Author: stephenfosters
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Glimpse at 2024 Season
Check out a few photos from the 65th Annual The Stephen Foster Story in 2024. We would love to have you join us this season. Purchase your tickets at stephenfoster.com/tickets.
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Celebrating 65 years
Welcome to the 65th season of The Stephen Foster Story at the beautifully renovated J. Dan Talbot Amphitheater. It was the summer of 1957 when a group of farsighted people created the idea of a drama to ensure the music of America’s troubadour lived on. My Old Kentucky Home State Park in Bardstown was already…
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Cast Profile: Darla Arnett
Toledo, Ohio-based actor Darla Arnett is set to captivate audiences this summer with her performances in “The Stephen Foster Story” and “The Little Mermaid” through the Stephen Foster Drama Association. Making her debut with the Stephen Foster Drama Association, Arnett will play Lievy Pise in “The Stephen Foster Story” and take on the iconic role…
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Cast Profile: Garyon Judon
Radcliff, Kentucky resident Garyon Judon has been captivating audiences this summer in “The Stephen Foster Story” and “The Little Mermaid,” presented by the Stephen Foster Drama Association in Bardstown, Kentucky. Making his debut with the Stephen Foster Drama Association, Judon is playing Joe Aikins in “The Stephen Foster Story” and King Triton in “The Little…
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Lights Up! is June 14
Lights Up! event offers theater performance and activities for kids, adults with special needs On June 14, the Stephen Foster Drama Association will continue its tradition of hosting a distinctive and inclusive performance of “The Stephen Foster Story” specifically tailored for children and adults with special needs. Thanks to the generous support of LG&E and…
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Music Monday – 5/20
Join us on Monday, May 20 between 11:30 a.m and 1 p.m. for lunch featuring Rock ‘n Roll (Old Time, Classic and Modern)! Uncle Spoony’s Restaurant will be on hand if you would like to purchase your lunch or grab lunch from one of Bardstown’s wonderful restaurants and bring your own. Music Mondays is a…
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About Stephen Foster
Stephen Foster (1826 – 1864) was America’s first great songwriter. Considered one of the earliest published American composers to write songs based on American themes, Foster drew inspirations from the realities of life in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and throughout United States in the mid 1800’s, in addition to the same European influences of his contemporaries. The…
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andrew Carnegie
1836 – 1919 Industrialist, Philanthropist Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. He became a leading philanthropist in the United States and in the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away ~$350 million…
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Martin Delany
1812 – 1885 Doctor, Publisher, Author, Civil War Major Martin Delany was an African American abolitionist, journalist, physician, soldier, writer and arguably the first proponent of black nationalism. Born as a free person of color in Charlestown, Virginia (now West Virginia) and raised in Chambersburg and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Delany trained as a physician’s assistant with…
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Lem Reed
1877 – 1955 Connection outside the show The legendary Lem Reed made a tremendous contribution to tourism in Bardstown with his self taught musical talent. Lem played banjo and greeted visitors with a musical welcome to My Old Kentucky Home from the mid 1940’s until his death in 1955.