Artists Talk with LVA: August 28, 2025

Director Alyssa Hendricks and producer Michelle Lori from The Chamber Theatre discuss their production of The Harlan Women on Artists Talk with LVA on WXOX 97.1 FM at 10 a.m.

Michelle Lori is a Theatre professional engaged in acting, directing, playwriting and arts administration for The Chamber Theatre, Inc. a Kentucky nonprofit theatre since 2016. She also works as a theatre professional with other area community and semi-professional theatres. Her past professional experience includes Actors Theatre of Louisville and Presbyterian Church USA.

Alysa Hendricks is a Training, Development, and Quality Manager at Generation Tux, but also once taught theatre in the Oldham County Schools and has been very active with local theatre companies in this area. She attended Arizona State University and the New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts

The Harlan Women will be performed at Jeffersonville's NoCo Arts & Cultural District in Jeffersonville on September 4, 5, and 6 and at the green space outside Louisville Visual Art on September 11, 12, and 13. All shows begin at 7 p.m. Get tickets at thechambertheatre.org

Artists Talk with LVA: February 6, 2025

Pandora Productions opens "She Kills Monsters" on Feb. 7 and Gil Reyes & Kate Holland Ballowe came to the studio to talk about it this week. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

For more than 25 years, Pandora Productions has been the only theatre company in the Louisville Metro area and most of Kentucky exclusively dedicated and most trusted to tell the stories of the LGBTQ+ communities.

Gil Reyes is the current Artistic Director of Pandora Productions and has directed several productions there in the last 2 years. Previously he was a co-founder of Theatre [502], worked with Stage One Family Theatre and Jon Yarmuth and was the winner of the Moth Story Slam in 2013.

Kate Holland Ballowe has been an important behind-the-scenes presence in Louisville theatre for years, primarily as a stage manager. But has also been featured onstage in Godspell and Little Shop of Horrors for Pandora.

She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen opens February 7 and runs through February 23  at The Henry Clay Theatre  An epic D&D campaign brings Agnes closer to her sister. Fantasy meets dramatic comedy in this homage to the geek and warrior within us all.

Artists Talk with LVA: April 25, 2024

Jose Perez IV & Dara Jade Tiller

Louisville Hivemind Artist Collective presents TO BATTLE: A Fight Play by José Pérez IV
Directed by Jess De La Rosa April 25 - 27 at Lincoln Performing Arts Elementary.

JOSÉ PÉREZ IV is the Resident Fight & Intimacy Director of Pittsburgh Public Theater. He has been writing and directing his fight theatre plays since 2010. Recent credits at Pittsburgh Public (BILLY STRAYHORN, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM IN HARLEM, ROBIN HOOD), Actors Theatre of Louisville (DRACULA), Cleveland Play House (FRANKENSTEIN), Vermont Stages (BREAKFALLS). Other recent productions of his plays: VERY BERRY DEAD (Semifinalist 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival) Saginaw Valley State University & Pittsburgh premiere in July 2024, OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE presented by Kelly Strayhorn Theater. Artistic Director, Big Storm Performance Company. MFA Performance Pedagogy University of Pittsburgh, BFA Drama NYU. JosePerezIV.com

DARA JADE TILLER (she/her, Actor/Co-Producer) has  worked in professional theatre and film in Chicago, New York and across the United States. She has been seen in numerous commercials, both regionally and nationally, and has many stage, film, and television credits. Recently, she played Jamie Bell's wife in the award-winning film, Donnybrook and can be seen in Midway to Love now playing on The Hallmark Channel. She was most recently seen in Dracula: a Feminist Revenge Fantasy by Kate Hamill at Actors Theatre of Louisville. She has also worked extensively on the other side of the camera and stage in production and casting. She served as Managing Director of Woodford Theatre in Versailles, Ky and on the Board of Directors of Theatre 502. She is a part-time Theatre Instructor at the University of Louisville and offers private coaching and workshops for all ages and experience levels. Read more at darajadetiller.com

Artists Talk with LVA: December 28, 2023

Kentucky Shakespeare opens Kate Hamill's adaptation of Sense & Sensibility on January 6 and director Amy Attaway was live in the studio this week to tell us all about it. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Amy Attaway has been the Associate Artistic Director of Kentucky Shakespeare since 2016, after several summers directing with the company. She also serves as director/facilitator of Kentucky Shakespeare’s Shakespeare with Veterans.

Before that Amy was a Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director for 10 years of Theatre [502], a Louisville company dedicated to recent and relevant theatre, and she spent five seasons as Associate Director of the Apprentice/Intern Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Amy is a graduate of the University of Evansville and lives in Louisville with her fantastic husband and daughter and a growing menagerie of rescued pets.

Artists Talk with LVA: February 17, 2022

Jennifer Starr, Maggie Hartman, & Valerie Canon talk about the Mind's Eye Theatre production of "Guys and Dolls" opening February 25 and why they are a women-led company. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10 am to hear Keith Waits speak with artists.

Jennifer Starr, Maggie Hartman, & Valerie Canon are all board members for Mind’s Eye, Jennifer is directing “Guys and Dolls”, Valerie is playing Adelaide, and Maggie will appear as one of the Hot Box dancers. They are all experienced theatre artists who have worked with several different companies in Louisville and the surrounding area.

Mind’s Eye Theatre Company’s production of “Guys and Dolls” will run from February 25 - March 6 at Art Sanctuary.