Selected Community Events
Pine Knob Theatre Festival #1
Jul 27, 2013 NOON
Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville, KYTheatre Festival - see three shows (1) At The Hop with The Countdowns Band (2) Down in Hoodoo Holler (3) Dock Brown-Legend of an Outlaw. See live music, folklore comedy and nostalgia, historical drama. Tickets are $30.00 each and include all three shows and all your food and drink for the day.
Debby Smith Shain 270-879-8190 debby@pineknob com
Pine Knob Theatre Festival #2
Sep 28, 2013 NOON
Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville, KYTheatre Festival - See 3 shows - (1) At the Hop with The Countdowns Band (2) Lucy And Ruth's Diner-LARD (3) Daddy Took The T-Bird Away. See live music, singing and dancing, comedy, vintage cars. Tickets are $30.00 each and includes all three shows and all your food and drink for the day.
Debby Smith Shain 270-879-8190 debby@pineknob.com
Be Bop A Lula
Jun 28, 2013 - Aug 31, 2013 7:30 p.m.
Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville, KYOutdoor Theatre Under the Stars presents Be Bop A Lula - Pine Knob Theatre's NEW SHOW - Lula comes from the Boondocks and learns to get hip. Wimpy doesn't like the guys squeezing his Charmin, Shirley Johnson got a note from the PTA, and Billy Joe was told to go jump off a bridge! Live music, singing, dancing, comedy, vintage cars.
Debby Smith Shain 270-879-8190 debby@pineknob.com
Down in Hoodoo Hoodoo Holler
Jun 21, 2013 - Jul 19, 2013 7:30 p.m.
Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville, KYOutdoor Theatre Under the Stars presents folklore story of Pine Knob, in search of gold, set in the 1930s. Show is full of nostalgia, comedy, and a Model A Ford.
Debby Smith Shain, 270-879-8190 debby@pineknob.com
Dock Brown - Legend of an Outlaw
Jun 15, 2013 - Jul 20, 2013 7:30 p.m.
Pine Knob Theatre, 2250 Pine Knob Road, Caneyville, KYOutdoor Theatre Under the Stars presents true story of the infamous Kentucky outlaw, Dock Brown, who lived in Pine Knob from 1842-1851. Now in our 27th Season
Debby Smith Shain, 270-879-8190, debby@pineknob.com
REGIONAL SUMMER THEATREFEST! TO DEBUT THIS SUMMER AT LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE
Jun 21, 2013 - Jul 21, 2013 Various times
Lindsey Wilson College V.P. Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson St.-- A new regional summer theater program will debut this June at Lindsey Wilson College.
Under the direction of theater veteran Robert Brock, the inaugural season of TheatreFest! will feature three dramatic productions -- Robin Hawdon’s farcical Perfect Wedding, a one-man production of Mark Twain and a 75th-anniversary celebration of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town.
The shows will be performed at Lindsey Wilson College’s V.P. Henry Auditorium, and the casts will include Lindsey Wilson students and members from surrounding communities, Brock said.
“TheatreFest! strives to challenge and entertain audiences through the production of the best from dramatic literature -- both old and new -- and also engage the communities of Southcentral Kentucky as audience members and participants in quality productions and educational programming,” said Brock, who is a Lindsey Wilson assistant professor of theater.
Brock joined the LWC faculty as an assistant professor more than two years ago after a distinguished professional career in regional theater.
In addition to teaching theater classes at the 110-year-old liberal arts college, Brock also directs several plays each school year. His LWC resume includes Godspell, The Long Christmas Dinner, Don’t Dress for Dinner, The Crucible and Steel Magnolias.
TheatreFest! will be supported financially by the college, and LWC students from the college’s burgeoning theater program will help staff productions.
Brock said a big reason TheatreFest! is possible is because of a recent $200,000 renovation to the college’s V.P. Henry Auditorium, which is more than 80 years old. The 350-seat theater received a new stage, a new sound and light system, and new seats.
“It’s one of the more impressive renovations I’ve seen,” said Brock, who has more than 30 years in professional theater. “After the space was renovated, I realized it would be an excellent home to a summer regional theater program. That will give our students another opportunity to build their resumes, and it will also offer the region another summer activity.”
Brock added that TheatreFest! should also appeal to the thousands of tourists who visit Southcentral Kentucky’s lakes and state parks each summer.
The schedule for the inaugural TheatreFest! season are:
* Perfect Wedding, by Robin Hawdon -- June 21-22, 27-29 (All performances will be at 7 p.m. CT.)
* Our Town, by Thornton Wilder -- July 12-13, 18-20 (All performances will be at 7 p.m. CT.)
* Mark Twain, performed by Robert Brock -- June 30, July 7, 14, 21 (All performances will be at 2 p.m. CT.)
All three productions will be at the Lindsey Wilson College V.P. Henry Auditorium, 210 Lindsey Wilson St.
For more information about TheatreFest!, contact Brock at brockr@ lindsey.edu or (270) 590-4803.
OKLAHOMA OPENS 2012 MAINSTAGE SEASON
Feb 24, 2012 - Feb 26, 2012 Feb, 24, 25 at 8 pm and 26 at 3 pm
Van Meter Auditorium, Western KY UniversityCome be transported to the early days of Oklahoma’s history as you watch WKU students kick up their heels and entertain with a story of young love. You’re sure to leave the theatre humming such favorites as “Surrey with the Fringe on Top” and “People Will Say We’re in Love.” Performances take place in Van Meter Auditorium on the campus of Western Kentucky University. Performances take place: February, 24th, 25th at 8pm and February 26th at 3pm. Admission is $15 for adults and $12 for students. Call 1-800-5BIG-RED for advance tickets.