The season began with a stunning production of Karen Zacarias’ Legacy of Light at the Henry Clay Theatre. In this play, two women scientists, living hundreds of years apart, explore the meaning of love, motherhood, family, art and science in this contemporary comedy. It juxtaposes the story of Émilie du Châtelet, a mathematician, scientist, and […]

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Alice Austen fell in love with photography and another woman at a time when women were expected to do neither. For Marking Women’s History Month, they produced the world premiere of Alice in Black and White, by award-winning New York-based playwright Robin Rice. In this humorous and heartbreaking exploration of Alice, Rice created a period-hopping […]

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LFL’s tenth original play, Prevailing Winds, is focused on environmental issues in relation to Rubbertown and its surrounding communities, as well as how race and class have played into the Louisville community’s dialogue and action around these issues. They interviewed community members of this area of Jefferson County, together with industry representatives, environmentalists and activists, […]

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This season included another LFL original, Prevailing Winds. This original play, based on research and local oral histories, is about the struggle between Rubbertown industries and their surrounding communities in Louisville, KY – a struggle over the need for clean air and water conflicting with people’s need for the products Rubbertown creates – and how […]

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After years of working with their Guatemalan sisters through the Faith Stories Project, LFL created a short play to share that experience with Louisville audiences in the form of UnCaged/Desenjauladas, which they performed at the Slant Culture Theatre Festival at the Commonwealth Theatre Center. Shortly thereafter, they had their very first visit to Louisville from […]

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