Louisville, Kentucky is a city of neighborhoods; The Highlands, Crescent Hill, Phoenix Hill, Germantown, Rubbertown, Butchertown...it would be impossible to name them all. Not impossible because there are too many, but because the boundaries overlap and the names change with the times. One neighborhood in particular has undergone so many boundary shifts and name changes that it's nearly impossible to research it. Frogtown and Smyrna in the past, the neighborhood is now called Highview...but only by the people who don't insist on calling it Fern Creek or Okolona. In an effort to promote understanding of his corner of the Metro Louisville community, City Councilman and local fireman James Peden invited the Actors Theatre Apprentice/Intern company to do a community based theatre project about Highview. The result was Gathering Note: A Fable.

Performed as an ensemble piece, actors rarely left the stage. Individual characters were portrayed by the addition of piece over a basic neutral outfit.



The company portraying attendees of a traditional fish fry at a historic church.

A convenience store clerk and her trucker husband.	Two local women being interviewed by an acting apprentice.

Teenage Halo players.	Historian, City Councilman, and local cult hero Tom Owen. Tom is portrayed as "Owen-kenobi" on the t-shirt, which I purchased at a local store called "Why Louisville Loves You"...seriously, I'm not making this up!

The City Council Band (fictional)



Bingo Hall Tango

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