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The 34th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays is underway at Actors Theatre of Louisville. During this annual event the theatrical world turns its feet toward Kentucky and the festival that introduced classics such as “The Gin Game” and “Crimes of the Heart.” Among the new productions this season is Deborah Zoe Laufer’s Sirens, in which a middle-aged couple, portrayed by Brian Russell and Mimi Leiber, explore the nature of love, devotion and passion. Classical 90.5’s Scott Dowd talks with Russell and Leiber.
Sirens ran February 21 through March 8.
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How do we experience theatre, and what is our role in that venue? These are two of the questions you may want to explore as part of Playwright Deborah Stein’s production Heist now playing at 21c as part of Actors Theatre of Louisville’s 34th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays. Classical 90.5’s Scott Dowd spoke with Stein about the happening that employs the talents of ATL’s twenty-two acting apprentices and interns.
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The 34th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays is underway at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Playwright Scott Organ’s two-person drama Phoenix stars the husband and wife duo Suli Holman and Trey Lyford as strangers who must explore their relationship after an eventful one-night stand. Classical 90.5’s Scott Dowd spoke with Organ, Holman, Lyford and director Aaron Posner:
“Phoenix” runs through March 27 in the Bingham Theatre.
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What was to be the apex of the Chamber Music Society of Louisville’s 72nd season by the Takacs Quartet on March 14, has undergone a significant rethink after it was announced recently that second violinist Karoly Schranz will be undergoing surgery to repair a damaged rotator cuff this month. Society President Jackie Rosky speaks with Classical 90.5’s Scott Dowd about the challenges of presenting live concerts and some of the unintended benefits of this 11th hour program change.
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Bion Tsang, cello, is in Louisville this week to perform Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Louisville Orchestra as conducted by Scott Yoo. Classical 90.5’s Alan Brandt talked Mr. Tsang about performing the work and his long relationship with the conductor.
