Entries by Peggy McKowen

Welcome Remarks

Last night we welcomed the 2010 Contemporary American Theater Festival Company to Shepherdstown, West Virginia . The Board of Trustees hosted a fabulous picnic on the Frank Center Lawn. It was a magical evening. I want to share with you my Remarks to the 2010 Company: Monday June 7, 2010 “The only people for me […]

A TSUNAMI OF CREATIVE ENERGY

Today we are witnessing a tsunami of creative energy as the 2010 Contemporary American Theater Festival arrives in Shepherstown, West Virginia. You can feel the creativity everywhere. Tonight we put into motion our 20th Season with a Company Picnic on the Frank Center lawn…we begin the rehearsal process on Tuesday. We will have a Company […]

CREATING RESONANCE

                     “We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring                        will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”  T.S. Eliot  All the risk taking, creativity inducing, entrepreneurial flames that have ignited the Contemporary American Theater Festival since 1991 continue to burn strong. Opportunities abound […]

ANTICIPATION 2010 REPERTORY

We are in the final week of Pre-Production prep. Our Equity Stage Management Staff has arrived and they will prepare the empty rehearsal spaces. The rehearsal rooms are ready to be transformed into the 2010 Repertory. Rehearsal begin one week from today. Company members will be arriving all week. We will kick-off the 2010 Season with […]