“A gathering point for theater professionals and critics
to take the temperature of the American theater.”
— St. Paul Pioneer Press, April , 2008

“Where do you go for the very best,
and the very newest in American playwriting?
 Try Kentucky. This state may know horses,
but it also stakes a claim to the stage.”
-— Culture+Travel, March/April, 2008



“The crossroads
of the American theater.”
—  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April , 2008


HUMANA FESTIVAL
OF NEW AMERICAN PLAYS
SAVE THE DATE: MARCH 1 - APRIL 11, 2009
The Humana Festival of New American Plays is an annual site
of pilgrimage where theatre lovers from around the world converge to get the first look at the future of the American theatre.

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Highlights from 2008 Humana Festival
• 32nd annual festival
• 89 performances in a five-week repertory
• 34 states and 14 countries represented in the audience
• 16 schools represented over College Days enrichment weekend
• Prestigious Award:
Actors Theatre and the Humana Festival received the National Corporate Theatre Fund’s Achievement in Theatre Award at a New York City gala on April 14, 2008.
• Loyal Corporate Support:
The 27-year sponsorship of the festival by The Humana Foundation is the largest and longest corporate sponsorship of non-profit theatre in the country.
• 2007 Humana Festival Plays anthology released for sale
Buy Anthology Online or attend the Book Launch April 22, 6 pm at Borders Fourth Street Live
• Future Productions of 2008 Festival Plays (as of April 15):
This Beautiful City, Studio Theater (Washington, DC), Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles, CA), Vineyard Theatre (Off-Broadway)
Becky Shaw, Second Stage Theatre (New York)
the break/s, The Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis), Spoleto Festival (Charleston, SC), Yerba Buena Arts Center (San Francisco, CA)
All Hail Hurricane Gordo, Cleveland Play House (Cleveland, OH)