Category Archives: South Central

Stories from the South, in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Robert Barry Fleming Named Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Louisville

The native Kentuckian will begin his tenure at the theatre company in June.

After a career in Louisville, Rochester, and Massachusetts, the Arizona native will return to to lead the company that set him on his path.

Civil Rights activism and theatre were integrally intertwined in the life’s work of the founder of Free Southern Theater and Junebug Productions.

The lineup will include annual holiday traditions, the Humana Festival, and works by Idris Goodwin and Sarah DeLappe.

The former NFL player’s latest stage venture is ‘Topdog/Underdog’ at Nashville Repertory Theatre.

The Little Rock native will begin the new post in August, taking the helm of the Rep after it briefly suspended operations.

Actors Theatre is looking for guest speakers and will also be awarding festival passes to theatre professionals and artists.

The annual festival will feature five world premieres, including a new play by Lucas Hnath.

The company, which suspended operations last spring, is back with classics and new plays for its “Rebuild the Rep” season.

She will create a new work alongside a group of emerging playwrights at Nashville Repertory Theatre.