Humana Festival 2015: The Complete Plays

Humana Festival 2015: The Complete Plays by Erin Courtney, Colman Domingo, Charles L. Mee, Jen Silverman, Gregory S. Moss, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Charise Castro Smith, Gary Winter, Steve Yockey, Diana Grisanti, Patricia Cotter, Cory Hinkle, Jeff Augustin

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Humana Festival 2015: The Complete Plays brings together all nine scripts from the 2015 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 39th cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This unique compilation features a thrilling array of work by some of the freshest voices in the American theatre, from the boisterous inner-city Philadelphia family coping with its matriarch's dementia (Dot), to the surreal birthday celebration for legendary writer and spiritual thinker Thomas Merton (The Glory of the World), to the Charles Ludlam-inspired sci-fi quest to save the Homosexual Race (I Promised Myself to Live Faster). This transportive collection of plays is a must-have for anyone seeking original, vibrant, and ambitious theater. Read More

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Standard Edition $19.95
NOTE: This book contains 9 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.

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Humana Festival 2015: The Complete Plays brings together all nine scripts from the 2015 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 39th cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This unique compilation features a thrilling array of work by some of the freshest voices in the American theatre, from the boisterous inner-city Philadelphia family coping with its matriarch's dementia (Dot), to the surreal birthday celebration for legendary writer and spiritual thinker Thomas Merton (The Glory of the World), to the Charles Ludlam-inspired sci-fi quest to save the Homosexual Race (I Promised Myself to Live Faster). This transportive collection of plays is a must-have for anyone seeking original, vibrant, and ambitious theater.

To purchase this book of 9 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. For more information on performing an individual play, click on its title below:

  • Dot by Colman Domingo
  • The Glory of the World by Charles L. Mee
  • I Promised Myself to Live Faster by Gregory S. Moss and Pig Iron Theatre Company
  • I Will Be Gone by Erin Courtney
  • Joshua Consumed an Unfortunate Pear by Steve Yockey
  • The Roommate by Jen Silverman
  • Rules of Comedy by Patricia Cotter
  • So Unnatural a Level by Gary Winter
  • That High Lonesome Sound by Jeff Augustin, Charise Castro Smith, Diana Grisanti, and Cory Hinkle

    • Drama/Comedy
  • Published Reviews

    "If there is one theme that can connect the Humana plays, it is diversity -- aesthetic as well as demographic... For those who have never attended, it's a bit like the Sundance Film Festival for theatre, only with better bourbon... Netflix may have popularized binge TV-watching, but Humana has a lock on the stage version."

    American Theatre

    "If new plays are the lifeblood of the theatre -- and yes they are, folks! -- then the annual Humana Festival of New American Plays might be compared to the flood of new energy generated by the recent shale oil boom. The festival's production of new works has been prodigious, filling the tributaries of the American theatre with an impressive variety of relevant and enduring works."

    The Columbus Dispatch

    "By every measure, Actors Theatre of Louisville is flourishing under Waters and his team... The Humana Festival bills have been bold, energizing, and diverse."

    LEO Weekly