Rita Thomas News

Derby Dinner Playhouse will present the comedy, SOUTHERN FRIED NUPTIALS, August 23 through October 1, 2017. For ticket information please call 812-288-8281 or visit www.derbydinner.com.

For the 3rd year, Arts-Louisville.com and Vault 1031 presented the Arts-Louisville.com/Broadway World Theatre Awards honoring excellence in local theatre. In a ceremony attended by over 100 people, competitive awards in 4 divisions were given out to local theatre companies and individual theatre artists after a public vote administered through the Broadway World website. The period of qualification for these categories was November 1, 2015 and October 31, 2016.

When a five down on their luck friends buy an abandoned church and turn it into a day spa, hilarity ensues! While building their friendship, they might also manage to find love along the way.

Derby Dinner Playhouse will present Agatha Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE September 29 through November 8, 2015. 

Derby Dinner Playhouse will present the ALL NEW musical comedy THE LAST POTLUCK SUPPER, opening August 12 and running through September 27, 2015.  For ticket information please call 812-288-8281 or visit www.derbydinner.com

In 2015, it isn't easy to get people into a theatre. Who wants to make the drive and pay the ticket price for a light, late twentieth-century comedy when the entire series of "Friends" and "Everybody Loves Raymond" is on Netflix? "Social Security," written by Andrew Bergman and currently playing at Derby Dinner Playhouse, is the essence of those sitcoms brought to life. Is it provocative, complex and moving? No. Is it silly, lighthearted and a lot of fun? Absolutely.

Derby Dinner Playhouse kicks off their 2015-2016 season with the comedy SOCIAL SECURITY, opening May 12 and running through June 21, 2015.

There is an oh-so-subtle dramatic bed upon which rides one of the funniest evenings of theater I've had the joy to partake of in quite a while.

The annual National Meningitis Association (NMA) Give Kids a Shot Gala was once again an emotion filled evening but a stellar success in aiding the fight against meningitis, a potentially vaccine preventable disease. Held in the elegant ballrooms of the historic New York Athletic Club with phenomenal views of Central Park as a backdrop, hundreds of New York's movers and shakers turned out to support the cause and also to congratulate meningitis survivor & Para Olympic Gold Medalist Nick Springer, an Honorary Chair along with Ambassador & Mrs. John L. Loeb, Jr. Scroll down for photos from the event!

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre opens its 39th Season with a poignant comedy as it presents The Dixie Swim Club, now on stage through Feb. 12.