Looking for Lilith Theatre Company

For over two decades, Looking for Lilith (LFL) has been at the forefront of innovative and thought-provoking theatre. Renowned for our dedication to producing works that challenge and inspire, we have garnered critical acclaim for our explorations of Kentucky history and the stories of underrepresented groups, including women, the LGBTQ+ community, and people of color. As we embark on our 24th season, we remain committed to this important mission.

LFL is excited to spotlight our upcoming projects that celebrate powerful stories and voices. We're gearing up for two impactful Spring and Summer productions —JUST CAUSE: The Story of the Lexington 6  and The Book Women— that promise to challenge, inspire, and engage our audiences. Additionally, we're raising funds for our much-anticipated return to Guatemala in March 2025.  There we will continue our cross-cultural exchanges as part of the Faith Stories Project, which explores the intersection of faith and identity.

JUST CAUSE: The Story of the Lexington 6 - Experience the true story of bank robbers, FBI Agents, and six young people who made Queer Kentucky history. In 1974, two queer anti-war, bank-robbing women briefly hid out among the lesbian feminist community in Lexington, Kentucky, not revealing their identities to anyone. In the months after they left, the FBI descended on the queer community in Lexington, asking folks to give up all privacy and bonds of trust and community in the name of catching these two fugitives. Follow the story of six young people -- five lesbians and one gay man -- who made queer Kentucky history when they decided to resist this FBI harassment, even if that meant losing all feelings of safety and security, and even if it meant going before a judge and a grand jury. This new play, written by Clarity Hagan, is based on the book The Lexington Six by Josephine Donovan, as well as primary source documents. Performances will be March 6-9, 2025

FAITH STORIES PROJECT - Empowers women in Guatemala and the U.S. to artistically explore the complexities of how faith affects their lives. After 18 years of this cross-cultural partnership with only a handful of LFL members participating, this past season we had the opportunity for the first time to bring a large group from LFL to be in creative community with our Guatemalan compañeras of Colectivo Teatral Historias de Fe (HDF). In fact, this project is being reinvigorated, as participation is growing in LFL and ALL three partnership organizations - HDF, CEDEPCA, and First Presbyterian Church of Winchester (FPC). FPC introduced 3 new women to Guatemala and HDF invited 7 new women to the training retreat this July. That retreat focused on training that will allow them to more easily perform and lead workshops between our visits. Next Visit is planned for March 2025.

THE BOOK WOMEN - In the midst of the Great Depression, in a community crushed by the collapse of coal, and isolated by the very mountains they call home, a group of determined librarians take to their horses to reach the people of Eastern Kentucky. With a dedication equal to the US Postal Service, these “Book Women'' deliver more than the books and magazines they carry in their saddlebags. They bring hope. They bring dreams. They bring the promise that if we support one another, tomorrow will be better. Performances based on this play by Rachel Bublitz will be in May/June 2025.

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Learn more at www.lookingforlilith.org.

Who We Are

Looking for Lilith Theatre Company is an ensemble company that creates productions and programming through re-examining history and questioning today from women’s perspectives, a practice that frequently uncovers unheard voices. LFL productions and programming serve adults, youth and children locally, nationally and internationally.

AS WOMEN we are called to stand with our sisters and brothers who are also called to seek justice.
AS ARTISTS we are called to ‘hold the mirror up to nature.’
AS ACTIVISTS we are called to the hard work of social justice for all.

Looking for Lilith more than ever stands with the unheard.