Humana Festival of New American Plays
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Humana Festival of New American Plays is an internationally renowned festival that celebrates the contemporary American playwright. Produced annually in Louisville, Kentucky
by Actors Theatre of Louisville
, this prestigious event showcases new theatrical works and draws producers, critics, playwrights and theatre lovers from around the world. The Humana Festival is made possible by the generosity of The Humana Foundation. The festival was founded in 1976 by Jon Jory
, Actors Theatre Producing Director from 1969 to 2000.
1977–1978:
1978–1979:
1979–1980:
1980–1981:
Shorts:
1981–1982:
Shorts:
Solo: a compendium of one-person plays:
The Survivalist by Robert Schenkkan
The Subject Animal by Larry Atlas
Rupert's Birthday by Ken Jenkins
Slow Drag Mama by Isabel Monk and Dare Clubb Butterfly, Marguerite, Norma ... and Irma Jean by Trish Johnson
1982–1983:
Shorts:
The Habitual Acceptance of the Near Enough by Kent Broadhurst Partners by Dave Higgins
1983–1984:
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley
Execution of Justice by Emily Mann Husbandry by Patrick Tovatt Independence by Lee Blessing Lemons by Kent Broadhurst The Octette Bridge Club
by P.J. Barry The Undoing by William Mastrosimone
1984–1985:
Shorts:
1985–1986:
1986–1987:
Shorts:
The Love Talker by Deborah Pryor
1987–1988:
1988–1989:
Incident at San Bajo by Brad Korbesmeyer Stained Glass by William F. Buckley, Jr.
Tales of the Lost Formicans by Constance Congdon
1989–1990:
Infinity's House by Ellen McLaughlin The Pink Studio by Jane Anderson
The Swan by Elizabeth Egloff Vital Signs by Jane Martin Zara Spook and Other Lures by Joan Ackermann In Darkest America by Joyce Carol Oates
1990–1991:
1991–1992:
The Carving of Mount Rushmore by John Conklin D. Boone (retitled: Loving Daniel Boone) by Marsha Norman Devotees in the Garden of Love by Suzan-Lori Parks Eukiah by Lanford Wilson Evelyn and the Polka King by John Olive Hyaena by Ross MacLean Lynette at 3 A.M. by Jane Anderson Marisol by José Rivera
Old Lady's Guide to Survival by Mayo Simon Procedure by Joyce Carol Oates
1992–1993:
1993–1994:
Shotgun by Romulus Linney Stones and Bones by Marion McClinton The Survivor: A Cambodian Odyssey by Jon Lipsky Trip's Cinch by Phyllis Nagy
1994–1995:
Middle-Aged White Guys by Jane Martin Tough Choices for the New Century: A Seminar for Responsible Living by Jane Anderson Trudy Blue by Marsha Norman Your Obituary is a Dance by Benard Cummings
1995–1996:One Flea Spare by Naomi Wallace
Reverse Transcription: Six Playwrights Bury a Seventh by Tony Kushner
Trying to Find Chinatown by David Henry Hwang
What I Meant Was by Craig Lucas
1996–1997:
1997–1998:
1998–1999:
1999–2000:
Phone Plays:
2000–2001:
The Phone Plays:
2001–2002:
2002–2003:
2003–2004:
2004–2005:
2005–2006:
2006–2007:
2007–2008:
2008–2009:
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
by Actors Theatre of Louisville
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Actors Theatre of Louisville is a performing arts theater located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1964 by Louisville native Ewel Cornett, local producer Richard Block and actor Ken Jenkins of Scrubs fame, and was designated the "State Theater of Kentucky" in 1974. It is run as a...
, this prestigious event showcases new theatrical works and draws producers, critics, playwrights and theatre lovers from around the world. The Humana Festival is made possible by the generosity of The Humana Foundation. The festival was founded in 1976 by Jon Jory
Jon Jory
Jon Jory is a theatrical director instrumental in the development of the Actors Theatre of Louisville; he is also widely rumored to be the writer behind the pseudonym Jane Martin....
, Actors Theatre Producing Director from 1969 to 2000.
History of festival
- Actors Theatre has produced over 400 Humana Festival plays (short pieces, ten-minute plays, one-acts, and full-lengths), representing the works of more than 200 playwrights.
- Over three-fourths of the Humana Festival plays have been published in twenty-eight Actors Theatre anthologies as well as individual acting editions, making a visible and vital contribution to American dramatic literature.
- Three Humana Festival plays have won the Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
: The Gin GameThe Gin GameThe Gin Game is a two-person, two-act play by D.L. Coburn that premiered at American Theater Arts in Hollywood in September 1976, directed by Kip Niven. It was Coburn's first play, and the theater's first production.-Plot:...
by D.L. Coburn, Crimes of the HeartCrimes of the HeartCrimes of the Heart is a play by Beth Henley.-Synopsis:At the core of the tragic comedy are the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe, and Lenny, who reunite at Old Granddaddy's home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi after Babe shoots her abusive husband. The trio was raised in a dysfunctional family with a...
by Beth HenleyBeth HenleyElizabeth Becker "Beth" Henley is an American dramatist and actress. She writes primarily about women's issues and family in the Southern United States. She is also a screenwriter who has written many film adaptations of her plays...
and Dinner With FriendsDinner with FriendsDinner with Friends is a 2000 play written by Donald Margulies. It premiered at the 1998 Humana Festival of New American Plays and opened Off-Broadway in New York on November 4, 1999.-Plot summary:...
by Donald MarguliesDonald MarguliesDonald Margulies is an American playwright and a professor of English and Theater Studies at Yale University...
. Keely and Du by Jane Martin was a finalist. - In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, Humana Festival plays have won many prestigious awards including the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Pen Center USA West Award, The Kesselring Prize, the Obie AwardObie AwardThe Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
and the American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award. - More than 2,000 scripts are received annually for consideration in the New Play Program. Nearly 75,000 scripts have been submitted since 1976.
- The Humana Foundation first sponsored the Humana Festival during the 1979–80 season. During the 1981–82 season, the festival was renamed the Humana Festival of New American Plays in honor of the Louisville-based company's ongoing and generous support. As the philanthropic arm of Humana, Inc., The Humana Foundation identifies, funds and nurtures projects and organizations in three fields: domestic and international health, education and arts, and civic developments where the company has a meaningful presence.
- Over 30 foreign countries are represented in the audience at the festival each year.
- Over 90 million Americans have seen additional productions of the many plays originated in the Humana Festival, not including film and television audiences who have seen Humana plays adapted for the screen.
- Actors' New Play Program encompasses the Humana Festival of New American Plays, the National Ten-Minute Play Contest and ongoing contact with hundreds of playwrights.
- The Heideman Award was established in 1979. Made possible by the late Louisvillian Ted Heideman, the $1,000 cash prize is bestowed annually upon the winners of the National Ten-Minute Play Contest (1989–2005), which evolved from the national One-Act Play Contest (1979–1989).
- Each year of the Humana Festival's first decade (1976–1986), The Great American Play Contest awarded cash prizes for two full-length scripts produced in the Humana Festival.
List of plays
1976–1977:- The Gin GameThe Gin GameThe Gin Game is a two-person, two-act play by D.L. Coburn that premiered at American Theater Arts in Hollywood in September 1976, directed by Kip Niven. It was Coburn's first play, and the theater's first production.-Plot:...
by D.L. Coburn - Indulgences in the Louisville Harem by John Orlock
1977–1978:
- The Louisville Zoo by Anonymous Authors
- An Independent Woman by Daniel Stein
- Getting Out by Marsha NormanMarsha NormanMarsha Norman is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play night, Mother...
- Does Anybody Here Do the Peabody? by Enid Rudd
- The Bridgehead by Frederick BaileyFrederick BaileyFrederick Bailey may refer to:*Frederick Manson Bailey , Australian botanist*Frederick Marshman Bailey , British intelligence officer and adventurer*Frederick Bailey, play/screen writer works including Equalizer 2000...
1978–1979:
- Crimes of the HeartCrimes of the HeartCrimes of the Heart is a play by Beth Henley.-Synopsis:At the core of the tragic comedy are the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe, and Lenny, who reunite at Old Granddaddy's home in Hazlehurst, Mississippi after Babe shoots her abusive husband. The trio was raised in a dysfunctional family with a...
by Beth HenleyBeth HenleyElizabeth Becker "Beth" Henley is an American dramatist and actress. She writes primarily about women's issues and family in the Southern United States. She is also a screenwriter who has written many film adaptations of her plays... - Circus Valentine by Marsha NormanMarsha NormanMarsha Norman is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play night, Mother...
- Find Me by Olwen Wymark
- Holidays: a compendium of short plays:
Lanford WilsonLanford Wilson was an American playwright who helped to advance the Off-Off-Broadway theater movement. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1980, was elected in 2001 to the Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2004 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters...
- Fireworks by Megan Terry
- The Great Labor Day Classic by Israel HorovitzIsrael HorovitzIsrael Horovitz is an American playwright and screenwriter.-Theatre career:An American dramatist, Horovitz has written more than 70 produced plays, many of which have been translated and performed in more than 30 languages worldwide . The 70/70 Horovitz Project was created by NYC Barefoot Theatre...
- I Can't Find it Anywhere by Oliver Hailey
- Independence Day by Tom EyenTom EyenTom Eyen was an American playwright, lyricist, television writer and theatre director.Eyen is best known for works at opposite ends of the theatrical spectrum...
- In Fireworks Lie Secret Codes by John GuareJohn GuareJohn Guare is an American playwright. He is best known as the author of The House of Blue Leaves, Six Degrees of Separation, and Landscape of the Body...
- Juneteenth by Preston JonesPreston JonesPreston Jones was an American playwright best known for a set of three plays, A Texas Trilogy.-Biography:...
- Merry Christmas by Marsha NormanMarsha NormanMarsha Norman is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play night, Mother...
- New Year's by Ray AranhaRay AranhaRay Aranha was an American actor, playwright, and stage director.-Career:Born in Miami, Florida, Aranha appeared in and written numerous stage productions. In 1974, he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Playwright for My Sister, My Sister...
- Redeemer by Douglas Turner WardDouglas Turner WardDouglas Turner Ward is an American playwright, actor, director and theatrical producer best known as a founder and artistic director of the Negro Ensemble Company .-Biography:Turner was born in Burnside, Louisiana...
- Lone Star by James McLureJames McLureJames Miller McLure, Jr. was an American playwright. He was born in Alexandria, Louisiana and grew up in Shreveport where he was educated by the Jesuits. He became interested in acting in high school, performing in Shakespearean plays...
- Matrimonium by Peter Ekstrom
1979–1980:
- Agnes of GodAgnes of GodAgnes of God is a play by John Pielmeier which tells the story of a novice nun who gives birth and insists that the dead child was the result of a virgin conception. A psychiatrist and the mother superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation...
by John PielmeierJohn PielmeierJohn Pielmeier is an American playwright and screenwriter.Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Pielmeier earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Catholic University of America in 1970 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1978... - Doctors and Diseases by Peter Ekstrom
- The Coal Diamond by Shirley Lauro
- Nothing Immediate by Shirley Lauro
- Remington by Ray Aranha
- Sunset/Sunrise by Adele Edling Shank
- They're Coming to Make it Brighter by Kent BroadhurstKent BroadhurstKent Broadhurst is an American actor. He is known for his part as the hypnotherapist in Dream Theater's special Scenes from a Memory concert performed at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City and released on DVD as Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York.He was born in St...
- Today a Little Extra by Michael Kassin
- Weekends Like Other People by David Blomquist
- The American Project: a compendium of short plays:
Brian FrielBrian Friel is an Irish dramatist, author and director of the Field Day Theatre Company. He is considered to be the greatest living English-language dramatist, hailed by the English-speaking world as an "Irish Chekhov" and "the universally accented voice of Ireland"...
- The Drummer by Athol FugardAthol FugardAthol Fugard is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director who writes in English, best known for his political plays opposing the South African system of apartheid and for the 2005 Academy-Award winning film of his novel Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood...
- The Golden Accord by Wole Soyinka
- Hooray for Hollywood by John Byrne
- San Salvador by Keith Dewhurst:
- The Side of the Road by Gordon Dryland
- Star Quality by Carol Bolt
- Switching by Brian Clark
- Tall Girls Have Everything by Stewart Parker
- Vicki Madison Clocks Out by Alexander Buzo
1980–1981:
- The Autobiography of a Pearl Diver by Martin Epstein
- Extremities by William MastrosimoneWilliam MastrosimoneWilliam Mastrosimone is an American playwright and screenwriter from Trenton, New Jersey. He attended high school at The Pennington School and received a graduate degree in playwrighting from Mason Gross School of the Arts, a part of Rutgers University....
- A Full Length Portrait of America by Paul D’Andrea
- My Sister in this House by Wendy Kesselman
- Future Tense by David Kranes
- Swop by Ken JenkinsKen JenkinsKen Jenkins is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Bob Kelso, the Chief of Medicine on the American comedy Scrubs....
- Early Times: a compendium of short plays:
- Chapter Twelve — The Frog by John PielmeierJohn PielmeierJohn Pielmeier is an American playwright and screenwriter.Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Pielmeier earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Catholic University of America in 1970 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1978...
- Propinquity by Claudia Johnson
- Quadrangle by Jon JoryJon JoryJon Jory is a theatrical director instrumental in the development of the Actors Theatre of Louisville; he is also widely rumored to be the writer behind the pseudonym Jane Martin....
- Spades by Jim BeaverJim BeaverJames Norman "Jim" Beaver, Jr. is an American stage, film, and television actor, playwright, screenwriter, and film historian...
- Twirler by Jane MartinJane MartinJane Martin is the RUMORED pen-name of a playwright speculated to be retired Actors Theatre of Louisville artistic director Jon Jory. Jon Jory, Martin's spokesperson, denies being Jane Martin but has directed the premieres of Martin's shows....
- Watermelon Boats by Wendy MacLaughlin
Shorts:
- Chocolate Cake by Mary Gallagher
- Chug by Ken Jenkins
- Final Placement by Ara Watson
1981–1982:
- Clara's Play by John Olive
- A Different Moon by Ara Watson
- Full Hookup by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller
- The Grapes of Wrath by Terrence Shank
- The Informer by Thomas MurphyTom Murphy (playwright)Tom Murphy is an Irish dramatist who has worked closely with the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and with Druid Theatre, Galway. He was born in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland...
- Oldtimers Game by Lee BlessingLee Blessing-Biography:Blessing's best-known play is A Walk in the Woods, which depicts the developing relationship between two arms limitation negotiators, one Russian and one American, over years of negotiation...
- Talking With by Jane MartinJane MartinJane Martin is the RUMORED pen-name of a playwright speculated to be retired Actors Theatre of Louisville artistic director Jon Jory. Jon Jory, Martin's spokesperson, denies being Jane Martin but has directed the premieres of Martin's shows....
Shorts:
- The Eye of the Beholder by Kent Broadhurst
- The New Girl by Vaughn McBride
- The Groves of Academe by Mark Stein
Solo: a compendium of one-person plays:
Jim Beaver
James Norman "Jim" Beaver, Jr. is an American stage, film, and television actor, playwright, screenwriter, and film historian...
The Survivalist by Robert Schenkkan
Robert Schenkkan
Robert Frederic Schenkkan, Jr. is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor, perhaps most recognizable as the character of Lieutenant Commander Dexter Remmick in Star Trek: The Next Generation...
The Subject Animal by Larry Atlas
Larry Atlas
Larry Atlas is the author of eight produced plays. He is best known for the award-winning play Yield of the Long Bond, which premiered at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles starring Ian McShane and Byron Jennings. He directed the second production in this play at NY Stage and Film with Jennings,...
Rupert's Birthday by Ken Jenkins
Ken Jenkins
Ken Jenkins is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Bob Kelso, the Chief of Medicine on the American comedy Scrubs....
Slow Drag Mama by Isabel Monk and Dare Clubb Butterfly, Marguerite, Norma ... and Irma Jean by Trish Johnson
1982–1983:
Shorts:
Patrick Tovatt
Patrick Tovatt is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles on several soap operas, including Zane Lindquist on Another World ; Matt McCleary on Search for Tomorrow ; and Cal Stricklyn on As the World Turns...
The Habitual Acceptance of the Near Enough by Kent Broadhurst Partners by Dave Higgins
1983–1984:
Horton Foote
Albert Horton Foote, Jr. was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television...
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley
John Patrick Shanley
John Patrick Shanley is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He also contributed articles on the performing arts to The New York Times among other publications.-Life and career:...
Execution of Justice by Emily Mann Husbandry by Patrick Tovatt Independence by Lee Blessing Lemons by Kent Broadhurst The Octette Bridge Club
The Octette Bridge Club
The Octette Bridge Club is a play by P.J. Barry. Set in Providence, Rhode Island, it focuses on eight sisters of Irish descent who meet on alternate Friday evenings to play bridge and gossip...
by P.J. Barry The Undoing by William Mastrosimone
1984–1985:
Shorts:
1985–1986:
1986–1987:
Shorts:
Howard Korder
Howard Korder is an American screenwriter and playwright. He is the author of the 1988 coming-of-age play Boy's Life, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Drama nomination. His play Search and Destroy was adapted into a film in 1995. Among the screenplays he has written are The Passion of Ayn...
The Love Talker by Deborah Pryor
1987–1988:
1988–1989:
Steven Dietz
Steven Dietz is an American playwright whose work is largely performed regionally, i.e. outside of New York City...
Incident at San Bajo by Brad Korbesmeyer Stained Glass by William F. Buckley, Jr.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
William Frank Buckley, Jr. was an American conservative author and commentator. He founded the political magazine National Review in 1955, hosted 1,429 episodes of the television show Firing Line from 1966 until 1999, and was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. His writing was noted for...
Tales of the Lost Formicans by Constance Congdon
1989–1990:
Romulus Linney (playwright)
Romulus Zachariah Linney IV was an American playwright and professor.-Life and career:Linney was born in Philadelphia, the son of Maitland Clabaugh and Romulus Zachariah Linney III. His great-grandfather was Republican Congressman Romulus Zachariah Linney. Linney was raised in Boone, North...
Infinity's House by Ellen McLaughlin The Pink Studio by Jane Anderson
Jane Anderson
Jane Anderson is an American actress-turned-award-winning playwright, screenwriter and director. She has written and directed one feature film, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio and wrote the script for the Nicolas Cage film It Could Happen to You.- Career :Prior to film directing, Anderson...
The Swan by Elizabeth Egloff Vital Signs by Jane Martin Zara Spook and Other Lures by Joan Ackermann In Darkest America by Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction...
1990–1991:
1991–1992:
David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang is an American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S.He was born in Los Angeles, California and was educated at the Yale School of Drama and Stanford University...
The Carving of Mount Rushmore by John Conklin D. Boone (retitled: Loving Daniel Boone) by Marsha Norman Devotees in the Garden of Love by Suzan-Lori Parks Eukiah by Lanford Wilson Evelyn and the Polka King by John Olive Hyaena by Ross MacLean Lynette at 3 A.M. by Jane Anderson Marisol by José Rivera
José Rivera (playwright)
José Rivera is a playwright and the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Oscar.-Early years:Rivera was born in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1955. He was raised in Arecibo where he lived until 1959. Rivera's family migrated from Puerto Rico when he was 4 years...
Old Lady's Guide to Survival by Mayo Simon Procedure by Joyce Carol Oates
1992–1993:
1993–1994:
Tony Kushner
Anthony Robert "Tony" Kushner is an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1993 for his play, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, and co-authored with Eric Roth the screenplay for the 2005 film, Munich.-Life and career:Kushner was born...
Shotgun by Romulus Linney Stones and Bones by Marion McClinton The Survivor: A Cambodian Odyssey by Jon Lipsky Trip's Cinch by Phyllis Nagy
1994–1995:
Donald Margulies
Donald Margulies is an American playwright and a professor of English and Theater Studies at Yale University...
Middle-Aged White Guys by Jane Martin Tough Choices for the New Century: A Seminar for Responsible Living by Jane Anderson Trudy Blue by Marsha Norman Your Obituary is a Dance by Benard Cummings
1995–1996:
Naomi Wallace
Naomi Wallace is a playwright, screenwriter and poet from Prospect, Kentucky, United States.-Life:Wallace obtained her Bachelor of Arts from Hampshire College and did graduate studies at the University of Iowa....
Tony Kushner
Anthony Robert "Tony" Kushner is an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1993 for his play, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, and co-authored with Eric Roth the screenplay for the 2005 film, Munich.-Life and career:Kushner was born...
Craig Lucas
Craig Lucas is an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, musical actor, and film director.-Biography:...
1996–1997:
- Gun-Shy by Richard Dresser
- Icarus by Edwin Sanchez
- In Her Sight by Carol K. Mack
- Lighting Up the Two-Year Old by Benjie Aerenson
- Misreadings by Neena Beber
- Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka
- Private Eyes by Steven Dietz
- Stars by Romulus Linney
- Waterbabies by Adam LeFevre
1997–1998:
- Acorn by David Graziano
- Dinner With FriendsDinner with FriendsDinner with Friends is a 2000 play written by Donald Margulies. It premiered at the 1998 Humana Festival of New American Plays and opened Off-Broadway in New York on November 4, 1999.-Plot summary:...
by Donald Margulies - Let the Big Dog Eat by Elizabeth Wong
- Like Totally Weird by William Mastrosimone
- Meow by Val Smith
- Mr. Bundy by Jane Martin
- Resident Alien by Stuart Spencer
- Ti Jean Blues, adapted from the works of Jack Kerouac by JoAnne Akalaitis
- The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek by Naomi Wallace
1998–1999:
- Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls by Naomi Iizuka
- Cabin Pressure by Anne Bogart & The SITI Company
- What Are You Afraid Of?" by Richard Dresser
- The Cockfighter by Frank Manley, adapted by Vincent Murphy
- God's Man in Texas by David Rambo
- The T(ext) Shirt Project
- Y2K (retitled: BecauseHeCan) by Arthur Kopit
- Life Under 30 — A Bill of 10-Minute Plays:
- Slop-Culture by Robb Badlam
- The Blue Room by Courtney Baron
- Dancing With a Devil by Brooke Berman
- Forty Minute Finish by Jerome Hairston
- Mpls., St. Paul by Julia Jordan
- Drive Angry by Matt Pelfrey
- Labor Day by Sheri Wilner
- Just Be Frank by Caroline Williams
1999–2000:
- Anton in Show Business by Jane Martin
- Arabian Nights by David Ives
- Big Love by Charles L. MeeCharles L. MeeCharles L. Mee is an American playwright, historian and author known for his collage-like style of playwriting, which makes use of radical reconstructions of found texts.-Early Life and Early Career:...
- The Divine Fallacy by Tina Howe
- No. 11 (Blue and White) by Alexandra Cunningham
- Standard Time by Naomi WallaceNaomi WallaceNaomi Wallace is a playwright, screenwriter and poet from Prospect, Kentucky, United States.-Life:Wallace obtained her Bachelor of Arts from Hampshire College and did graduate studies at the University of Iowa....
- TAPE by Stephen BelberStephen BelberStephen Belber is an American playwright , screenwriter and film director.-Early life:Belber was born in Washington, D.C.. He studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and moved to New York at the age of 25. There he unwittingly moved in with a roommate with AIDS,...
- Touch by Toni Press-Coffman
- War of the Worlds by Naomi Iizuka
Phone Plays:
- Beside Every Good Man by Regina Taylor
- Lovers of Long Red Hair by José Rivera
- The Reprimand by Jane Anderson
- Show Business by Jeffrey Hatcher
- Trespassion by Mark O’Donnell
2000–2001:
- bobrauschenbergamerica by Charles L. MeeCharles L. MeeCharles L. Mee is an American playwright, historian and author known for his collage-like style of playwriting, which makes use of radical reconstructions of found texts.-Early Life and Early Career:...
- Description Beggared; or the Allegory of WHITENESS by Mac Wellman, music by Michael Roth
- Flaming Guins of the Purple Sage by Jane Martin
- Quake by Melanie Marnich
- Heaven and Hell (On Earth): A Divine Comedy by Robert Alexander, Jenny Lyn Bader, Elizabeth Dewberry, Deborah Lynn Frockt, Rebecca Gilman, Keith Glover, Hilly Hicks Jr.Hilly Hicks Jr.Hilly Hicks, Jr. is an award-winning American playwright and screenwriter.- Life and career :Hilly Gene Hicks, Jr. was born on May 11, 1970 in Los Angeles, California...
, Karen Hines, Michael Kassin, Jane Martin, William Mastrosimone, Guillermo Reyes, Sarah Schulman, Richard Strand, Alice Tuan & Elizabeth Wong - When The Sea Drowns in Sand (retitled: Havana is Waiting) by Eduardo Machado
- Wonderful World by Richard Dresser
- Chad Curtiss, Lost Again by Arthur Kopit
The Phone Plays:
- Subliminable by Greg Allen (The Neo-Futurists, Chicago)
- Hype-R-Connectivity by Andy Bayiates (The Neo-Futurists, Chicago)
- Call Waiting by Rachel Claff (The Neo-Futurists, Chicago)
- Owls By Erin Courtney (Clubbed Thumb, New York)
- Message Sent by Sterling Houston (Jump-Start Performance Co., San Antonio)
- Click by Brighde Mullins (Thick Description, San Francisco)
- Somebody Call 911 by Jennifer L. Nelson (African Continuum Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.)
2001–2002:
- A.M. Sunday by Jerome Hairston
- Bake Off by Sheri Wilner
- Classyass by Caleen Sinnette Jennings
- Finer Noble Gases by Adam RappAdam RappAdam Rapp is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, musician and film director. His play Red Light Winter was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006.-Early life:...
- Limonade Tous Les Jours by Charles L. MeeCharles L. MeeCharles L. Mee is an American playwright, historian and author known for his collage-like style of playwriting, which makes use of radical reconstructions of found texts.-Early Life and Early Career:...
- The Mystery of Attraction by Marlane Meyer
- Nightswim by Julia Jordan
- Rembrandt's Gift by Tina Howe
- Score conceived and directed by Anne Bogart, adapted by Jocelyn Clarke
- Snapshot: A Dramatic Anthology by Tanya Barfield, Lee Blessing, Julie Jensen, Honour Kane, Sunil Kuruvilla, David Lindsay-Abaire, Michael Bigelow Dixon & Val Smith, Victor Lodato, Quincy Long, Deb Margolin, Allison Moore, Lynn Nottage, Dan O’Brien, Annie Weisman, Craig WrightCraig WrightCraig Wright is the name of:*Craig Wright , American playwright, television writer, and producer*Craig Wright , Scottish cricketer*Craig R. Wright, American baseball writer and proponent of sabermetrics...
, and Chay YewChay YewChay Yew is a playwright and stage director who was born in Singapore. As of 2007 he lives in New York City. As of July 2011, he becomes Artistic Director of Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago.-Career:... - The Technology Project
- Voice Properties (On A First Date After a Full Year of Februarys) by John Belluso
- F.E.T.C.H. by Alice Tuan
- Virtual Mediation #1 by Sarah Ruhl
2002–2003:
- The Faculty Room by Bridget Carpenter
- Fit for Feet by Jordan Harrison
- The Lively Lad songs by Quincy Long, music by Michael SilversherSilversher & SilversherMichael Silversher and Patricia Silversher, sometimes billed as Silversher & Silversher, are an American songwriting team known for writing themes and songs for Disney and Jim Henson television series, shows and specials, as well as direct-to-video animated films for Disney, Henson, Sony Wonder,...
- Omnium-Gatherum by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros and Theresa RebeckTheresa RebeckTheresa Rebeck is an American playwright, television writer and novelist. Her work has appeared on the Broadway and Off-Broadway stage, in film, and on television. Among her awards are the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award.-Biography:...
- Orange Lemon Egg Canary: A Trick In Four Acts by Rinne Groff
- The Roads That Lead Here by Lee Blessing
- The Second Death of Priscilla by Russell Davis
- Slide Glide the Slippery Slope by Kia Corthron
- Trash Anthem by Dan Dietz
- Trepidation Nation: A Phobic Anthology by Keith Josef Adkins, Stephen Belber, Hilary Bell, Glen Berger, Sheila Callaghan, Bridget Carpenter, Cusi Cram, Richard Dresser, Erik Ehn, Gina Gionfriddo, Kirsten Greenidge, Michael Hollinger, Warren Leight, Julie Marie Myatt, Victoria Stewart, and James Still
- Rhythmicity by UNIVERSES (Steven Sapp; Mildred Ruiz-Sapp; Gamal A. Chasten; and special guest collaborators: Reg.e.ganes; Willie Perdomo; Rha Goddess; Reggie Cabico)
2003–2004:
- After AshleyAfter AshleyAfter Ashley is a 2004 play written by Gina Gionfriddo.The play was the hit of the 2004 Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Kentucky where it received its world premiere in March 2004. It was then produced in New York in February 2005 at the Vineyard Theatre...
by Gina GionfriddoGina GionfriddoGina Gionfriddo is an American playwright and television writer.For her writing she has received an Obie Award, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She has written for both the stage and for television... - At the Vanishing Point by Naomi Iizuka
- A Bone Close to My Brain by Dan Dietz
- Foul Territory by Craig Wright
- Kid-Simple by Jordan Harrison
- Kuwait by Vincent Delaney
- The Ruby Sunrise by Rinne GroffRinne Groff-Biography:Groff was trained at Yale University and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she currently teaches.A founding member of Elevator Repair Service Theater Company, she has been a part of the writing, staging, and performing of their shows since the company’s inception in...
- Sans-Culottes in the Promised Land by Kirsten Greenidge
- The Spot by Steven DietzSteven DietzSteven Dietz is an American playwright whose work is largely performed regionally, i.e. outside of New York City...
- Tallgrass Gothic by Melanie Marnich
- Fast and Loose: An Ethical Collaboration by José Cruz González, Kirsten Greenidge, Julie Marie Myatt and John Walch
2004–2005:
- Dream of Jeanie-by-the-Door by David Valdes Greenwood
- Goody Fucking Two Shoes by Jennifer Maisel
- Hazzard CountyHazzard County (play)Hazzard County is a full-length comedy-drama, written by Allison Moore, which premiered in 2005 at the Humana Festival of New American Plays.The story centers on a young widowed mother and a visit she receives from a big city television producer...
by Allison Moore - Johannes, Pyotr & Marge by Jeffrey Essmann
- Long Dream in Summer by Saïd SayrafiezadehSaïd SayrafiezadehSaïd Sayrafiezadeh is an American playwright and author living in New York City. He won a 2010 Whiting Writers' Award.-Background:...
- Memory House by Kathleen Tolan
- Moot the Messenger by Kia Corthron
- A Nervous Smile by John Belluso
- Pure Confidence by Carlyle Brown
- The Shaker Chair by Adam BockAdam BockAdam Bock is a Canadian playwright currently living in the United States. Adam was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an artistic associate of the Shotgun Players, an award-winning San Francisco theater group. His play Medea Eats was produced in 2000 by Clubbed Thumb, who subsequently...
- Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular: On Democracy and Other Fictions, Featuring Patriotism Acts and Blue Songs from a Red State by Greg Allen, Sheila Callaghan, Bridget Carpenter, Eric Coble, Richard Dresser, Michael Friedman and Hilly Hicks
2005–2006:
- Act a Lady by Jordan Harrison
- Hotel Cassiopeia by Charles L. MeeCharles L. MeeCharles L. Mee is an American playwright, historian and author known for his collage-like style of playwriting, which makes use of radical reconstructions of found texts.-Early Life and Early Career:...
, produced in association with the SITI Company - Listeners by Jane Martin
- Low's Journey: Mediations Trilogy, pt. I by Rha Goddess, a co-production of Divine Dime, Ltd. and Made in da Shade
- Natural Selection by Eric Coble
- Neon Mirage by Liz Duffy Adams, Dan Dietz, Rick Hip-Flores, Julie Jensen, Lisa KronLisa KronElizabeth S. "Lisa" Kron is an American actress and playwright.-Biography:Kron was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She jokes in one of her plays that her life began on her parents’ trip to Europe: “I was conceived in Venice, you know...
, Tracey Scott Wilson & Chay Yew - Six Years by Sharr White
- The Scene by Theresa Rebeck
- Sovereignty by Rolin Jones
- Three Guys and a Brenda by Adam Bock
2006–2007:
- 365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks
- The As If Body Loop by Ken Weitzman
- Batch: An American Bachelor/Ette Party Spectacle, conceived by Whit MacLaughlin & Alice Tuan With Text by Alice Tuan Created by New Paradise LaboratoriesNew Paradise LaboratoriesNew Paradise Laboratories is a 501 experimental theater ensemble based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NPL collaborates with artists from a variety of disciplines, including web designers, visual artists, writers, philosophers, composers, and architects, as well as performers who work together to...
- Clarisse and Larmon by Deb Margolin
- Dark Play or Stories for Boys by Carlos Murillo
- I Am Not Batman by Marco Ramirez
- Mr. and Mrs. by Julie Marie Myatt
- The Open Road Anthology by Constance Congdon, Kia Corthron, Michael John Garcés, Rolin Jones, A. Rey Pamatmat, Kathryn Walat with music by GrooveLily
- Strike-Slip by Naomi Iizuka
- The Unseen by Craig Wright
- When Something Wonderful Ends by Sherry KramerSherry KramerSherry Kramer is an American playwright, born in Springfield, Missouri. Kramer attended Wellesley College, as an undergraduate, and earned two masters degrees from the University of Iowa.-Career:Kramer's plays include:...
2007–2008:
- Great Falls by Lee Blessing
- Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo
- This Beautiful City by Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis, with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman
- the break/s by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
- All Hail Hurricane Gordo by Carly Mensch
- Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom by Jennifer Haley
- Game On by Zakiyyah Alexander, Rolin Jones, Alice Tuan, Daryl Watson, Marisa WegrzynMarisa WegrzynMarisa Wegrzyn is an American playwright based in Chicago, Illinois. She won the 2009 Wasserstein Prize for her play Hickorydickory.- Early life :...
and Ken Weitzman, with music and lyrics by Jon Spurney - 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 WallaceNaomi WallaceNaomi Wallace is a playwright, screenwriter and poet from Prospect, Kentucky, United States.-Life:Wallace obtained her Bachelor of Arts from Hampshire College and did graduate studies at the University of Iowa....
2008–2009:
- Ameriville by UNIVERSES (Steven Sapp; Mildred Ruiz-Sapp; Gamal A. Chasten; William Ruiz a.k.a.- NINJA)
- Slasher by Allison Moore
- Absalom by Zoe KazanZoe Kazan-Early life and education:Kazan was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, and the granddaughter of film and theatre director Elia Kazan...
- The Hard Weather Boating Party by Naomi WallaceNaomi WallaceNaomi Wallace is a playwright, screenwriter and poet from Prospect, Kentucky, United States.-Life:Wallace obtained her Bachelor of Arts from Hampshire College and did graduate studies at the University of Iowa....
- Under Construction by Charles L. MeeCharles L. MeeCharles L. Mee is an American playwright, historian and author known for his collage-like style of playwriting, which makes use of radical reconstructions of found texts.-Early Life and Early Career:...
, produced in association with the SITI Company - Wild Blessings: A Celebration of Wendell Berry adapted for the stage by Marc Masterson and Adrien-Alice Hansel, original music by Malcolm Dalglish
- Brink! by Lydia R. Diamond, Kristoffer Diaz, Greg Kotis, Deborah Zoe Laufer, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb and Deborah Stein
- On the Porch One Crisp Spring Morning by Alex Dremann
- 3:59am: a drag race for two actors by Marco Ramirez
- Roanoke by Michael Lew, music and lyrics by Matt Schatz
See also
- List of attractions and events in Louisville, Kentucky
- Theater in KentuckyTheater in Kentucky- Ashland :* Paramount Arts Center, a Kentucky landmark on the Historic Register, opened in 1931.- Bardstown :* Stephen Foster - The Musical at My Old Kentucky Home State Park- Danville :...
- Theatre festivalTheatre festivalTheatre festivals amongst the earliest types of festival. Classical Greek theatre was associated with religious festivals dedicated to Dionysus. The medieval mystery plays were presented at the major Christian feasts...
- HumanaHumanaHumana Inc. , founded in 1961 in Louisville, Kentucky, is a Fortune 100 company that markets and administers health insurance. With a customer base of over 11.5 million in the United States, the company is the largest Fortune 100 company headquartered in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and has a...