Established in 1984, Actors’ Guild of Lexington offers compelling contemporary theatre for the region. AGL is Lexington’s only professional nonprofit theatre for adult audiences. They present six plays per season and offer more performances than any other arts group - over 100 per year.
Mission Statement: "The Mission of Actors Guild of Lexington is to produce quality live professional theatre that stimulates, engages and entertains; elevates the quality of life for citizens of the Bluegrass region of Kentucky; and affirms the commonality of human experience through sustained production excellence and educational outreach."
Vision Statement: The Actors Guild of Lexington aspires to be the leader in the cultural community of Central Kentucky by producing quality professional theatre that illuminates and examines the common humanity in all of us. We affirm that theatre can and should entertain, enlighten, stimulate, inspire, provoke, question, elevate, transform, uplift, challenge and awaken. We believe that theatre can and should generate meaningful public discourse and be truly public: responsive to the evolution of our community and accessible to a wide cross-section of our populace. Actors Guild of Lexington will share and celebrate stories from across the spectrum of time and place while consistently reminding our community of timeless themes and universal interconnectedness.
Lexington Children’s Theatre offers wonderful shows for children and their families. The season begins in September and runs through May. Share the experience of theater with a young person.
Actors Theater of Louisville, the State Theatre of Kentucky, is internationally acclaimed as one of America’s most consistently innovative non-profit professional theatre companies. Founded in 1964, it has won a host of coveted awards and worldwide recognition for excellence.
Since forming in 2005, local performers have provided the region with a variety of delightful dramatic entertainment. With the addition of a Dinner Theatre, local residents are treated to an outstanding evening of dinner and drama. To date, the Guild’s seven performances have focused on the common theme of relationships. With lively song, dance and humor, the cast never fails to please.
Jenny Wiley Theatre is Kentucky’s only professional theatre east of I-75, offering productions all year long at both the Jenny Wiley amphitheater, located within the Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, and the nearby Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg.
Stage One, Louisville’s nationally acclaimed professional theatre for young audiences, is dedicated to bringing the finest quality theatre to young people and families. Now in their 62nd season, Stage One continues to be recognized as one of the nation’s leading professional theatres for young audiences.
