About Us

FOUNDED in 1938, Lexington Children's Theatre LCT is a fully professional, non-profit organization dedicated to the intellectual and cultural enrichment of young people. We are one of the oldest continuously operating theatres for young people in the country and are proud to be the State Children’s Theatre of Kentucky.

Today, STAFFED with PROFESSIONAL actors, directors, designers, educators and administrators, OUR MISSION is two-fold:

• TO PROVIDE professional theatre experiences for young audiences
  
  
• TO PROVIDE quality theatre education for young people ANNUALLY, LCT provides quality theatre experiences and theatre arts education for as many as 150,000 children throughout the state of Kentucky.
  
  
• LCT EMPLOYS 40-60 actors, teachers, administrators, technicians, professional interns and other artists each year
  
  
• Produces MAIN STAGE productions with professional adult actors performing for youth that also travel as REGIONAL PERFORMANCES to other performance venues throughout the state and region.
  
  
• Produces TOURING PRODUCTIONS that travel throughout the state of Kentucky and beyond to perform in schools, libraries, and community centers.
  
  
• Produces DISCOVERY SERIES productions, designed to afford young people with professional live-theatre experience in all areas of artistic & technical production.
  
  
• LCT also has a four-quarter, on-site THEATRE SCHOOL, outreach EDUCATION programming and acting companies for area teenagers, Company B and Jr. Company.