Audience - Kentucky Center Presents - January 2019

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PROGRAM Chris D’Elia: Follow the Leader The Brown Theatre...................................................... 7 Dorrance Dance – ETM: Double Down The Brown Theatre...................................................... 9 Paula Poundstone Bomhard Theater...................................................... 18 Staff and Support............................................................ 26 Services............................................................................. 30 Cover: Photo by Elliott Franks

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WELCOME! Happy 2019!

We thank you for starting your New Year with us. This is definitely going to be an exciting year filled with new beginnings and major milestones not only for The Kentucky Center, but for our community.

What better way to kick off a new year than with big news. We are thrilled to share that our new 2,000-person standing-room venue will be opening this year! The venue will be the cultural anchor of the redevelopment project underway in Louisville’s historic Paristown Pointe neighborhood. The performance space will fill a muchneeded gap in the local music scene by creating a space to attract new national touring bands, and also provide a home for collaborative projects, new works and nontraditional performance experiences by the region’s arts and cultural community.

There will be a lot of new information about the new venue in the coming months, so I encourage you to follow The Kentucky Center on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and join our free e-club at kentuckycenter.org to make sure you receive updates.

This month, we start the new year with a thrilling roster of performances and events to suit every taste. In addition to the programs in this book, PNC Broadway in Louisville welcomes the local premiere of the smash musical comedy Something Rotten, Louisville Orchestra collaborates with the Kentucky College of Art and Design at Spalding University to present the multi-sensory arts experience Art + Music, and StageOne Family Theatre brings the Judy Blume classic Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing to life on stage at Memorial Auditorium (970 South 4th Street).

In 2019 we herald the return of artists like The Second City, DIAVOLO, Béla Fleck, Black Violin and The Dark Side of the Wall, while also celebrating the local debuts of the joyous sing-along event The Choir of Man, national comedy sensation Iliza, the hilarious Friends! The Musical Parody and the delightfully off-beat Puddles Pity Party.

I encourage you to take a moment before tonight’s performance and view the full season calendar on our website, kentuckycenter.org.

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.

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The Kentucky Center and Outback Concerts present

Chris D’Elia: Follow the Leader Thursday, January 10, 2019 • 8 p.m. • The Brown Theatre

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hris D’Elia is one of the most-sought-after performers in the comedy world. D’Elia is best known for his stand-up and starring role on the NBC comedy series Undateable. His latest standup special, Man On Fire, is now on Netflix. He currently hosts a highly successful weekly podcast, Congratulations with Chris D’Elia, which launched in February 2017 and has since been a mainstay on iTunes’ comedy podcast charts.

Chris is signed on for a major supporting role in the Mitja Okorn-helmed romantic drama Life In A Year, joining topliners Cara Delevingne, Jaden Smith, Nia Long and Cuba Gooding Jr. D’Elia can also be seen in the Netflix horror comedy Little Evil opposite Adam Scott and Evangeline Lilly.

On stage, D’Elia continues to cement his status as a force in standup comedy. He is a regular at Hollywood comedy clubs—where he performs multiples times a week—and continues to tour the U.S. and Canada to sold-out crowds. His standup special, Incorrigable, debuted on Netflix in April 2015. He could also be seen on the dais of the highly anticipated Roast of Justin Bieber, which premiered in March 2015 on Comedy Central. In December

2013, he released his first one-hour Comedy Central special, White Male.

Black Comic. Previously, D’Elia starred opposite Whitney Cummings on NBC’s multi-camera comedy series Whitney.

He has also appeared on Comedy Central’s Workaholics, TBS’s Glory Daze, Showtime’s Live Nude Comedy, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Comedy Central Presents. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

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Brown Forman Midnite Ramble

Dorrance Dance ETM: Double Down Wednesday, January 23, 2019 • 8 p.m. • The Brown Theatre

Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance Dancers Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, Christopher Broughton, Elizabeth Burke, Warren Craft, Michelle Dorrance, Leonardo Sandoval, Byron Tittle, Nicholas Van Young Musicians Donovan Dorrance, Aaron Marcellus, Gregory Richardson ETM: Double Down

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Original Music Composed and

Improvised by Gregory Richardson, Donovan Dorrance, Aaron Marcellus, Warren Craft, Nicholas Van Young, with Michelle Dorrance

Additional Music by Adele Adkins, Karin Dreijer Andersson, Olof Dreijer, Justin Vernon, Patrick Watson

Lighting Design by Kathy Kaufmann

Costume Design by Amy Page and Shiori Ichikawa

Dancers Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, Christopher Broughton, Elizabeth Burke, Warren Craft, Michelle Dorrance, Leonardo Sandova, Byron Tittle, Nicholas Van Young

Musicians Donovan Dorrance (piano/controllerist, Aaron Marcellus (vocals), Gregory Richardson (bass/guitar), Nicholas Van Young (drums/ percussion), Warren Craft (drums/percussion), Michelle Dorrance (drums/percussion) ETM: Double Down was created in part during a Creative Development Residency at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, in part at The Yard during a 2015 Yard Offshore Creation Residency and during a residency provided by The Joyce Theater Foundation with major funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Artist Statements This work is the initial exploration of a new world and a new collaboration. Constantly inspired by the range of possibilities inherent in being both dancers and musicians, in the visual and aural, we also embrace embodying the organic and inorganic, the acoustic and the electric. None of this work is remotely possible without tap dancer, percussionist and innovator, my longtime friend, Nicholas Van Young. He is the man behind the curtain.

He has been developing the instruments you see here and has been experimenting with the technologies you will see at work tonight for years in order to make this world possible.

I also want to acknowledge our musical collaborators and friends, Gregory Richardson, Aaron Marcellus, Warren Craft and Donovan Dorrance who, with intuition, incredibly open minds and a wonderful sensitivity to collaborating with the sounds of tap dance, have created some inspiring compositions. It has been a dream of mine for almost a decade to collaborate with my dear friend and multi-form dancer, Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, who’s visual percussion, musical phrasing and dynamic range of movement inspire me tremendously. Tap dance was America’s first street form and is deeply rooted in the foundations of Hip Hop and House dance. These communities have long been connected on the streets and in the club but are less likely to be found on the concert stage. As we enter the world of electronic music, looping and sampling, these worlds become even closer and that connection ever more important. Getting back to the beginning, I want to say thank you – thank you Nicholas Van Young, for your artistry, your creativity, your tireless and endless work, your inventive mind, your friendship and your trust. I feel incredibly blessed to have been so warmly invited into your world to play and create. ~ Michelle Dorrance 10

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It started with the simple need to find a way to amplify tap dance without feedback, so I could dance with a live band. Many people have used contact microphones (Gregory Hines, Tap Dogs, etc.) so I knew that was a possibility, and it led me to experimenting with guitar pedals and effects. I started out looping hand and body percussion with live and affected tap dance. Being a drummer as well, and working with electronic music since the early days of EDM, I’ve stayed in touch with what’s happening in the music production and DJ community. I knew contact mics could be doubled as drum triggers and I was already playing around with a masterful piece of software called Ableton: a live performance software, digital audio workstation. I got the idea to create small trigger boards to dance on – essentially wooden drum pads. In conjunction with my main dance board and effects this added a whole new sound set for me to experiment with. Over time I took online courses in Ableton and began to understand the limitless possibilities. Soon, I was able to play notes, arpeggios, chords, sound bites and quotes, and began composing scores in real time with improvised tap dance. The synthesized possibilities are endless and the combination of this, with the acoustic sound and attack of tap dance was a very exciting frontier for me to explore. The only thing missing was Michelle Dorrance. Being a company member of Dorrance Dance, Michelle had given me my first opportunity to perform a solo using this electronic set up in an evening length performance in Boston, presented by Thelma Goldberg in 2012. We, as kids, had dreams about experimenting with altered soundscapes for tap dance. We jokingly called it “Tap to the Max.“ I was creating solos with my “Compositional Tap Instrument’ but had visions of several dancers across a number of platforms and boards. Dancing out elaborate choreographed phrases while simultaneously playing the musical composition. Once Michelle asked to me to collaborate on this show I knew it “was on.“ Her expansive creativity in tap choreography and movement, along with her sophisticated musical phrasing started to unlock possibilities in our set that were getting us both so excited. Simple ideas led to large discoveries and every time we workshopped an idea, 20 more were born. Needless to say, here we are. Pushing ourselves to explore the sonic potential in tap dance and tap instruments. In some ways we have created the ultimate tap dancers playground. Where you can let your imagination and your feet run wild. Enjoy. ~ Nicholas Van Young

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About Dorrance Dance Dorrance Dance is an award-winning tap dance company based out of New York City.

The company’s work aims to honor tap dance’s uniquely beautiful history in a new, dynamic and compelling context; not by stripping the form of its tradition, but by pushing it – rhythmically, technically and conceptually. The company’s inaugural performance garnered a Bessie Award for “blasting open our notions of tap” and the company continues its passionate commitment to expanding the audience of tap dance, America’s original art form.

Founded in 2011 by artistic director and 2015 MacArthur Fellow, Michelle Dorrance, the company has received countless accolades, rave reviews performed for packed houses at venues including The Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, New York City Center, Vail Dance Festival The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center Out of Doors Carolina Performing Arts at UNC Chapel Hill, Works and Process at the Guggenheim, Cal Performances at UC Berkeley, among many others, including international venues in Canada, France, Germany, Spain, England, Hong Kong and Singapore. www.dorrancedance.com

Dorrance Dance Staff

Artistic Director

Michelle Dorrance

Executive Director

Donald Borror

Production Manager/Sound Engineer

Christopher Marc

Company Manager

Tina Huang Abrams

Associate Artistic Director

Nicholas Van Young

Assistant to the Artistic Director

Olivia Maggi

Rehearsal Director

Elizabeth Burke

Music Director

Donovan Dorrance

Lighting Designer

Lighting Supervisor

Technical Director/ Assistant Stage Manager

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Kathy Kaufmann Serena Wong Diego Quintanar Margaret Selby, Selby/Artists Management

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Performer Bios Michelle Dorrance (Artistic Director/ Choreographer/Dancer) is a New York City-based artist. Mentored by Gene Medler (North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble), she was lucky to study under many of the last master hoofers. Career highlights include: STOMP, Derick Grant’s Imagine Tap!, Jason Samuels Smith’s Charlie’s Angels/Chasing the Bird, Ayodele Casel’s Diary of a Tap Dancer, Mable Lee’s Dancing Ladies and Darwin Deez.

Company work includes Savion Glover’s Ti Dii, Manhattan Tap, Barbara Duffy, JazzTap Ensemble, Rumba Tap and solo work ranging from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to commissions for the Martha Graham Dance Company and American Ballet Theatre. A 2018 Doris Duke Artist, 2017 Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow and 2015 MacArthur Fellow, Dorrance is humbled to have been acknowledged/supported by United States Artists, the Joyce Theater, New York City Center, the Alpert Awards, Jacob’s Pillow, Princess Grace Foundation, The Field, American Tap Dance Foundation and the Bessie Awards. Dorrance holds a BA from New York University and is a Capezio Athlete.

Nicholas Van Young (Associate Artistic Director/Choreographer/Dancer) is a dancer, musician, choreographer and a 2014 Bessie Award recipient. He began his professional career at age 16 under Acia Gray and Deidre Strand with Tapestry Dance Company in Austin, Texas, eventually rising to principal dancer and resident A U D I E N C E

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choreographer. Since moving to New York, he has performed with Manhattan Tap, RumbaTap, Dorrance Dance, “Beat the Donkey,” has toured as a drummer for Darwin Deez and spent almost a decade performing with STOMP, where he performed the lead role and acted as rehearsal director. Nicholas tours both nationally and internationally teaching and performing at various Tap Festivals and founded Sound Movement dance company and IFTRA, Institute for The Rhythmic Arts. He is thrilled to have found a home with Dorrance Dance, co-creating and developing ETM: Double Down and the Guggenheim Rotunda Project, both collaborative efforts with Michelle Dorrance.

Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie (Dancer), a 2016 Bessie Award Winner for Innovative Achievement in Dance, is a NYC-based Bgirl, dancer and choreographer. As artistic director of Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD), she has presented work at Jacob’s Pillow, FiraTarrega and New York Live Arts, among others. Ephrat has received numerous awards to support her work including a NDP Award from NEFA, a Mondo Cane! Commission from Dixon Place and an Extended Life Residency from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Ephrat has taught at Wesleyan University and is on faculty at Broadway Dance Center. For more information please visit www.ephratasheriedance.com.

Christopher Broughton (Dancer), born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Chris began dancing at the age of 11 14

and has never looked back. Under the instruction of Paul and Arlene Kennedy at Universal Dance, he became a member of The Kennedy Tap Company, receiving the national NAACP ACT-SO Award twice. He now travels worldwide both as a soloist and with Jason Samuels Smith’s A.C.G.I., Rasta Thomas’ Tap Stars and Dorrance Dance. Performances include New York City Center’s Cotton Club Parade; Juba! Master’s of Tap & Percussive Dance at the Kennedy Center; and Broadway’s Tony & Astaire awardwinning production After Midnight.

Elizabeth Burke (Rehearsal Director/ Dancer) is a Chapel Hill, North Carolina, native who spent 11 years under the direction of her mentor, Gene Medler, in the acclaimed North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble. Burke has been with Dorrance Dance since its inception in 2010. She pursues her own choreographic work, teaches and performs as a soloist on occasion. She is an alumna of the School at Jacob’s Pillow and Marymount Manhattan College (B.A. Political Science, B.A. Communication Arts, magna cum laude).

Warren Craft (Dancer) is a New York City tap dancer who has trained in ballet with both the American Ballet Theatre and the School of American Ballet. He has been a member of Brenda Bufalino’s New American Tap Dance Orchestra, Max Pollak’s RumbaTap and Dorrance Dance. He moves with “bizarre physicality,” and “unconventional eloquence.” (The New York Times)

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Donovan Dorrance (Music Director/ Musician) hails from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he studied piano, guitar, drums and voice before attending The University of North Carolina for a B.A. in Philosophy. In 2014, Donovan moved to Brooklyn to assist his sister’s company and pursue his passion for music. In addition to composing music with Gregory Richardson for Dorrance Dance, Donovan composes music for film and theatre, collaborating with students from NYU and Columbia.

Aaron Marcellus (Musician), singer, vocal coach, writer, musician, dancer and actor from Atlanta started in Gospel music and has performed around the world. He has recorded albums and was voted top 24 on American Idol in 2011.

After a world tour, Aaron was featured in a Chapstick commercial, NBC’s “Next Caller” and was a cast member of STOMP. Marcellus also hosts a Burlesque show at Duane Park. Most importantly, he founded both Surrender To Love, LLC, a foundation that supports arts programs and seeks to feed the hungry and Adventure Voice, a training program offering vocal classes for groups and individuals.

Gregory Richardson (Musician) is a composer, performer and multiinstrumentalist and has been a member of Dorrance Dance since 2011. He learned rhythm and blues at an early age from a family of musicians where everyone could play at least a little piano and everyone was expected to sing. The Tucson native studied at Bard A U D I E N C E

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College and has been working as a professional musician in New York City for nearly two decades. Richardson is known for his winning combination of natural talent, hard work and dedication and is fortunate to have traveled the world several times over with various ensembles. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, where he has been a part of countless collaborations.

Leonardo Sandoval (Dancer), Brazilian tap dancer, has become known in the tap world and beyond for his musicality and for adding his own Brazilian flavor to tap. An early member of Dorrance Dance, he is also in demand as a choreographer, solo dancer and jazz musician. A true dancer-musician, Leo has had his work, including collaborations with composer Gregory Richardson, presented at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center and the National Folk Festival.

Byron Tittle (Dancer) is a multi-faceted dancer based in New York where he studied extensively at Broadway Dance Center, The American Tap Dance Foundation and then later toured the country with The Pulse on Tour. After finding commercial success, dancing for the likes of Janet Jackson, Nicki Minaj and Laurie Ann Gibson, Byron is focused on pushing the boundaries in the concert dance world. He has been touring with Dorrance Dance since 2014 and continues to approach each show with vigor and excitement. His “elegant and polished lines” (The Brooklyn Rail) help 16

captivate audiences worldwide as he feels most at home with the company.

Production Team Bios Kathy Kaufmann (Lighting Designer) a New York City native, has been happily designing for Dorrance Dance since its inception (SOUNDspace, The Blues Project, ETM, Myelination). A resident designer at Danspace Project whose work has been seen throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Asia she also teaches at Sarah Lawrence. She is a two-time Bessie recipient and was nominated for her work on Rebecca Davis’s Bloowst Windku in 2015. Recent projects include designs for Moriah Evans Mariana Valencia, Jonathan Gonzales, David Parker, Tatyana Tennenbaum, Mina Nishimura, Morgan Bassichis and Ephrat Asherie Dance.

Christopher Marc (Production Manager/ Sound Designer) has been with Dorrance Dance since June of 2016. Christopher has worked as a Sound Engineer with several companies around the country including The Kennedy Center, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Mills Entertainment, Aquila Theatre and Harlem Stage. (Sound Design) CT & Co: More Forever. Pacific Symphony: The Magic Flute. Off-Broadway: The Black Book. Aquila Theatre National Tour: Wuthering Heights, The Tempest, Fahrenheit 451, Twelfth Night. Skylark Opera: Berlin to Broadway, Candide, Putting it Together, La Rondine. Artistry

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MN: God of Carnage, Striking 12, Death of a Salesman. Lyric Arts: Becky’s New Car, Sherlock Holmes, The Boxcar Children, Over the Tavern, Death of a Salesman.

off-Broadway musical I Like It Like That as Production Manager, NYC; Shen Wei Dance Arts, NYC and Dance Heginbotham, NYC as an assistant stage manager and scenic charge.

Diego Quintanar (Technical Director/ Assistant Stage Manager), started working in theater production as a student at the College of the Holy Cross.

He was introduced to Dorrance Dance through his work with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s Works & Process series as a project coordinator. Other credits include: Latino Cultural Center and Wyly Theater, Dallas, TX where he worked as a carpenter and electrician;

Serena Wong (Lighting Supervisor) is a Brooklyn-based freelance lighting designer for theater and dance. Her designs have been seen at New York Live Arts, Irondale Arts Center, the New Ohio and Danspace. She enjoys biking, beekeeping and bread baking.

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LEO Weekly – A Little Off Center

Paula Poundstone Thursday, January 31, 2019 • 8 p.m. • The Kentucky Center, Bomhard Theater

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aula Poundstone is one of our country’s preeminent comedians, known for her smart, observational humor and spontaneous wit that has become the stuff of legend. She tours regularly performing over 85 shows a year.

Paula is also an author, lecturer, host and actress. In her second book, The Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human Happiness (Algonquin Books), she asks the question, “Is there a secret to human happiness?” She offers herself up as a guinea pig in a series of “totally scientific” experiments, recording her data for all mankind. Kirkus Reviews calls it “A deeply revealing memoir in which the pathos doesn’t kill the humor—delivers more than it promises.” The book debuted at No. 1 on Amazon best sellers lists in Humor in Hardcover, Audible, Kindle and CD within its first ten days of release and is now out in paperback. The audio book, 18

read by Paula, was one of five finalists for the 2018 Audio Book of the Year.

Paula is a popular panelist on NPR’s No. 1 show, the weekly comedy news quiz Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, heard locally on 89.3 WFPL. Her new weekly podcast for Maximum Fun, Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone, is a comedy field guide to life. Each week Paula and her co-host, Adam Felber, a friend and fellow panelist on Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, bring on leading expert guests and

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use their unique comedic sensibility to help us navigate life in the 21st century. Along the way, Paula attempts to explain existence through her kaleidoscopic perspective, and Adam tries to interject some rationality.

Paula’s guest appearances include The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Late Night with Carson Daly, Nerdist with Chris Hardwick, and she was a clue in a New York Times crossword puzzle. She’s filed commentaries for CBS Sunday Morning, and Morning Edition and All Things Considered for NPR. She voices the character “Paulette” in Cartoon Network’s new animated series Summer Camp Island. An avid Disney movie fan, Paula had a dream come true when she was cast to voice the character “Forgetter Paula” in Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out, winner of the 2017 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film.

Paula has had numerous HBO specials and starred in her own series on HBO and ABC. Her second special for HBO, Paula Poundstone goes to Harvard, marked the first time the elite university allowed its name to be used in the title of a television show.

Paula was the first woman, in its then 73rd year, to perform standup comedy at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. She won an American Comedy Award for Best Female Standup Comic and is recognized in innumerable lists, documentaries and literary compendiums noting influential standup comedians of our time.

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Magnificent Milestones and Memories The Kentucky Center:

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s we embark on a new chapter for The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, we wanted to celebrate by looking back at monumental moments, milestones and supporters over the years that have made The Kentucky Center what it is today.

It all started back in 1980 when The Kentucky General Assembly helped to establish a major public/private 20

partnership to create The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. Just like it continues to do today, it was originally created to promote state culture and tourism, provide a home for Louisville’s prominent performing arts groups, and enable citizens to see international and nationally renowned artists.

Caudill, Rowlett & Scott, an architectural firm from Houston, was

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contracted to design the building with assistance from the Design and Construction Department of Humana Inc. A few years later on November 19, 1983, The Kentucky Center was officially dedicated at a gala event in Whitney Hall. Attendees included Charlton Heston, Diane Sawyer, Lily Tomlin, Jessye Norman and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. It didn’t take long for The Kentucky Center to take the national spotlight when it hosted one of the 1984 Presidential Debates between President Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale. In 1986, The Lonesome Pine Specials Series began taping its concerts for airing on KET throughout the Commonwealth. Then in 1988 Lonesome Pine went international, with 130 PBS stations across America and Channel 4 in England broadcasting concerts videotaped on the Bomhard stage.

In 1986, The Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts was established. The following year in 1987, the school celebrated its first class with 120 students attending in six disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Instrumental Music, Visual Art and Vocal Music. Also in 1987, The Boyd Martin Experimental Theater was dedicated. The MeX, as it came to be called, was a simple “black box” stage, providing a blank slate for original plays, innovative productions of the classics, music, dance and literary readings. It soon became a favorite venue for local theater and arts groups.

Alexander Calder’s sculpture “The Red Feather” eventually found its home on the front steps of The Kentucky

Center in 1989. The piece joined artworks by such 20th century masters as Joàn Miro, Jean Dubuffet, Louise Nevelson and John Chamberlain.

The Kentucky Center then initiated the ArtsReach Louisville program in 1990, which brought arts involvement and instruction to community centers throughout the city. ArtsReach joined several successful educational programs at The Center, including the Arts Education Showcase, the Kentucky Institutes for Arts in Education, and the Arts Academies. All of these programs fulfilled The Kentucky Center’s mission to bring the arts to every corner of Kentucky. The Kentucky Center Access Services Department then established the first Audio Description program in the Commonwealth in 1991. Later, Kentucky’s first Captioned Theater program was added as well.

In 1993, The Kentucky Center hosted a state-wide open house to celebrate 10 years of excellence, bringing in various arts organizations, performers, and audiences from across the Commonwealth for a day-long celebration. In that same year, The international Lonesome Pine Specials Series’ broadcasts were made a part of the Smithsonian Institution.

Four years later, in 1997, The Center became manager of the newlyrenovated W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre on Broadway. The Brown, which is listed on the National Register for Historic Places, currently seats 1,400 patrons in the style and splendor reminiscent of Louisville’s grand past and indicative of our vibrant future. In 2018, The Kentucky Center

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Foundation purchased the Brown Theatre.

The year 2000 was a big year for the historic Kentucky Center building.

Thanks to the support of the Kentucky legislature, The Kentucky Center initiated a $4.5 million renovation, a major project that included adding 5,900 square feet to the lobby on both the north and south sides of the building, and a reconfiguration of the main entrance off Main Street.

One year later in 2001, The Kentucky Center’s Creative Connections Program became one of only 21 arts education programs to be included in the Harvard study Arts Survive: A Study of Sustainability in Arts Education Partnerships. Nearly 200 different groups had originally been nominated.

The awards and recognition didn’t stop there, as The Center was the recipient of a VSA Arts/MetLife Foundation Award of Excellence in Arts Access in 2004. In that same year, two of The Kentucky Center’s education programs—Arts Academies and the Kentucky Institute for Arts in Education—were among five programs selected for an international study concerning professional development for teachers in the Arts by Queens University in Kingston, Ontario.

Then, in 2005, The Center was the recipient of the MetLife/Arts Presenters Award for Excellence in Arts Access. On top of that, President George W. Bush also hosted a Town Hall Forum in Whitney Hall on Social Security Reform, making 2005 even more rich in history.

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recognition was 2007, when The Kentucky Center was the recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Excellence in Accessibility Leadership Award. In that same year, former Soviet Union leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev came to speak as a part of The Global Issues Forum at The Kentucky Center.

In 2008, The Brown Theatre underwent extensive renovations to enlarge the orchestra pit to accommodate up to sixty-six musicians. These renovations came as the Kentucky Opera prepared to move into The Brown as their permanent home.

The Kentucky Center celebrated its 25th Anniversary Season in 2008 as well, with a year-long celebration that included an open house of events and performances, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in two hugely successful performances, and the record-breaking run of the musical Wicked.

Thanks to the Kentucky Legislature in 2009, The Center embarked on an extensive $8.9 million renovation project. Among the renovations to be addressed first, a new state-of-the-art floor was installed on the Whitney Hall stage, making it safer and more responsive for dancers while still sturdy and reliable for Broadway productions.

New lighting and dimming systems were also installed in Whitney Hall, Bomhard Theater and the MeX. A new stage rigging system would later be installed in Whitney Hall in the summer of 2011.

Billboard Magazine ranked The Kentucky Center in 2010 as the ninth

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top-grossing venue in the world with 5,000 seats or fewer, rolling into 2013: The Kentucky Center’s 30th Anniversary Season.

The history gets more incredible in 2013, when His Holiness The Dalai Lama shared his message of peace and compassion with a group of middle, high school and college students in Whitney Hall.

A year later, Pollstar ranked two of The Kentucky Center’s venues in the Top

damage as firefighters fought to control the blaze.

Thankfully, no one was hurt, and with help from the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Tourism Arts and Heritage Cabinet, along with countless members of our community, The Kentucky Center was shut down for only a short while.

On September 1, The Kentucky Center re-opened its doors and is currently hosting a full showcase of performances

100 Theatre Venues for total ticket sales.

Whitney Hall ranked number 26 and the Brown Theatre ranked number 100. Also, in 2014, Kentucky native and member of the first Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts class Kim Baker was named President of The Kentucky Center.

Baker later faced one of the most devastating challenges as CEO when, on June 13, 2018, a fire broke out in the building’s barrel roof. The fire was contained in the roof area but, unfortunately, other parts of the building, including its lobby and two theaters, suffered smoke and water

while putting the finishing touches on the main lobby. All work is expected to be completed sometime this year.

In 2019, The Kentucky Center is ready to make history again with the opening of our new 2,000-person standing-room venue in the historic Paristown neighborhood. For more information and history and to learn how to participate, volunteer or sponsor events at The Kentucky Center, visit KentuckyCenter.org or call 1-502-562-0100.

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A n n u a l S u pp o r t Commonwealth of Kentucky, The Honorable Matt Bevin, Governor; Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, Don Parkinson, Secretary; The Kentucky General Assembly Michael Schissler & Kristan Milam National Conference of Governor’s Schools Khanhdung & Yung Nguyen Ms. Meredith Parente Mr. Tom Person & Mrs. Melissa Richards-Person Rick & Becky Reed $50,000 - $99,999 For Louis V. Richter Brown-Forman Corporation Sauerheber Properties, Inc. $1,000 - $2,499 Humana Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Saunders Anonymous The Gheens Foundation The Honorable & Mrs. Jerry E. The Sherwin-Williams Company Jewish Heritage Fund for Kris & Wendy Sirchio Abramson Excellence Accredited Wealth Management Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sireci Louisville Public Media Ms. Ruth Simons Mr. & Mrs. Phillip D. Allen Tom & Cara Solley Dr. & Mrs. Frederick W. $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Solomon Arensmen Ms. Sandra Frazier David & Rebecca Sourwine Christina “Toots” Baker The Glenview Trust Company Lindy Street Dr. David & Mrs. Bobbie Bell Louisville/Jefferson County Matthew Stone Mr. & Mrs. J. Peter Bell Metro Government Keith & Jennifer Tarter Mr. & Mrs. James H. Bloem The Norton Foundation, Inc. Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Mr. & Mrs. Dale J. Boden Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Church Mr. & Mrs. William Blodgett Jr. Kentucky Mr. Christopher M. Todoroff Mr. & Mrs. David Burianek PNC Bank Nathan & Olivia Webb Mr. & Mrs. David Calzi WHAS Crusade for Children Dr. & Mrs. Robert Weiss Mr. Lindy Casebier $2,500 - $4,999 WHAS 11 Rick & Denise Whelan Clarendon Flavor Engineering Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Lawson Whiting Ms. Marilyn Clark AIA Kentucky $15,000 - $24,999 Mr. Brian Zehnder & Mr. Alfonso Cornish & Kim & Mark Baker Anonymous Ms. Melissa Rolf Ms. Yvonne Austin The Courier-Journal / Gannett The Audience Group Ms. Janet R. Dakan Foundation BB&T Ms. Gayle Arndt DeMersseman $500 - $999 Mr. Roger Cude & Mrs. Kathie Disabled Veterans National Anonymous Fr. John G. Eifler Markle-Cude Foundation Mr. John Abel & Ann-Lynn Ellerkamp Dataseam Employees of the Kentucky Mrs. Nancy Smith Phil & Mary Eschels Mr. & Mrs. William Esakov Center Dr. & Mrs. Jesse Adams Foundation for the Tri-State Maggie Conner Faurest Mr. & Mrs. Terry E. Forcht Dr. Kandis Adkins Community Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Ferguson GE Appliances, a Haier Mr. & Mrs. William Altman Randall Fox Tim & LuAnn Galbraith Company Dr. & Mrs. Joe F. Arterberry George Lamar Gaston Jr. & Joan Mr. Bob Gable LEO Weekly Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Mr. Ryan Gittings Gaston Water Energizers Mr. & Mrs. C. Edward Glasscock Mr. Allen Blanc GSA, Class of 2017 Ms. Eloise Boarman Mr. Ankur Gopal & Rick & Ann Guillaume $10,000 - $14,999 Mr. & Mrs. David Bonn Ms. Kiran Gill Dr. & Mrs. William Gump Atrium Centers LLC Dr. Laman & Juliet Cooper Gray Mrs. Elaine Bornstein Amber & Paul Halloran B.J. Killian Foundation Jason & DeAnna Brangers Greater Milwaukee Kentucky Music Educators Mrs. Christina Lee Brown Ms. Dace Brown Foundation’s David C. Scott Association Disabled American Veterans Mr. Dan Burke Foundation Fund Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Kosse Charitable Service Trust Dennis & Joyce Cardwell Mr. & Mrs. John R. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Kent Lanum Mr. & Mrs. Tracy Farmer Mr. Joseph Chambers Ken & Judy Handmaker Mr. Bruce Merrick & Fifth Third Bank Mr. Thomas Conley Mr. James Hite Hays Ms. Karen McCoy Mr. & Mrs. Donald Finney Ms. Christine Deeble Mr. & Mrs. Hearn Imagine Greater Louisville 2020 Mr. & Mrs. Barry P. Meyers Dr. & Mrs. John W. Derr Jr. Mr. Ryan Hernandez Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP Mr. & Mrs. William H. Jenkins Mr. Christopher Dischinger Mr. Henry V. Heuser Mr. & Mrs. R. Charles Moyer The Lane Report Mr. Andrew Jay Douds & Jonathan & Janet Hodes Mr. Kevin Olusola LG&E & KU Services Company Mr. David Mawn Mr. & Mrs. David A. Jones, Sr. Doug & Shari Owen Lite 106.9 FM David & Paulette Dubofsky Brian & Mary Katz Mr. & Mrs. Don E. Parkinson Louisville Tourism William & Christi Dukes Kentucky Arts Council The Jamie Parsley Family Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Ms. Donna Embry Kroger Community Rewards Foundation Rounsavall, III Ms. Catherine Emrick Mr. Todd P. Lowe & Merry-Kay & Steve Poe South Arts eyedia Ms. Fran C. Ratterman Mr. Stuart Pollard The UPS Foundation Dr. Robin Fankhauser Stephen Reily & Emily Bingham Mr. & Mrs. Philip Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Finnegan Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Mackin Riverbend Financial Group $5,000 - $9,999 Mr. Joseph Glerum Drs. Chris D. Mescia & Stock Yards Bank & Trust Anonymous Dan Forte & Chris Schuster Tricia J. Gray Company Ms. Eleanor Bingham Miller $100,000+ Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet Kentucky Department of Education PNC Broadway in Louisville/ Louisville Theatrical Society

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Stephen Campbell & Heather McHold Cellar Door Chocolates Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Louisville D.D. Williamson & Co, Inc. Elizabeth W. Davis Bruce Flannery Karen & Roger Hale Keeneland Foundation, Inc. New England Foundation for the Arts Mr. & Mrs. Theodore H. Nixon Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Nu-Yale Cleaners Oxmoor Toyota-Scion Republic Bank Jonathan & Julie Roberts Dr. Marilyn Schorin Texas Roadhouse Volunteers of the Kentucky Center Mr. & Mrs. Greg Weishar Mr. Dave Young

USI Insurance Services, LLC Ms. Jeanne D. Vuturo Charles & Nina Wardrip Ms. Ronda Watson & Ms. Tammy Crandell Welch Printing Company Mr. Benjamin Wiseman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Woodside Dominic & Lisa Zangari

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A n n u a l S u pp o r t Dr. Brent Garrett & Mrs. Glenda Marker Mr. & Mrs. Eric Gosser Mr. Jan Grayson Andrew & Holly Greene Dr. Randy & Jane Hansbrough Michael & Martha Hardesty Jerry Abramson, matched by Hardscuffle, Inc. Herman & Gail Harrington Mr. Umesh & Mrs. Lalita Hattikudur Jeffrey & Margaret Jamner Ms. Karen L. Keith Ms. Ann B. Kirwan Damon & Julie Lange David & Phyllis Leibson Liza Lizenby Ms. Diane Loy Mr. Robin Luckett Malibu Jacks Beth & Richard Marchetti John & D’Ann Markert Tom & Joslyn Marksbury Ms. Elizabeth McCoy Ms. Madelyn Buzzard Mees Dave & Terri Miller Mission BBQ Ms. Biljana N. Monsky Jason & Shannon Montgomery Mrs. Terri Montgomery Ms. Jennifer A. Moore Marti & Hubert Mountz Dr. Sean Muldoon Mr. David Mudd Caroline Nourse & Ben Jeffers Mr. & Mrs. Michael Phelps Planet Ice Cream Mike Porto & Kevin Moore Henry & Sharon Potter Ms. Linda Remington Mr. George Richardson Chuck & Mary Ellen Schmidt Rev. John A Schwartzlose II Bjaya Shrestha & Josh Shock Ms. Linda S. Simonis Mrs. Pamela Sirls Mr. & Mrs. Darin Smith George & Karin Sonnier Mr. Mitchell Stallsmith Ms. Bobbie Stelle Mr. & Mrs. Bradford Stengel Mr. David Steinberger Drs. Catherine Newton & Gordon Strauss Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Sturgeon Ms. Stacy Tuttle Brian Wallace & Nelda Lewis Wallace Ms. Kristen Webb-Hill Mr. & Mrs. John J. Werst III Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Wolff Mr. Mark Wood Dr. Eric Woodroof Michael & Jeanne Wright $250 - $499 Doug & Kelly Abney

Anonymous In Memory of Alan L. Adelberg Mr. Edward Adler Mr. Jacob Allen Mr. & Mrs. John Ambach Walter E. App & Donna W. Tilson Ms. Nina Bain Dr. Eric Baker & Dr. Tara Odle-Baker Mark & Kathy Barrens Mr. & Mrs. Donald Baxter &rea & Barry Bernson Scott & Lisa Black Mr. Scott Caro Keith & Rene Cartwright Jennifer & Ben Chandlers John Clark Turner P. Berry & Kendra D. Foster Mr. & Mrs. Keith Board Mr. & Mrs. James W. Boone Ms. Margaret Brandt Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brown Mr. Samuel B. Brown Laura Lee Brown & Steve Wilson Robert E. Milward Fund at Blue Grass Community Foundation Terry & Sara Burd Mrs. Karen Byrley Mr. Lee Cantrel Greg & Susan Cohen Dan & Donna Cooper Mr. John B. Corso Core Fluency Pilates/Laura Blackburn Thomas & Malvina Craig Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Czor Ms. C.S. Dalgleish Mr. Andrew Dick Ms. Laurie Duesing Drone Solutions LLC Mrs. Maria J. Eckerle Mr. Michael Eckstein John Edward & Rebecca Donohue, III Patience Elsner Mr. Glenn Epperson Dr. Robert Esterhay & Ms. Ruth Mattingly Dr. Vilma Fabre LaVonne & Brian Fingerson Douglas & Cathi Ford Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Jim Gaffney Mr. & Mrs. Gene Gardner Ms. Vilma Fabre Donna Geddes Mr. & Mrs. Garnett Gill Sheldon & Nancy Gilman Dr. & Mrs. Richard Goldwin Mr. & Mrs. Steve Greenlaw Mr. & Mrs. Charles Grimley Mr. & Mrs. John W. Hampton Mr. Bill Harned Pamela Harris Mr. & Mrs. William Harrison Mr. & Mrs. John Hayes

Mr. Joseph Hertzman Ms. Karen Hill Ms. Mary Jane Hoben Mrs. Diane Hobscheid Mr. David Hogan Mr. Gary Huntoon Hyatt Regency Louisville Ms. Marybeth Irvine Harry & Sherry Jacobson-Beyer Ms. Mary Jones Ryan & Caroline Jordan Mr. Christopher Kaelin Ian & Denise Kalina Charlie & Teresa Kamer Charles & Robyn Kane Danielle Kannapell Mr. & Mrs. Morton L. Kasdan Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. King Michael & Jessica Kinnick Mr. David Klaphaak Margie & Bob Kohn Mr. Eugene Lacefield & Ms. Mary Margaret Lowe Ken Lampton Ms. Judith Landis Mr. & Mrs. Sterling Lapinski Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Laurel John & Lilia Lawson Dr. Leonard Leight Mr. Joseph Lewis Ms. Anne Liechty Dr. Bertina Lin Anne Locke Mr. James D. Ludwig Beth & Richard Marchetti Dr. James Ziliak & Ms. Gena Mark Martha & Jerry Martin Mr. Craig Matthews Mr. Kevin McDonald Ms. Barb McMakin Mega Cavern Ms. Linda Miles Ms. Ann Thomas Miller Steve & Pat Miller Sister Andree Monder Jack & Marilyn Monohan Mr. David Moody Mrs. Pat Moremen Cynthia Murphy Dr. Gloria Murray Mr. Alan Nakamura Kevin & Emily Nolan Norton Healthcare Mr. & Mrs. Dan O’Brien Mrs. Judith Olliges Mr. & Mrs. Gord Pageau Erin Palmer & Tyler Kinney Ms. Tara Parker Ms. Cara Patrick Mrs. Anna Pennington Ms. Lynn Pereira Ms. Judith Petty Jeri & Hans Poppe Mrs. Carrie Powers Ms. Maria Price Gordon & Patty Rademaker Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Rapp

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Kathleen Reno & Tom Payette Will & Becky Richards Mr. Thaddeus Riley Ms. Nancy Roberts Alan & Beatrice Rosenberg Mark & Kay Rountree Patrick & Helen-Grace Ryan Curtis & Ashley Rose Schneider Ms. Shelby Schulten Mr. Terry Schwartz Mr. Mason Scisco Ms. Susan G. Zepeda & Dr. Fred P. Seifer Dr. & Mrs. Saleem Seyal Ellen & Max Shapira Mr. Richard W. Sharpe Ms. Valerie Shelton Brett & &rea Shepherd Trip & Tina Sizemore Mr. & Mrs. Edward Skarbek Drs. Kyle & Laura Slone Mr. Darrell Smith Mr. & Mrs. Kenney M. Snell Mr. Robert Steinmetz & Mrs. Barbara Elliott Ms. Shawna Stomberger Mr. Jim Strickland Dr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Sturgeon Mr. Terry D. Sutton Barbara & Richard Sweet Bob Taylor & Linda Shapiro Dr. Don Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Brian Stevenson Mr. John Tederstrom & Mr. Mark Cannon Ms. Brenda Thompson Mrs. Karen Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Steve Thompson Fernando & Rebecca Trevino Earl & Barbara Trevor Ms. Karen Troutman Mrs. Melanie Twyman Mr. Charles Ullrich David & Susan Vislisel Ms. Kellie Vogt Mr. Jim Wagner Tom Waller Signature Homes Ann Waterman & Niles Welch Ms. Jennifer Love Webb Dr. Mureena Turnquest & Dr. Kevin Wells Melany Wessels Ms. Rebecca West Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Wheeler Dr. Floyd T. Wilkerson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Wood Ms. Grace Wooding Ms. Ann C. Wright & Mr. Richard W. Gasteiner, Jr. Dr. John C. Wright & Mrs. Kay Roberts Dr. Kenneth & Shelly Zegart As of January 1, 2019

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The Kentucky Center Board of Directors Bruce Ferguson, Chair Marilyn Schorin, Vice-Chair • Mary R. Nixon, Secretary • Daniel Woodside, Treasurer Lourdes Baez Laura Melillo Barnum Ceci Conway Boden Al Cornish Scott Flynn

Marion C. Forcht Sandra Frazier Juliet Cooper Gray Donna Hall Kristen Webb Hill

Bruce Merrick Libby Parkinson Christopher M. Todoroff Tierra Kavanaugh Wayne Lawson Whiting

Directors Emeriti Madeline Abramson Owsley Brown II (1942–2011)

Wendell Cherry (1935–1991) Gordon B. Davidson (1926–2015) C. Edward Glasscock

Kentucky Center

for the

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

Arts Foundation, Inc.

Board of Directors Phil Lynch, Chair Kim Baker, Vice-Chair • Doug Owen, Secretary • Jeff Kosse, Treasurer Phillip Allen Philip Eschels Maggie Faurest Bruce Flannery Ankur Gopal Leah Huddleston

Lillian Hunt Benton Keith Barry Meyers R. Charles Moyer Melissa Richards-Person Carolyn Tandy

Ray Wallace Ronda Watson Hollis Weishar Lisa Zangari

K e n t u c k y C e n t e r E x e c u t i v e S t a ff Kim Baker, President and CEO Heather Weston Bell, Senior Vice President, Programming, Events & Education Terri Montgomery, Senior Vice President, Human Resources Amber A. Halloran, Chief Operating Officer Julie Roberts, Vice President, Development Mike Porto, Vice President, Marketing & Communications

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

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

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Mrs. Helen Lang Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Parkinson Ms. Terry H. Sales Ms. Helen Stockton Mrs. Murrel Straley Jeanne D. Vuturo

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We salute the following organizations for their support of The Kentucky Center.

B. J. Killian Foundation

The Gheens Foundation Jamie Parsley Family Foundation

Keeneland Foundation

The Norton Foundation

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The Kentucky Center Services Tickets For complete event information and to order tickets by phone, call The Kentucky Center Ticket Service at (502) 584-7777 or (800) 775-7777, or order tickets online at kentuckycenter.org. The Kentucky Center Ticket Service’s hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Drive-thru ticket service is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets purchased by phone and online are subject to service charges. On performance dates, the ticket office is open one-half hour past curtain time. Gift certificates are available in any dollar amount at the Box Office and are not redeemable for cash.

Information Hotline (502) 562-0100 Parking More than 2,000 parking spaces offer direct access to The Kentucky Center from Sixth St. The elevators located in the garage will take you to the main lobby. You may also enter the Riverfront Garage from Fourth or Sixth Sts. Level C of the garage also will give you direct access to the main lobby.

At the Brown Theatre, parking is available in the lot across from the theatre, and parking garage entrances are located on Third St., north of Broadway or on Fourth St., north of Broadway.

Facilities Rental From a wedding reception to a convention, The Kentucky Center will “stage” your event. For more information, call (502) 566-5146.

Membership Membership to The Kentucky Center offers a variety of benefits, including buying tickets before the public, priority seating, and no handling fees.

For more information, contact (502) 566-5159 or visit SUPPORT on our website. For Corporate Membership benefits, contact (502) 566-5137.

Volunteers The Volunteer Program offers the public a chance to be a part of the great events at The Kentucky Center. 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.

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

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

• Binoculars are now for rent in the lobby for select performances. Rental is $5 per binocular.

An ID must be left as a deposit.

• 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 The Kentucky Center is available on every seating and parking level, as well as ticket counters and personal conveniences at appropriate heights.

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

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

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

Program materials are available in largeprint from your usher.

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

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