As it has for 41 years, Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival of New American Plays premiered a handful of stage works this past month, several of which are destined for subsequent productions across the country. Here is my subjective take on the plays I saw in one crowded repertory weekend: Recent Alien Abductions, by Jorge Ignacio Cortinas – The only drama in a … [Read more...]
Letter from Louisville: Humana Festival still vital to American theater’s future
For 41 years, the for-profit health care provider Humana and its charitable arm, the Humana Foundation, have been underwriting a pioneering new-play festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky. Through submissions and commissions, the non-profit stage company selects and fully produces a half dozen or so new scripts annually, many of which then wend their way to … [Read more...]