Jul 7, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press
by Sara Havens | Published 7/7/17 When Poison frontman Bret Michaels told C.C. DeVille to pick up that guitar and talk to me in the 1987 hit song “Talk Dirty To Me,” kids everywhere — including myself — mimicked the 27-second guitar solo on a broomstick, with a...
Jul 2, 2017 | Articles, Everything is Wonderful, Interviews, Press
A NOTE: there are multiple grammatical errors, misspellings, made-up words, and ??? moments in this interview, but I have faithfully copied it here as it appeared in its original iteration. by CRYSTAL SCHELLE || crystal.schelle@herald-mail.com | Published 7/2/17...
Jul 2, 2017 | Articles, Everything is Wonderful, Press
Contemporary American Theater Festival expands 27th season to half-dozen plays by CRYSTAL SCHELLE || crystal.schelle@herald-mail.com | Published 7/2/17 SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — In a time when theater companies are dealing with slashing of funding, and in some cases...
Jun 30, 2017 | Articles, Everything is Wonderful, Press
By Lisa Troshinsky | Published 6/30/17 “Make America Think Again” is the compelling goal of the 2017 Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) in Shepherdstown, W.Va., according to festival trustee Sharon J. Anderson. At a time when Americans are bitterly divided...
Jun 17, 2017 | Articles, Everything is Wonderful, Interviews, Press
Researched, interviewed and edited by Sharon J. Anderson, CATF Trustee/Professional Story Listener and Creative Director www.sharonjanderson.com | Published 6/17/17 CATF: Everything is Wonderful opens with an epigraph from Jewish theologian Abraham Heschel: “Time is...
Jun 16, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press
By Matt Kawahara | Published 6/16/17 B Street Theatre’s first season in its new $29 million midtown home will feature a mix of contemporary theater and classic children’s titles. The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, at 27th Street and Capitol Avenue, is under...
Jun 15, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press
Next year will mark the first in the theatre’s new venue, the Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts. By American Theatre Editors | Published 6/15/17 SACRAMENTO, CALIF.: B Street Theatre has announced its 2018 season, the company’s first in its new space, the Sofia...
Jun 5, 2017 | Articles, Everything is Wonderful, Press
by BWW News Desk | Published 6/5/17 The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) at Shepherd University announces their 130-member company for the 2017 season. This accomplished group of playwrights, directors, designers, actors, technicians, and staff come...
May 13, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Interviews, Press
by Eli Keel | Published 5/13/17 Airness, a new play by Chelsea Marcantel premiered last month at The Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Kentucky. The play is deceptively simple, a Cinderella story of an unlikely competitor rising to the top of a...
Apr 24, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press, Reviews
by KATE BERGSTROM | Published 4/24/17 The 41st annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville started with “crying it out” and ended with the assertion that “we’re going to be okay.” Those bookend titles accurately encompassed the...
