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July 25, 2012
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July 24, 2012
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by Jeffrey Walker | Broadway World/Washington

July 24, 2012
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July 24, 2012
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July 23, 2012
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July 21, 2012
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July 20, 2012
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July 16, 2012
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July 13, 2012
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July 12, 2012
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July 11, 2012
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by Mark Dewey | Shenandoah Press

July 10, 2012
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July 9, 2012
Dispatches From the Contemporary American Theater Festival
by Sophie Gilbert | Washingtonian Online

July 9, 2012
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by Tim Treanor | dctheatrescene.com

July 8, 2012
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July 5, 2012
Opening Night
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July 5, 2012
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by Cecelia Mason | West Virginia Public Radio

July 5, 2012
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by Sophie Gilbert | Washingtonian Online

July 2, 2012
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February 29, 2012
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February 25, 2012
DC Theatre Scene introduces 2012 CATF season
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February 24, 2012
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February 23, 2012
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February 22, 2012
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February 12, 2012
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January 17, 2012
DC Theatre Scene reviews the Broadway production of “Stick Fly” (CATF 2008)

November 28, 2011
Live Design features CATF’s Associate Producing Director Peggy McKowen and her dual-life as theatrical designer and arts administrator.

PAST NEWS: 2011 SEASON

Backstage: Contemporary American Theater Festival >> Washington Post [by Jane Horwitz, July 5, 2011]

Law & Order’s Tamara Tunie to Act in CATF >> WHAG-TV [interviews by Paul Espinosa, July 5, 2011]

Contemporary American Theater Fest Opens This Weekend >> Washington Times [by Terry Ponick, July 4, 2011]

Contemporary American Theater Festival Celebrates 21st Season >> Herald-Mail [by Marie Gilbert, July 1, 2011]

Actor Returns to her passion for CATF >> The Journal [by Maggie Wolff Peterson, June 30, 2011]

Tourism Opening Doors… >> WVNS-TV [June 29, 2011]

Behind CATF’s From Prague >> ShepherdstownChronicle.com [June 17, 2011]

Daniel Morgan Shelley to Portray Nat Turner… >> Backstage Pass with Lia Chang [June 14, 2011]

CATF Rehearsals Begin >> Shepherdstown Chronicle [by Tricia Fulks, June 10, 2011]

Shepherdstown theater festival goes for provoke >> Gazette-Mail [by Douglas Imbrogno, May 28, 2011]

About.com >> Performing Arts blog [April 14, 2011]

CATF Announces Play Line-Up Schedule [CBS59, April 12, 2011]

Contemporary American Theater Festival Announces 2011 Repertory [PR Web, April 4, 2011]

Lucy Thurber and Kyle Bradstreet Will Premiere… [by Kenneth Jones, Playbill.com, March 30, 2011]

Behind the Scenes Look at CATF [Martinsburg Journal, March 25, 2011]

CATF Plays in Running for National Critics Prize

PAST NEWS: 2010 SEASON

Party crasher is part of CATF celebration [by Kate Coleman, Herald-Mail, August 1, 2010]

“White People”: CATF’s Best In Show [by Terry Ponick, Washington Times, July 26, 2010]

CATF’s Clueless “Lidless” [by Terry Ponick, Washington Times, July 24, 2010]

“Eelwax” not quite ready for prime time [by Terry Ponick, Washington Times, July 24, 2010]

The New American Theater, On Stage in Shepherdstown [by J. Wynn Rousuck, WYPR, July 21, 2010]

Shepherd theater festival gets mention in Congressional Record [by Richard Belisle, Herald Mail, July 20, 2010]

Sen. Rockefeller visit theater festival [by Michael Theis, The Journal, July 20, 2010]

Contemporary American Theater Festival Honored for 20 years [by Jamie Burke, NBC25, July 19, 2010]

Contemporary American Theater Festival [John Glass, Drama Urge!, July 16, 2010]

CATF: ‘Breadcrumbs’ [by Lauren LaRocca, The Frederick News-Post, July 16, 2010]

CATF: ‘Inana’ [by Adrienne Lawrence, The Frederick News-Post, July 16, 2010]

CATF: ‘Lidless’ [by Adrienne Lawrence, The Frederick News-Post, July 16, 2010]

CATF: ‘Eelwax Jesus 3-D Pop Music Show’ [by Lauren LaRocca, The Frederick News-Post, July 16, 2010]

‘Breadcrumbs’ examines self [by Matt Armstrong, The Journal, July 16, 2010]

CATF Launches twentieth Shepherdstown, WV season [by Terry Ponick, Washington Times, July 15, 2010]

White People [by Tim Treanor, DC Theatre Scene, July 15, 2010]

Breadcrumbs [by Tim Treanor, DC Theatre Scene, July 15, 2010]

‘Eelwax Jesus’ adds trippy dimension to Contemporary American Theater Festival [by Celia Wren, Washington Post, July 14, 2010]

Contemporary American Theater Festival 2010 [by David Gorsline, A Honey of an Anklet, Juy 14, 2010]

‘Eelwax Jesus 3D’ play is far from ordinary [by Angela Cummings, The Journal, July 14, 2010]

Contemporary American Theater Festival [by Tim Treanor, DC Theatre Scene, July 14, 2010]

Maryland Morning theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck talks to playwright Michele Lowe, author of Inana, and to Terry Drayman-Weisser, Director of Conservation and Technical Research at the Walters.
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Contemporary American Theater Festival: 20th Season – Five New American Plays [by Grace Cavalieri, The Montserrat Review, July 13, 2010]

CATF’s ‘Eelwax Jesus’ a musical of the absurd [by George Oliver, The Herald-Mail, July 13, 2010]

Review: ‘White People’ interesting take on race [by Matt Armstrong, The Journal, July 13, 2010]

CATF’s 20th Season in Shepherdstown – Bill’s Reviews [by Bill Tchakirides, Under the LobsterScope, July 12, 2010]

Contemporary American Theater Festival Reviews [by Bob Anthony, July 12, 2010]

CATF Celebrates 20th Season in Shepherdstown [by Charya Lon, NBC25, July 10, 2010]

5 plays – 2 world premiers [by Adrienne Lawrence, July 9, 2010]

CATF ’10 season kicks off [by Michael Theis, Shepherdstown Chronicle, July 9, 2010]

Looking to the Future [by Angela Cummings, The Journal, July 8, 2010]

CATF celebrates 20 years of producing new theater [by Angela Cummings, The Journal, July 8, 2010]

Theater festival celebrates 20 years in Shepherdstown [by Crystal Schelle, The Herald-Mail, July 3, 2010]

Contemporary American Theater Festival [by John Glass, Drama Urge, July 2, 2010)

Summer Arts Preview [by David Lillard, The Observer, July 2010]

Festival Brings New Dramas to Shenandoah Valley (by Elizabeth Blair, NPR, June 28, 2010)

Shepherd U theater festival to open its 20th season (The Charleston Gazette, June 26, 2010)

Shepherdstown festival premieres rock musical (by Ceceila Mason, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, June 23, 2010)

Two playwrights stage diverse impressions of war at W.Va. festival (by Jane Horwitz, Washington Post, June 23, 2010)

Shepherdstown theater festival celebrates 20 seasons (by Cecelia Mason, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, June 21, 2010)

CATF’s New Season (by Jane Horwitz, Washington Post, April 28, 2010)

CATF Celebrates 20 Years With Roast(Journal, March 25, 2010)