Kentucky Repertory Theatre

Kentucky Repertory Theatre, formerly Horse Cave Theatre, was called “one of 10 great places to see the lights way off Broadway” by USA Today.

The acclaimed professional theater company has been serving the region in tiny Horse Cave, Ky., since 1977. While once the theater performed only during the summer, the award-winning Kentucky Rep now has performances from July through December. It's just 80 minutes from Louisville, 40 minutes from Elizabethtown, 60 minutes from Bardstown or Radcliff and 90 minutes from Nashville, Tenn.

The 346-seat theater has produced everything from Noël Coward’s hilariously subversive Private Lives to Shakespeare and theater standards such as Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park and Cole Porter’s Anything Goes. Kentucky Repertory Theatre also has had several world premieres, including 1985’s East of Nineveh by Jim Peyton and Hopscotch by Sallie Bingham, whose A Dangerous Personality opened off-Broadway in 2008. Kentucky Rep even commissions some of its own plays: 2010’s Mark Twain was developed by artistic director Robert F. Brock from Twain’s own papers. Whether you delight in thoughtful dramas, quirky comedies or the tried-and-true Broadway musical hits from the past, Kentucky Repertory Theatre has something for you.

You can check out the current season here.

Tickets cost $19 on Friday and Saturday evenings and $17 at other times. Children 12 and under pay $8, while students of any age pay just $10 when they show an ID. Seniors 65 or older, members of the military and AAA members get a 10 percent discount. You can buy tickets by calling (800) 342–2177 or (270) 786–2177. Season subscriptions are available before the season begins.

HelloLouisville Tip: Groups of 10 or more can receive discounts ranging from 10 percent for groups of 10 to 19 up to 30 percent for groups of more than 30. For more information or to make arrangements, call Libby Wilson Ellis at (270) 786–1200.

- 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.