FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES
Programming for the 2009 Humana Festival has been expanded to include more social and enrichment opportunities for patrons, industry professionals and Louisville at large in celebration of American theatre and the community. Below is a listing of all Humana Festival events.

Events are open to the public unless otherwise noted. Reservations or tickets may be required, contact the Actors Theatre box office or check back here in January 2009 for more details.
Schedule subject to change.

PARTIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS

  • March 5 at 7:30 p.m. — 33rd Humana Festival of New American Plays Opening Party and Kick-off Celebration
  • March 5 — Playwrights and Actors at Louisville area restaurant
  • March 12 — Playwrights and Actors at Louisville area restaurant
  • March 12 after 7:30 p.m. performance — Korbel Champagne Toast after Absalom
  • March 14 — Community Arts Town Hall
  • March 19 — Playwrights and Actors at Louisville area restaurant
  • March 20, 4:30 - 6 p.m. — College Days Welcome Reception and Meet the Creative Team (College Days only)
  • March 20, 9:45 - 10:30 p.m. — College Days Mixer Party (College Days only)
  • March 26 — Playwrights and Actors at Louisville area Restaurant
  • March 26 after 7:30 p.m. performance — Korbel Champagne Toast after Wild Blessings performance
  • March 27, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.— New Play Getaway Welcome Reception (New Play Getaway only)
  • March 28, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m —Support Women Artists Now (SWAN) reception
  • March 28, 10:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. — Theatre Professionals Weekend Welcome Reception (Theatre Professionals only)
  • April 2, 7:30 - 10 p.m. — Special Visitors Weekend Cocktail Parties around Louisville (Special Visitors only)
  • April 3, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. — New Play Getaway Welcome Reception (New Play Getaway only)
  • April 4, 9 -10 p.m. — Harold and Mimi Steinberg American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) New Play Award
  • April 4, 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. — 33rd Humana Festival of New American Plays Gala

  • PANELS AND DISCUSSIONS
  • March 21, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. — "Auditioning for a Living" with Associate Director Zan Sawyer-Dailey (College Days only)
  • March 21, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m — "Journey to the Center of Theatre Management" with Marketing, Development
            and General Management staff (College Days only)
  • March 21, 10:45 - 11:45 a.m — "Discovering the Ten-Minute Play Within" with the Literary staff (College Days only)
  • March 21, 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. —"Acting Up in the Classroom" with the Education staff (College Days only)
  • March 21, noon - 1 p.m. — "Meet the Creative Team " panel (College Days only)
  • March 21, 4 - 4:45 p.m. — "Now You See it, Now You Don't" set changeover/panel discussion with Production staff
           (College Days only)
  • March 22, 9 - 10 a.m. - "Next Steps: Where do I go from Undergrad?" panel with recently graduated staff
           (College Days only)
  • March 22, 10:15 - 11:15 a.m. — "The Secret Lives of Dramaturgs" panel with Literary staff (College Days only)
  • March 22, 10:15 - 11:15 a.m. — "Designers Take the Stage" with Design staff (College Days only)
  • March 22, 11:30 - 12: 30 p.m.— "The Art of Collaboration" with Artistic Director Marc Masterson
           and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein
  • March 28, 2:30 - 4 p.m — Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) meeting (not public)
  • March 29 at noon — Theatre Professionals Weekend Panel Discussion
  • April 3 — Actors Theatre Acting Apprentice Casting Workshop (not public)
  • April 3, 1 - 2 p.m. — Special Visitors Weekend Panel Discussion (Special Visitors only)
  • April 4, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. — Actors Theatre Acting Apprentice Casting Workshop II (not public)

  • TOURS
  • March 21 from 5 - 6 p.m. — Production Studio tours
  • March 21 from 5 - 6 p.m. — Costume Shop tours

  • HUMANA FESTIVAL BOOKSTORE
    Your source for Humana Festival play anthologies, scripts, posters, t-shirts and more. Stop by and extend the festival feeling all year long! Bookstore hours will be posted in February 2009.