If there was ever a time to check out the Kentuckiana theatre scene, this may be it. No less than 19 shows are opening this weekend. Everything from national touring productions to locally created productions to murder mysteries to multiple versions of A Christmas Carol to ballet to ballet parodies and everything in between are set to occur in and around Louisville and the surrounding areas. Check out all of the shows through their respective links.
Plenty of theatres are also preparing for the 2025 portion of their seasons by way of auditions. Four groups are holding auditions within the next week, and plenty more are just behind those. Check out each audition through their links and get involved in the Kentuckiana theatre scene.
Enjoy!
Opening:
PNC Broadway in Louisville presents Mamma Mia! until Dec. 8. Show info
Whodunnit Murder Mystery Theater presents The Nutcracker Sweet Murders until Jan. 4. Show info
Stage One Family Theatre presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever until Dec. 21. Show info
Ambo Dance presents The Graham Cracker: A Nutcracker Parody until Dec. 8. Show info
Faith Works Studios presents A Christmas Carol until Dec. 22. Show info
Pandora Productions presents Yeti for Love until Dec. 22. Show info
Looking for Lilith presents The Ancestors Project on Dec. 7. Show info
Highview Arts Center presents A Christmas Carol until Dec. 22. Show info
Kentucky Performing Arts presents A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage on Dec. 6. Show info
Little Colonel Players presents It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Show until Dec. 15. Show info
Clarksville Little Theatre presents A Christmas Carol: The Musical until Dec. 15. Show info
Shelby County Community Theatre presents Ebenezer until Dec. 15. Show info
Hayswood Theatre presents Christmas in Buford: Snowed In until Dec. 15. Show info
The Hardin County Playhouse presents It's Christmas, Carol! and A Christmas Carol until Dec. 15. Show info
U of L Studio Theatre presents The Importance of Being Earnest until Dec. 7. Facebook group page
Sacred Heart School for the Arts presents Frozen Jr. until Dec. 7. Show info
Centerstage academy presents Finding Nemo Kids until Dec. 8. Show info
Oldham County Schools Arts Center presents Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Musical until Dec. 7. Show info
Washington County Theatre's Pied Piper Productions presents A Christmas Carol until Dec. 8. Facebook event page
Ongoing shows:
The Theatre Downstream presents The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe until Dec. 8. Show info
Derby Dinner Playhouse presents A Wonderful Life until Dec. 31. Show info
Derby Dinner children's theatre presents A Fairy Tale Christmas until Dec. 21. Show info
Auditions:
Kentucky Shakespeare holding 2025 spring and summer auditions on Dec. 9. Show info
Clarksville Little Theatre holding auditions for Noel Coward's Waiting in the Wings on Dec. 9 and 10. Facebook group page
Little Colonel Playhouse holding auditions for All My Sons on Dec. 9 and 10. Audition info
IUS theatre department holding auditions for The Glass Menagerie on Dec. 10 and 11. Facebook event page
The Theatre Downstream holding auditions for Love Letters, Love Songs and Love Stories on Dec. 14. Audition info
ShPIeL holding auditions for Room 1214 on Dec. 15. Facebook event page
Shelby County Community Theatre holding auditions for Inherit the Wind on Dec. 16 and 17. Audition info
