Art Sanctuary & The Alley Theater

The 2010-2011 Season is here

artadmin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:55:41 +0000

The 2010-2011 season is here and subscription packages are now available. CLICK HERE for a description of the season ticket packages we have available as well as online ordering.

Point Break Live!

artadmin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:04:41 +0000

2 for 1 tickets on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Critics and audiences around the nation agree, Point Break LIVE! is the best stage adaptation of an action movie in the history of the world.

Called “Hilarious” by VARIETY and “Uproarious” by the LA TIMES, “Point Break Live!” tells the story of former College-football-star-turned-FBI-agent, Johnny Utah, in pursuit of the surfing, bank robbing, skydiving bare-hand-fighting adrenaline-junkie-Zen-master Bodhi Sattva.

Okay as if that weren’t awesome enough, check this out: In Point Break LIVE! the lead role of Johnny Utah is played by an audience member. Yes, anyone can volunteer and step up to the challenge of a grueling (meaning fairly ridiculous) audition process . Using the latest in Applause-o-Meter technology, the winner is chosen by the audience and goes on to star as action hero Johnny Utah for the night, reading all the lines off of cue cards. This method really catches the essential rawness of Keanu Reeves’ acting style.

This, high action punk rock style theatrical experience comes complete with excessive gunfire , swearing, chase scenes, fight choreography, football tackles, fake blood, explosions, and of course an indoor monsoon. Mix that up with all the wonderfully iconic quotes from the movie like “Utah, get me two,” “I am an F-B-I Agent!” and “Are we going to jump or jerk off?”, add in the hotness factor- surfer dudes and female stunt doubles- and you have a night of live theater that rivals anything by Samuel Beckett in terms of pure excitement and energy.

Described by LA2day.com as “all-encompassing, wet, interactive, loud, extreme, and altogether awesome,” Point Break LIVE! is not the place to show off any new designer evening gowns. Leave your finery at home and don’t forget to buy a survival kit. You will get wet, you will be robbed at gunpoint, you will be spattered with fake blood and possibly even thrown on the floor by belligerent bank robbers or molested by over-sexed surfers, you might even get hit with a meatball sandwich. The audience is involved in the action to such a degree that HustlerofCulture.com proclaimed, “’Point Break LIVE!’ is the ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ for our generation.”

This is probably why it has sold out in extended runs in Seattle, Minneapolis, New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, Chicago and is now about to open in Louisville.

This play is intended for mature audiences. Contains nudity, strong language, gunshots, fog and strobe effects.

Performance Dates: August 13,14,19,20,21,27,28
September 2,3,4,10
Shows 8 PM, doors at 7:00 PM
Presale Tix are $18/ $16 for students
Day of Show- All Seats $20/$18 for students
Group Tix of 10 or more are $15each

For those of you wanting a more adventurous theater experience we have The High Action Zone. This is some serious seating. You will be robbed and thrown to the ground (all in good theater humor). Tickets for this area are $23 advanced and $25 day of show. There are a limited number of High Action Zone seats so order them early.

Click here to Pre-order tickets for September 2nd
Click here to Pre-order tickets for September 3rd
Click here to Pre-order tickets for September 4th
Click here to Pre-order tickets for September 10th

Art Sanctuary and The Alley Theater
1205 E.Washington Street
Louisville, Ky 40206
502-713-6178
www.thealleytheater.org

The Ballroom Brawlers Improv Show

artadmin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:02:29 +0000

IMPROV HAS NEVER BEEN THIS BRUTAL-or bloody, or funny, or long, floral, pre unplanned, painfully unplanned, so come and see the show or we will look up your location on facebook and … That’s what she said.

Tickets $10
September 9 · 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Doors open at 7:00pm

Click here to pre-order tickets for September 9th

HEARTWORKS: the multi-media rock’n'roll art show!

artadmin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:52:54 +0000

HEARTWORKS is a multi-media art experience coming to Art Sanctuary and The Alley Theater this September 11. Featuring a runway presentation by designer Rachel French (Venomiss Designs), the show will also host performances by The Revenants, the Blue Moon Circus, and Bu Hao Ting. …Static art displays will feature the work of about a dozen local artists, including renowned poster artist Justin Kamerer (Angryblue) and photographer Scott Slusher.

The artists are invited to show any work that they choose, particularly that for which they have previously not had a venue. No holds barred. As Rachel has explained to everyone involved… “Let’s go balls out.”

This is to be a rock’n'roll show, of the truest variety.

Featured Artists Include:
Lisa Frye
Scott Slusher
Angryblue
Kim White
Tarik Dozier
Laurel Fleury
Kristina Bowersmith
Sarahtonin
Heather Marie Montgomery
… and more TBA!

For your reference:
Venomiss Designs: http://www.venomiss.com/
The Revenants: http://www.myspace.com/revenants
Blue Moon Circus: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Louisville-KY/Blue-Moon-Circus/144478253685
Bu Hao Ting: http://www.myspace.com/buhaoting
Justin Kamerer: http://www.angryblue.com/
Scott Slusher: http://www.facebook.com/scottslusher.photographer

Doors open @ 7:00pm
Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door
Show is 18 and over! Beer/wine at the bar with ID.

Click here to order tickets online.

Cynthia Norton – Ninnie Novel Nicety: Repetition de Amores, 2010

artadmin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:06:59 +0000

Experimental music, sound sculpture and video, September 17th and 24th at Art Sanctuary and The Alley Theatre. Pre-show provided by The Twisted Sister Family Band!!!

Cynthia Norton is a Kentucky artist where in Athens she developed her native identity since early childhood. Norton relates sculptural and sonic interpretations of the domestic traditions of her southern cultural heritage, creating video quilts, instruments, moonshi…ne stills and kinetic dress sculptures. In 1995, while completing her MFA at The Art Institute of Chicago in Time Arts, Norton concocted her performance personae of Ninnie Naïve (based upon the classic country comedic genre of the ‘rube’; she has been described as “Alternative Minnie Pearl”, “a countryfied Laurie Anderson” and “a sarcastic hillbilly”). Currently, Ninnie is ‘Ninnie Novel Nicety’ an experimental musical performance artist that toured Europe in May and June. This is a pre-release concept album show, which features music written on the road and denotes a different city for almost each song. Entitled ‘Repetition de Amores’, after the first book written about chess, the work will culminate into a new album to be released January 2011.

Discography:
Cotton Candy Country, 1995
Pick’in On My Heart Strings, unreleased 1996
People Doing Strange Things With Electricity II, 2004 Comfort Stand Records
Queen of Cups, 2008 sonaBLAST! Records (available on itunes)

Performance Dates:
September 17 and 24
Shows 8 PM, doors at 7:00 PM
Tickets are $12

Click here to pre-order tickets for September 17th
Click here to pre-order tickets for September 24th

Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

artadmin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:09:07 +0000

The rare instance of a musical thriller, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. Sweeney Todd’s thirst for blood soon expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe!

A Renegade Arts Production

October 8 – 31
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Tickets, Advance: $18/16 Student
Day of show: $20/$18 Student
Group: $14

Tret Fure and The Sirens at Art Sanctuary and The Alley Theater

artadmin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:40:15 +0000

Join us for a night with Tret Fure and The Sirens! She Wolves Howling in the Night at Art Sanctuary! Also, Art by local women artists!

$18
October 2nd, 2010
Doors at 6pm, Show starts at 7!

Click here to pre-order tickets for October 2nd

On the D List

artadmin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:30:11 +0000

Its A celebration!!..a story about the Life, Love, Tragedy and Survival and Success of one of your favorite Queens!

The Cast:
-The Bitch by Nature..Felicia D Knightt
-Famous Wrestlers -Al Snow and Cyndi Snow
-The Diabolical, yet, Delicious …Skylar Dawn
-The Magical and whimsical Darshwood the Conjurer
-The Hawtness..Mykul J Valentine
-The Babyface… Riker Hill
-The Enfamous Jason Crowe
-The Beautiful Roni Jonah
-The Va Va Vixens
and many more surprises to come!!!!!

The grand finale explodes with A special present to all my gothlings!!!!

$13 cover….(2 dollars of that goes to Art Sanctuary!!!)
Doors at 7pm
Show at 8pm

Click here to pre-order tickets for Nov 6th

Art Sanctuary and The Alley Theater
1205 E Washington Street, 40206

Va Va Vintage

artadmin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:51:58 +0000

Travel back to a time when burlesque was celebrated in Hollywood and performed on Broadway!

Brought to you by the producers of the sold out performances of “Va Va Voyeur”, “Va Va Valentine” and “Va Va Vegas”, The Va Va Vixens have returned for their fourth production at Art Sanctuary at The Alley Theater with “Va Va Vintage”!!

This Vaudeville-style burlesque show will blow your mind with over 20 beautiful and talented women, ae…rialist acts, dance numbers, acro-yoga, a kissing booth, live original music and performances by Vicki Meares, Laura Apple and your host, Divinity Rose (of Sub Rosa: The Gypsy Courtyard) with fabulous magic by Darshwood the Conjurer.

Fans of the Va Va Vixens will love Va Va Vintage. To any Va Va Virgins out there… Come experience what you’ve been missing!

Produced and Directed by Christiane Nicoulin and Lisa H. Frye

Previous shows have sold out. Get your tickets now!

“Calling Va Va Vixens Louisville’s only Burlesque Troupe undermines the vastness of talent and entertainment in the ten plus group of dancers, trapeze artists, and acroyoga preformers!”
Erica Lawson: Louisville Arts Review

Performance Dates:
November 13, 19, 20, 26 and 27
Shows 8 PM, doors at 7:00 PM
Tickets are $18

Click here to pre-order tickets for November 13th
Click here to pre-order tickets for November 19th
Click here to pre-order tickets for November 20th
Click here to pre-order tickets for November 26th
Click here to pre-order tickets for November 27th