StoryTime Theatre: SKYHIGH TALES by Mera Kathryn Corlett Commonwealth Theatre Center invites your whole family to join us for SKYHIGH TALES by Mera Kathryn Corlett. The performance is an adventure with America’s larger than life folk heroes who showcase the courage, feats of strength, and resiliency that define all tall tale characters. This production is part of… read more →
Cyrano—widely known for his swordplay, wordplay, and his enormous nose— is enlisted by both the woman he loves and a comrade-in-arms in their love affair, forcing him to choose between loyalty and honesty. This heroic comedy and bittersweet romance reveals the risks & rewards of even a well-intentioned deception. Cyrano… read more →
Our cast of Pinocchio (out of costume) came out to greet our guests from Summit Academy of Greater Louisville for an artist talkback following a matinee show. Big thanks to Fund for the Arts and Kosair Charities for making this and so much else possible!
The great design and marketing team at Fieldtrip (formerly StrADegy) just let us know that the new logo they created with us as part of our merger rebrand was recognized with the AIGA Judge’s Choice Award, and is being selected as one of the AIGA 2016 winners! Great clients deserve great work… read more →
Give kids an innovative new way to grow artistic, academic, and social skills through a powerful new theatre education partnership. Building Character & Staging Success is a 13-week hands-on theatre education project aimed at engaging youth ages 8-18 (including at-risk young people from across Louisville) and giving them opportunities to build… read more →
Join Commonwealth Theatre Center and the Walden Theatre Conservatory for: Reunion 2016 December 17 from 5:30-7:30pm 1123 Payne Street in Louisville We’ll have refreshments and plenty of time to get reaccquainted before our current Professional Company-In-Residence takes the stage for the final performance of Ionesco’s Rhinoceros at 7:30. This is… read more →
Imagination, Improv, Studio, and Apprentice classes all have showcases this fall. Please look over the information below for details, especially since schedules require some of the rehearsals and performances to take place on irregular days. Imagination MONDAY (Ms. Meg): performance December 5 at 5:30pm (students arrive 4:00-4:15 wearing costume pieces)… read more →
The work of artists is invaluable in times of change, and now is a crucial time for us to inspire one another. In that spirit, Commonwealth Theatre Center is extending to our community’s artists an offer of free tickets to see our upcoming production of the absurdist masterpiece Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco.… read more →
The apathetic but good-natured Bérenger watches helpless as friends & townsfolk transform into beasts in this absurdist masterpiece that contends with purposelessness & the persuasive power of violence in the rise of fascism. Rhinoceros Eugene Ionesco, translated by Derek Prouse directed by Hal Park, featuring actors from the Professional Company-In-Residence December 9-17 (shows Dec… read more →
Louisville Water Tower Park Hosts a Free, Family-Friendly Shakespeare Event. Sonnets on a Sunday Presented at Louisville Water Tower Park, this is a special collaboration between the University of Louisville English Department and Commonwealth Theatre Center’s Walden Theatre Conservatory, featuring Shakespeare’s sonnets and original poems composed by University of Louisville undergraduates.… read more →