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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Actors Theatre of Louisville have invited me to participate in a National Forum on the development and production of new plays in conjunction with the 33rd ANNUAL HUMANA FESTIVAL OF NEW AMERICAN PLAYS. April 3-5. The purpose of this forum is to present and discuss the results of a […]
I recently came across this quote by Eisa Davis from an interview and I want to share it with you: “The most pressing social issue is and always has been compassion. How can we build a world based on this principle rather than on smash-and-grab?” Compassion is a good word to describe Eisa’s new play […]
Theater artists must believe in the world of the play. We are makers of belief. The director is the one who begins the process of creating belief. I begin this process by analyzing the text/script and asking: “what is the general beauty in the play?” The general beauty embodies the theme/main idea and the truth […]
The Contemporary American Theater Festival is dedicated to producing and developing new American Theater. This season we are producing FIVE new American plays in rotating repertory. We are one of just a few professional theaters that do rotating rep and are committed to providing our audience with a Repertory Acting company. This means that you […]
