Actors Theatre of Louisville - Humana Festival of New American Plays

“A gathering point for theater professionals and critics
to take the temperature of the American theater.”
— St. Paul Pioneer Press, April , 2008

“Where do you go for the very best,
and the very newest in American playwriting?
Try Kentucky. This state may know horses,
but it also stakes a claim to the stage.”
-— Culture+Travel, March/April, 2008

“The crossroads
of the American theater.”
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April , 2008

HUMANA FESTIVAL
OF NEW AMERICAN PLAYS
February 24–March 30, 2008
The Humana Festival of New American Plays is an annual site
of pilgrimage where theatre lovers from around the world converge to get the first look at the future of the American theatre.

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Highlights from 2008
• 32nd annual festival
• 89 performances in a five-week repertory
• 34 states and 14 countries represented in the audience
• 16 schools represented over College Days enrichment weekend
• Prestigious Award:
Actors Theatre and the Humana Festival received the National Corporate Theatre Fund’s Achievement in Theatre Award at a New York City gala on April 14, 2008.
• Loyal Corporate Support:
The 27-year sponsorship of the festival by The Humana Foundation is the largest and longest corporate sponsorship of non-profit theatre in the country.
• 2007 Humana Festival Plays anthology released for sale
Buy Anthology Online or attend the Book Launch April 22, 6 pm at Borders Fourth Street Live
• Future Productions of 2008 Festival Plays (as of April 15):
This Beautiful City, Studio Theater (Washington, DC), Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles, CA), Vineyard Theatre (Off-Broadway)
Becky Shaw, Second Stage Theatre (New York)
the break/s, The Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis), Spoleto Festival (Charleston, SC), Yerba Buena Arts Center (San Francisco, CA)
All Hail Hurricane Gordo, Cleveland Play House (Cleveland, OH)

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Great Falls by Lee Blessing Feb 24 - Mar 30	Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo comissioned by Actors Theatre of Louisville with the support of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Feb 29 - Mar 30	This Beautiful City by Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis music and lyrics by Michael Friedman from interviews by Emily Ackerman, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Brad Heberlee, Stephen Plunkett, Alison Weller and the authors Mar 5 - 29
the break/s by Marc Bamuthi Joseph in association with Living Word Project Mar 8 - 29	All Hail Hurricane Gordo by Carly Mensch Mar 13 - 30	Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom by Jennifer Haley Mar 18 - 30

Game On Mar 21, 23, 28 & 30 by Zakiyyah Alexander, Rolin Jones, Alice Tuan, Daryl Watson, Marisa Wegrzyn and Ken Weitzman music and lyrics by Jon Spurney
Zakiyyah Alexander	Rolin Jones	Alice Tuan
Daryl Watson	Marisa Wegrzyn	Ken Weitzman	Jon Spurney

Ten-Minute Plays Mar 29
Tongue, Tied by M. Thomas Cooper	Dead Right by Elaine Jarvik	In Paris You Will Find Many Baguettes but Only One True Love by Michael Lew	One Short Sleepe by Naomi Wallace