“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



poster design by Julien Pacaud
“The crossroads of the American theater.”
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April, 2008
SAVE THE DATE!

34th annual
HUMANA FESTIVAL
OF NEW AMERICAN PLAYS
FEBRUARY 21 - APRIL 3, 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. Over 350 plays have been produced in the internationally acclaimed Humana Festival, representing the work of over 200 playwrights.
FESTIVAL TICKETS AT A GLANCE
including Single Tickets and packages for Industry Professionals,
New Play Getaway and College Days

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Inside the Humana Festival Podcast


Julien Pacaud
This year's Humana Festival poster artist was born in 1972 and lives in Paris. An autodidact, he works as a freelance illustrator and artist, and his commissions/advertising work bring to life numerous surrealist universes, which he describes as "perpendicular dreams." Mr. Pacaud's clients include the New York Times, Money Magazine, Men's Health, New York Magazine, Le Monde, Les Inrockuptibles, So Foot, Citizen K and Warner Music along with commissioned artwork pieces and CD album covers. Mr. Pacaud studied cinema at l'Ecole Louis Lumière.