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34th annual
HUMANA FESTIVAL
OF NEW AMERICAN PLAYS
FEBRUARY 21 - March 28, 2010
Actors Theatre of Louisville's 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. More than 400 plays have been produced in the internationally acclaimed Humana Festival, representing the work of more than 200 playwrights.
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Sirens
by Deborah Zoe Laufer
directed by Casey Stangl

February 21 - March 28		 Fissures (lost and found)
by Steve Epp, Cory Hinkle, Dominic Orlando, Dominique Serrand, Deborah Stein and Victoria Stewart
directed by Dominique Serrand


February 26 - March 28
Phoenix
by Scott Organ
directed by Aaron Posner

March 5 - 27		 Ground
by Lisa Dillman
directed by Marc Masterson

March 2 - 28
The Method Gun
written by Kirk Lynn
directed by
Shawn Sides
created and performed by
Rude Mechs

March 16 - March 28
The Cherry Sisters Revisited
by Dan O'Brien
original music by Michael Friedman
directed by
Andrew Leynse

March 18 - April 11

part of the Brown-Forman Series

Heist!
conceived and created by Sean Daniels and Deborah Stein
written by Deborah Stein
directed by Sean Daniels
with animation by Adam Pinney in collaboration wih René Dellefont
performed by the 2009-2010 Actors Theatre Acting Apprentice Company

March 11 - 28
performances at 21c Museum Hotel, 700 W Main St

TEN-MINUTE PLAYS
March 27 & 28

Let Bygones Be
by Gamal Abdel Chasten
Lobster Boy
by Dan Dietz

Post Wave Spectacular
by Diana Grisanti
An Examination
of the Whole Playwright/Actor Relationship Presented
As Some Kind
of Cop Show Parody
by Greg Kotis