Spotlight On: Juneteenth Legacy Theatre [reprinted from LEO Arts and Entertainment Guide 2004]
Juneteenth Legacy Theatre will work with children this season to stage "Tall Tales and Short Sayings," which the company performed last season. Juneteenth Legacy Theatre is "Kentucky's Only Professional African-American Theatre Company!" — right now. Founder and director Lorna Littleway, an actress, playwright and director from New York, says there have been other groups with the same focus in the past, but none that lasted as long as JLT, now entering its sixth season. [click for full article.]
JLT 6th Season Calendar |
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September 2 |
Kentucky On Stage Showcase, Kentucky Center, 4pm.Sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council. |
September 3 |
Bang! Bang! Bang!, West Broadway United Methodist Church/Center, 8:30pm. Presented by "First Fridays." |
| October 16 | Juneteenth@Apollo Prelims, Rudyard Kipling, 7pm Admission $5 |
| November 12 | Bold Journeys Tour/The Last Dust Track, Ursuline School of the Performing Arts, 1pm. |
| January 14 - 16 | Youth Cultural Enrichment Project (YCEP) at the Zora Neale Hurston Festival, Kentucky Center. |
| February 17 | Bold Journeys Tour/Mrs. Reader, Ursuline School of the Performing Arts, 1pm. |
| February 18 | Bold Journeys Tour/Mrs. Reader, Campbellsville, 1pm and Juneteenth Cotton Club Revue, 8pm. |
| February 19 | Bold Journeys Tour/Juneteenth Cotton Club Revue, Elizabethtown, 8pm. |
| June 3-19 | Juneteenth Jamboree, hosted by Actors Theatre, 8pm & 7pm. Tickets $5-$100. |
Dear Friends,
Juneteenth Legacy Theatre's Spirit of Juneteenth 2003 - 04 opened its 5th year with an original mainstage cabaret production, Billy, Lena and the Duke: A Night of Ellington Music!, October 2nd -12th. This jazz, swing and scat musical tribute to the incomparable trio was a smashing success. [read the LEO article here.]
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Warm up your hearts this winter with a BOLD JOURNEYS Tour performance in February and March. A three-play repertoire -- Faith, Hope and Charity: The Mary McLeod Bethune Story, Tall Tales Short Sayings, an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston stories, and an original cabaret production, Juneteenth Cotton Club Revue-- is offered. [click here for BOLD JOURNEYS page.]
BOLD JOURNEYS is promoted through the Kentucky Arts Council's "Performing Arts on Tour Directory." Non-profit organizations can apply for funding up to 50% of the booking fee. For scheduling and fee information contact Tour Manager, Miss Betty, juneteenthlegacy@aol.com BOLD JOURNEYS is funded in part by Metro Louisville, Target Stores, Louisville Arts Council; and it is sponsored by the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
The company's annual fundraiser, DARASA, is Saturday, June 5th. We celebrate African-American Independence with a traditional Juneteenth meal, art auction and excerpts from the Juneteenth Jamboree of New Plays. This communal gathering is held at Encore@Actors Theatre, 11:30 am - 1pm. Tickets are $50.
JLT wraps this season with its celebrated Juneteenth Jamboree, a festival of new play readings, celebrity guest artists, professional development workshops, and bazaar of books and crafts, June 4 -20, 2004, hosted by Actors Theatre. A Jamboree pass for $100 includes DARASA and all the Jamboree activities, a remarkable $25 savings! Individual play tickets are $5 each and workshops are $15 each. Plays selected for the Jamboree will be announced in April.
An exciting season is planned for you. Catch the Spirit of Juneteenth!, I look forward to meeting you at our performances!
Lorna Littleway
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