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. We interviewed community members of this area of Jefferson County, together with industry representatives, environmentalists and activists, […]

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We premiered another LFL original – PREVAILING WINDS, produced ORLANDO,  GETTING OUT, and produced the NYC premiere of  ALICE IN BLACK AND WHITE. PREVAILING WINDS is based on research and local oral histories about the struggle between Rubbertown industries and their surrounding communities in Louisville, KY – a struggle over the need for clean air […]

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This seasons kicked off with a new short LFL one act – UNCAGED/DESENJAULADAS,  and also included Arlene Hutton’s AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, Basil Kreimendahl’s SIDEWINDERS, and the birth of a new Educational and Community Outreach program – GIRLSPEAK. After years of working with our Guatemalan sisters through the Faith Stories Project, we created a […]

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We at LFL were moved by the research that showed that middle school is a time when the self-esteem of middle school girls tends to plummet. In response, we created GirlSpeak, a program dedicated to lifting up the voices of young girls and women, at a time when they might feel like few around them […]

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