Kentucky Repertory Theatre

Whether it’s the gospel according to Peanuts, the gospel according to Mark Twain or competing Christmas gospels, you’ll find Kentucky Repertory Theatre’s 2010 season has all that — and more!

The season gets its start with a favorite musical: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, which runs July 16, 17, 22 and 24. In a deceptively light musical comedy and a speciasl Young Performers Production, the beloved characters from Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip philophize about living a meaningful life.

The next month marks the return of Mark Twain, starring Robert Brock, in honor of the centennial of Twain’s death. Spend an evening with the legendary author on Aug. 13, 14, 19, 20 or 21. Then prepare for the end of the world with The Book of Revelation, a sweeping presentation of the Biblical end of the world, accompanied by dramatic music and stunning imagery of the Apocalypse, which runs Aug. 26, 27, 28 and 29.

An audience favorite, The Miracle Worker, runs Oct. 15–31. Enjoy the inspiring true story of Helen Keller, rendered deaf and blind by fever, who learns to communicate through the persistance of her teacher, Annie Sullivan. The filmed version won two Academy Awards and was nominated for three more. The source of the title was Mark Twain, who termed Annie Sullivan “a miracle worker.”

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s sweeping novel, Crime and Punishment, has been translated into a powerful, 90-minute play by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus, which runs Nov. 5–21. Like the classic novel, the brilliant play explores the concepts of good and evil, guilt, terror and redemption.

The Kentucky Repertory Theatre offers not one, but two holiday classics just in time for Christmas. The first is A Christmas Story, the theatrical adaptation of the cult classic film comedy. The stage adaptation by Philip Grecian, which runs Nov. 26 through Dec. 12, deals with a boy who wants just one thing for Christmas, the thing no one wants him to get: a Red Ryder BB gun. The other holiday fare is A Christmas Carol, performed as a one-man show in Kentucky Repertory Theatre’s Arts Education Center. A Christmas Carol runs Dec. 9, 10, 11, 17 and 18. 

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.

HelloMetro 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.