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Summertime is here but things are not slowing down at Kentucky Performing Arts. Summer means it’s time for our award-winning Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) program, of which I am a proud alumna, to kick off! GSA brings together more than 500 of Kentucky’s finest young artists for two consecutive threeweek sessions of instruction in an arts intensive environment, with cross-discipline learning, special guest artist performances and lectures, and the opportunity to access critical life-changing college scholarships. Now in its 37th year, we are proud to offer this transformative program and help empower the next generation of creative leadership in the Commonwealth. To learn more about GSA, including ways you can help support, please visit KentuckyGSA.org .

Plus, we are gearing up for our 2024/2025 Kentucky Performing Arts Presents Season! A season showcasing up-and-coming artists, local talent, and world-class entertainers that speaks to the unique, diverse, and amazing community we proudly serve. Be on the lookout for an announcement soon and I encourage you to visit our website, KentuckyPerformingArts.org , to view the upcoming calendar of events. Plus, follow us on social media to learn about all the events coming to The Kentucky Center, the Brown Theatre, and Old Forester’s Paristown Hall.

We thank you for being here tonight and look forward to seeing you again as we continue our mission of connecting and inspiring through the arts. Enjoy the show.

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AN EVENING WITH IRA GLASS –SEVEN THINGS I’VE LEARNED

Saturday, June 1, 2024 | 8:00pm | Brown Theatre

Ira Glass is the host and creator of the public radio program This American Life. The show is heard each week by over 5 million listeners on public radio stations and a podcast.

Glass began his career as an intern at National Public Radio’s network headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, when he was 19 years old. He put This American Life on the air in 1995. He also served as an editor for the groundbreaking podcasts Serial, S-Town, and Nice White Parents.

Under Glass’s editorial direction, This American Life has won the highest

honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including seven Peabody awards and the first Pulitzer Prize ever awarded for audio journalism. In 2021 This American Life episode, “The Giant Pool of Money,” was inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry, the first podcast ever so honored.

This American Life airs on 89.3 WFPL Saturdays at 1:00 p.m and Sundays at 4:00 p.m.

Ira Glass in Louisville is made possible with presenting support from KTC Construction and Angel's Envy Distillery.

MATT BUTLER’S RECKLESS SON

Kentucky Performing Arts presents Friday, June 28, 2024 | 8:00pm | The Kentucky Center – MeX Theater

Matt Butler is both a singer songwriter as well as the founder of Art That Serves, an organization dedicated to bringing the arts to incarcerated populations. His new solo show, Reckless Son, recounts the story of how his concert at the Albany County Jail led to performing over 150 concerts in jails and prisons across the country. A studio album containing all the music from the show was released in 2023.

Butler has also collaborated with or been a feature performer at events held by The David Lynch Foundation, The Columbia

Center For Justice, American Folk Art Museum, National Alliance On Mental Illness (NAMI), The Caron Foundation and he was selected as an inaugural “Activist In Residence” at the Kripalu Center in the Berkshires.

Along with correctional facilities, he performs at colleges and universities, high schools, and retreat centers. He’s been artist in residence at HB Studios in Manhattan and his work has been featured on The Blue Grass Situation, PBS and NPR’s Morning Edition.

BRAD WILLIAMS: TOUR ‘24

Kentucky Performing Arts and Emporium presents Saturday, June 29, 2024 | 7:00pm | Brown Theatre

One of the most in-demand comedians working today, Brad has appeared on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and in the films Little Evil, Mascots, and Reno 911: It’s A Wonderful Heist.

His first one-hour special, Fun Size, was the highest rated special on Showtime. His second, Daddy Issues, prompted The New York Times to write: “No one is doing stand-up comedy more hilariously than Brad Williams.”

His other special on Netflix, The Degenerates, garnered huge ratings and

rave reviews. Recently, he became the first comedian in the history of Cirque du Soleil to headline and sell out their newest show, Mad Apple, in a brand new 1,200-seat theater at the New York, New York Hotel in Las Vegas.

This year, he has continued to sell out (and add multiple shows of) every size of venue on his calendar at mock speed.

No wonder the late Robin Williams called him “Prozac with a head.”

JOEY FATONE & AJ MCLEAN: A LEGENDARY NIGHT

Kentucky Performing Arts presents Saturday, June 29, 2024 | 8:00pm | The Kentucky Center – Whitney Hall

Joey Fatone first rose to fame as a member of the record-shattering, multiplatinum boyband *NSYNC; but his career as a global pop icon was just the beginning. Over the past decade, he has gone on to find success as an actor, host, Broadway star, voiceover artist, dancer, and media personality with a number of hit television shows under his belt.

Following *NSYNC’s incredible success with albums that sold over 10 million copies and countless awards, Joey proved to be a prominent performer and

personality in his own right. With projects spanning from television, film and Broadway, his talent has no boundaries.

Joey's energetic spirit is unstoppable as he taps into his entrepreneurial side with Fat Ones, a hot dog business based in Orlando, FL. In November of 2019, during Epcot's Food and Wine Festival Eat to the Beat series, Joey performed three days of successful shows titled, Joey Fatone and Friends. Fans packed the theater and were entertained by Joey along with Chris KirkPatrick, Ryan

Cabrera, Nathan Morris of BOYZ II MEN, MC Search and more. He continues to do this concept currently at Epcot, Tampa and other cities in the US.

In August 2021, Joey brought together some of the biggest pop superstars for a perfect, intimate evening of pop-culture classics and fun for a sold-out residency in Las Vegas. The AFTR PRTY featured Joey Fatone, Wanya Morris, Nick Carter and AJ McLean. At this year's MTV VMA’s, Fatone reunited with *NSYNC as presenters, causing the reunion to go viral. The buzz created by the iconic boy band perfectly segued into their first song release in 22 years, called “Better Place” that is featured on the Trolls 3 soundtrack. Fatone also makes a surprise appearance as the voice of Ablaze alongside his *NSYNC bandmates in Trolls 3 Trolls Band Together.

To keep up with Joey, follow his socials: @realjoeyfatone

You already know AJ McLean as 1/5 of the Backstreet Boys, one of the most successful groups in music history. With countless #1s, record-setting tours, numerous awards and worldwide sales in excess of 130 million, the Backstreet Boys have been recognized as the best-selling boy band in history.

A multiple award winning and Grammynominated performer, AJ has delivered the finest pop music one has to offer — tightly crafted songs, floor-shaking rhythms, and unmistakable harmonies — making him one of pop’s most influential performers.

CROCE PLAYS CROCE

91.9 WFPK presents Tuesday, July 16, 2024 | 7:30pm | Brown Theatre

A.J. Croce performs Croce Plays Croce, a special night of music featuring a complete set of classics by his late father

Jim Croce, some of his own tunes, and songs that influenced both him and his father. This special event features such timeless songs as “Operator,” “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” “Time in a Bottle,” (a song written for A.J.) “ Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy),” and “Lovers Cross,” to name a few.

Classic covers may include songs by Lieber and Stoller, Bessie Smith, and other folk and roots artists.

Jim Croce was an American folk singer with a short-lived professional recording and touring career, and decades of posthumous fame as one of the greatest songwriters and artists ever. With sales surpassing 50 million records, including three #1 songs and 10 Top 10 hits, Jim Croce’s short career and long-lived legacy

are well-remembered through his eradefining standards like “Operator”, “Time in a Bottle” and “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.”

A.J. Croce’s 30-year touring and recording career has produced ten studio albums that have been released via both major and independent labels and have charted 20 Top 20 singles and all ten albums on the radio including on Top 40, Americana, and Blues. A virtuoso piano player, he has performed at a TED Talk and gave a master class at the University of Barcelona.

Croce has performed on major talk shows and news programs including The Late Show, The Tonight Show, The Today Show, CNN, MTV, and VH1. He’s toured with such esteemed artists as Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, Earth, Wind, and Fire, and B.B. King. While his last album, Just Like Medicine, paired him with producer and

soul legend Dan Penn and an all-star cast of players and guests like Vince Gill and Steve Cropper, his new album was born of memories — of favorite artists and shows, but mostly, of late-night gatherings with groups of friends, many of them fellow musicians, with Croce at the piano taking requests.

Croce revisits these musical evenings on By Request (out on Compass Records) with 12 personally curated covers that traverse decades and genres, propelled by his spirited, piano mastery and emotive vocals. With a rich catalog of original compositions A.J. first recorded and released a composition of his fathers with a never-before-recorded song "Name of the Game" on his Just Like Medicine release. In 2018 he covered the 1973 hit “I Got A Name” for a Goodyear commercial with Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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HERB ALPERT & LANI HALL

Kentucky Performing Arts presents Sunday, July 21, 2024 | 7:00pm | The Kentucky Center-Bomhard Theater

HERB ALPERT

Creator and innovator, musician and producer, artist and philanthropist, Herb Alpert is a man with a profound passion.

Born in Los Angeles, the future trumpeter came of age in a house filled with music. At the age of eight, he was drawn to the trumpet in a music appreciation class in his elementary school.

“I was very fortunate that I had that exposure to music and was encouraged

to stick with it. Years ago, when the arts programs were cut out of our public schools, so many kids stopped having that kind of opportunity.”

A legendary trumpet player, Alpert’s extraordinary musicianship has earned him five #1 hits, nine Grammy® Awards, the latest from his 2014 album, “Steppin’ Out,” fifteen Gold albums, fourteen Platinum albums and has sold over 72 million records. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass propelled his sound into

the pop music limelight, at one point outselling the Beatles two to one. In 1966, they achieved the since-unmatched feat of simultaneously having four albums in the Top 10 – and five in the Top 20. Herb Alpert also has the distinction of being the only artist who has had a #1 instrumental and a #1 vocal single.

Some of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass’ fourteen Top 40 singles include: “The Lonely Bull,” “Mexican Shuffle,” “Spanish Flea,” and the Grammy® winners “A Taste Of Honey” and “What Now My Love,” and the #1 hits “This Guy’s In Love With You” and “Rise.” In 2016, the Herb Alpert Presents record label released 30 deluxe re-masters of the entire TJB catalogue plus all of Herb’s solo albums from the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s. In all, Alpert has recorded over forty albums and produced for many other artists, including Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66, Stan Getz, Michel Colombier, Gato Barbieri and Alpert’s wife, GRAMMY winning vocalist Lani Hall, to name a few.

As an industry leader, Alpert’s commitment to artists with personal vision guided A&M Records (with partner Jerry Moss) from a Hollywood garage operation into one of the most successful independent record labels in music history that started in 1962 with Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Stars including Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones, Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66, Stan Getz, Cat Stevens, Supertramp, The Carpenters, Carole King, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton, The Police and scores of others that are evidence of the consistent quality and diversity of the A&M Records family.

In 2006, Alpert and Moss were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in recognition of their accomplishments and are a part of the Grammy Museum’s “Icons of the Music Industry” series.

In 2013 Herb Alpert was awarded The National Medal of Arts Award by President Barack Obama for his musical, philanthropic and artistic contributions.

Herb Alpert has continually explored other artistic ventures, always acknowledging a connection between music and visual art in his creative process. A painter for over four decades, Alpert’s bold, abstract expressionist canvases have been exhibited internationally and are a part of the permanent collections of MoCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Los Angeles, the Tennessee State Art Museum in Nashville, the Kranzberg Arts Foundation in St. Louis as well as the University of California Los Angeles. Herb’s work has been exhibited in galleries around the U.S, Europe and Asia.

A sculptor for over three decades, Alpert has installed his lyrical sculpture and his massive, bronze Totem sculptures on public display throughout Los Angles, New York City, Nashville Tennessee, and most recently a permanent installation at the Field Museum in Chicago.

Alpert explains, “There is a certain satisfaction and energy that comes from playing the horn – a feeling that I am really in my element. I am passionate about what I am doing, whether painting, sculpting or playing the trumpet. I am just trying to create whatever comes out in the spontaneity of the moment.”

Broadway theatre is another arena in which Alpert has enjoyed success. His producing credits include the Tony Award/Pulitzer Prize-winning production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, Jelly’s Last Jam, Arthur Miller’s Broken Glass, August Wilson’s Seven Guitars and The Boy from Oz.

With his desire to bring the arts back to young people, the Herb Alpert Foundation is helping to change the educational environment. The Herb Alpert Foundation supports a number of educational, arts and compassionoriented programs, dedicated to serving young people to help them reach their potential and lead productive, fulfilling lives and to support their unique creative energies and special talents. HAF supports young people to live free from prejudice and, with its many programs, nurtures a capacity for empathy, compassion, mutual respect, tolerance and kindness.

The Herb Alpert Foundation, which Herb created with his wife, Lani Hall Alpert, in 1985, was instrumental in establishing the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz graduate program at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, founded with an endowment from the Foundation in 2007, aspires to educate the whole student through productive collaborations between performance and scholarship and preparatory training for a broad range of careers in music.

In 2008, through an endowment from the Foundation, the school of music at CalArts was named for Herb Alpert. This gift continues to support music scholarships, endow three faculty chairs, and fund faculty programs at a school known for its rigorous training in a variety of musical styles and cultures. Continuing their support of arts education, the Foundation created an endowment in 2016 to provide music majors at Los Angeles City College tuition – free attendance, additional private lessons, and further financial aid to enable them to succeed in their community college experience. Over the

past nine years Herb has come to the rescue of the legendary Harlem School of the Arts, establishing an endowment that not only prevented the school from closing its doors but has led to a major redesign of the campus, financial aid and the funds to thrive as a key arts destination for the community.

Over the past 25 years, 125 mid-career, risk-taking artists have received the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, an award administered by the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), which also houses the Herb Alpert School of Music at Cal Arts.

In addition to his on-going creative outlets in music, philanthropy and the arts, Alpert owns the noted Vibrato restaurant/jazz club in Bel-Air, California. He also continues to perform and tour across the country with his wife, Grammy-winning vocalist, Lani Hall and their band.

Herb’s priorities derive from the same sense of generosity and humility that has guided him through a long, illustrious career. In all of these ventures, there is a harmony not unlike Alpert’s music. A flowing of energy and sound, a dedication to quality, which sustains everything Alpert does. With more than 40 years of continuous philanthropic, musical and artistic activity, Alpert has established a legacy that reflects his firm belief that the arts can make a difference in the world and in the lives of each of us.

LANI HALL

Two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist and producer Lani Hall started her singing career in 1966 as the lead singer of Sergio Mendes’s breakthrough group, Brasil ’66. She left behind her city roots in Chicago and for 5 years performed throughout the world. While

Lani’s singing career took her on the road, she also focused on her writing— committing to the page her personal impressions of the world around her. Sergio Mendes further expanded her writing career by asking Lani to write the English lyrics for many of the band’s Brazilian songs.

In 1966, A&M Records signed Brasil ’66 and Lani met her future husband, music legend, Herb Alpert, who is also the co-founder of A&M Records. Herb and Lani married in 1973.

Lani has the distinction of recording more than 22 albums in three different languages (English, Portuguese and Spanish, and in 1983, she sang the title song for the James Bond film, Never Say Never Again. In 1986 Hall won with her first Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance for her album, Es Facil Amar. Hall picked up her second Grammy Award as producer on Herb Alpert’s 2013 Grammy winning album, Steppin’ Out. Since 2006, Hall and Alpert have been touring with their band to sell out performances.

After establishing a successful solo career in music, and becoming a wife and mother, Lani began to explore new creative outlets for her writing. In the early 1980’s, while singing in Mexico City, she started writing in short story form. Her writing process is similar to her singing process in so far as she can visually see a song/lyric unfold before her, as if she were watching a movie.

Her debut book, Emotional Memoirs & Short Stories, compiles 10 short stories from 30 years of writing short fiction and true stories from her life—all woven together by a connecting personal narrative, with the city of Chicago as the backdrop. Her characters are intelligent,

modern women struggling to navigate the uncertain waters of adultery, therapy, cosmetic surgery, postpartum depression and their own sexuality. Lou Adler describes Lani’s book as “freeform as a jazz piece weaving in and out of intriguing situations and indelible characters. She writes as she sings, with emotion and passion.”

With the release of her audio book, Emotional Memoirs & Short Stories, Hall has mixed her two creative expressions to make one total experience. Her emotional narration at the forefront, Lani has placed a unique, musically scored soundtrack, creating an emotional landscape of music, to all 10 stories, making each chosen scene come to vivid life. Emotional Memoirs & Short Stories gives us a rare glimpse at the doubleedged sword that is the life of an artist.

For more information, visit Lani’s website at www.lanihall.com.

HERB & LANI’S BAND

HUSSAIN JIFFRY

Since arriving in Los Angeles in 1988 from his native land of Sri Lanka (via Europe), Hussain Jiffry has become one of the most sought-after bassists in Los Angeles.

During the past twenty-five years Hussain has become an in-demand studio session player, songwriter, arranger, producer, engineer and music educator. He writes, arranges and produces various artists at his studio in Tarzana, CA. Hussain won a Grammy in January 2014 for engineering Herb Alpert’s CD Steppin’ Out.

Some of the artists that Hussain has recorded, toured or performed with: Tom Scott, Michael Bolton, The Atlanta Symphony, Lamont Dozier, David Foster, Michael McDonald, Dionne Warwick,

Chaka Khan, Crystal Gayle, Jack Jones, The Four Tops, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Gloria Gaynor, Robben Ford, Phoebe Snow, Marty Stuart, Sam Moore, Steve Winwood, Whitney Houston, Tito Puente, Carol King, Melissa Manchester, Al McKay All Stars, Ignacio Berroa, Christopher Cross, “Yanni”, Sergio Mendes and Stewart Copeland. Hussain’s website: www.hussainjiffry.com/bio

TIKI PASILLAS

Ricardo “Tiki” Pasillas is a drummer and multi-percussionist, and vocalist who has performed professionally for over a decade. As a teenager he won a Berkelee College of Music scholarship. Later, Tiki received the Latin stylist award at the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles.

Tiki has performed and or recorded with many notable jazz, pop, and Latin performers, such as Ricky Martin, Carlos Santana, Michael Jackson, Destiny’s Child, EI DeBarge, Poncho Sanchez, Marc Anthony, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Chick Correa, Sheila E, Cachao, Giovanni Hidalgo, Alex Acuna, Pete Escovedo, Tito Nieves, Bobby Shew, Kenny Kirkland, Justo Almario, Susie Hansen, Hiroshima, Peter Erskine, Horace Silver, Juan Pablo Torres, Paquito D’Rivera, and Kazu & Keiko Matsui, among others. Tiki sang the song “Listen to the Music” for the movie Sing and its soundtrack. Tiki’s website: sing.fandom.com/wiki/Tiki_Pasillas

BILL CANTOS

In addition to Herb & Lani, keyboardist/ vocalist Bill Cantos also tours as a featured performer with Burt Bacharach. Bill’s songs have been covered by Lea Salonga, Ramsey Lewis, Brenda Russell, Cheryl Bentyne, Helen Baylor, Flora Purim, and Patti Austin; he has also toured/recorded with Phil Collins, Alan Bergman, Dori Caymmi, Gal Costa,

Kirk Whalum, Sergio Mendes, Deniece Williams, Leon Russell and Elton John. His most recent solo album is LOVE WINS: NEW STANDARDS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM, a collection of original songs written in the style of classic standards. He was recently honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the New England Conservatory of Music. He is currently working on new writing projects with his wife, Mari Falcone. www.billcantos.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

Dr. Maryanne Elliott

Paula Harshaw

Madeline Abramson

Owsley Brown II (1942–2011)

Wendell Cherry (1935–1991)

William H. Jones

Kate Latts

Joseph Leavell

Patricia A. Mathison

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 • Eileen Saunders, Secretary • Cindy Zipperle, Treasurer

Carolle Jones Clay

J. Tim Galbraith

Lillian Hunt

Brad Keller

Chris Kipper

R. Charles Moyer

Doug Owen

Rolf Provan

Chase Sanders

Diane Tobin, Ph.D.

Ruth Wimsatt Trautwein

Lisa Zangari

KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS EXECUTIVE STAFF

Kim Baker President and CEO

Heather Weston Bell

Senior Vice President, Community Engagement

Tamekka Cornelius, Ph.D. Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Nick Covault Vice President, Education and Community

KENTUCKY

Dawn Driskell Vice President, Finance

Chris Kaelin Vice President, Operations

Loren Mills Vice President, Human Resources

Will Richards

Vice President, Facilities & Production

Julie Roberts

Vice President, Development & Advocacy

Rob Schmidlapp Vice President, Information Systems

Christian Adelberg Vice President, Marketing & Communications

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

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

B. J. KILLIAN FOUNDATION

Welch Printing

TOURISM, ARTS AND HERITAGE CABINET

ANNUAL SUPPORT

Commonwealth of Kentucky, The Honorable Andy Beshear, Governor Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet | The Honorable Lindy Casebier, Secretary | The Kentucky General Assembly Kentucky Performing Arts Foundation, as of 4/22/24.

The Honorable & Mrs. Jerry E. Abramson, matched by Hardscuffle, Inc.

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LEO Weekly**

Lexus of Louisville

LG&E and KU Foundation

Douglas Lotz & Gentry Easley

Ronald Loughry & Bethany Breetz

Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government

Louisville Tourism

Louisville Public Media**

Louisville Water

Meredith Loveless

Heather Lucas

James D. Ludwig

Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lynch

Mansbach Endowment Fund at Foundation for the Tri-State Community

Rick Mann

Rebecca Mark

Tom & Joslyn Marksbury

Martha & Jerry Martin

William & Sandra Martz

Masonic Homes of Kentucky

Tim & Dair Mathistad

Elizabeth McCoy

Elizabeth McGuire

C.T. McKenna

Madelyn Mees

Julia Meredith

Kathryn Mershon & Todd Gardner

Drs. Chris D. Mescia & Tricia J. Gray

Katherine Milam

Mildred V. Horn Foundation

Dave & Linda Miles

Carolyn Miller

Terri & Dave Miller

Jack & Marilyn Monohan

Jennifer A. Moore

Pat Moremen

Dennis Morris & Linda Ellingsworth

Mr. Glenn E. Mowbray & Ms. Colette Crown

Mr. & Mrs. R. Charles Moyer

Ann Mudge

Dr. Marcia Myers

Alex Ng

Mary & Ted Nixon

Kevin & Emily Nolan

Ms. Susan H. Norris

Northwestern Mutual

The Norton Foundation, Inc.

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

Sean O’Leary

Judith Olliges

Kevin Olusola

Doug & Shari Owen

Patrick Owen & Norman Dixon

Stephen & Cindy Owen

Meredith Parente

C. Grey Pash

Ashley B. Pearl

Lynn Pereira

Danielle Perkins

Amber Peter

Duane Peterson

Nathan Petrie

Mike & Cindy Phelps

PNC Bank

PNC Broadway in Louisville/ Louisville Theatrical Association

PNC Foundation

Henry & Sharon Potter

Carol & Hank Preston

Rolf Provan & Yamilca Rodriguez

Mitchell & Cindee Rapp

Gordon & Patty Rademaker

Mitchell & Cindy Rapp

Tracy Redmon

Rick & Becky Reed

Ms. Linda Remington

Republic Bank

Republic Bank Foundation

Dr. Jeffrey Richardson

For Louise V. Richter

Laura Rigenberger

Jonathan & Julie Roberts

Robert & Clarice Rogers

PPL Foundation on behalf of Stephanie Root

Mark & Kay Rountree

The Ephraim & Wilma Shaw

Roseman Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Rounsavall, III

Mark & Kay Rountree

Mr. Anthony & Mrs. Jane Ruhl

John W. Russ & Cheryl Ungerleider

Jamie & Michelle Sanders

Billy Santos

Russell & Theresa Saunders

Stephanie Schaefer

Rob & Hope Schmidlapp

Dr. Marilyn Schorin

ANNUAL SUPPORT

In Memory of Eudora Vance Scott

Seelbach Hotel**

Ann Shake

Linda Shelman

Joseph & Joan Sireci

Larry Sloan & Helen Cohen

Joseph Small

Keith Smiley

Jerry Smith

Mahalia Smith

Nathan Smith, matched by GE Appliances, a Haier Company

Mr. & Mrs. Kenney M. Snell

Tom & Cara Solley

Dr. Charles Sowder

Phillip & Karen Sparkes

SquarePeg Group Inc.

Peggy Stamps & Randall Vaughn

Bob & Silvana Steen

Robert Steinmetz & Barbara Elliot

Mary Clay Stites

Bill Stone

William Stout

Drs. Catherine Newton & Gordon Strauss

Lindy Street

Barbara & Richard Sweet

David & Carolyn Tandy, matched by Humana Inc.

Malissa Taylor

Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Thacker

JUNE

1-2

Railbird Music Festival The Red Mile Racecouse, Lexington RailbirdFest.com 12

Lionel Richie & Earth, Wind & Fire KFC YUM! Center Ticketmaster.com

20-30 (and July 16, 19, 24) The Comedy of Errors Kentucky Shakespeare in Central Park KYShakespeare.com

28

The Flaming Lips (Rock) Iroquois Ampitheater IroquoisAmphitheater.com 29

Ms. Brenda Thompson

Karen Thompson

Mark & Martha Thompson

Ron & Mary Thompson

Dr. Diane Tobin

Josh & Olesia Toole

Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky

Sandra Trager

Bryan & Ruth Trautwein

Laura G. Turner Charitable Foundation

Melanie Twyman

Bob & Vicky Ullrich

University of Kentucky College of Design**

University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts** University of Kentucky Office of the Provost**

Jerry & Sandy Uslander

Robert & Sally Vail

Robert & Bonnie Vogt Volunteers of the Kentucky Center*

Dina Vuturo

Timothy Walker

Gary Wall

Rev. Valerie Washington

Nathan & Olivia Webb

Dr. John & Mrs. Linda Weeter

Dr. Robert & Mrs. Sarina Weiss

Welch Printing**

John & Marilyn Werst

Rebecca West

WHAS 11**

Edyth Wheeler

Stephen & Patricia Wheeler

Lorraine Whitney

Chad & Jayne Willett

Winchester Council for the Arts

Benjamin Wiseman

Phoebe Wood

Michael & Jeannie Wright

Ralph Wright

David F. Young & Cheryl Cahill

Lisa & Nick Zangari

Dr. Kenneth & Shelly Zegart

Brian Zehnder & 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

The Wailers "Legend" 40th Anniversary Tour (Reggae) 8PM

Headliners Music Hall HeadlinersLouisville.com

JULY

July 5-14, 18, 21, 25, 28 The Tempest Kentucky Shakespeare in Central Park KyShakespeare.com 11

Brit Floyd: PULSE World Tour (Pink Floyd Tribute) Iroquois Ampitheater IroquoisAmphitheater.com

Check Your Head: A Beastie Boys Tribute (Hip hop/rap) 8PM

Headliners Music Hall HeadlinersLouisville.com 30

Charley Crockett (Blues/country) 8PM Iroquois Amphitheater IroquoisAmphitheater.com

AUGUST 13

Buddy Guy: Damn Right Farewell 7:30PM

The Kentucky

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 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 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.

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