Artists Talk with LVA: April 20, 2023

May O' Nays is one of the top drag performers in Louisville and she will joined us in the studio this week to talk about their work. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com at 10 am each Thursday to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

May O' Nays is one of the top drag performers in Louisville and she joined us in the studio this week to talk about their work. Also joining us was Tony Lewis, founder and producer of Drag Daddy Productions. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com at 10 am each Thursday to hear Artists Talk with LVA.

Sex kitten. World class dancer. International runway model. These are just some of the phrases that have never been used to describe May O'Nays. May is an experienced performer based in Louisville, Kentucky with a background in musical theatre. She will sing, act, and cook her way into your heart.

May’s lifelong dream has been to join the ranks of the home-making greats—Martha Stewart, Ina Garten, Nigella Lawson, and Amy Sedaris as a queen of homemaking. May loves taking drag into the community and into places that don’t typically see this art form. You can find her teaching cooking, crafting, gardening, and doing drag queen story time all around Louisville, Kentucky, and the Midwest.

In the Spring of 2022, May was proud to debut her self-written cabaret, Tuba Atonement. In the show, May gives an inside look of what it means to grow up as a country queer in rural Indiana. You can watch her as she spends an hour shamelessly pressing her finger into the raw wounds of childhood trauma her therapist just can't seem to heal. If you like the tuba, musical theater, and sausage gravy, Tuba Atonement is a show you must see.

Artebella On The Radio: November 18

The University of Louisville Theatre department has opened a production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at The Playhouse and runs through November 21 It is directed by Jennifer Pennington and engages with ideas about gender fluidity and non-binary identity in creative ways that follow Shakespeare’s text. Three of the cast members talked with us about their experience with the production.

Allie Firell is a playwright, actor, journalist, who has worked with or written about a good majority of arts groups and artists in the Louisville area. They are a candidate for an MFA from the University of Louisville Theatre Dept.

Sarah Chen Elston is an actor, director, and educator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She holds a BA in Theatre from both Point Park University and Guilford College.. Currently a candidate for an MFA from the University of Louisville Theatre Dept.

Jahii Bogard is an actor from Atlanta, Georgia. He studied theatre at Greensboro College and is currently a candidate for an MFA from the University of Louisville Theatre Dept.

Artebella On The Radio: October 14

This week we are talking with Multi-Media artist and educator Sara Noori, who is a part of Open Studio at Art Sanctuary. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com each Thursday at 10am to hear Keith Waits talk with artists.

Sara Noori is a mixed media artist who lives and works in Louisville. They received their Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2-D Studio Art from the University of Louisville in May 2010, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Noori has worked as an arts educator in Louisville and Chicago.

They have a studio at Art Sanctuary and are participating in the 2021 Open Studio Louisville.