Ed Herendeen at CATF: ‘Not a One-Person Operation’
The founder of Contemporary American Theater Festival looks back on 31 years of producing new plays in rep.
All Stories About Contemporary American Theater Festival
CATF Founder Ed Herendeen to Retire
In December he’ll leave the influential new-play festival he founded and has run since 1991.
Summer Breaks: How Arts Festivals Are Coping With Cancellation
Arts fests from Wisconsin to S.C. may survive a summer of virtual connection and outreach, but lean times are ahead for the towns where they take place.
Contemporary American Theater Festival Announces 2020 Season
The summer season will feature 6 plays in rotating repertory, including 4 world premieres.
Reed Birney and Son Ephraim on Acting Together for the First Time
The father and son duo are performing in Joseph Dougherty’s historic two-hander this summer in West Virginia, and learn a lot about each other in the process.
Contemporary American Theater Fest Announces 2018 Season
The six-play lineup will feature five world premiere plays.
Contemporary American Theater Festival Announces 2017 Summer Season
The festival will expand its slate to stage six plays in rotating repertory, including four world premieres.
Where Are All the New Plays? Everywhere!
Move over, NYC. From Oregon to Miami, theatres around the country are home to the nation’s most fertile new-play incubators.
Contemporary American Theater Festival’s 5-Ring Circus
How this West Virginia new-play fest builds and rides an annual new-play repertory carousel.
This Month in Theatre History (September 2016)
From future presidents seeking light entertainment to the founding of the Penumbra Theatre, this is the kind of September to remember.
