Audience | Kentucky Performing Arts | Jan.-Feb. 2023

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Happy 2023!

We thank you for starting your New Year with us. This is definitely going to be an exciting year filled with big events not only for Kentucky Performing Arts, but for our community.

What better way to kick-off a new year than with big news. In November, The Kentucky Center, Kentucky’s premiere performing arts center, celebrates its 40th Birthday! We have some really exciting events planned for our Ruby Anniversary and I encourage you to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and join our free e-club at kentuckyperformingarts.org , to make sure you receive updates.

Earlier this month we were honored to hold the Keepers of the Dream event for the first time in three years! The community arts celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision was a powerful and moving event featuring performers from many local arts groups, including Redline Performing Arts, River City Drum Corp, Keen Dance Theatre, and The Real Young Prodigys. Plus, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg presented the Freedom Award to businessman Ulysses L. Bridgeman Jr. and WAVE 3 News Anchor Dawne Gee.

In February, The Kentucky Center once again showcases the best young talent from across the Commonwealth as we host the Kentucky Music Educators Association Performances 2023. Kicking off with the annual Gheens Great Expectations Concert. This free event brings together the Louisville Orchestra, Louisville Youth Orchestra, and this year’s featured young artist, the amazing 21-year-old pianist Avery Gagliano.

In the coming weeks, PNC Broadway in Louisville welcomes the return of Annie, Kentucky Opera presents the timeless Cinderella, Louisville Orchestra presents Aretha: A Tribute featuring vocalist Capathia Jenkins, and StageOne Family Theatre brings the popular novel The Giver to the stage. I encourage you to visit our website, KentuckyPerformingArts.org , to view the full calendar of events happening at The Kentucky Center, the Brown Theatre, and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall.

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 performing arts have to offer.

Kim Baker President and CEO, Kentucky Performing Arts

For more information, including Frequently Asked Questions, please visit Kentucky Performing Arts COVID-19 Guidelines.

Kentucky Performing Arts and Concerts West present

THEO VON: THE RETURN OF THE RAT TOUR

January 25 & 26, 2023 | 8:00PM | The Kentucky Center-Whitney Hall

Theo Von grew up in the stray animal belt of southern Louisiana. He was a child there and became an adult slowly there.

He can be seen and heard weekly on his widely popular podcasts that garner millions of listens/views a month This Past Weekend, and King and the Sting.

Theo’s new comedy special Regular People was filmed at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN and is now streaming on Netflix.

In the Spring of 2020 Theo completed his two year Dark Arts Tour, which took him across America, Australia, and Europe, and another country. He’s currently on the road with his Return of the Rat Tour.

If you want to know how Theo is doing he is probably doing the best he can; which varies.

He currently resides in Nashville and Los Angeles.

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BRIAN REGAN

Saturday, January 28, 2023 | 7:00PM

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Brown Theatre

Critics, fans and fellow comedians agree: Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country with Vanity Fair calling Brian, “The funniest stand-up alive,” and Entertainment Weekly calling him, “Your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian.” Having built his 30-plus year career on the strength of his material alone, Brian’s non-stop theater tour continuously fills the most beautiful venues across North America, visiting close to 100 cities each year.

On February 23, 2021, Brian premiered his second Netflix stand-up special, Brian Regan: On The Rocks, which was shot at Tuachan Center for the Arts, an outdoor amphitheater in Utah. Brian’s first Netflix special, Brian Regan: Nunchucks and Flamethrowers, premiered to rave reviews on November 21, 2017, and is also available as a vinyl album.

Brian returned for his third season in Peter Farrelly’s TV series, Loudermilk,

which premiered on April 27, 2021, streaming on Amazon Prime. Farrelly personally cast Brian in the series alongside Ron Livingston, Anja Savcic, Will Sasso and Mat Fraser. Brian received praise for his portrayal of “Mugsy,” a recovering addict who is estranged from his family. The first two seasons of Loudermilk originally aired on AT&T’s Audience Network and moved to Amazon Prime on March 12, 2021.

Brian stars in his own Netflix series, Stand Up And Away! With Brian Regan, which premiered on Christmas Eve 2018. Brian and Jerry Seinfeld Executive Produce the four-episode original half-hour series that combines sketch comedy and stand-up.

Brian made his London debut on February 2, 2019 at The Leicester Square Theatre and he made his Kennedy Center debut with two sold-out shows on March 21 & 22, 2019. He appeared at Carnegie Hall on November 11, 2017 following years of performances in New York City’s finest theaters including Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, The Beacon Theater and Radio City Music Hall. Brian’s tour has included visits to Denver’s legendary 8600-seat Red Rocks Amphitheater and the 12,500-seat EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City.

In 2015, Brian made history with his stand-up special, Brian Regan: Live From Radio City Music Hall, as the first live broadcast of a stand-up special in Comedy Central’s history.

A regular on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Brian is the rare guest who the show invites on for two segments: a performance segment and a segment on the couch to chat with Jimmy. Previously, Brian was a regular guest on The Late Show with David Letterman, making 28 appearances on the CBS show.

Brian made a scene-stealing cameo in Chris Rock’s film, Top Five, and he is a guest on two episodes of Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which is now streaming on Netflix.

Brian has eight hour-long comedy releases:

• Brian Regan: On The Rocks (2021) –Premiered on Netflix, February 23, 2021

• Brian Regan: Nunchucks and Flamethrowers (2017) – Available on Netflix

• Brian Regan: Live From Radio City Music Hall (2015) – Broadcast live on Comedy Central, now available on CD & DVD and as a video or audio download

• All By Myself (2010) only available as a CD or download only through his website

• The Epitome of Hyperbole (2008) –Premiered on Comedy Central, now available on DVD

• Brian Regan Standing Up (2007) –Premiered on Comedy Central, now available on DVD

• I Walked on the Moon (2004)Available on DVD or as an audio or video download only through his website

• Brian Regan Live (1997) - Available on CD

Brown-Forman Midnite Ramble presents

Saturday, February 11, 2023 | 8:00pm | Brown Theatre

COMPANY ARTISTS

Luisa Cardoso, Santiago Castañeda, Rickey Flagg II, Sebastian Garcia, Maya Hawkins, Lauren Huynh, Kendall Lockhart, Nia Lyons, Fábio Mariano, Miyesha McGriff, Summer McNeill, Leonard Perez, Lauren Philson, Caio Rodrigo Dos Santos, João Silva and Nya Ham*

*Apprentice

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Marcellus Harper

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Lenore Morales

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Elena Maverick

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Shalishah Franklin

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

Karen Niceley

STAGE MANAGER

Robert McIntyre

DIGITAL MARKETING COORDINATOR

Jonathan Mosley

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Kevin Thomas

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

Justin Johnson

PRODUCTION MANAGER & LIGHTING DIRECTOR

Wilburn Bonnell

COSTUME SHOP MANAGER

Andrea “Abeo” Brown

MARKETING COORDINATOR

Mackenzie Walker

FRONT DESK ASSOCIATES

McKenzie Carruthers, Imajin Lias, Natavion Westbrook, Bianca Bryant

LIGHTING SUPERVISOR

Joey Guthman

VIDEO DIRECTOR

David Roseberry

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR

Mitty Williams

FRONT DESK COORDINATOR

Dorian Rhea

FACILITIES MANAGER

Andy Santucci

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Roy Bors-Koefoed, Marcellus Harper, Darren Isom, Jim Jenkins, Sherita Lee, Michael Lofton, Beverly Robertson, Dr. Jessica Ruffin, Jonathan Scharff, Derwin Sisnett, Cameron Smith, Kevin Thomas, Emily Waters

MAJOR FUNDING FOR COLLAGE DANCE COLLECTIVE IS PROVIDED BY:

James R. & Anita Horne Jenkins Family Foundation, South Arts, Ford Foundation, Alice L. Walton Foundation, Tennessee Arts Commission, International Association of Blacks in Dance, Hyde Family Foundation, ArtsMemphis, Shubert Foundation

COMPANY DANCERS

Caio Rodrigo dos Santos

João Pedro Silva

Fábio Mariano

Kendall Lockhart

Lauren Huynh

Maya Hawkins

Rickey Flagg II

Leonard Perez

Nia Lyons

Sebastian Garcia

Lauren Philson

Miyesha McGriff

Santiago Castañeda

Luisa Cardoso

Nya Ham

Summer McNeill

GNAWA

RUN OF SHOW

CHOREOGRAPHY.............................................................................................. Nacho Duato

STAGER............................................................................................................ Thomas Klein

MUSIC ........................................................................... Hassan Hakmoun/Adam Rudolph, Juan Alberto Arteche and Javier Paxariño, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Velez, Kusur y Sarkissian

COSTUMES ....................................................................... Luis Devota and Modesto Lomba

LIGHTING DESIGN............................................................................. Nicolás Fischtel (A.A.I.)

DANCERS ............................................................................................................... Company

INTERMISSION

RISE

CHOREOGRAPHY............................................................................................ Kevin Thomas

MUSIC ........................................................................... Jonathan Kirkscey and Kirk Smith;

TEXT ............................................................................................ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

LIGHTING DESIGN....................................................................................... Wilburn Bonnell

SCENIC DESIGN ......................................................................................... Ann Beyersdorfer

COSTUMES ............................................................................................Gabriela Moros Diaz

SCENERY .................................................................................................. Infinite Scenic LLC

SOLOISTS............................................................................ Rickey Flagg II, Miyesha McGriff

DANCERS ........................................ Luisa Cardoso, Santiago Castañeda, Sebastian Garcia, Nya Ham*, Maya Hawkins, Lauren Huynh, Nia Lyons, Fábio Mariano, Summer McNeill, Leonard Perez, Caio Rodrigo dos Santos, João Silva

LOUISVILLE STUDENTS ......... Raevyn Allen, Zara Black, Grace Campbell, Kylie Holloman, Jordyn Johnson, Michaiah Peebles, Mariah Peebles, Chase Phillips, Malaysia Reed, Saniyah Weaver, Javon Vanlier

INTERMISSION

BLUFF CITY BLUES

CHOREOGRAPHY.........................................................................................Amy Hall Garner

MUSIC ....................................Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Koko Taylor

LIGHTING DESIGN....................................................................................... Wilburn Bonnell

COSTUMES ....................................................................................................... Rebecca Turk

DANCERS ............................................ Luisa Cardoso, Santiago Castañeda, Rickey Flagg II, Maya Hawkins, Lauren Huynh, Nia Lyons, Fábio Mariano, Leonard Perez, Lauren Philson, João Silva, and Caio Rodrigo Dos Santos

Collage Dance Collective works to inspire the growth and diversity of ballet by showcasing a repertoire of relevant choreography and world-class dancers representative of our community. The professional company has presented twelve full-length seasons in Memphis, plus national and international touring.

Collage Dance Collective presents a diverse range of classical and contemporary choreography. In addition to Artistic Director, Kevin Thomas, the company’s repertory includes works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Nicolo Fonte, Dwight Rhoden, Kevin Iega Jeff, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Sir Frederick Ashton, Ulysses Dove, Francisco Aviña, Joshua Manculich and Amy Hall Garner.

In December 2020, Collage opened a 22,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility to expand its programming, impact and training of more than 400 students each week. The work of Collage Dance Collective has been featured in media outlets including Huffington Post, Allure, Yahoo!, The Commercial Appeal, Vibe, Afropunk and Pointe Magazine

WHO’S WHO in the COMPANY

MARCELLUS HARPER (Founding Executive Director) has an expansive background in project management and event production. He has worked as a Program Analyst for the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA). He was among the first seven employees of the TSA Taskforce mandated by Congress to create and develop the agency and federalize our nation’s transportation security infrastructures. Prior to his work with the TSA, Mr. Harper worked as a Project Coordinator for Marriott International’s corporate marketing department, where he was directly responsible for the development and implementation of several industry events for the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League.

Mr. Harper has worked for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Harvard University coordinating special projects to assist research and treatment work for HIV/AIDs patients in Africa. Mr. Harper was a Meyerhoff Scholar at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) where he studied biology and theatre and was a double national medalist in the NAACP’s ACT-SO Program in biology and oratory. Marcellus is the 2011 recipient of the Memphis Urban League Young Professionals’ Change Artist Award in recognition of his achievements towards “positive community influence and unwavering commitment to the arts”. Marcellus holds a Bachelor’s degree in non-profit administration and performing arts and serves on the boards of Tennessee Association of Dance and the Historic Broad Avenue Arts Alliance.

KEVIN THOMAS (Founding Artistic Director) began his dance training with Ecole Superieure de Danse du Quebec in Montreal, Canada, and has danced with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Cleveland/San Jose Ballet and the Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) in New York City. He joined DTH in 1995 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1999. With DTH, Mr. Thomas' credits include leading roles in The Prodigal Son, Dialogues, The Four Temperaments, Othello, Adrian (Angel on Earth), A Song for Dead Warriors, Troy Games, Equuis and Dougla. He has performed leading roles in numerous ballets including, The Nutcracker, Tarantella, Agon, Who Cares, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Don Quixote, Consort Lessons, and Aureole. Mr. Thomas has made guest

appearances with the Royal Ballet in London, Complexions Contemporary Ballet in New York and Fleming Flindt and Peter Schaufuss in Denmark. He has also appeared on Broadway in The Phantom of the Opera. Mr. Thomas has choreographed for Nashville Ballet, Opera Memphis, Hattiloo Repertory Theatre, New Ballet Ensemble, Orpheum Theatre, Flint Institute of Music, University of Utah, University of Memphis, and Collage Dance Collective. Mr. Thomas is a National Visiting Fellow at the School of American Ballet.

LENORE PAVLAKOS MORALES (Rehearsal Director) Ms. Morales is a native of Brooklyn, NY and graduate of The Juilliard School where she received her BFA Degree in dance. Her professional career includes Eglevsky Ballet, Maryland

Ballet & Eugene Ballet before joining Dance Theatre of Harlem under the direction of Arthur Mitchell. She quickly rose through the ranks and was promoted to Soloist and later Principal dancer. In her 11-year tenure with DTH she worked with masters such as Fredrick Franklin, John Taras, Suzanne Farrell, Jacques D’Ambroise, Geoffrey Holder. Featured roles include: Waltz Girl in Balanchine’s “Serenade”, Medea in Michael Smuin’s “Medea”, “Desdemona” in Jose Limon’s “Moors Pavane”, Princess of Unreal Beauty in John Taras’s “Firebird” and “Myrta” in Fredrick Franklin’s staging of “Creole Giselle”. In addition to performing, she served as assistant rehearsal director to the company and Master Teacher for their “Dancing through Barriers”, outreach program both in the US and abroad. Lenore performed as guest artist to various companies in the US. Ms. Morales was a featured model for Capezio ads and has been seen in Oprah, Mademoiselle, Pointe, and Dance Magazine as well as Italy’s Io Donna.

Following her performing career, Ms. Morales served as Director to The Harkness Youth Ballet @ 92nd Street Y and later Ballet Mistress to Staten Island Ballet. Recently, she was delighted to serve as guest Rehearsal Director to Dance Theatre of Harlem, NYC during their 2021-2022 season. In 2022, Lenore joined Collage Dance Collective as Rehearsal Director during its 13th Performance Season. Additional teaching includes ballet faculty at Rutgers - Mason Gross School of the Arts,West Virginia Dance Festival, Scarsdale Ballet Studio, American Ballet Theatre JKO School, Academy of Dance Arts, Marymount Manhattan College, New Jersey Dance

Theatre Ensemble, Tremaine Dance Convention. She is a certified teacher of Zena Rommett Floor-Barre® technique.

WILBURN BONNELL (Lighting Director / Production Manager) is a NYC-based lighting designer. New York credits include: Luft Gangster (Sheen Center); Half Moon Bay, Comes a Faery, In Fields Where They Lay (New Ohio); Mr. Irresistible, Project: Lohan (La MaMa); Caucasian Chalk Circle (Theatre Row). Regional: Satchmo at the Waldorf (Wallis); Deathtrap and White Christmas (Engeman); Orpheus in the Berkshires, A Dixon Family Album and Becoming Sylvia (Williamstown). Broadway Assoc./Asst. LD for: Head Over Heels, Fully Committed, The Visit, Newsies (& Nat'l Tour), Elf Nat’l. Tour, Ghost Nat’l. Tour, The Performers, The Anarchist, Jekyll & Hyde. Eight seasons as Lighting Supervisor of Williamstown Theatre Festival. Wilburn is an alumnus of Vassar College and proud member of Local USA-829, IATSE. www.bonnelldesign.com

COMPANY ARTISTS

LUISA CARDOSO (Salvador, Brazil) began her training at Ebateca Escola de Ballet, directed by Juliana De-Vecchi. In 2014 she moved to Miami, FL after receiving a scholarship to attend the Miami City Ballet School pre-professional program, directed by Darleen Callaghan. While a student with the Miami City Ballet School, she had the opportunity to perform works by George Balanchine such as Western Symphony, Stars and Stripes, and Theme and Variations. Ms. Cardoso has also worked with choreographers Maribel Modromo, Olivier Pardina, Maria Torija, Geta Constantinescu, Ebtiz and Lourdes Lopez. In 2016 she graduated from Miami City Ballet School and moved to Memphis, TN to join

Collage Dance Collective. This is Luisa’s seventh season with the company.

SANTIAGO CASTAÑEDA (Medellin, Colombia) began his ballet studies at the age of 8 at Andrea Wolff Ballet. After completing high school, Mr. Castaneda moved to Miami and continued his training at the Miami City Ballet School on scholarship. As a student at MCB, Santiago had the opportunity to perform several Balanchine ballets and classical ballets such as Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia and Ballabile. Mr. Castenada has had the pleasure of originating roles in works choreographed by Gerald Ebitz Durante Verzola, Ariel Rose and Pam Tanowiz. In 2014, Santiago participated in the Youth America Grand Prix finals where he won two scholarships to the Harid Conservatory and Houston Ballet School. In 2018, Santiago joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice. As an apprentice, Santiago has performed George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Jewels “Diamonds”, Midsummer Night’s Dream and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue. He also performed works by Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp and Justin Peck. This is Santiago’s third season with Collage Dance Collective.

RICKEY FLAGG II (Windsor, Connecticut) attended the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and was also part of the Hartt School Community Division under the direction of Miguel Campaneria. Rickey continued his training with Mr. Campaneria in Cary, NC dancing roles in Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Spring Waters pas de deux and excerpts from Raymonda. Mr. Flagg has choreographed solos for the Youth American Grand Prix and World Ballet Competition, several of which placed in the contemporary category. In 2012, Rickey was awarded

a full scholarship to attend Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Professional Training Program under the direction of Virginia Johnson. Upon completion of the training program at DTH, Rickey was offered a contract with Charlotte Ballet II. This is Rickey’s eighth season with Collage Dance Collective.

SEBASTIAN GARCIA (Bronx, New York) began his formal dance training at the Harlem School of the Arts in New York under the direction of Aubrey Lynch. He then attended the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School under the direction of Cynthia Harvey, where he became a recipient of the En Avant Award from 2017-2018. This gave him opportunities to perform such works as Sleeping Beauty and work with esteemed choreographers including Alexei Ratmansky and Jessica Lang. After graduating from high school, Sebastian studied at The Rock School for Dance Education on full scholarship under directors Bo and Stephanie Spassoff. There Sebastian performed lead roles in the school’s Nutcracker as both the Snow Prince and Arabian Prince. Sebastian’s career has included performances at the famed Apollo Theater, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This is Sebastian’s second season with Collage Dance Collective.

MAYA HAWKINS (Memphis, Tennessee) began dancing at the age of three at the Ballet Memphis School. At 15, Maya joined the Collage Dance Corps where she had the opportunity to perform works by Sidra Bell and Kevin Iega Jeff. Following her high school graduation, she studied at the School of Pennsylvania Ballet under the direction of Arantxa

Ochoa, and in 2015 she joined The Washington Ballet as a trainee where she performed in Septime Webre’s Carmen, The Nutcracker, Coppelia, and George Balanchine’s Serenade. Maya was a trainee at Cincinnati Ballet from 201617 dancing in Kirk Peterson’s Coppelia, Victoria Morgan’s The Nutcracker, and excerpts from Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. She then danced with Charlottesville Ballet in Virginia for three seasons, where she performed various roles in The Nutcracker and in works by Keith Lee. Maya has attended summer intensives on scholarship at Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Orlando Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Carolina Ballet and Alonzo King Lines Ballet. This is Maya’s second season at Collage Dance Collective as a company artist.

LAUREN HUYNH (Plano, Texas) began her training at the Hathaway Academy of Ballet. She was later awarded the Nordan Fine Arts Scholarship at Texas Christian University (TCU), where she graduated with a BFA in Ballet and Modern Dance, as well as a minor in General Business. During her time at TCU, she was selected to travel to Rwanda to continue TCU’s long-term relationship with Godelieve Mukasarasi and the SEVOTA Institute, was awarded the TCU Mission Statement Scholarship, and received the Senior Legacy award honoring her antiracist work and activism. She has performed choreography by George Balanchine, August Bournonville, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Francesca Harper, Jennifer Archibald, Gabrielle Lamb, LeeWei Chao, Adam Barruch, among others. Lauren has attended summer programs at BalletX, Oregon Ballet Theatre, and Joffrey Ballet as well as Alonzo King LINES Ballet

and Dance Theatre of Harlem on full scholarships. During the spring of 2021, Lauren joined Bruce Wood Dance as an Apprentice. This is Lauren’s second season with Collage Dance Collective.

KENDALL LOCKHART (Houston, Texas) started her training with the preprofessional dance company, Ballet Forte, at Fort Bend Academy of Dance. She later attended Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts BFA program where she additionally studied communications and advertising. During her four years at SMU, Kendall trained under the directors of Complexions Contemporary Ballet and performed new works choreographed by both Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson. She also performed the works of choreographers Bridget Moore,

Danny Buraczeski and Adam Hougland. In the 2019-2020 year, Kendall joined Ballet Dallas under the direction of Carter Alexander. This is Kendall’s third season with Collage Dance Collective.

NIA LYONS (Chicago, Illinois) trained with The Dance Theatre of Harlem, Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center, and Chicago High School for the Arts. Nia’s diverse training includes classical ballet, modern, African, Latin, jazz, and hip hop and has taken her around the world to numerous countries, including Barcelona, St. Thomas, and South Korea. This is Nia’s third season with Collage Dance and comes to us from the Dance Theatre of Harlem School in New York. She looks forward to inspiring and mentoring young dancers while continuing to break barriers herself.

FÁBIO MARIANO (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) started dancing when he was 14 years old. He trained at Maria Olenewa Dance School and performed in big productions of ballet and opera at Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro such as The Nutcracker, The Rite of Spring, Aida and Marguerite & Armand. Taught by renowned Brazilian and Russian teachers from Kirov Ballet, he graduated in 2014. In Brazil he performed classical and contemporary works by different choreographers with Caetano Cia. De Dança, directed by Thiago Caetano and Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro, directed by Dalal Achcar and Marisa Estrella.

Fábio joined Corpo de Baile Campos dos Goytacazes in 2014, where he performed classical and contemporary works. He also choreographed a contemporary ballet for the company. In 2016, he moved to the USA to join Atlantic City Ballet (NJ) and performed soloist and leading roles in full length

productions of The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Dracula and Carmen. Aside from dancing, Mr. Mariano has been a ballet teacher for more than 10 years. In 2020, he co-founded the online platform Blacks in Ballet alongside Ingrid Silva and Ruan Galdino to highlight ballet dancers of color. Fábio Mariano has been an artist with Collage Dance since 2017 and is in his sixth season.

LEONARD PEREZ (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) trained in Spanish dance with the Ensemble Español

Spanish Dance Theater and in ballet and modern dance at the Ruth Page School of Dance. He studied on scholarship at Northeastern Illinois University and was awarded full scholarships to summer intensive programs at Dance Theater of Harlem, The Ailey School, River North Dance Chicago, Thodos Dance Chicago, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, and The Ruth Page School of Dance. He danced with Milwaukee Ballet II during the 2015–2016 season and has performed works by Ron de Jesus, Michael Pink, Septime Webre, Randy Duncan, Ruth Page, Lee Wei Chao, Ilya Kozadayev, Brian MacDonald, Victor Alexander and Spanish dance duo Angel Rojas and Carlos Rodriguez. Leonard has performed in the Chicago Dancing Festival, Jacob’s Pillow International Inside/Out Dance Festival, Dance for Life Chicago, and St. Louis’ Spring To Dance Festival. He has also danced professionally with Dayton Ballet where he performed works by Gina Patterson and Jiri Kylian and Indianapolis Ballet where he performed works by Joshua Bergasse and George Balanchine. This is Leonard’s fourth season with Collage Dance Collective.

MIYESHA McGRIFF (Kansas City, Missouri) trained at the Kansas City Ballet School

where she was a company apprentice for the 2006-2007 season. She then attended and graduated from the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance, May of 2011. After graduating, she danced at Dallas Black Dance Theatre II for the 2011-2012 season in Dallas, Texas. She then went to dance with Wylliams / Henry Contemporary Dance Company for the next four seasons. In the summer of 2014, She relocated to New York to pursue her dance career. Since she moved to the Big Apple, she danced with a few project-based companies and continues to grow in her artistry. In 2017, Miyesha joined Collage Dance Collective of Memphis, TN as a company member and is in her sixth season.

SUMMER MCNEILL (Atlanta, Georgia), began her training at Georgia Metropolitan Dance Theatre under the direction of Kathryn Macbeth. In 2016, she continued her training under Sharon Story at Atlanta Ballet’s Centre for Dance Education. She performed in Atlanta Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker and Snow White. As a graduate of Cobb County's Center of Excellence in the Performing Arts Magnet Program at Pebblebrook High School, she received several awards and accolades, such as Most Outstanding Female and Most Promising Dancer. In 2018, Summer was awarded a scholarship to attend The Ailey School in New York City. Summer performances include “Memoria,” January Explosion, Global Harmony, and The 92nd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 2020, Summer worked on several projects around metro Atlanta with Dance Canvas and later on the next year danced as a protegé with Terminus

Modern Ballet Theatre. This is Summer’s first season with Collage Dance Collective.

LAUREN PHILSON (Houston, Texas) began studying ballet, tap, jazz, and musical theater at age 3. At age 12, she was accepted to the Houston Ballet Academy on scholarship. A year later she was invited to train in the Professional Division full-time. As a student, she performed in Ben Stevenson’s and Stanton Welch’s The Nutcracker. After her family relocated to Colorado, she finished her training at Colorado Ballet Academy on scholarship and performed as Myrtha in the academy’s spring production of Giselle She also performed in Colorado Ballet’s The Nutcracker and Septime Webre’s The Wizard of Oz. Miss Philson attended summer programs at American Ballet Theatre (NYC), School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet SDP, Colorado Ballet Academy, and Houston Ballet Academy. This is Lauren’s third season with Collage.

CAIO RODRIGO (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) began his ballet training at Projeto Social da Prefeitura Municipal de Piraí. He has also trained at the Escola Estadual de Danças Maria Olenewa, belonging to Theatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro and the Centro de Movimentos Deborah Colker. In 2014 he was awarded a full scholarship to train at the Miami City Ballet School, where he had the opportunity to work with choreographers Olivier Pardina, Maria Torija, Geta Constantinescu and Gerard Ebitz. Mr. Rodrigo has danced professionally with Projeto Ballet Gacemss and Rumo Cia de Danca in Brazil and with Atlantic City Ballet in New Jersey. With Atlantic City Ballet he performed soloist and leading roles in such ballets as Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker,

Sleeping Beauty, Midsummer Night’s Dream and Raymonda. This is Mr. Rodrigo’s fifth season with Collage Dance.

JOÃO PEDRO SILVA (Bahia, Brazil) began his formal dance training when he was 12 years old at the Ballare Studio of Dance. At the age of 15 he relocated to Rio de Janeiro to continue his ballet training at Dance School Alice Arja and after one year got an apprenticeship with the Cia of Ballet from Rio de Janeiro where he performed many principal and soloist roles in ballets including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Carnival of the Animals. He has competed in national and international dance competitions including the American Dance Competition where he was awarded scholarships for the Colorado Ballet Academy, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

School, Sarasota Ballet School and Orlando Ballet School. At 17, he moved to the United States to study at the Miami City Ballet School and after a few months he got to do his first performance with the company in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is Mr. Silva’s second season with Collage Dance Collective.

NYA HAM (Memphis, Tennessee) dancing at the age of six with the Collage Dance Conservatory. In 2013, Nya was handselected by Kevin Thomas, artistic director of Collage Dance for the Collage Youth Ensemble. There she studied under and performed work by esteemed choreographers including Joshua Manculich, Kevin Iega Jeff, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Endalyn Taylor and Kevin Thomas, to name a few. Nya joins Collage Dance Collective as an apprentice for the 2022-23 performance season.

ANNUAL SUPPORT

Commonwealth of Kentucky, The Honorable Andy Beshear, Governor

Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet | The Honorable Mike Berry, Secretary | The Kentucky General Assembly Kentucky Performing Arts Foundation, as of 12/21/22.

The Honorable & Mrs. Jerry E. Abramson

In Memory of Alan & Carol Adelberg

AIA Kentucky

Yolanda Ali

Alpha Energy Solutions**

Mr. & Mrs. William Altman

Jessica Anderson

Anonymous

Walter E. App & Donna W. Tilson

Aqua Treat, Inc.**

Dr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Arensman

James & Susan Armagno

Dr. & Mrs. Joe F. Arterberry

Ms. Sheila & Mr. Adam W. Ashley

AT&T

The Audience Group**

B.J. Killian Foundation

Dr. Eric Baker & Dr. Tara Odle-Baker

Kim & Mark Baker

Jeremy & Jennifer Barger

Mark & Kathy Barrens

Tracilia Beacham

Mr. & Mrs. J. Peter Bell

Kellie Benjamin-White

Josh & Megan Bentley

Turney P. Berry & Kendra D.

Foster

Mrs. Edith S. Bingham

Karla Blain

Mr. & Mrs. Keith Board

Ms. Eloise Boarman

Kristen Bouchard

Laura Breitenstein

Mrs. Elaine Bornstein

Brown-Forman Corporation

Brown-Forman Foundation

Mrs. Christina Lee Brown

Freddie Brown

The Owsley Brown II Family

Foundation

Gregory Bubalo & Pamela Klinner

Terry & Sara Burd

James Burns

Marianne Butler

Mrs. Karen Byrley

Dennis & Joyce Cardwell

Sharon & Barry Carruthers

Keith & Rene Cartwright

Rachel Cecil, matched by UnitedHealth Group

Marica Chacona

Marc and Shannon Charnas

Mr. Michael & Dr. Nancy Chiara

Joseph Cieslak

David Clark

John Austin Clark

June Woo Clausen

Kenneth and Carolle Clay

Mary Cleary & Roxanne Yeoman

Connie Coartney

Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Treasury

Commonwealth Credit Union

Mr. Thomas Conley

Tammy & John Copeland

Kristin Coppage

Mr. Nick Covault

Mr. Roger Cude & Mrs. Kathie Markle-Cude

Douglas and Anne Czor

Ms. C.S. Dalgleish

Elizabeth W. Davis

J.P. Davis

Steve & Chris Delaney

Ms. Clarice Denoux

Dr. John & Mrs. Dee Ann Derr

Leonidas Deter & Penelope Shaw

Norman Dixon & Patrick Owen

Eric & Claudette Doyle

Mrs. Maria J. Eckerle

Mr. Michael Eckstein

Fr. John G. Eifler

Mr. & Mrs. John Elder

Ann-Lynn Ellerkamp

Employees of Kentucky Performing Arts

Mr. & Mrs. William Esakov

Phil Eschels

Eric & Kimberly Esteran

Michael & Jennifer Evans

Walter & Marie Feibes

Matthew Fenner

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Ferguson

Fifth Third Bank

Fiji Water Company, LLC

Brian & LaVonne Fingerson

John Flinn & Cindy Vaughn

Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Fowler

Mr. Randall Fox

Ms. Sandra Frazier

Sharon Fredenhagen

Ms. Melissa Gaddie

Mr. & Mrs. Gene Gardner

Dr. Brent Garrett & Mrs. Glenda Marker

John & Paddy Gay

GE Appliances, a Haier Company

Ruth And Harvey Gelfenbein Charitable Foundation

The Gheens Foundation

The Glenview Trust Company

The Goben-Franklin Fund of Thrivent Charitable Impact and Investing™

Dr. & Mrs. Richard Goldwin

Christine Grass

GSA Students, Class of 2022

Dr. & Mrs. William Gump

Ellen Hagan & David Flores

Karen & Roger Hale

Heather Hall

Amber & Paul Halloran

Joe & Shannon Hamilton

John & Maria Hampton

Ken & Judy Handmaker

Ms. Julia Hansbrough, matched by Google Inc.

Randy & Jane Hansbrough

Michael and Denise Harris

Tim & Paula Harry

Harshaw Family Foundation

Frank & Paula Harshaw

Da-Wyone Haynes, matched by Aegon Transamerica Foundation

Ms. Beverly Hearn

Joe & Kelly Hertzman

Ms. Deborah Hibberd

Mr. David Hogan

Augusta Brown Holland & Gill Holland, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. William O. Holton

Dr. W. Keith Hornung

Erik Hudak

Eddie and Lily Ignacio

Ms. Lona Ingwerson

Ms. Marybeth Irvine

Anna Sunshine Ison

Harry & Sherry Jacobson-Beyer

Pearl James & Leon Sachs

Sandra Jones

William Jones

Judith Kaleher

Ian & Denise Kalina

Charlie & Teresa Kamer

Charles Kane

Michael Kimmel & Missy McKiernan

Mr. Ray Kirkland

Klein Family Foundation

Rolf Klein

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Kentucky Department of Education

Kentucky Music Educators Association

Robert M. Klein

Marjorie & Robert Kohn

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Kosse

Kroger Community Rewards

Paul and Wendy Kubitskey

Diane Kyle

Joyce Langley

Mr. Lance & Mrs. Marie Larsen

John & Lilia Lawson

Abhay & Amy Lele

LEO Weekly**

LG&E and KU Foundation

LG&E & KU Services Company

Mary Linkous

Ronald Loughry & Bethany Breetz

Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government

Louisville Tourism

Louisville Public Media**

Mr. Todd P. Lowe & Ms. Fran C. Ratterman

Ms. Diane Loy

George Lucier, matched by Battelle Memorial Institute

Mansbach Endowment Fund at Foundation for the Tri-State Community

Mr. Anthyun Mask

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Tom & Joslyn Marksbury

Martha and Jerry Martin

William Martz

David & Emily McCay

Andrea & Andrew McLeroy

Madelyn Mees

Lisa Merchant

Bruce Merrick & Karen McCoy

Kathryn Mershon & Todd Gardner

Drs. Chris Mescia & Tricia J. Gray

Dave & Linda Miles

Dave & Terri Miller

Mindful Solutions Counseling Services

Jack & Marilyn Monohan

Ms. Biljana N. Monsky

Mr. & Mrs. R. Charles Moyer

Shivaram Muddappa

Eric & Margaret Murray

Marcia Myers

Mary & Ted Nixon

Kevin & Emily Nolan

Ms. Susan H. Norris

The Norton Foundation, Inc.

Nu-Yale Cleaners**

Jennifer & Dan O’Brien, matched by the GE Foundation Matching Gift Program

Rev. Eileen O’Donohue

Mrs. Judith Olliges

Mr. Kevin Olusola

Doug & Shari Owen

Stephen & Cindy Owen

Ms. Meredith Parente

Aaron and Heather Pennell

Ms. Lynn Pereira

Danielle Perkins

Mr. Tom Person & Mrs. Melissa Richards-Person

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Phelps

Harry Pickens

Yvonne Plier

PNC Bank

PNC Broadway in Louisville/ Louisville Theatrical Association

PNC Foundation

Mr. Stuart Pollard

C.F. Pollard Foundation

Henry & Sharon Potter

Mark Preischel

Jeff & Leigh Anne Preston

Gordon & Patty Rademaker

Mitchell & Cindee Rapp

Mr. & Mrs. Teddy H. Redmon

Rick & Becky Reed

Ms. Linda Remington

Republic Bank

Dr. Jeffrey Richardson

For Louis V. Richter

Mr. & Mrs. J. Daniel Rivers

Jonathan & Julie Roberts

Robert & Clarice Rogers

Alan & Beatrice Rosenberg

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Rounsavall, III

Mark & Kay Rountree

Mr. Anthony & Mrs. Jane Ruhl

Beth Ruley

Russell Saunders

Scantland Family Fund

Ms. Stephanie Schaefer

Chris Schinaman

Rob Schmidlapp

Dr. Marilyn Schorin

In Memory of Eudora Vance

Scott

Ellen & Max Shapira

Linda Shelman

Dr. Nicholas Silvestros

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sireci

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Skarbek

Mr. & Mrs. Ted Sloan

Christopher Smallwood

Christopher Smith & Jennifer Bertrand

Irvin & Connie Smith

Jerry Smith

Justin Smith, matched by Humana Inc.

Nathan Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Kenney M. Snell

Snowy Owl Foundation

Mary Ann Sodrel

Whitney & Trevor Soergel

Tom & Cara Solley

George & Karin Sonnier

South Arts

Dr. Charles Sowder

Phillip & Karen Sparkes

Mr. Mitchell Stallsmith

Bob & Silvana Steen

Anna Stephens

Mary Clay Stites

Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company

Lindy Street

Dr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Sturgeon

David & Carolyn Tandy

Ms. Brenda Thompson

Jeremy Thornewill

Dr. Diane Tobin & Mr. Charles Friedman

Josh & Olesia Toole

Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet

Wendell Townsend, matched by the GE Foundation

Matching Gift Program

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky

Bryan & Ruth Trautwein

Truist

Bob & Vicky Ullrich

University of Kentucky College of Design**

University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts**

University of Kentucky Office of the Provost**

Sally & Robert Vail

Robert & Bonnie Vogt

Volunteers of the Kentucky Center*

Ms. Jeanne D. Vuturo

Cindy Walker

Gary Wall

Beth Ward

Russ Wardlaw

James & Marianne Welch

Ann Waterman & Niles Welch

Welch Printing**

John & Marilyn Werst

Ms. Rebecca West

WHAS 11**

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Wheeler

Whippoorwill Family Foundation

In Honor of Kennedy White

Lorraine Whitney

Chuck Wieting

L’Tanya Williamson

Benjamin Wiseman

Mark Wood & Barbara Dejean

Michael Wood, matched by Microsoft Corporation

Michael Wright

In Memory of Mrs. Irma Yatros

David F. Young & Cheryl Cahill

Dominic & Lisa Zangari

Dr. Kenneth & Shelly Zegart

Mr. Brian Zehnder & Ms. Melissa Rolf

Ms. Susan G. Zepeda & Dr. Fred P. Seifer

Mrs. Ann Zimmerman

Cynthia and Joel Zipperle

*Kentucky Performing Arts

Volunteers’ value of donated time is more than $100,000 annually

**In-Kind Donation

EVENTS CALENDAR

JANUARY 27 Deathcab for Cutie 8PM Old Forester's Paristown Hall kentuckyperformingarts.org 28 Louisville Orchestra Hollywood's Golden Age 7:30PM, The Kentucky Center louisvilleorchestra.org 28

Lucero 8PM, Headliners Music Hall productionsimple.com

January 28- February 11

StageOne Family Theatre

The Giver

The Kentucky Center, Bomhard Theater kentuckyperformingarts.org

FEBRUARY

3-4

Louisville Orchestra

Gilded Age in Paris & Vienna

11:30AM & 7:30PM

The Kentucky Center louisvilleorchestra.org

14-19

Annie - A Broadway in Louisville Performance

The Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall kentuckyperformingarts.org

25

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros.

7:30PM, Louisville Palace LouisvillePalace.com

25

Louisville Orchestra

Aretha: A Tribute

7:30PM, The Kentucky Center louisvilleorchestra.org

For more of our preferred arts and entertaiment recommendations, visit Audience502.com

KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gregory J. Bubalo, Chair • Robert M. Klein, Vice-Chair

Mary R. Nixon, Secretary • Phil Lynch, Treasurer

Laura Melillo Barnum

JP Davis

Hannah L. Drake

Paula Harshaw

William H. Jones

Madeline Abramson

Owsley Brown II (1942–2011)

Wendell Cherry (1935–1991)

Kate Latts

Joseph Leavell

Patricia A. Mathison

Bruce C. Merrick

James K. Murphy

DIRECTORS EMERITI

Gordon B. Davidson (1926–2015)

C. Edward Glasscock

Stephen T. Owen

Dr. Rahul Reddy

Lindy Street

Rev. Dr. Valerie Washington

Sarah Yarmuth

Robert W. Rounsavall, III

Rose Lenihan Rubel (1922–2002)

KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION, INC.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Todd Lowe, Chair

Kim Baker, Vice-Chair • Leah Huddleston, Secretary • Cindy Zipperle, Treasurer

Carolle Jones Clay

J. Tim Galbraith

Lillian Hunt

Brad Keller

Chris Kipper

R. Charles Moyer

Doug Owen

Rolf Provan

Eileen Saunders

Diane Tobin

Ruth Wimsatt Trautwein

Lisa Zangari

KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS EXECUTIVE STAFF

Kim Baker President and CEO

Heather Weston Bell

Senior Vice President, Community Engagement

Dawn Driskell

Vice President, Finance

Chris Kaelin

Vice President, Operations

Will Richards Vice President, Facilities & Production

Julie Roberts

Vice President, Development & Advocacy

Rob Schmidlapp

Vice President, Information Systems

Christian Adelberg 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 Kentucky Performing Arts with an estate gift or notification of their bequest intention or other planned gift.

The Honorable & Mrs. Jerry E. Abramson

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Tom & Robbie Bell

Ms. Jennifer L. Bobbitt

Janet R. Dakan

Mrs. William Habich

Mrs. Ada Lee Kane

Mrs. Helen Lang

Kathy Monin

Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Parkinson

Ms. Terry H. Sales

Sharon Sanak

Ms. Helen Stockton

Mrs. Murrel Straley

Jeanne D. Vuturo

Jennifer Love Webb

CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT

We salute the following organizations for their support of Kentucky Performing Arts:

B. J. KILLIAN FOUNDATION

TOURISM, ARTS AND HERITAGE CABINET

TICKETS

KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS SERVICES

For complete event information and to order tickets by phone, call Kentucky Performing Arts Ticket Service at (502) 584-7777 or order tickets online at KentuckyPerformingArts.org . Kentucky

Performing Arts Ticket Service’s hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 6 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.

MAIN PHONE NUMBER

(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. At Old Forester’s Paristown Hall, parking is available in the neighboring Swan Street and Vine Street lots.

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, contact Stacey Hallahan, shallahan@kentuckyperformingarts.org.

KPA DONORS

Kentucky Performing Arts donors receive a variety of benefits, including buying tickets before the public, priority seating, and no handling fees. For more information, contact (502) 566-5144 or visit SUPPORT KPA on our website. For Corporate Membership benefits, contact Julie Roberts at (502) 562-0100, Ext. 105, or jroberts@kentuckyperformingarts.org .

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 are (502) 566-5128 (The Kentucky Center) and (502) 566-5188 (The Brown Theatre).

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

• Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theaters.

• Latecomers 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, the Brown Theatre, and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall, 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), 711 (TRS), 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.

oct. 21, 2022 –

Czech-born Alphonse Mucha (1860 – 1939) was one of the most celebrated artists in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. As an influential force behind the Art Nouveau movement, he created sumptuous posters and advertising—promoting such everyday products as cigarette papers and tea biscuits—that transformed the streets of Paris into open-air art exhibitions. Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary celebrates the Mucha Trust Collection’s first major U.S. tour in 20 years, featuring a vast array of posters, illustrations, ornamental objects, and rarely seen sculpture, photographs, and self-portraits.

Members see it all for free!

Advance ticket purchase strongly encouraged.

Visit speedmuseum.org

Image:

Alphonse Mucha

Color

851 16 × 293⁄16 in.

© Mucha Trust 2022

Support for this exhibition provided by:

Media sponsorship from:

Exhibition season sponsored by:

Debra and Ronald Murphy

Arthur J. and Mary Celeste

Lerman Charitable Foundation

The Sociable Weaver Foundation

Detail of Gismonda, 1894

lithograph

Alphonse Mucha: Art

Nouveau Visionary is organized by the Mucha Foundation, Prague. The exhibition is curated by Tomoko Sato.

THE HERITAGE CENTER

STOP BY A PLACE TO HAVE A HERITAGE EXPERIENCE

Since 2011, the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage has been a member of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet. As a quasi-state agency, the Heritage Center is dedicated to a statewide mission to preserve, promote, and advance the culture and heritage of African Americans in Kentucky and the legacy shared throughout the African Diaspora.

For over a decade, the He r itage Center’ s operation has been l o cated in the heart o f Louisville’s historic Russel l neighborh o od o n the f o rmer Louisville Street Railwa y Comple x known as the “ Trolley Barn,” b u ilt in 1876 . The impo s ing 68,000 sq. ft. camp u s p r ovide s multiple venues where ed u c a tion, en r ichment , and ente r t a inment happens.

Permanent exhibitions in the Brown-Forman Great Hall and other galleries across the Heritage Center campus include “A Salute to Muhammad Ali: A Life of Inspiration,” “Black Freedom Struggle in Kentucky,” “Brigadier General Charles Young: Soldier, Educator, Diplomat & Civil Rights Advocate,” “The Legends of Great African American Jockeys,” “Two Centuries of Black Louisville and “A Self-Guided Tour of Louisville’s Civil Rights History ” In addition to rotating and permanent exhibitions throughout the year, the Heritage Center produces, curates, and hosts educational, enrichment, and entertainment programs with performances of all types for children and adults alike.

EDUCATION

EXHIBITS, WORKSHOPS, TALKS AND SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

ENRICHMENT

FAMILY FUN EVENTS, HOLIDAY FESTIVALS AND CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS

ENTERTAINMENT

MOVIES, PLAYS, CONCERTS AND SOCIAL EVENTS