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The Humana Festival : the history of new plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville / Jeffrey Ullom.
Van Pelt Library PN2277.L62 A38 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ullom, Jeffrey, 1971-
- Series:
- Theater in the Americas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Actors Theatre of Louisville.
- Humana Festival.
- Theater--Kentucky--Louisville--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- Theater--Kentucky--Louisville--History--21st century.
- History.
- Kentucky--Louisville.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 249 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- The Humana Festival: The History of New Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville examines the success of the festival and theatre's Pulitzer Prize-winning productions that for decades have reflected new play trends in regional theatres and on Broadway-the result of the calculated decisions, dogged determination, and good luck of its producing director, Jon Jory.
- Author Jeffrey Ullom provides a broad view of new play development within artistic, administrative, and financial contexts. He analyzes the relationship between Broadway and regional theatres, outlining how the Humana Festival has changed the process of new play development and even Broadway's approach to discovering new work, and highlights the struggles facing regional theatres across the country as they strive to balance artistic ingenuity and economic viability.
- Offering a rare look at the annual event, The Humana Festival provides the first insider's view of the extraordinary efforts that produced the nation's most successful new play festival.
- Contents:
- 1 The Founding of a Divided Theatre 7
- 2 The Education of Jon Jory 30
- 3 The Lucky Years, 1976-79 45
- 4 Becoming an Institution, 1980-82 64
- 5 From Product to Process, 1983-86 80
- 6 The Exploratory Years, 1987-93 99
- 7 Falling into a Rut, 1994-98 121
- 8 The Last Hurrah, 1999-2000 131
- 9 The Education of Marc Masterson, 2001-6 144
- Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Forward 162
- Appendix Humana Festival Production History 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780809328499
- 0809328496
- OCLC:
- 173218765
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- Publisher description
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