Antagonist Productions held “I Come From,” a four-night theater festival from Sept. 21 through Sept. 24.

“I Come From” is the third Antagonist production this year.

The shows were chosen by the three directors: Drew Davidson, Stephanie Pistello and Col. Trent Stephens, from “I Come From: A Voices Inside” Anthology. Each director chose three shows.

“I’ve never worked with three different ones [directors] at the same time before, so this is really interesting,” Cameron Comstock, an actor in the production, said.

The anthology was put together by Robby Henson and the 14 shows were written by inmates of Northpoint Training Center in Kentucky.

Nine short shows were performed: “Know Your Audience” by Matthew Bowling, “Louisville Sky” by Andrew Phillips, “A Cup Overflowed” by Derek R. Trumbo Sr., “Screen Warriors” by Denny Holder, “An Episode Over an Episode” by Brandon Amos, “Moving On” by Dough Stubblefield, “Promise Land” by Andrew Phillips and “Monster Shoes” by Shaun J. Lindley.

“We’re doing a lot of stuff that people don’t usually do to bring these to life,” Ian Scott, the Artistic Producing Executive Assistant, said.

Antagonist Productions is a locally based theater company. They plan to do two shows, a festival like “I Come From,” Shakespeare in the summer and a film in the winter. Antagonist may be toying with the idea of an annual festival event, according to Scott.

Antagonist Productions is a non-profit. Its primary goal is to impact, collaborate, encourage and focus on the local artist, according to its program from the production. Antagonist, founded by Scott, is focused on producing the work of Kentucky artists.

Rehearsals took place for about six weeks before the production, and there were multiple different locations. Actors and crew members did not fully come together until tech week, according to Scott.

The cast and crew of the festival consisted of about 40 people, depending on the night.

With only two tech rehearsals, three different directors, and a large cast and crew, the show ended up being a crowd pleasing experience.

“It’s really nothing short of amazing to me,” said Carl Trammel, the Production Assistant for “I Come From.”

The turnout for the event was good, especially opening night on Thursday, Sept. 21.

“The surrounding community has been really supportive,” Bernadette West-Fugate, an actress in the production, said.

Two playwrights were able to attend the event to see their works performed.

The event also included local food and drink vendors and a raffle from which audience members could win a copy of the book of plays and tickets to Keeneland race track.