms. Jennifer L. Bobbitt Janet R. Dakan 20

Mrs. William Habich Mrs. Ada Lee Kane Mrs. Helen Lang Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Parkinson A U D I E N C E

Ms. Terry H. Sales Ms. Helen Stockton Mrs. Murrel Straley Jeanne D. Vuturo

CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT We salute the following organizations for their support of Kentucky Performing Arts:

B. J. KILLIAN FOUNDATION

THE GHEENS FOUNDATION

JAMIE PARSLEY FAMILY FOUNDATION

KEENELAND FOUNDATION

THE NORTON FOUNDATION

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KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS SERVICES TICKETS For complete event information and to order tickets by phone, call Kentucky Performing Arts Ticket Service at (502) 584-7777 or (800) 775-7777, or order tickets online at kentuckycenter.org. Kentucky Performing Arts Ticket Service’s hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Drive-thru ticket service is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets purchased by phone and online are subject to service charges.

On performance dates, the ticket office is open one-half hour past curtain time. Gift certificates are available in any dollar amount at the Box Office and are not redeemable for cash.

INFORMATION HOTLINE (502) 562-0100 PARKING More than 2,000 parking spaces offer direct access to The Kentucky Center from Sixth St. The elevators located in the garage will take you to the main lobby.

You may also enter the Riverfront Garage from Fourth or Sixth Sts. Level C of the garage also will give you direct access to the main lobby. At the Brown Theatre, parking is available in the lot across from the theatre, and parking garage entrances are located on Third St., north of Broadway or on Fourth St., north of Broadway.

FACILITIES RENTAL From a wedding reception to a convention, Kentucky Performing Arts’ venues, The Kentucky Center, the Brown Theatre and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall, are the perfect place to “stage” your event. For more information, call (502) 566-5146.

MEMBERSHIP Membership to Kentucky Performing Arts offers a variety of benefits, including buying tickets before the public, priority seating, and no handling fees. For more information, contact (502) 566-5159 or visit SUPPORT on our website. For Corporate Membership benefits, contact (502) 566-5137.

VOLUNTEERS The Volunteer Program offers the public a chance to be a part of the great events at The Kentucky Center, the Brown Theatre and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall.

To volunteer, contact the Volunteer Hotline at (502) 566-5141 COURTESY • As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off all audible message systems.

• The emergency phone number to leave with babysitters or message centers is (502) 562-0128.

Be sure to leave your theater and seat number for easy location.

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• Binoculars are now for rent in the lobby for select performances. Rental is $5 per binocular. An ID must be left as a deposit.

• C ameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theaters.

• L atecomers will be seated at appropriate breaks in the program, as established by each performing group. Please be considerate of your fellow audience members during performances. Please remain seated after the performance until the lights are brought up.

• Children should be able to sit in a seat quietly throughout the performance.

• To properly enforce fire codes, everyone attending an event, regardless of age, must have a ticket.

ACCESSIBILITY

Wheelchair accessible seating at Kentucky Performing Arts venues is available on every seating and parking level, as well as ticket counters and personal conveniences at appropriate heights.

FM and infrared hearing devices are available to provide hearing amplification for patrons with hearing disabilities in all spaces of the Kentucky Center and Brown Theatre, including meeting spaces.

Audio Description is available for selected performances for patrons who are blind or have low vision.

Caption Theater is available for selected performances as a service for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Program materials are available in large-print from your usher.

Please make reservations for services at the time you purchase your ticket through the Box Office to ensure the best seating location for the service requested. Call (502) 566-5111 (V), (502) 566-5140 (TTY) or email access@kentuckycenter.org for more information about the range of accessibility options we offer, or to receive this information in an alternate format.

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