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Since 2011Our History

Kentucky Classic Arts at Centre Square lives inside the old Lebanon High School, a building that has stood on Centre Square since 1918. Its halls that once rang with school bells now ring with overtures, applause and curtain calls.

We have been proud to bring our community entertaining shows since 2011, with full seasons since 2014. Take a stroll back through every show we have staged.

  • 1918Lebanon High School built
  • 2011Our first production
  • 2014Our first full season
  • 74Productions and counting

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Poster art for all eight shows of the 2024–2025 season
The whole 2024–25 lineup

Season2024–2025

8 productions

  1. Oct ’24Junie B. Jones the Musical
  2. Dec ’24Little Women the Musical
  3. Apr ’25Bunnies!
  4. May ’25Something Rotten! Jr.
  5. July ’25Jimmy Buffett’s Escape to Margaritaville
  6. Aug ’25Wine, Cheese & Murder (Speakeasy Murders series)
  7. Oct ’25Into the Woods
  8. Dec ’25The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!
Simba, Timon and Pumbaa on stage in Disney’s The Lion King Jr.
Disney’s The Lion King Jr.Dec ’23

Season2023–2024

6 productions

  1. Oct ’23The Speakeasy Murders
  2. Dec ’23Disney’s The Lion King Jr.Pictured
  3. Feb/Mar ’24Dearly Departed
  4. May ’24Bye Bye Birdie
  5. June/July ’24Curious George and the Golden Meatball
  6. Aug ’24Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap

Season2022–2023

6 productions

  1. Oct ’22The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  2. Nov ’22Space Pirates!
  3. Dec ’22A Seussified Christmas Carol
  4. Mar ’23The Play That Goes Wrong
  5. May ’23Matilda the Musical
  6. Aug ’23Nunsense
Ariel, Eric and friends in a rowboat in Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr.
Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr.May ’21

Season2021–2022

6 productions

  1. Mar ’21Father of the Bride
  2. May ’21Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr.Pictured
  3. Sept ’21Steel Magnolias
  4. Dec ’21Annie Jr.
  5. Apr ’22Madagascar
  6. May ’22Singin’ in the Rain

Season2020

3 productions

  1. Feb ’20Disney’s Frozen Jr.
  2. July ’20Disney’s 101 Dalmatians Kids
  3. Sept ’20Legally Blonde
The Brewster sisters fuss over Mortimer in Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old LaceOct ’19

Season2019

6 productions

  1. Mar ’19Oliver!
  2. May ’19Dearly Departed
  3. Aug ’19Thoroughly Modern Millie
  4. Oct ’19Arsenic and Old LacePictured
  5. Nov ’19Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
  6. Dec ’19Junie B. Jones Jr. / Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells

Season2018

8 productions

  1. Feb ’1812 Angry Men
  2. Mar ’18The Emperor’s New Clothes
  3. May ’18Emma
  4. July ’18High School Musical Jr.
  5. Sept ’18Sister Act
  6. Oct ’18Down the Rabbit Hole
  7. Nov ’18A Year with Frog & Toad Kids
  8. Dec ’18The Nutcracker
Gomez, Wednesday and the ghostly ancestors in The Addams Family
The Addams FamilyOct ’17

Season2017

7 productions

  1. Apr ’17Disney’s Cinderella Kids
  2. May ’17Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
  3. June ’17Always… Patsy Cline
  4. July ’17Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr.
  5. Sept ’17The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
  6. Oct ’17The Addams Family the MusicalPictured
  7. Dec ’17The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Annie, Daddy Warbucks and the household staff at Christmas in Annie Jr.
Annie Jr.May ’16

Season2016

6 productions

  1. Jan ’16Steel Magnolias
  2. May ’16Annie Jr.Pictured
  3. Oct ’16Aesop’s Fables
  4. Oct/Nov ’16The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  5. Nov ’16Smoke on the Mountain
  6. Dec ’16Holidays Celebrities

Season2015

6 productions

  1. Feb ’15Disney’s Aladdin Jr.
  2. Mar ’15The Tale of Peter Rabbit
  3. Apr ’1515 Reasons Not to Be in a Play
  4. June ’15The Sound of Music
  5. Oct ’15The Foreigner
  6. Dec ’15The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Season2014

6 productions

  1. Jan ’14You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
  2. May ’14James and the Giant Peach
  3. June ’14Disney’s Aristocats Kids
  4. July ’14Guys and Dolls
  5. Nov ’14Steel Magnolias
  6. Dec ’14A Christmas Carol

Season2011–2013

6 productions

  1. Nov ’11Lovely in Danger
  2. Aug ’12A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  3. Nov/Dec ’12The Desperate Director
  4. Mar ’13Greater Tuna
  5. May ’13Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Kids
  6. July ’13Oklahoma!

Where it all began

November 2011: Lovely in Danger raised the curtain on everything that followed.

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