Kentucky Events
Theater
See our Arts Links page for links to Kentucky arts organizations, performing companies, and venues.
Josephine SummerStage: As You Like It | |
| Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Tickets for the performance can be purchased in advance at Kentucky Employees Credit Union and Completely Kentucky in Frankfort starting May 15. Tickets are also available at the park prior to each evening's performances. Tickets are $10 and $8 in advance, and $12 and $8 at the gate. This year's production marks a first, with Josephine Sculpture Park commissioning Kentucky sculptor Andrew Marsh to create three large-scale wood sculptures, using his delicate chainsaw-carving process, for the play. | |
| DATE: | June 6-8 and June 13-15, 7 pm |
| LOCATION: | Josephine Sculpture Park, 3355 Lawrenceburg Road, Frankfort |
Pioneer Playhouse: Deathtrap | |
| DATE: | June 7-22 |
| LOCATION: | Pioneer Playhouse, Danville |
The Stephen Foster Story | |
| DATE: | June 8-Aug. 10, select dates |
| LOCATION: | My Old Kentucky Home State Park, Bardstown |
Jenny Wiley Theatre: Church Basement Ladies | |
| DATE: | June 14-Aug. 3, select dates |
| LOCATION: | Wilkinson Stumbo Convention Center, Prestonsburg |
Pine Knob Theatre: Dock Brown—Legend of an Outlaw | |
| DATE: | Saturdays, June 15 and 22, and July 6, 13, 20, 7:30 pm |
| LOCATION: | Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville |
Cirque de Soleil: Quidam | |
| DATE: | June 19-23 |
| LOCATION: | KFC Yum! Center, Louisville |
Shakespeare in the Park: Twelfth Night | |
| DATE: | June 20-July 14, Tuesdays-Sundays, 8:30 pm |
| LOCATION: | Central Park, Louisville |
Pine Knob Theatre: Down In Hoodoo Holler | |
| DATE: | Fridays, June 21, and July 5, 12, 19, 7:30 pm |
| LOCATION: | Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville |
Mystery Train Ride | |
| Cost is $15.50 for adults, $10.50 for children. Enjoy a "whodunit" play performed on board the moving train. Help solve the mystery. | |
| DATE: | June 22-June 23, 2 pm; Sept. 14-15, 2 pm |
| LOCATION: | Bluegrass Railroad Museum, 175 Beasley Road, Versailles |
Pioneer Playhouse: Tamed | |
| DATE: | June 25-July 6 |
| LOCATION: | Pioneer Playhouse, Danville |
Jenny Wiley Theatre: The Sound of Music | |
| DATE: | June 28-Aug. 10, select dates |
| LOCATION: | Jenny Wiley Amphitheatre, Prestonsburg |
Pine Knob Theatre: Be Bop A Lula | |
| DATE: | June 28 and 29, and Aug. 30 and 31, 7:30 pm |
| LOCATION: | Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville |
Kentucky Conservatory Theatre: Peter Pan | |
| DATE: | July 5-14 |
| LOCATION: | University of Kentucky Arboretum, Lexington |
Shrek the Musical | |
| DATE: | July 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27, and Aug. 1, 3, 8 |
| LOCATION: | My Old Kentucky Home State Park, Bardstown |
Pioneer Playhouse: The Search for Tinker Doyle | |
| DATE: | July 9-20 |
| LOCATION: | Pioneer Playhouse, Danville |
Jenny Wiley Theatre: Oklahoma! | |
| DATE: | July 12-Aug. 9, select dates |
| LOCATION: | Jenny Wiley Amphitheatre, Prestonsburg |
Blue Licks Murder Mystery: Blazing Sabers | |
| DATE: | July 17-18 |
| LOCATION: | Blue Licks State Resort Park, Worthington Lodge, Carlisle |
Shakespeare in the Park: Taming of the Shrew | |
| DATE: | July 18-21 |
| LOCATION: | Central Park, Louisville |
Pioneer Playhouse: Moon Over Buffalo | |
| DATE: | July 23-Aug. 3 |
| LOCATION: | Pioneer Playhouse, Danville |
Kentucky Conservatory Theatre: A Chorus Line | |
| DATE: | July 24-Aug. 4 |
| LOCATION: | University of Kentucky Arboretum, Lexington |
Pine Knob Theatre Festival No. 1 | |
| Features three shows starting at noon: At the Hop with the Countdowns, Down in Hoodoo Holler, and Dock Brown—Legend of an Outlaw. Tickets are $30, which includes all three shows and all your food and drink for the day. | |
| DATE: | July 27, noon |
| LOCATION: | Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville |
Pine Knob Theatre: Lucy And Ruth's Diner—LARD | |
| DATE: | Fridays, Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23, and Sept. 6, 13, 20, 7:30 pm |
| LOCATION: | Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville |
Pine Knob Theatre: Daddy Took The T-Bird Away | |
| DATE: | Saturdays, Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, and Sept. 7, 14, 21, 7:30 pm |
| LOCATION: | Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville |
Pioneer Playhouse: Cockeyed | |
| DATE: | Aug. 6-17 |
| LOCATION: | Pioneer Playhouse, Danville |
Jenny Wiley Theatre: Feud, Part 1: The Story of Johnse Hatfield and Roseanna McCoy | |
| DATE: | Aug. 29, 30, 31, and Sept. 1 |
| LOCATION: | Jenny Wiley Theatre-Pikeville Location, 218 Second St., Pikeville |
Pine Knob Theatre Festival No. 2 | |
| Features three shows starting at noon: At the Hop with the Countdowns, Lucy And Ruth's Diner—LARD, and Daddy Took The T-Bird Away. Tickets are $30, which includes all three shows and all your food and drink for the day. | |
| DATE: | Sept. 28, noon |
| LOCATION: | Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville |
Jenny Wiley Theatre: The Legend of Jenny Wiley | |
| DATE: | Oct. 11-12, 17-18 |
| LOCATION: | Mountain Arts Center, Prestonsburg |
Green Day's American Idiot | |
| DATE: | Jan. 19-20 |
| LOCATION: | Kentucky Center, Whitney Hall, Louisville |
See our Arts Links page for links to Kentucky arts organizations, performing companies, and venues.
