SkyPAC receives $1.75M donation to create professional theatre company

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The arts community is celebrating a major donation tonight after SkyPAC received the largest single gift in its history.

Monday morning, Robert Ramsey gifted $1.75 million to the organization to create and operate the Ramsey Theatre Company.

“Robert Ramsey’s donation is transformational,” said Jeffrey Reed of Arts of Southern Kentucky. “It is going to make this community on par with some of the larger cities that have their own Broadway company. We will be able to bring in shows that we want to bring in, when we want to bring them in.”

The company will serve as the resident professional theatre ensemble at SkyPAC and will produce at least three Broadway shows per season.
Orchestra Kentucky will provide the orchestra for the productions.

The company’s first show will be Disney’s Beauty and the Beast on Saturday, June 24, 2023.