Audience | Kentucky Performing Arts | March-April 2024

WELCOME TO THE THEATER!

Spring is in the air, and that means the Kentucky Derby is right around the corner! Kentucky Performing Arts is proud to once again help kick off the Derby Festival Season with Thunder at The Kentucky Center. Saturday, April 20th, make The Kentucky Center your homebase for amazing views of the Thunder air show and the fireworks both inside the building and outside on the Belvedere. Plus, you can enjoy live performances from Redline Performing Arts and Cowboy Preachers Club, family activities, and a fabulous menu from Levy Restaurants, while enjoying the top tier service you’ve come to expect from Kentucky’s premiere performing arts center.

In the coming months, we are thrilled to bring you a wide variety of unique and diverse events in our family of venues. Coming soon to The Kentucky Center, famed comedian and storyteller Ali Siddiq brings his new show I’ve Got A Story To Tell to the Bomhard Theater, PNC Broadway in Louisville presents the local premiere of Beetlejuice in Whitney Hall, and Kentucky Performing ArtsReach presents local artist Robin G’s new poetry film ILYBNLILM (I love You But Not Like I Love Me) in the MeX Theater. ILYBNLILM is part of an exciting new initiative called the MeX Project, which elevates artists and organizations within our community by providing fully underwritten opportunities to produce creative work in The Kentucky Center’s Boyd Martin Experimental Theater (MeX). There will be more MeX Project announcements coming soon so stay tuned to social media for updates. Also, at the Brown Theatre, Ben Portsmith, fresh from sellout performances everywhere from Vegas to London’s West End, brings his tribute to the King of Rock and Roll This Is Elvis to Louisville. And Kentucky Performing Arts, in partnership with 91.9 WFPK, welcomes Old Crow Medicine Show to Old Forester’s Paristown Hall.

That’s just a small sample of the events you can look forward to. As you wait for tonight’s performance to begin, please take a moment to visit our website, KentuckyPerformingArts.org, to learn more about all the fantastic artists coming to our stages. I encourage you to sample as many of these diverse programs as you can.

Thank you for being here tonight and enjoy the show.

Kim Baker President and CEO, Kentucky Performing Arts

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South �sian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of �rt

February 16 – May 12, 2024

Replete with over 80 jewellike painted portraits and manuscript illuminations reflecting the rich and diverse artistic traditions of South Asia from the 16th–19th centuries, this presentation promises to dazzle visitors of all ages and backgrounds.

Tickets at speedmuseum.org

Organized By

Exhibition Support By Rose Mary Toebbe Trust Rishabh and Lopa Mehrotra

Media Sponsor

Exhibition Season

Support By Cary Brown and Steven E.

Epstein

Debra and Ronald Murphy Sociable Weaver Foundation

Detail:

Two lovers sharing a drink

Rajasthan, Jaipur ca. 1780

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

8 21/32 x 7 9/32 in. (22 x 18.5 cm)

The San Diego Museum of Art, Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, 1990.861

Kentucky Performing Arts presents

BLACK VIOLIN: THE EXPERIENCE TOUR

Thursday, March 21, 2024 | 7:30pm | Brown Theatre

It’s a unique thing that brings people together who aren’t usually in the same room, and in the current climate, it’s good to bring people together.

For nearly two decades, Black Violin has been merging string arrangements with modern beats and vocals and building bridges in communities along the way. Members Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste first met in orchestra class at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, becoming classically trained on the violin and viola through their high school and college careers. Post-college, they reconvened to produce beats for South Florida rappers, and began building an audience in local clubs. They later went on to win Showtime at the Apollo in 2005, and eventually sold out headline performances at venues across the country, including a sold out two-night headline run at The Kennedy Center in 2018.

NPR took note and declared “their music will keep classical music alive for the next generation.” Black Violin’s 2019 album release, Take the Stairs, earned a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Contemporary Instrumental Album”. The band also recently received their second ever Grammy Award nomination for the track “The Message” as Best Americana Performance, in collaboration with The Blind Boys of Alabama.

Black Violin plays roughly 200 shows a year; many of which are performances for young, low-income students in urban communities. In the last year alone,

the group has played for over 100,000 students with the goal of challenging stereotypes and preconceived notions of what a “classical musician” looks and sounds like. “The stereotypes are always there, embedded so deep in our culture,” says Wil. “Just by nature of our existence we challenge those ideas. It’s a unique thing that brings people together who aren’t usually in the same room, and in the current climate, it’s good to bring people together.”

In 2019, the group launched the Black Violin Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering youth by providing access to quality music programs in their community. BVF believes that music and access to music programs should not be determined by race, gender, or socio-economic status. Black Violin Foundation’s inaugural program the Musical Innovation Grant for Continuing Education will provide scholarships to young music students to attend a program of their liking that fosters musical creativity and innovation.

For more info on Black Violin: blackviolin.net

For more info on the Black Violin Foundation: blackviolinfoundation.org Discography: blackviolin.net/albums/

Kentucky Performing Arts presents

MICHAEL W. SMITH

Sunday, March 24, 2024 | 7:00pm | Brown Theatre

Michael W. Smith has been releasing new music regularly and performing around the world to sold-out crowds for the last 35+ years. During his storied career, he's written and recorded over 36 No. 1 songs, been bestowed with three GRAMMY® Awards and 45 Dove Awards, one American Music Award, was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and has sold more than 15 million albums.

Amassing an in-depth catalog of achievements, Smith was also honored

with a star-studded tribute concert in Nashville, TN to celebrate his 35 No. 1s, by a myriad of legendary performers. In 2021, he released a re-envisioned live version of #1 highest-selling album of all time, Worship, in honor of its 20th anniversary. His critically acclaimed studio album A Million Lights and live worship album Surrounded have together become his 30th and 31st Top 10 hits on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart, more than any other solo artist in history.

More than just an outstanding songwriter and performer, Smith has given back to the global community throughout his career. Smith has raised funds to battle AIDS in Africa, started Rocketown, a safe haven for young people in Tennessee to meet and find hope; and has helped more than 70,000 children through Compassion International. He has also written several bestselling books, including Old Enough To Know and Friends Are Friends Forever.

Get Connected with Michael W. Smith: michaelwsmith.com

facebook.com/michaelwsmithofficial twitter.com/michaelwsmith instagram.com/mwsmithofficial

Kentucky Performing Arts and Murray & Peter present

GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LAUGHS CONTINUE

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | 7:30pm | Brown Theatre

The Golden Girls are back! Miami's sassiest seniors have returned for one more hurrah. 2024 finds Sophia out on bail, after being busted by the DEA for running a drug ring for retirees. Blanche and Rose have founded CreakN, a thriving sex app for seniors. And Dorothy is trying to hold it all together, with help from her much younger, sex-crazed love

interest. Relive the heartfelt hilarity of four ladies who never stopped being your friends!

There will be a 20-minute intermission. The Tour is produced by Murray & Peter Present and Innovation Arts & Entertainment. Get tour info at GoldenGirlsTour.com. This production is rated 18+ only (adult theme comedy).

Miami’s sassiest seniors return for one more hurrah in an all new show written by Robert Leleux and directed by Eric Swanson. Imagine what the gals would be doing today if they were still alive. Get ready for the hilarious shenanigans!

Ryan Bernier

(Dorothy) is a Florida born actor, director, and educator now living in Detroit, MI. Currently a candidate in Wayne State University's M.F.A. acting program, his regional credits include Fairview (Mack), Hamlet (Hamlet), and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Leaf Coneybear). He would like to thank his friends, family, and cat for their unending support. IG: @ryanarthurbernier

Vince Kelley

(Blanche) is a Michigan native but considers himself a Southern Belle at heart. Getting to bring Blanche to life onstage is a long-time dream of Vince’s that only Murray and Peter, along with their fantastic team, could have made possible. Vince has been acting/singing/dancing/costuming/ writing here and there for just over 30 years now, which is weird because he’s only 25. He is terribly excited to add this production to his resume. Special thanks to this cast for keeping it fun on and off stage and to his own personal “Big Daddy,” Matthew. Enjoy the show! IG: @vincekelley

Adam Graber (Rose), originally from the upper peninsula of Michigan, holds a BFA in Theatre from Western Michigan University and is currently an MFA Acting candidate at Wayne State University. Previously, he was seen at Great Lakes Theater as a teaching artist performing and teaching Shakespeare and American Classics to schools in the Cleveland and Northwest Ohio area through their residency program. Some other professional credits include: A Christmas Carol (Actor 4) at Tipping Point Theatre, RENT (Angel), Merry Wives of Windsor (Dr. Caius) and Everybody (Somebody) at The Hilberry Theatre, and The Taming of the Shrew (Curtis) at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. He is excited and honored to be able to play Rose Nylund of the legendary Golden Girls. He dedicates this performance to his parents and family for the love and support he's always received.

IG: allegedly_adamgraber

Christopher Kamm (Sophia) is thrilled to be working with this incredible team and to be bringing one of his favorite ladies back to life. Credits include: Rock of Ages

(Drew), The 25th...Spelling Bee (Coneybear), bare: a pop opera (Regional Premier, Peter), The Who's Tommy (Cousin Kevin), Oceania Cruises (Lead Singer), and Pam Tillis’ Holiday Spectacular (Costume Designer). Much love to this INSANELY talented and funny cast, M&P for the amazing opportunity, and mostly to his better baking half, Richard! This one’s for you Dragon Lady. Stay Golden! IG: @Christopher_kamm

Jason Bowen (Stan/ Burt), originally hailing from Chicago, IL, currently resides in the Detroit Metro Area. In Detroit, Jason has been seen on stage with Tipping Point Theater, Nicely Theater Company

Emerald City, First Stage, Light Opera Works, The Music Theatre Company, The Bailiwick, MadKap Productions, Chicago Performing Arts Center, Shedd Aquarium and Navy Pier Skyline Stage and Quest Theatre Ensemble. Regionally, he has performed with Crossroads Repertory Theater (IN), Cardinal Stage Company (IN), Cortland Repertory (NY), The Sharon Morse Performing Arts Center/Theater Del Sol (FL), and The Showboat Becky Thatcher (OH). Jason has served as the Cruise Director and Master of Ceremonies for Norwegian Cruise Lines and he can continually be seen regionally and nationally on television as well as print. Bowen is an accomplished stilt dancer, puppeteer and freelance drama instructor and currently travels the

Renee Fleming Acclaimed Singer

YOUR GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA

ANNOUNCES 2024–25 SEASON

CLASSICS SERIES POPS SERIES

The Planets

September 14, 2024

Carmina Burana

October 19, 2024

Ray Chen Plays Barber

November 16–17, 2024

Midori and An Alpine Symphony

January 18, 2025

Teddy Conducts Der Kaiser Von Atlantis

January 25, 2025

Ravel’s Romantic Reverie –A Valentine’s Day Concert

February 15, 2025

Stravinsky’s Firebird

March 8, 2025

Creators Fest

May 10, 2025

Star Trek: Musical Voyage Through the Stars

October 25–26, 2024

Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey

November 09, 2024

Holiday Pops

December 14, 2024

Decades: Back to the 80s

February 22, 2025

A Night of Symphonic Boy Bands

March 22, 2025

Special Guest to Be Announced

April 18, 2025

FILM SERIES

(Un)Silent Film: Nosferatu

October 23, 2024

The Nightmare Before Christmas

November 23, 2024

Raiders of The Lost Ark

February 19, 2025

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 1

April 09, 2025

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 2

April 11, 2025

MOMIX and Kentucky Performing Arts present

Alice

Thursday, March 28, 2024 | 7:30pm | Brown Theatre

FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MOSES PENDLETON

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CYNTHIA QUINN with

HEATHER CONN, NATHANIEL DAVIS, DEREK ELLIOTT JR., HAILEY GREEN, AURELIE GARCIA, SEAH HAGAN, AND ADAM ROSS

MOMIX dedicates this performance to Órla Baxendale. A MOMIX dancer, colleague, and friend who passed all too soon at 25 years old on January 11, 2024. Órla's spirit, joy, and love will never be forgotten.

Tonight and always, we dance for her.

MOMIX: PO Box 1035 Washington, Connecticut 06793

1-860-868-7545 I info@momix.com I www.momix.com

REPRESENTATION:

Margaret Selby - Selby Artists/Management 262 West 38th Street, Suite 1701 New York, NY 10018

1-212-382-3260 I mselby@selbyartistsmgmt.com I SelbyArtistsMgmt.com

Instagram @MomixOfficial | Facebook @OfficialMomix | Twitter @Momix #MOMIXALICE

PROGRAM NOTES

Travel down the rabbit hole MOMIX-style with Moses Pendleton’s newest creation, ALICE, inspired by Alice in Wonderland. As Alice’s body grows and shrinks and grows again, MOMIX dancers extend themselves by means of props, ropes, and other dancers.

“We don’t intend to retell the whole Alice story,” he says,“but to use it as a taking off point for invention. I’m curious to see what will emerge, and I’m getting curiouser and curiouser the more I learn about Lewis Caroll. I share his passion for photography and his proclivity for puns”.

The Alice story is full of imagery and absurd logic – before there was Surrealism, there was Alice. Alice is an invitation to invent, to let the imagination run wild. “Go Ask Alice”, sang Grace Slick in “White Rabbit” – she also said, “feed your head”.

Pendleton continues, “You can see why I think Alice is a natural fit for MOMIX and an opportunity for us to extend our reach. We want to take this show into places we haven’t been before in terms of the fusion of dance, lighting, music, costumes, and projected imagery. Our puns are visual, not verbal. It’s not modern dance, it’s Momix – under the spell of Lewis Carroll, who was under the spell of Alice – who was still learning to spell.”

As with every MOMIX production, you never quite know what you are going to get. Hopefully, audiences will be taken on a journey that is both magical, mysterious, fun, eccentric, and much more. As Alice falls down the rabbit hole and experiences every kind of transformation, we invite you to follow her.

We see Alice as an invitation to invent, to dream, to alter the way we perceive the world, to open it to new possibilities. The stage is our rabbit hole, we welcome you to drop in!.”

– Moses Pendleton, Artistic Director

ALICE SOUNDTRACK

Des Chapeaux dans les Lapins by Odezenne - Alix Calliet, Jacques Cormary, and Matthia Lucchini, SDRM; Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks, Womb Duvet by Origamibiro -Tom Hill, Andy Tytherleigh, and The Joy of Box, Two Thousand and Eleven Ribbon Music; Faster and Faster by Tony Kinsey, KMP LTD; Fortress of Doors, Fungiferous Flora, Skool Daze, Falling Down the Rabbit Hole by Chris Vrenna & Mark Blasquez, Almo/Pink Lava; Taal Se Taal by Alka Yagnik & Udit Narayan - A.R. Rahman & Anand Bakshi, Tips Industry Music Publishing; The Cheshire Cat by Danny Elfman, Wonderland Music Company; Restless by Sounds from the Ground - Nick Woolfson & Eliot Jones, Sherlock Holmes Music LTD; The Lobster Quadrille by Franz Ferdinand - Alexander Huntley, Nick McCarthy, Paul Thompson, and Robert Hardy, Universal Polygram Intl.; Mexicali, Jacquadi by Polo and Pan - Paul Armand-Delille & Alexandre Grynszpan, EOS; 1977 by Ana Tijoux, BMG; Don't Worry, We'll Be Watching You, Smoke and Mirrors by Gotye - Wouter De Backer, Songs of Kobalt Music.; Prologue/Cherry Ripe by Richard Hartley, He Pro Tunes, Inc.; The Sea by Joey Pecoraro, Rough Trade Songs; Divine Moments of Truth by Shpongle - Simon James Posford & Raja Ram, Twisted Music LTD; Requiem by House Made of Dawn, Arcane Creative Publishing; 2 Songar (Two Songs) II Vogguvis (Lullaby) by Jon Leifs, Iceland Music Information Center; Indifferent Universe, Liminalidad, Espera by Lucrecia Dalt, RVNG Intl.; White Rabbit Written by Grace Slick, Published by Mole Music (BMI) All rights reserved, (used by permission); Perpetuum Mobile by Simon Jeffes, Daniel Myer, Barbara Thompson, and Dejan Samardzic, Editions Penguin Cafe LTD.

PROGRAM NOTES

ACT ONE: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

A Summer Day

Alice Down the Rabbit Hole

Pool of Tears

A Trip of Rabbits

The Tweedles

The Cheshire Cat

Advice from a Blue Caterpillar

The Lobster Quadrille

Mad Hatters

The Queen of Diamonds

The Queen of Clubs Versus The Queen of Spades

The Mad Queen of Hearts

Cracked Mirrors

ACT TWO: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

There is Another Shore

Into the Woods

The Wolf-Spied-Her

Looking Through Stained Glass

Garden of Molar Bears & Other Creatures

The Mock Turtle Deflated

Trial of the Fallen Cards

Bed of Roses

Go Ask Alice

ABOUT the COMPANY

MOMIX, a company of dancer-illusionists founded and directed by Moses Pendleton, has been presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty for more than 40 years. From its base in Washington, Connecticut, the company has developed a devoted worldwide following. In addition to stage performances, MOMIX has also worked in film and television, as well as corporate advertising, with national commercials for Hanes and Target, and presentations for Mercedes-Benz, Fiat, and Pirelli. With performances on PBS’s “Dance in America” series, France’s Antenne II, and Italian RAI television, the company’s repertory has been beamed to 55 countries. The Rhombus Media film of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition with MOMIX and the Montreal Symphony was the winner of an International Emmy for Best Performing Arts Special. MOMIX was also featured in IMAGINE, one of the first 3-D IMAX films released in IMAX theaters worldwide. MOMIX dancers Cynthia Quinn and Karl Baumann, under Moses Pendleton’s direction, played the role of “Bluey” in the feature film F/X2, and White Widow, co-choreographed by Pendleton and Quinn, was featured in Robert Altman’s movie The Company. With nothing more than light, shadow, fabric, props, and the human body, MOMIX continues to astonish and delight audiences on five continents.

DANCERS of the COMPANY

ADAM ROSS

HALIEY GREEN

HEATHER CONN

AURELIE GARCIA

NATHANIEL DAVIS

DEREK ELLIOTT JR.

SEAH HAGAN

WHO'S WHO in the COMPANY

MOSES PENDLETON

(Artistic Director) has been one of America’s most innovative and widely performed choreographers and directors for over 50 years. He co-founded the ground-breaking Pilobolus Dance Theater in 1971 while still a student at Dartmouth College. Pilobolus shot to fame in the 1970s. By the end of the decade, he had begun to work outside of Pilobolus, performing in and serving as principal choreographer for the Paris Opera’s Intégrale Erik Satie in 1979 and choreographing the Closing Ceremony of the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid in 1980. In that same year he created MOMIX, with Alison Chase, which rapidly established an international reputation for inventive and often illusionistic choreography. The troupe has now been creating new work under his direction and touring worldwide for over four decades. Mr. Pendleton has also been active as a performer and choreographer for other companies. He has worked extensively in film, TV, and opera and as a choreographer for ballet companies and special events. He staged Picabia’s Dadaist ballet Relâche for the Paris Opera Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet, and Tutuguri, based on the writings of Artaud, for the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He created the role of the Fool for Yuri Lyubimov’s production of Mussorgsky’s Khovanschina at La Scala, choreographed Rameau’s Platée for the U.S. Spoleto Festival, and contributed choreography to Lina Wertmuller’s production of Carmen at the Munich State Opera. Mr. Pendleton has created new works for the Arizona Ballet and the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, and he teamed up with Danny Ezralow and David Parsons, both former MOMIX dancers, to choreograph AEROS with the Romanian National Gymnastics Team. Mr. Pendleton choreographed The Doves of Peace, featuring Diana Vishneva and 50 Russian ballerinas, for the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter

Olympics at Sochi. Film and television work includes the feature film F/X2 with Cynthia Quinn, Moses Pendleton Presents Moses Pendleton for ABC ARTS cable (winner of a CINE Golden Eagle award), and Pictures at an Exhibition with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony, which received an International Emmy for Best Performing Arts Special in 1991. He has also made music videos with Prince, Julian Lennon, and Cathy Dennis, among others. Mr. Pendleton is also an avid photographer whose work has been presented in Rome, Milan, Florence, and Aspen. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1977, a recipient of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Governor’s Award in 1998, received the Positano Choreographic Award in 1999, and the 2002 American Choreography Award for his contributions to choreography for film and television. In 2010, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (HDFA) from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he delivered the commencement address. In 2021, Mr. Pendleton received the degree of Doctor of Arts, honoris causa, from Dartmouth College, for his lifetime contributions to the arts.

CYNTHIA QUINN

(Associate Director) grew up in Southern California where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Riverside then continued on as an Associate in Dance for five years. As a member of Pilobolus in the 1980s, she performed on Broadway and throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Israel and Japan. Ms. Quinn began performing with MOMIX in 1983 and has toured worldwide with the company. She has appeared in television programs, films, and music videos, and has assisted Moses Pendleton in the choreography on numerous projects. She has also appeared as a guest artist with the Ballet Théâtre Française de

Nancy, the Deutsche Oper Berlin Ballet, and the Munich State Opera, as well as international galas in Italy, France and Japan. Ms. Quinn is a board member of the Nutmeg Conservatory in Torrington, Conn., and is on the advisory board of the Torrington’s Susan B. Anthony Project. She was featured with Ru Paul and k.d. lang for M.A.C. Cosmetics’ “Fashion Cares” benefit in Toronto and Vancouver. More recently, she co-choreographed The Doves of Peace, featuring Diana Vishneva, for the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Her most rewarding and challenging role, however, has been as a mother to her daughter, Quinn Elisabeth.

HEATHER CONN (Dancer) is originally from New York. She attended the Long Island High School for the Arts as a dance major and holds a BFA in dance from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Additionally, she has trained with the Joffrey Ballet School, the Bolshoi Ballet, and the Boston Conservatory, among others. Heather has performed professionally across the United States and beyond, in contemporary dance, musical theater, film, and live production art. She has performed in such notable venues as Radio City Music Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Apollo Theater, Jacob’s Pillow, and the Folies Bergere in Paris, France. Heather has danced for Nickerson-Rossi Dance, Schoen Movement Company, and The Orsano Project as assistant to Phil Orsano. She was given a leading role in Busch Gardens Christmastown production of their show Miracles. She performs for TEN31 Productions as a “living art” performer at events, as well as the live arts company Moving On. Heather is featured in the published photography book Dance Across the USA by Jonathan Givens, as a dancer representing the state of New York. She is a certified Yoga teacher, a certified Animal Flow® instructor, and an Essential Oil Specialist. Heather has a passion for healing and is an advocate for social justice, wildlife, and the Earth. Heather joined MOMIX in 2018.

NATHANIEL DAVIS (Dancer) was born in Toronto, Canada and started his training at the age of seventeen. He attended the New World School of the Arts college graduating cum laude in 2015 with a BFA in dance. He has worked with the Peter London Dance Company in Miami, Florida and Artichoke Dance Company in Brooklyn, New York. He has performed works by Robert Battle, Daniel Ulbricht, George Balanchine, Jose Limon, Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones, and Darshan Bueller. Nathaniel joined MOMIX in 2017.

DEREK ELLIOTT JR (Dancer) is a performing artist residing in Pennsylvania. He received his BA in Dance and a BA in Theatre with a Concentration in Musical Theatre Performance from DeSales University. He has been performing in musicals since the age of thirteen. While in college he had the privilege of training with Dance Artists Trinette Singleton, Timothy Cowart, Julia A. Mayo, Derek Crisenti, Steven Casey and Angela Sigley Grossman. He has performed excerpts from Paul Taylor's Cloven Kingdom restaged by Annmaria Mazzini, and A Chorus Line directed, choreographed, and restaged by Luis Villabon as an Offstage Cover/Swing at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. In addition to dancing, acting, and singing, Derek holds a Black Belt in traditional Karate, Jeet Kune Do, and Lee Jun Fan Gung Fu. He also holds an International Parkour Coaching Certification and has additional Parkour professional development training in Strength Training for Movement. Derek joined MOMIX in 2022.

AURELIE GARCIA (Dancer) is a dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She grew up in the South of France, where she first started dancing at a local dance school. At eighteen, she moved to New York City to attend The Ailey School, graduating from their scholarship program in 2018. She has performed works by Ray Mercer, Elizabeth Roxas, Tracy Inman, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Talley Beatty, Anabelle Lopez Ochoa, Eduardo Vilaro, Michelle Manzanalez, Jacqulyn Buglisi,

“Would you tell me, please. which way I ought to go from here?”

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.”

“I don’t much care where —” “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”

− Lewis Carroll

Pedro Ruiz, and Alvin Ailey. Since moving to New York to pursue her dance career, Aurelie has performed with companies such as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Hispanico and Ntrinsik Movement, Bloodline Dance Theater, Ann Nuo Spiritual Dance Art, VLDC, OCA Dance, and ACBD. Aurelie joined MOMIX in 2019.

HAILEY GREEN (Dancer) grew up in the outskirts of Chicago where she began dancing at a young age. In 2021, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee with a BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance. Shortly after, she moved to NYC and trained at Broadway Dance Center. Hailey has performed at sea with Step One Dance Company, cruising on the Holland America Line. She currently works as a model when she is not dancing. Hailey is very excited to begin her first season with Momix, having joined the company in June 2023.

SEAH HAGAN (Dance Captain). Born and raised in Tallahassee Florida, Seah is a third generation dancer. She began her training at the Southern Academy of Ballet Arts under the tutelage of Natalia Botha and Charles Hagan. As an Advanced Company member with the Pas de Vie Ballet, she performed many classical and contemporary soloist and principal roles. In addition to ballet and modern training, Seah is also an accomplished ballroom dancer, having

competed in multiple world championships. At age 16, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Florida State University Schools. Prior to MOMIX, she worked for the State of Florida at the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. On her 18th birthday, Seah began her professional dance career with the world renowned company MOMIX. She has since toured across the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Asia performing in three original shows, VIVA MOMIX, Opus Cactus, and Alice, where she has performed featured solos in all three. As Dance Captain, Seah was heavily involved in the creation of their newest show, Alice. Seah joined MOMIX in 2017.

ADAM ROSS (Dancer) began training at a young age in Chesapeake, VA. He went on to compete in regional and national dance competitions throughout the East Coast. As a teen, he attended the Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk, VA, where he focused on Ballet and Modern technique. Adam earned his BFA in Contemporary Dance from the Conservatory at Berklee in 2023 where he performed works from Paul Taylor, Erick Hawkins, Martha Graham, Murray Louis, and Gabrielle Lamb, as well as multiple creations from faculty, students, and alumni from the Conservatory. Dance Intensives and workshops include Point Park University, Milwaukee Ballet, RUBBERBANDance Group, and CoMotion. Adam joined MOMIX in August 2022.

PHOEBE KATZIN (Costume Designer) After graduating from Endicott College’s fashion design program, Phoebe worked for Kitty Daly, building dance costumes and dressmaking. For several years she lived in New York making costumes for Kitty Leach, Greg Barnes, and Allison Conner, among others. Phoebe has been instrumental in designing and constructing costumes for MOMIX and Pilobolus for more than 20 years.

MICHAEL KORSCH (Lighting Designer) is a lighting and scenic designer based in Philadelphia. He has worked with numerous directors and choreographers, creating visual designs for dance and theatre throughout North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Michael has been the resident lighting/scenic designer and technical director for Complexions Contemporary Ballet since 1998, and the resident lighting designer for Ballet Arizona since 2001. In addition, he has created original designs for companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet, BalletMet, BalletX, Carolina Ballet, Cleveland Play House, DanceBrazil, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Daytona Contemporary Dance Company, Disney Creative Entertainment, English National Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Oakland Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Sacramento Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin and Washington Ballet, and has worked with MOMIX on several shows.

WOODROW F. DICK III (Production Manager & Lighting Supervisor) is MOMIX’s go-to guy for anything and everything productionrelated. He has worked on numerous productions both big and small. Woody joined MOMIX in 2005.

VICTORIA MAZZARELLI (Ballet Mistress).

Following an impressive and extensive professional international ballet career, Mazzarelli returned to her roots at the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory in Torrington, Conn., where she serves as Artistic Director, training the next generation of dancers.

Conceived and Directed by: MOSES PENDLETON

Associate Director: CYNTHIA QUINN

Assisted by: ANTHONY BOCCONI, BEAU CAMPBELL, JENNIFER CHICHEPORTICHE, SAMANTHA CHIESA, HEATHER CONN, GREGORY DE ARMOND, JONATHAN EDEN, MATT GIORDANO, SEAH HAGAN, HANNAH KLINKMAN, SEAN LANGFORD, HEATHER MAGEE, SARAH NACHBAUER, JADE PRIMICIAS, REBECCA RASMUSSEN, COLTON WALL, and JASON WILLIAMS

Production Manager & Lighting Supervisor: WOODROW F. DICK III

Technical Crew: ALEXA DENNEY, LILY FONTES, COLIN NEUKIRCH

Lighting Design: MICHAEL KORSCH

Music Collage: MOSES PENDLETON

Music Editing: ............................................. ANDREW HANSON

Video Design: WOODROW F. DICK, III

Spider Puppet Design: ................................... MICHAEL CURRY

Costume Design: PHOEBE KATZIN

Costume Construction: ..... PHOEBE KATZIN & BERYL TAYLOR

Ballet Mistress: VICTORIA MAZZARELLI

Research Consultant: PHILIP HOLLAND

Communications Manager: QUINN PENDLETON

Company Manager:............................ PAULA BUDETTI BURNS

This production of Alice has been funded, in part, by a contribution from Next Move Dance.

Kentucky Performing Arts presents

AN EVENING WITH BRANDY CLARK & HAYES CARLL

Friday, March 29, 2024 | 8:00pm | The Kentucky Center – Bomhard Theater

BRANDY CLARK

A 17x Grammy-nominee, CMA Awardwinner and Tony-nominee, Brandy Clark is one of her generation's most esteemed songwriters and musicians. In the midst of yet another landmark year, Clark released her widely acclaimed self-titled album this past spring and is nominated for six awards at the upcoming 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Best Americana Album (Brandy Clark), Best Americana Performance ("Dear Insecurity" feat. Brandi Carlile), Best American Roots Song ("Dear Insecurity"), Best Country Song ("Buried"), Best Country Solo Performance ("Buried") and Best Musical Theater Album (Shucked).

Produced by 9x Grammy-winner Brandi Carlile, the album features Clark's most personal songwriting to date and landed on several "Best of 2023 So Far" lists including the Los Angeles Times, The Tennessean and Variety, who praises, "one of the year's best…further clarifies that she's one of America's treasures," while Forbes calls the album "an Americana Masterpiece" and Billboard declares, "Clark continues to convey her inexorable talents as both a song-crafter and vocal interpreter."

In addition to her work as a solo artist, Clark has written songs such as "A Beautiful Noise," the Grammy-nominated duet performed by Brandi Carlile and Alicia Keys, and Kacey Musgraves'

Brandy Clark Hayes Carll

PHOTO BY DAVID MCCLISTER

I like to tug at heartstrings, find commonality with others, reflect on my own life, and sometimes I do it in a lighthearted way.

− Hayes Carll

"Follow Your Arrow." She also composed the music and lyrics for the hit musical comedy, Shucked, alongside her longtime collaborator, Shane McAnally. With the show, Clark won Outstanding Music at the 67th Drama Desk Awards, while Shucked was also nominated for nine Tony Awards in 2023.

HAYES CARLL

The country simplicity that imbues Hayes Carll’s songs can sometimes hide the social conscience and sharp humor that also runs through them, but if you want to find those things, they are there. In fact, Carll has spent over 20 years having a conversation about what it is we’re all doing here with anyone who will listen. He makes us laugh––but then he makes us cry. We judge a song’s protagonist, only for Carll to spin us around to commiserate with them.

“I like to tug at heartstrings, find commonality with others, reflect on my own life, and sometimes I do it in a lighthearted way,” says Carll. “A lot of musical styles found their way onto this record, but my first and most formative influences came from country music. This is a country singer-songwriter record. It’s just unapologetically me.”

Carll is talking about You Get It All, his eighth album. His voice, rich but

worn, has never sounded better. As a songwriter, he is in top form, turning droll confessions, messy relationships, motel room respites, and an exasperated, hitchhiking God into modern nuggets.

The New York Times likened Carll’s ability to undergird humor with a weightier narrative to Bob Dylan. When Carll talks about the sounds that are in his own head, he mentions Randy Travis. That juxtaposition defines the singularity of Carll’s career: He exists in a space of his own, informed by John Prine, Tom Waits, and Dylan but also by Travis, Kenny Rogers, and Hank Williams, Jr.

Those influences may have made him hard to pigeonhole, but he’s still been embraced. Two Americana Music Awards, a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song, and multiple Austin Music Awards line his resumé. He’s had the mostplayed record on Americana radio twice. His songs appear on the screen regularly and have been recorded by Kenny Chesney, Lee Ann Womack, and Brothers Osborne, to name a few.

You Get It All was produced by Allison Moorer and guitar legend Kenny Greenberg. Carll credits his partnership with singer, songwriter, and artist Moorer, his wife, as a force that helps both clarify what he wants and challenge selfimposed limits. “She’s a world-class artist

who has a way of helping me articulate my vision,” he says.

Opener “Nice Things” layers a laughout-loud narrative exposing humanity’s botched stewardship of Earth –– and one another –– over vintage country cool. In the song written with the Brothers Osborne, God comes down to check on us –– and she is not impressed. “It’s social commentary, but it’s not dour,” Carll says. “I hope the song can make people sing along, laugh a bit, and maybe recognize that we can do better.”

The title track is classic Carll — a frontporch singalong with a deeper message for those who want it. Self-deprecating and sweet, the song is an ode to bringing one’s whole self to a relationship ––t he good and the bad. “I’m at a point in my life where that rings true to me,” says Carll. “What I want, and what I think a lot of people want, is to feel like they’re getting the real thing.”

“Help Me Remember” is a feat of storytelling that tackles an underrepresented topic in art: dementia from the perspective of the patient. “It’s a visual song. To tell this story, we had to put the listener right there,” Carll says. “I was thinking about how scary and sad it is for the person who is suffering from it, and how heartbreaking and frustrating it is for the friends and family going through it with them.”

Among Carll’s co-writers is singersongwriter Brandy Clark, who helped him pen and perform “In the Mean Time,” a gorgeous, honky-tonk waltz which perfectly depicts the damage couples can inflict on each other when they’re at their worst. The multi-dimensionality of relationships is a thread woven throughout the entire album. “When we’re our weakest or most afraid, real

damage can be done to our relationships, as well as our spirits,” says Carll. “You can love somebody, everything can be as good as you could’ve imagined, but when your traumas or fears come out, all that love can disappear in an instant.”

Rollicking through snarling 80s country guitar licks, “To Keep From Being Found” is an escape to a motel room with a TV on wheels, a bath, and line after delectable line.

Subdued album closer “If It Was Up to Me” aches through a list of wishes that seem frivolous at first but build into a portrait of pain that’s far more complicated. Written with Moorer and Sean McConnell, it’s a gorgeous example of one of Carll’s favorite artistic devices: leading listeners to underestimate a character with whom they’ll ultimately empathize. “The way humor and sadness can work together is powerful,” he says.

Honest and sometimes subversive, but never mean-spirited, Carll keeps writing sad, funny, compelling songs in which nobody’s perfect or predictable –– at least not for long. And he can’t quit wishing we’ll all realize that’s the way anything worth having or being has got to go. “I hope this record helps people feel good, laugh a bit, and maybe give them something to lean on when they need it,” he says. “I hope they dance to it, too.”

Kentucky Performing Arts presents

BORED TEACHERS: WE CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP! COMEDY TOUR

Friday, April 5, 2024 | 7:30pm | Brown Theatre

More than ever, teachers need an outlet to decompress and laughing off the stress from the school year.

The #1 teacher-entertainment platform in the world, Bored Teachers, presents the funniest teacher-comedians in the world all on one stage. Their hilarious skits about the life of teachers inside and outside of the classroom have amassed over 1 billion views on the internet, and they've all joined comic forces for a night of laughter you do not want to miss.

With almost 10 million followers across social platforms and top-rated teacher podcasts, these hilarious and popular teacher-comedians have a mission to spread laughter to as many fellow educators as they can. The tour has even been reviewed by non-teachers as one of the funniest comedy shows they’ve ever seen. This comedy powerhouse is making its way around the country with over 250 shows performed in the past two years! Laughter is the best medicine from the stress of the school year and the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour is the perfect fix.

Outback Presents and Kentucky Performing Arts present

DUSTY SLAY: THE NIGHT SHIFT TOUR

Friday, April 19, 2024 | 7:00pm | The Kentucky Center-Bomhard Theater

In 2018, his show stealing showcase at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival caught the attention of Hollywood tastemakers, but Slay’s irreverent sense of humor developed before he even stepped on stage, through over a decade of working thankless blue collar jobs.

Long before anyone had ever even heard of Tik Tok, at eighteen years old, Slay dropped out of community college. At 19 his plans to join the army were foiled by an arrest. By 21 he moved from his hometown of Opelika, AL to Charleston, S.C. On the coast, Slay worked as a waiter and pesticide salesman

for over a decade while moonlighting as an obscure, often drunk, open mic comedian.

It wasn’t until he quit drinking in 2012 that he started to take comedy and his unique talent for telling jokes seriously. His smooth baritone voice and relatable stories about growing up poor in a trailer park quickly made him a local Charleston favorite. After being voted Best Local Comedian and winning the Charleston Stand Up Comedy Competition, both two years in a row, his well-intentioned friends and colleagues encouraged Slay to move to LA and take a shot at the big time.

While this may have been sound advice for the average aspiring artist, Dusty wanted to try to make it in comedy on his own terms: by living the South, without getting too far away from the home that grounded him.

Today, Slay has close to half a million Tik Tok followers, four Late Night appearances, a Comedy Central set and a Netflix half-hour special under his belt. He enjoys selling out comedy clubs across America on weekends, then chills out at home in Nashville, Tenn., with his wife Hannah, and daughter Daisy. He’s even a regular at the legendary Grand Ole Opry, sharing the stage with the musicians he grew up loving.

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Brown-Forman Corporation

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The Brown Hotel**

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David Clark

John Austin Clark

John & Gretchen Clark

June Woo Clausen

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ANNUAL SUPPORT

Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Treasury

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Chris & Melody Drexler

Mrs. Maria J. Eckerle

Michael & Laura Eckstein

Rev. John G. Eifler

John & Judith Elder

Elite Graphics

Ann-Lynn Ellerkamp

Employees of Kentucky

Performing Arts

Mr. & Mrs. William Esakov

Phil Eschels

Eric & Kimberly Esteran

Michael & Danielle Etter

Mark Feather

Fifth Third Bank

Fiji Water Company, LLC

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9-14

14

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**In-Kind Donation

MAY

9-19 CenterStage

14-19 PNC

KENTUCKY PERFORMING ARTS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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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

KENTUCKY

Kim Baker

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Doug Owen

Rolf Provan

Chase Sanders

Diane Tobin, Ph.D.

Ruth Wimsatt Trautwein

Lisa Zangari

PERFORMING ARTS EXECUTIVE STAFF

Dawn Driskell

Vice President, Finance

Chris Kaelin

Vice President, Operations

Loren Mills

Tamekka Cornelius, Ph.D.

Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Nick Covault

Vice President, Education and Community

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

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

Welch Printing

TOURISM, ARTS AND HERITAGE CABINET

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 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.