About Us:
Actors Guild of Lexington was created in 1984 by a collective of artists with the purpose of giving the city of Lexington a place to see edgy and contemporary theatre. The theatre was first located in the basement of Levas' Italian restaurant and then moved to 139 W. Short Street.

At the Short Street location Actors Guild of Lexington made a name for itself as the place to see exciting and thought provoking theatre in Lexington. The theatre thrived and was immensely popular with local patrons looking for something a little outside the norm for community theatre.

At the beginning of the 2006-2007 season the Actors Guild of Lexington board voted to make a change to the theatre's mission and vision statements. Now no longer just a theatre for contemporary plays, the theatre gives the Lexington and Central Kentucky audience a wide spectrum of performances.v

Vision Statement:

The Actors Guild Of Lexington aspires to be the leader in the cultural community of Central Kentucky by producing quality professional theatre that illuminates and examines the common humanity in all of us. We affirm that theatre can and should entertain, enlighten, stimulate, inspire, provoke, question, elevate, transform, uplift, challenge and awaken. We believe that theatre can and should generate meaningful public discourse and be truly public: responsive to the evolution of our communitya nd accessible to a wide cross-section of our populace. Actors Guild of Lexington will share and celebrate stories from across the spectrum of time and place while consistently reminding our community of timeless themes and universal interconnectedness.

Mission Statement:

The Mission of Actors Guild of Lexington is too produce quality live professional theatre that stimualtes, engages and entertains; elevates the quality of life for citizens of the Bluegrass region of Kentucky; and affirms the commonality of human experience through sustained production excellence and educational outreach.