The Henry Clay Building

Bunbury Theatre remains an original. While Broadway and off-Broadway shows become ever-more commercial and cookie cutter-like — Bunbury Theatre stays committed to producing original works you won’t see anywhere else.

With each season, sprinkled in with some plays that have been produced elsewhere by larger theater companies, Bunbury always manages to include original works. Some of Bunbury’s recent original productions include Holy Tolle, Swallow That Ego!, an affectionate parody of Eckhart Tolle’s best-selling self-help book; Assisted Living?, a clever exploration of the end of life; Images of Mr. Lincoln, in which the 16th president discusses his contemporaries with photographer Matthew Brady, and Schroedinger’s Cat and Other Chaos Theories, an apocalyptic mystery.

One of Bunbury’s original plays, Uncle Smiley’s Comin’ Home, written by the company's producing/artistic director, Juergen K. Tossmann, was turned into a full-length feature film in 2004.

Founded in 1985, the Bunbury Theatre performed for 13 years in the building that now houses 21c Museum Hotel until the theater company moved in 2007. Performances now take place in the 144-seat theater in the renovated Henry Clay Building, located on Third Street at Chestnut. (The building was once the Henry Clay Hotel.) Even though the theater is on the third floor, it is handicap accessible.

Tickets are $10 for children, $15 for students younger than 25, $17 for senior citizens 65 or older and $20 for everyone else. There are usually tickets available at the door. You can buy tickets on line or by calling (502) 585–5306. Or call and buy a season subscription for $75.

You can see a map of the seating at the Henry Clay; click here and scroll toward the bottom of the webpage.

HelloLouisville Tip: Bunbury Theatre Company holds auditions for its performances several times a year. The theater company is always seeking talented actors, designers and technicians. E-mail bunburyauditions@gmail.com if you are interested in auditioning. Please send a photo and résumé. While auditions sometimes consist of cold readings from scripts, more often than not those auditioning will be asked for a monologue at least two minutes long.

- by Ivonne Rovira, Louisville Reporter for HelloMetro  (Click to leave a message)

Ivonne Rovira

A graduate of the prestigious Columbia University School of Journalism in New York City, Ivonne Rovira worked as a reporter for the Miami News, The Miami Herald and The Associated Press. She has written articles for The National Catholic Reporter and The Courier-Journal. For more than 15 years, Ivonne wrote and edited articles aimed at middle-school children.