Walden Theatre Announces Stage-Setter Breakfast & Reception 5/14

Walden Theatre will hold its two annual Stage-Setter events on Friday, May 14th to recognize the individuals who set the stage for the continuing success of our students and our organization.

BREAKFAST:
Join us at ArtSpace above the Brown Theatre from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. as we recognize Trish Pugh Jones with Walden's 2010 Arts Community Impact Award and J. Barrett Cooper with Walden's 2010 Inspirational Alumni Award. We will also launch the Walden Theatre Alumni Fund. With this fund, Walden alumni will help underwrite financial assistance for Conservatory students in need.

Along with these recognitions we'll have a short program including a monologue performance by Walden senior Andy Fleischer and a word from Artistic Director Charlie Sexton about arts education. The breakfast is a free event.

RECEPTION:
In the evening, Walden will host a Stage-Setter Reception including the 2010 Stage-Setter honorees in the lobby of the Victor Jory Theatre at Actors Theatre Of Louisville from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Guests will enjoy hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and admission to the 8:00 p.m. performance of Love's Labour's Lost directed by Charlie Sexton in the Victor Jory Theatre.

The reception is a chance for guests to meet our honorees and for alumni to reconnect with current and former Walden students. Tickets for the reception and performance are $35.

Trish Pugh Jones is a former Associate Director and Development Manager for Actors Theatre Of Louisville and worked as a fundraiser for Fund for the Arts for five years. She is a former board member at Walden Theatre and was responsible for finding Walden's current classroom and performance space on Payne Street. In addition, she has served on the boards of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, the English Speaking Union, and Louisville Downtown Development, and she was appointed by the mayor to serve on the Downtown Overlay District.

J. Barrett Cooper is Curator of Historic Interpretations at the Frazier International History Museum, overseeing live historic interpretations and combat. Cooper is founder and Artistic Director of Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company, Louisville's only theatre company devoted wholly to the classics. He also chairs the Summer Theatre Festival at Idyllwild Arts Academy in California, he is a former Associate Director for Walden Theatre, and has directed more than 40 productions with Walden.

Information, RSVP, and Tickets:

Breakfast will be held on Friday, May 14 at ArtSpace (321 W. Broadway) in the 2nd floor rehearsal space above the Brown Theatre. The Breakfast is a free event, though RSVP is requested. Event runs 8:00-9:00 a.m. This is a free breakfast but RSVP is recommended.
Reception will be held on Friday, May 14 at Actors Theatre Of Louisville, in the Victor Jory Theatre lobby on level 2 (above the mezzanine level). Tickets are $35 and include hors d'oeuvres and drinks as well as a ticket for the 8 p.m. performance of Love's Labour's Lost in the Victor Jory Theatre. Run time for the play is two hours with one intermission.

For information, tickets, or RSVP, please contact Walden Theatre at 502-589-0084 or mail@waldentheatre.org.

About Walden Theatre

Walden Theatre was created in 1976 to give young people the opportunity to grow and develop through the comprehensive study of theatre. Today Walden provides theatre education to 11,000 students annually through its nationally-renowned Conservatory and Outreach Programs, and creates more than 98 public performance opportunities for students - ranging from Shakespeare, Shaw, and Aesop to contemporary world-premiere productions and student-written plays. Its continuing success is built on respect for young people's enormous ability to learn and achieve, and grounded in its respect for theatre as a mirror on the world.