‘Time for new blood’: CATF founder to retire in December
More than 30 years after the fact, Ed Herendeen can still recall the moment he knew Shepherdstown would be the perfect place to build something like the Contemporary American Theater Festival.
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Reed Birney and Son Ephraim on Acting Together for the First Time
/by Contemporary American Theater FestivalThe father and son duo are performing in Joseph Dougherty’s historic two-hander this summer in West Virginia, and learn a lot about each other in the process. It’s 1944 and Chester Bailey wants to enlist in World War II. Instead, his parents find him a job at the Brooklyn Navy Yards that will allow him […]
Rousuck’s Review: Contemporary American Theater Festival
/by Contemporary American Theater FestivalIt’s Thursday, and theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins us for another of her weekly reviews of the regional stage. Today, she spotlights the six plays being presented in rotating repertory at this year’s Contemporary American Theater Festival, a showcase for important new work held annually since 1991 on the campus of Shepherd University in historic Shepherdstown, West […]
Review: Antonio’s Song: I Was Dreaming of a Son at Contemporary American Theater Festival
/by Contemporary American Theater FestivalAntonio’s Song is a masterful collaboration between two distinguished artists—some may remember Dael Orlandersmith’s emotionally charged Yellowman that tore through Washington D.C. some years ago, or her Stoop Stories. Her lyrical language and raw emotional style blend perfectly with the basic story of co-writer Antonio Edwards Suarez in Antonio’s Song: I Was Dreaming of a […]