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The Humana Festival
Jeffrey Ullom
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Description for The Humana Festival
Paperback. Examines the success of the Humana Festival of New American Plays festival and theater's Pulitzer Prize-winning productions that have reflected new-play trends in regional theaters and on Broadway. This title details how Actors Theatre of Louisville was established and why the Humana Festival became successful in a short time. Series Editor(s): Schanke, Robert A. Series: Theater in the Americas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
Far from the glittering lights of Broadway, in a city known more for its horse racing than its artistic endeavors, an annual festival in Louisville, Kentucky, has transformed the landscape of the American theater. The Actors Theatre of Louisville - the Tony Award-winning state theater of Kentucky - in 1976 successfully created what became the nation's most respected new-play festival, the Humana Festival of New American Plays.""The Humana Festival: The History of New Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville"" examines the success of the festival and theater's Pulitzer Prize-winning productions that for decades have reflected new-play trends in regional theaters ... Read more
Far from the glittering lights of Broadway, in a city known more for its horse racing than its artistic endeavors, an annual festival in Louisville, Kentucky, has transformed the landscape of the American theater. The Actors Theatre of Louisville - the Tony Award-winning state theater of Kentucky - in 1976 successfully created what became the nation's most respected new-play festival, the Humana Festival of New American Plays.""The Humana Festival: The History of New Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville"" examines the success of the festival and theater's Pulitzer Prize-winning productions that for decades have reflected new-play trends in regional theaters ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809328499
SKU
V9780809328499
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About Jeffrey Ullom
Jeffrey Ullom is an assistant professor of theater and the director of the departmental honors studies program at Vanderbilt University. He formerly served as a dramaturg for Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Reviews for The Humana Festival
"The Humana Festival offers a rigorous chronology of the festival and illuminates key tensions in the theater's history." - Les Wade, author of Sam Shepard and the American Theatre"