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Past Shows


In the fairy tale criminal justice system, the characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes are represented by two separate yet equally ridiculous groups: the ...

The Liar (Ives)
11/4 - 11/21/2021


David Ives, adapted from Le Menteur by Pierre Corneille Commonwealth Theatre Center...

The Children's Hour
10/7 - 10/24/2021


Lillian Hellman Commonwealth Theatre Center...

A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
3/12 - 3/29/2020


A Streetcar Named DesireBy Tennessee WilliamsDirected by Hallie DizdarevicFeaturing CTCs Professional CompanyMarch 12-29, 2020Evenings: Each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday @ 7:30pMatinees: Saturday March 14 @ ...

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
1/16 - 1/25/2020


PRIDE AND PREJUDICEBY JANET MUNSIL, ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL BY JANE AUSTENDIRECTOR CHARLIE SEXTONJanuary 16-25, 2020Performances Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Saturday matinees ...


Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eye view of ...


Robyn Flatt Studio Theater: - B. Wolf; music: B. Wolf; dir: Kathy Burks....

Top Girls
10/11 - 10/19/2019


Caryl Churchill; dir: Hallie Dizdarevic....

Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
10/10 - 10/19/2019


TOP GIRLSby Caryl Churchilldirector Hallie Dizdarevicassistant director Jessica De La RosaOctober 10-19, 2019Performances Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Saturday matinees at 2:00pmAfter shes ...

She Kills Monsters
9/19 - 9/28/2019


She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. ...

Henry V
5/9 - 5/19/2019


Nancy Niles Sexton Stage: William Shakespeare; dir: Jennifer Pennington....

Macbeth
5/9 - 5/19/2019


Nancy Niles Sexton Stage: William Shakespeare; dir: Hallie Dizdarevic....

The Winter's Tale
5/9 - 5/19/2019


Suspicious that his wife Hermione has been unfaithful, King Leontes of Sicilia imprisons the queen, orders the death of her suspected lover, and banishes his ...

Young American Shakespeare Festival - feat. Macbeth, Henry V, The Winter's Tale


MacbethThe Winter's TaleHenry VThree Shakespeare Plays in repertory in CTC's annual Young American Shakespeare FestivalMay 9-19Every year, CTCs Walden Theatre Conservatory students and staff put ...

Cabaret
Cabaret
3/7 - 3/24/2019


CabaretMarch 7-24Evenings Thu-Fri-Sat @ 7:30 and Sunday Matinees @ 4:00Performed by CTCs Professional Company-In-Residence book: Joe Masteroffmusic: John Kander lyrics: Fred Ebbdirected by Seth Lieber, ...

Cabaret
3/7 - 3/23/2019


Nancy Niles Sexton Stage: book: Joe Masteroff; lyrics: Fred Ebb; music: John Kander; dir: Seth Lieber....

The Trials of Robin Hood
2/6 - 2/17/2019


Nancy Niles Sexton Stage: Will Averill; dir: Meg Caudill....


Nancy Niles Sexton Stage: Student Playwrights ....

Almost, Maine
Almost, Maine
1/17 - 1/26/2019


January 17-26 at CTC Almost, Maine by John Cariani directed by Charlie Sexton Falling in love is tough. Falling out of love is tough. In ...

The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee


music/lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman, directed by Mera Kathryn Corlett & Omicah House, music direction by John Austin ...


book: Geraldine Ann Snyder; lyrics: Geraldine Ann Snyder; music: Geraldine Ann Snyder; dir: Mera Kathryn Corlett....

The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project
10/11 - 10/20/2018


October 11-20 The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman & members of Tectonic Theater Project, directed by Mitchell Martin CTC commemorates the 20th anniversary of Matthew ...

Blue Stockings
Blue Stockings
9/20 - 9/29/2018


September 20-29 Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale, directed by Heather Burns In this moving, comical story of Victorian women fighting for the future of education, ...

Circe and Ulysses
3/1 - 3/10/2018


Darcy Cleaver; dir: Mitchell Martin. Nancy Niles Sexton Stage:...


student playwrights; dir: student directors. Nancy Niles Sexton Stage:...

The Trojan Women
1/25 - 2/3/2018


After ten years of punishing war, Troy lies in ruins and her warriors are dead. Bereft of their husbands, their children and their homes, Queen ...


A roller-coaster ride through some of America's most action-packed and exciting music, topped by one of the Brothers Grimm's most famous fairy tales given a ...

The Crucible
10/12 - 10/21/2017


A dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. An ...

A Wrinkle In Time
9/21 - 9/30/2017


On a dark and stormy night…so begins the fantasy adventure sending three children across space and time. Along the way, they must rely on their ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
5/11 - 5/20/2017


A complete delight for all ages, this full-length ballet is based on William Shakespeare's comedy about the romantic adventures, quarrels and reunions of two pairs ...

Henry VIII
5/11 - 5/20/2017


In Henry VIII, the Tudor Court is locked in a power struggle between its nobles and the Machiavellian Cardinal Wolsey, the King's first minister and ...

King John
5/11 - 5/20/2017


Shakespeare set King John in the early 13th century and compresses John's 17-year reign into a succession of tyrannical, bloody moments that begin with King ...

Good Kids
3/2 - 3/11/2017


Naomi Iizuka; dir: Alan McVey....


Nancy Niles Sexton Stage:...

Cyrano de Bergerac
1/26 - 2/4/2017


An adventure based on the legend of 17th Century French dramatist and duelist Savinien de Bergerac, now known the world over as Cyrano. Afflicted with ...

Rhinoceros
12/9 - 12/17/2016


The sublime is confused with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition, a staple of every theatre classroom and 20th century drama. ...

Rhinoceros
12/9 - 12/17/2016


The sublime is confused with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition, a staple of every theatre classroom and 20th century drama. ...

Pinocchio
11/11 - 11/19/2016


Looking down at his newly crafted puppet, kindly old Geppetto makes one wish, that Pinocchio could be a real boy. The Blue Fairy appears that ...

Pinocchio
11/11 - 11/19/2016


adapt: Moses Goldberg from Carlo Colodi; dir: Mera Kathryn Corbett....

A Bright Room Called Day
10/13 - 10/22/2016


Tony Kushner; dir: Hallie Dizdarevic....

A Bright Room Called Day
10/13 - 10/22/2016


In A Bright Room Called Day, Pulitzer, Tony and Emmy Award-winning writer Tony Kushner examines Berlin's reaction to the rise of Hitler in 1932. Through ...

Tartuffe
9/22 - 10/1/2016


trans: Richard Wilbur; dir: Charlie Sexton....

Tartuffe
9/22 - 10/1/2016


trans: Richard Wilbur; dir: Charlie Sexton....

Videos


The Book of Mormon in Louisville The Book of Mormon
Carson Center (4/23 - 4/23)
Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity) in Louisville Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity)
Carson Center (5/30 - 5/30)
Chicago in Louisville Chicago
Carson Center (5/6 - 5/6)
Come From Away in Louisville Come From Away
Carson Center (6/30 - 6/30)
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