Mar 25 Arts and Culture REVIEW: Periphery Narratives Take Center Stage In Actors’ ‘Corpse Washer’ Set in Iraq, the play follows the life of Jawad Kazim. He's been chosen to uphold the family’s tradition of serving as corpse washers, but Jawad wants to be an artist. By Minda Honey Mar 25 Arts and Culture REVIEW: Periphery Narratives Take Center Stage In ‘Corpse Washer’ Minda Honey
Mar 20 Arts and Culture REVIEW: ‘The Thin Place’ Is An Experiment Between The Watcher And The Watched “The Thin Place” plays with the thinness between two worlds in multiple ways, intentionally and unintentionally. By Minda Honey Mar 20 Arts and Culture ‘The Thin Place’: An Experiment Between The Watcher And The Watched Minda Honey
Mar 19 Arts and Culture REVIEW: ‘How To Defend Yourself’ Is A Layered Look At Consent, Power And Desire “How to Defend Yourself” had its Humana Festival opening night on Friday. It runs through Sunday, April 7 at the Bingham Theatre. By Minda Honey Mar 19 Arts and Culture 'How To Defend Yourself' Is A Layered Look At Consent, Power And Desire Minda Honey
Feb 26 Arts and Culture REVIEW: ‘We’ve Come To Believe’ Is A Swirl Of Ideas About Our Collective Thoughts The first production of this year’s Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre asks audiences to “consider the raw power of groupthink." By Minda Honey Feb 26 Arts and Culture Actors' 'Believe' Is A Swirl Of Ideas About Our Collective Thoughts Minda Honey
Apr 19 Five Things Five Things: Playwright And Priest Mark Schultz On The Music Of Theater Schultz is the author of "Evocation to Visible Appearance," among other plays, and he's also a priest in the Episcopal Church. By Tara Anderson Apr 19 Five Things Five Things: Playwright Mark Schultz On The Music Of Theater Tara Anderson
Apr 1 Arts and Culture Les Waters On His Last Humana Festival, Taking Risks During his time as Actors Theatre of Louisville's artistic director, Waters brought new energy to the long-running Humana Festival of New American Plays. By Ashlie Stevens Apr 1 Arts and Culture Les Waters On His Last Humana Festival, Taking Risks Ashlie Stevens
Mar 26 Arts and Culture REVIEW: ‘You Across From Me’ Is Somewhat Uneven — But Undeniably Entertaining "You Across From Me" is built around people meeting from two sides of a question, often, but not always, from across a dinner table. By Keith Waits Mar 26 Arts and Culture REVIEW: 'You Across From Me' Is Somewhat Uneven — But Entertaining Keith Waits
Mar 19 Arts and Culture REVIEW: You May Not Love ‘Evocation To Visible Appearance,’ But It Makes You Think The Humana Festival's "Evocation to Visible Appearance" by Mark Schultz and directed by Les Waters is certain to polarize audiences. By Keith Waits Mar 19 Arts and Culture REVIEW: 'Evocation To Visible Appearance' Makes You Think Keith Waits
Mar 17 Arts and Culture Review: Poignant ‘God Said This’ Points Us To Look For What’s Unsaid In Daily Life The story is about a family fulfilling a schedule to be at the hospital bedside of the family matriarch, as she undergoes chemotherapy for an aggressive cancer. By Elizabeth Kramer Mar 17 Arts and Culture ‘God Said This’ Points Us To Look For What's Unsaid In Daily Life Elizabeth Kramer
Mar 13 Arts and Culture Review: ‘Do You Feel Anger’ Is A Smart Look At Empathy How can one have empathy if one does not even know about or understand his or her own feelings? And, without such empathy, how can one even be able to comprehend reality? By Elizabeth Kramer Mar 13 Arts and Culture Review: 'Do You Feel Anger' Is A Smart Look At Empathy Elizabeth Kramer
Mar 11 Arts and Culture Review: Humana Festival’s ‘Marginal Loss’ Shows A Complex Portrayal Of Grief Deborah Stein’s Marginal Loss is about the surviving employees of a fictional World Trade Center investment firm, Lippman Kennedy, in the days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. By Keith Waits Mar 11 Arts and Culture Review: 'Marginal Loss' Shows A Complex Portrayal Of Grief Keith Waits
Feb 13 Arts and Culture Actors Theatre Announces A 2018-19 Season Filled With Familiar Voices In the new season, Artistic Director Les Waters said the company “examines identity and asks ‘Who are we and how did we get here?’” By Ashlie Stevens Feb 13 Arts and Culture Actors Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season Filled With Familiar Voices Ashlie Stevens
Nov 15 Arts and Culture Actors Theatre Announces 2018 Humana Festival Lineup This year’s Humana Festival of New American Plays will run February 28 through April 8, 2018 and will feature six world premieres. By Ashlie Stevens Nov 15 Arts and Culture Actors Theatre Announces 2018 Humana Festival Lineup Ashlie Stevens
Apr 17 Arts and Culture Review: Despite Awkward Ending, ‘We’re Gonna Be Okay’ Is Sharp And Funny Written by Basil Kreimendahl, "We're Gonna Be Okay" takes us back to October 1962 and the Cuban Missile Crisis. By Tara Anderson Apr 17 Arts and Culture Review: Despite Awkward End, 'We're Gonna Be Okay' Is Sharp, Funny Tara Anderson
Apr 9 Arts and Culture Review: Dark And Unsettling, ‘Recent Alien Abductions’ Is Worth It It's ultimately a very human story about what happens when you can no longer recognize your family as fellow humans. By Tara Anderson Apr 9 Arts and Culture Review: Dark And Unsettling,'Recent Alien Abductions' Is Worth It Tara Anderson