Seats 1450. Built by the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the Stephen Foster Drama Association in 1959. A $1.6 million renovation done in the 1990s.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Stephen Foster Drama Association ... "The Stephen Foster Story" has been delighting audiences at the J. Dan Talbott Amphitheatre in Bardstown, Kentucky, since 1959.

Local performers looking to participate in a Kentucky tradition can take their shot later this month during auditions.

The amphitheater, located in historic Bardstown, Kentucky – voted ... a mainstage rotating repertory season of The Stephen Foster Story, & Rodgers & Hammerstein's timeless classic The Sound ...