Belluso, Tolan, Corthron, Bock, Moore, Brown Are Humana Festival Playwrights in 2005 | Playbill

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News Belluso, Tolan, Corthron, Bock, Moore, Brown Are Humana Festival Playwrights in 2005 The plays of the 2005 Humana Festival of New American Plays, produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville with $600,000 support from The Humana Foundation, were revealed in the Dec. 12 Louisville Courier-Journal.
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From Top: John Belluso and Kia Corthron

The 29th Humana Festival — an annual event attended by hungry theatregoers and curious critics, producers and agents — will boast six new full-length works, it annual showcase of one-acts and special events. The six focal productions, in repertory, are:

  • Hazard County by Allison Moore (starting Feb. 27 in the Bingham Theatre), a Southern-set play about a young widow who gains notoriety when her husband is murdered. Chris Coleman, artistic director of Portland Center Stage, will direct.
  • A Nervous Smile by Pyretown playwright John Belluso (starting March 4 in the Bingham), about parents of children with cerebral palsy who abandon them.
  • The Shaker Chair by Adam Bock (starting March 8 in the Pamela Brown Auditorium), about a group of AARP-aged women who become environmental activists in late middle-age. ATL artistic director Marc Masterson will direct.
  • Moot the Messenger by Kia Corthron (starting March 12 in the Bingham), about a journalist embedded in Iraq who learns what isn't chronicled. Marion McClinton directs.
  • Pure Confidence by Carlyle Brown (starting March 17 in the Pamela Brown), about a black jockeys in 19th-century America. Clinton Turner Davis directs.
  • Memory House by Kathleen Tolan (starting March 22 in the Victor Jory), about a mother and a college age daughter. No director has been named. For ticket information, call (502) 584-1205 or visit www.actorstheatre.org.

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