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 19, 2017 | Press, Reviews, Short Plays
By Celia Wren |Published 6/19/17 “Roller coasters are my favorite!” a character exclaims as he sits onboard a climbing, plunging amusement-park ride in “This Is the Big One,” a 10-minute drama featured in this year’s Source Festival. The remark may strike a chord with...
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...
May 11, 2017 | Airness, Press, Reviews
The seedbed for new plays has a winner in Chelsea Marcantel’s Airness. by Tony Adler | Published 5/11/17 I missed the 40th annual new plays festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville last year—just like I missed the 39 before it. So I made time this spring for...
Apr 25, 2017 | Airness, Interviews, Press
Director Meredith McDonough and I were interviewed about AIRNESS for THE INEXPLICABLE DUMB SHOW podcast. Download wherever you get your podcasts, or listen online here.
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...
