Humana Festival of New American Plays

{{Infobox recurring event | name= Humana Festival of New American Plays | logo= | image= | caption= | location= Actors Theatre of Louisville<br />Louisville, Kentucky | years_active= 1976–2021 | founded= 1976 | founder_name=Jon Jory | dates= | genre= Theatre festival | attendance= | organised = Actors Theatre of Louisville | patron= Humana Foundation | website= {{URL|https://actorstheatre.org/humana-festival-of-new-american-plays/}} }} The '''Humana Festival of New American Plays''' was an internationally renowned festival which celebrated the contemporary American playwright.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol27/vol27_iss9/Pg4-2709.pdf|title=Columbia University Record (January 18, 2002) ''Playwriting Alumnus and MTC Fellow's Play to Premiere at Renowned Humana Festival'' "The Humana Festival is reputed worldwide as one of the most important annual events in American theatre."|access-date=Jun 18, 2019}}</ref> Produced annually in Louisville, Kentucky by Actors Theatre of Louisville, the festival showcased new theatrical works and drew producers, critics, playwrights, and theatre lovers from around the world. The festival was founded in 1976 by Jon Jory, who was Producing Director of Actors Theatre of Louisville from 1969 to 2000.<ref name=newbroom>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/11/theater/theater-will-a-new-broom-at-humana-sweep-the-old-era-away.html|title=THEATER; Will a New Broom At Humana Sweep The Old Era Away?|first=Chris|last=Jones|date=Mar 11, 2001|access-date=Jun 18, 2019|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Since 1979 The Humana Festival was sponsored by the Humana Foundation which is the philanthropic arm of Humana.<ref name=foundation>{{Cite web |url=http://www.humanafoundation.org/actors_theatre.asp |title=The Humana Foundation: Contributions to Civic and Culture - Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana Festival of New American Plays |access-date=2012-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002549/http://www.humanafoundation.org/actors_theatre.asp |archive-date=2014-07-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Humana Festival was shut down permanently in 2022 after holding its final festival in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/humana-festival-comes-to-an-end-as-actors-theatre-of-louisville-makes-plan-to-support/article_51d3a054-a165-11ec-a9ce-3fbdcf02873a.html |title=Humana Festival comes to an end as Actors Theatre of Louisville makes plan to support new works |date=March 11, 2022 |work=WDRB |access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>

==History== The Actor's Theater of Louisville hosted the first Festival of New American Plays in March 1977. It was founded by the former artistic director of the Actor's Theater, Jon Jory. The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn, one of the plays presented that year, went on to open on Broadway later that year and would win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1978. The 1978 festival line up included Marsha Norman's Getting Out, and in 1979, Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley. It was also the first year that the festival was sponsored by the Humana Festival.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://actorstheatre.org/humana-festival-of-new-american-plays/history/|title=The Humana Festival of New American Plays - Actors Theatre of Louisville|work=Actors Theatre of Louisville|access-date=2017-09-09|language=en-US}}</ref>

Over the 400 plays (short pieces, ten-minute plays, one-acts, and full-lengths) the festival has produced, many have gone on to win several awards. ''Dinner With Friends'' by Donald Margulies, ''The Gin Game'' by D.L. Coburn, and, ''Crimes of the Heart'' by Beth Henley have all won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. ''Keely and Du'' by Jane Martin, ''Becky Shaw'' by Gina Gionfriddo, and ''Omnium-Gatherum b''y Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros and Theresa Rebeck have all been finalists for the prize.<ref name="auto"/>

Lucas Hnath's ''The Christians,'' ''Appropriate'' by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, ''Big Love'' by Charles Mee, ''Slavs!'' by Tony Kushner, ''My Left Breast'' by Susan Miller, ''Marisol'' by José Rivera and ''One Flea Spare'' by Naomi Wallace have all won Obie Awards.<ref name="auto"/>

''How to Say Goodbye'' by Mary Gallagher, ''My Sister in this House'' by Wendy Kesselman, ''A Narrow Bed'' by Ellen McLaughlin, ''My Left Breast'' by Susan Miller and ''One Flea Spare'' by Naomi Wallace have won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and nine other plays produced at the festival have been finalists.

<ref name="auto"/>''2'' by Romulus Linney, ''Dinner with Friends'' by Donald Margulies, ''Getting Out'' by Marsha Norman, and Jane Martin's ''Talking With…,'' ''Keely and Du,'' ''Jack and Jill,'' and ''Anton in Show Business'' have won the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, and ''Dinner with Friends'' by Donald Margulies, ''Big Love'' by Charles Mee, ''After Ashley'' by Gina Gionfriddo, ''Great Falls'' by Lee Blessing, ''Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them'' by A.Rey Pamatmat, and Lucas Hnath's ''Death Tax'' and ''The Christians'' have won Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award Citations.

Jeff Augustin's and Peter Sinn Nachtrieb' s plays, ''Cry Old Kingdom'' and ''BOB: A Life in Five Acts'' respectively, have won the Barrie and Bernice Stavis Award, given by the National Theatre Conference to outstanding emerging playwrights.<ref name="auto"/>

== List of plays produced ==

Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Plays / Chronology |publisher=Actors Theatre of Louisville |url=http://actorstheatre.org/HUMANA%20FESTIVAL%20CDROM/date.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210124128/http://www.actorstheatre.org/HUMANA%20FESTIVAL%20CDROM/date.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 February 2007 |access-date=8 February 2007 }}</ref>

{{hidden |headerstyle=background:#C9FFE5 |List of plays from 1976 to 2008 | ;2008 *''Great Falls'' by Lee Blessing *''Becky Shaw'' by Gina Gionfriddo *''This Beautiful City'' by Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis, with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman *''the break/s'' by Marc Bamuthi Joseph *''All Hail Hurricane Gordo'' by Carly Mensch *''Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom'' by Jennifer Haley *''Game On'' by Zakiyyah Alexander, Rolin Jones, Alice Tuan, Daryl Watson, Marisa Wegrzyn and Ken Weitzman, with music and lyrics by Jon Spurney *''Tongue, Tied'' by M. Thomas Cooper *''Dead Right'' by Elaine Jarvik *''In Paris You Will Find Many Baguettes but Only One True Love'' by Michael Lew *''One Short Sleepe'' by Naomi Wallace

;2007 *''365 Days/365 Plays'' by Suzan-Lori Parks *''The As If Body Loop'' by Ken Weitzman *''Batch: An American Bachelor/Ette Party Spectacle'', conceived by Whit MacLaughlin & Alice Tuan With Text by Alice Tuan Created by New Paradise Laboratories *''Clarisse and Larmon'' by Deb Margolin *''Dark Play or Stories for Boys'' by Carlos Murillo *''I Am Not Batman'' by Marco Ramirez *''Mr. and Mrs.'' by Julie Marie Myatt *''The Open Road Anthology'' by Constance Congdon, Kia Corthron, Michael John Garcés, Rolin Jones, A. Rey Pamatmat, Kathryn Walat with music by GrooveLily *''Strike-Slip'' by Naomi Iizuka *''The Unseen'' by Craig Wright *''When Something Wonderful Ends'' by Sherry Kramer

;2006 *''Act a Lady'' by Jordan Harrison *''Hotel Cassiopeia'' by Charles L. Mee, produced in association with the SITI Company *''Listeners'' by Jane Martin *''Low's Journey: Mediations Trilogy, pt. I'' by Rha Goddess, a co-production of Divine Dime, Ltd. and Made in da Shade *''Natural Selection'' by Eric Coble *''Neon Mirage'' by Liz Duffy Adams, Dan Dietz, Rick Hip-Flores, Julie Jensen, Lisa Kron, Tracey Scott Wilson & Chay Yew *''Six Years'' by Sharr White *''The Scene'' by Theresa Rebeck *''Sovereignty'' by Rolin Jones *''Three Guys and a Brenda'' by Adam Bock

;2005 *''Dream of Jeanie-by-the-Door'' by David Valdes Greenwood *''Goody Fucking Two Shoes'' by Jennifer Maisel *''Hazzard County'' by Allison Moore *''Johannes, Pyotr & Marge'' by Jeffrey Essmann *''Long Dream in Summer'' by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh *''Memory House'' by Kathleen Tolan *''Moot the Messenger'' by Kia Corthron *''A Nervous Smile'' by John Belluso *''Pure Confidence'' by Carlyle Brown *''The Shaker Chair'' by Adam Bock *''Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular: On Democracy and Other Fictions, Featuring Patriotism Acts and Blue Songs from a Red State'' by Greg Allen, Sheila Callaghan, Bridget Carpenter, Eric Coble, Richard Dresser, Michael Friedman and Hilly Hicks

;2004 *''After Ashley'' by Gina Gionfriddo *''At the Vanishing Point'' by Naomi Iizuka *''A Bone Close to My Brain'' by Dan Dietz *''Foul Territory'' by Craig Wright *''Kid-Simple'' by Jordan Harrison *''Kuwait'' by Vincent Delaney *''The Ruby Sunrise'' by Rinne Groff *''Sans-Culottes in the Promised Land'' by Kirsten Greenidge *''The Spot'' by Steven Dietz *''Tallgrass Gothic'' by Melanie Marnich *''Fast and Loose: An Ethical Collaboration'' by José Cruz González, Kirsten Greenidge, Julie Marie Myatt and John Walch

;2003 *''The Faculty Room'' by Bridget Carpenter *''Fit for Feet'' by Jordan Harrison *''The Lively Lad'' songs by Quincy Long, music by Michael Silversher *''Omnium Gatherum'' by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros and Theresa Rebeck *''Orange Lemon Egg Canary: A Trick In Four Acts'' by Rinne Groff *''The Roads That Lead Here'' by Lee Blessing *''The Second Death of Priscilla'' by Russell Davis *''Slide Glide the Slippery Slope'' by Kia Corthron *''Trash Anthem'' by Dan Dietz *''Trepidation Nation: A Phobic Anthology'' by Keith Josef Adkins, Stephen Belber, Hilary Bell, Glen Berger, Sheila Callaghan, Bridget Carpenter, Cusi Cram, Richard Dresser, Erik Ehn, Gina Gionfriddo, Kirsten Greenidge, Michael Hollinger, Warren Leight, Julie Marie Myatt, Victoria Stewart, and James Still *''Rhythmicity'' by UNIVERSES (Steven Sapp; Mildred Ruiz-Sapp; Gamal Abdel Chasten; and special guest collaborators: Reg.e.ganes; Willie Perdomo; Rha Goddess; Reggie Cabico)

;2002 *''A.M. Sunday'' by Jerome Hairston *''Bake Off'' by Sheri Wilner *''Classyass'' by Caleen Sinnette Jennings *''Finer Noble Gases'' by Adam Rapp *''Limonade Tous Les Jours'' by Charles L. Mee *''The Mystery of Attraction'' by Marlane Meyer *''Nightswim'' by Julia Jordan *''Rembrandt's Gift'' by Tina Howe *''Score'' conceived and directed by Anne Bogart, adapted by Jocelyn Clarke *''Snapshot: A Dramatic Anthology'' by Tanya Barfield, Lee Blessing, Julie Jensen, Honor Molloy, Sunil Kuruvilla, David Lindsay-Abaire, Michael Bigelow Dixon & Val Smith, Victor Lodato, Quincy Long, Deb Margolin, Allison Moore, Lynn Nottage, Dan O'Brien, Annie Weisman, Craig Wright, and Chay Yew *''The Technology Project'' *''Voice Properties (On A First Date After a Full Year of Februarys)'' by John Belluso *''F.E.T.C.H.'' by Alice Tuan *''Virtual Mediation #1'' by Sarah Ruhl

;2001 *''bobrauschenbergamerica'' by Charles L. Mee *''Description Beggared; or the Allegory of WHITENESS'' by Mac Wellman, music by Michael Roth *''Flaming Guins of the Purple Sage'' by Jane Martin *''Quake'' by Melanie Marnich *''Heaven and Hell (On Earth): A Divine Comedy'' by Robert Alexander, Jenny Lyn Bader, Elizabeth Dewberry, Deborah Lynn Frockt, Rebecca Gilman, Keith Glover, Hilly Hicks Jr., Karen Hines, Michael Kassin, Jane Martin, William Mastrosimone, Guillermo Reyes, Sarah Schulman, Richard Strand, Alice Tuan & Elizabeth Wong *''When The Sea Drowns in Sand'' (retitled: ''Havana is Waiting'') by Eduardo Machado *''Wonderful World'' by Richard Dresser *''Chad Curtiss, Lost Again'' by Arthur Kopit

The Phone Plays *''Subliminable'' by Greg Allen (The Neo-Futurists, Chicago) *''Hype-R-Connectivity'' by Andy Bayiates (The Neo-Futurists, Chicago) *''Call Waiting'' by Rachel Claff (The Neo-Futurists, Chicago) *''Owls'' by Erin Courtney (Clubbed Thumb, New York) *''Message Sent'' by Sterling Houston (Jump-Start Performance Co., San Antonio) *''Click'' by Brighde Mullins (Thick Description, San Francisco) *''Somebody Call 911'' by Jennifer L. Nelson (African Continuum Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.)

;2000 *''Anton in Show Business'' by Jane Martin *''Arabian Nights'' by David Ives *''Big Love'' by Charles L. Mee *''The Divine Fallacy'' by Tina Howe *''No. 11 (Blue and White)'' by Alexandra Cunningham *''Standard Time'' by Naomi Wallace *''TAPE'' by Stephen Belber *''Touch'' by Toni Press-Coffman *''War of the Worlds'' by Naomi Iizuka

Phone Plays *''Beside Every Good Man'' by Regina Taylor *''Lovers of Long Red Hair'' by José Rivera *''The Reprimand'' by Jane Anderson *''Show Business'' by Jeffrey Hatcher *''Trespassion'' by Mark O'Donnell

;1999 *''Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls'' by Naomi Iizuka *''Cabin Pressure'' by Anne Bogart & The SITI Company *''What Are You Afraid Of?'' by Richard Dresser *''The Cockfighter'' by Frank Manley, adapted by Vincent Murphy *''God's Man in Texas'' by David Rambo *''The T(ext) Shirt Project'' *''Y2K'' (retitled: BecauseHeCan) by Arthur Kopit *Life Under 30 — A Bill of 10-Minute Plays **''Slop-Culture'' by Robb Badlam **''The Blue Room'' by Courtney Baron **''Dancing With a Devil'' by Brooke Berman **''Forty Minute Finish'' by Jerome Hairston **''Mpls., St. Paul'' by Julia Jordan **''Drive Angry'' by Matt Pelfrey **''Labor Day'' by Sheri Wilner **''Just Be Frank'' by Caroline Williams

;1998 *''Acorn'' by David Graziano *''Dinner With Friends'' by Donald Margulies *''Let the Big Dog Eat'' by Elizabeth Wong *''Like Totally Weird'' by William Mastrosimone *''Meow'' by Val Smith *''Mr. Bundy'' by Jane Martin *''Resident Alien'' by Stuart Spencer *''Ti Jean Blues'', adapted from the works of Jack Kerouac by JoAnne Akalaitis *''The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek'' by Naomi Wallace

;1997 *''Gun-Shy'' by Richard Dresser *''Icarus'' by Edwin Sanchez *''In Her Sight'' by Carol K. Mack *''Lighting Up the Two-Year Old'' by Benjie Aerenson *''Misreadings'' by Neena Beber *''Polaroid Stories'' by Naomi Iizuka *''Private Eyes'' by Steven Dietz *''Stars'' by Romulus Linney *''Waterbabies'' by Adam LeFevre

;1996 *''The Batting Cage'' by Joan Ackermann *''Chilean Holiday'' by Guillermo Reyes *''Contract With Jackie'' by Jimmy Breslin *''Flesh and Blood'' by Elizabeth Dewberry *''Going, Going, Gone'' by Anne Bogart & the SITI Company *''Jack and Jill'' by Jane Martin *''Missing/Kissing'' by John Patrick Shanley *''One Flea Spare'' by Naomi Wallace *''Reverse Transcription: Six Playwrights Bury a Seventh'' by Tony Kushner *''Trying to Find Chinatown'' by David Henry Hwang *''What I Meant Was'' by Craig Lucas

;1995 *''Below the Belt'' by Richard Dresser *''Beast on the Moon'' by Richard Kalinoski *''Between the Lines'' by Regina Taylor *''Cloud Tectonics'' by José Rivera *''Head On'' by Elizabeth Dewberry *''Helen at Risk'' by Dana Yeaton *''July 7, 1994'' by Donald Margulies *''Middle-Aged White Guys'' by Jane Martin *''Tough Choices for the New Century: A Seminar for Responsible Living'' by Jane Anderson *''Trudy Blue'' by Marsha Norman *''Your Obituary is a Dance'' by Benard Cummings

;1994 *''1969'' by Tina Landau *''Betty the Yeti'' by Jon Klein *''Julie Johnson'' by Wendy Hammond *''The Last Time We Saw Her'' by Jane Anderson *''My Left Breast'' by Susan Miller *''Slavs!'' (Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness) by Tony Kushner *''Shotgun'' by Romulus Linney *''Stones and Bones'' by Marion McClinton *''The Survivor: A Cambodian Odyssey'' by Jon Lipsky *''Trip's Cinch'' by Phyllis Nagy

;1993 *''Deadly Virtues'' by Brian Jucha *''The ice Fishing Play'' by Kevin Kling *''Keely and Du'' by Jane Martin *''Poof!'' by Lynn Nottage *''Shooting Simone'' by Lynne Kaufman *''Stanton's Garage'' by Joan Ackermann *''Tape'' by José Rivera *''What We Do With it'' by Bruce MacDonald *''Watermelon Rinds'' by Regina Taylor

;1992 *''Bondage'' by David Henry Hwang *''The Carving of Mount Rushmore'' by John Conklin *''D. Boone'' (retitled: ''Loving Daniel Boone'') by Marsha Norman *''Devotees in the Garden of Love'' by Suzan-Lori Parks *''Eukiah'' by Lanford Wilson *''Evelyn and the Polka King'' by John Olive *''Hyaena'' by Ross MacLean *''Lynette at 3 A.M.'' by Jane Anderson *''Marisol'' by José Rivera *''Old Lady's Guide to Survival'' by Mayo Simon *''Procedure'' by Joyce Carol Oates

;1991 *''Cementville'' by Jane Martin *''The Death of Zukasky'' by Richard Strand *''Down the Road'' by Lee Blessing *''In the Eye of the Hurricane'' by Eduardo Machado *''Night-Side'' by Shem Bitterman *''Out the Window'' by Neal Bell *''A Passenger Train of Sixty-One Coaches'' by Paul Walker *''A Piece of My Heart'' by Shirley Lauro *''What She Found There'' by John Glore

;1990 *''2'' by Romulus Linney *''Infinity's House'' by Ellen McLaughlin *''The Pink Studio'' by Jane Anderson *''The Swan'' by Elizabeth Egloff *''Vital Signs'' by Jane Martin *''Zara Spook and Other Lures'' by Joan Ackermann *''In Darkest America'' by Joyce Carol Oates

;1989 *''Autumn Elegy'' by Charlene Redick *''Blood Issue'' by Harry Crews *''Bone-the-Fish'' by Arthur Kopit *''The Bug'' by Richard Strand *''God's Country'' by Steven Dietz *''Incident at San Bajo'' by Brad Korbesmeyer *''Stained Glass'' by William F. Buckley, Jr. *''Tales of the Lost Formicans'' by Constance Congdon

;1988 *''Alone at the Beach'' by Richard Dresser *''Channels'' by Judith Fein *''Lloyd's Prayer'' by Kevin Kling *''The Metaphor'' by Murphy Guyer *''The Queen of the Leaky Roof Circuit'' by Jimmy Breslin *''Sarah and Abraham'' by Marsha Norman *''Whereabouts Unknown'' by Barbara Damashek

;1987 *''Deadfall'' by Grace McKeaney *''Digging In''by Julie Crutcher and Vaughn McBride *''Elaine's Daughter'' by Mayo Simon *''Glimmerglass'' by Jonathan Bolt *''Gringo Planet'' by Frederick Bailey *''T Bone N Weasel'' by Jon Klein *''Water Hole'' by Kendrew Lascelles

Shorts *''Chemical Reactions'' by Andy Foster *''Fun'' by Howard Korder *''The Love Talker'' by Deborah Pryor

;1986 *''Astronauts'' by Claudia Reilly *''How to Say Goodbye'' by Mary Gallagher *''No Mercy'' by Constance Congdon *''The Shaper'' by John Steppling *''Smitty's News'' by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller *''Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends: A Final Evening with the Illuminati'' by Larry Larson and Levi Lee *''To Culebra'' by Jonathan Bolt *''Transports'': two one-act plays: **''21A'' by Kevin Kling **''How Gertrude Stormed the Philosopher's Club'' by Martin Epstein

;1985 *''Available Light'' by Heather McDonald *''Days and Nights Within'' by Ellen McLaughlin *''Ride the Dark Horse'' by J.F. O'Keefe *''Tent Meeting'' by Larry Larson, Levi Lee & Rebecca Wackler *''Two Masters'' by Frank Manley *''The Very Last Lover of the River Cane'' by James McLure *''War of the Roses'' (now titled ''Riches'') by Lee Blessing

Shorts *''Advice to the Players'' by Bruce Bonafede *''The American Century'' by Murphy Guyer *''The Black Branch'' by Gary Leon Hill with Jo Hill *''The Root of Chaos'' by Douglas Soderberg

;1984 *''007 Crossfire'' by Ken Jenkins *''Courtship'' by Horton Foote *''Danny and the Deep Blue Sea'' by John Patrick Shanley *''Execution of Justice'' by Emily Mann *''Husbandry'' by Patrick Tovatt *''Independence'' by Lee Blessing *''Lemons'' by Kent Broadhurst *''The Octette Bridge Club'' by P.J. Barry *''The Undoing'' by William Mastrosimone

;1983 *''Courage'' by John Pielmeier *''Eden Court'' by Murphy Guyer *''Food From Trash'' by Gary Leon Hill *''In a Northern Landscape'' by Timothy Mason *''Neutral Countries'' by Barbara Field *''Sandcastles'' by Adele Edling Shank *''Thanksgiving'' by James McLure *''A Weekend Near Madison'' by Kathleen Tolan *''Fathers and Daughters'': two one-act plays: **''A Tantalizing'' by William Mastrosimone **''The Value of Names'' by Jeffrey Sweet

Shorts *''Bartok as Dog'' by Patrick Tovatt *''The Habitual Acceptance of the Near Enough'' by Kent Broadhurst *''Partners'' by Dave Higgins

;1982 *''Clara's Play'' by John Olive *''A Different Moon'' by Ara Watson *''Full Hookup'' by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller *''The Grapes of Wrath'' by Terrence Shank *''The Informer'' by Thomas Murphy *''Oldtimers Game'' by Lee Blessing *''Talking With...'' by Jane Martin

Shorts *''The Eye of the Beholder'' by Kent Broadhurst *''The New Girl'' by Vaughn McBride *''The Groves of Academe'' by Mark Stein

''Solo'': a compendium of one-person plays: *''Sidekick'' by Jim Beaver *''The Survivalist'' by Robert Schenkkan *''The Subject Animal'' by Larry Atlas *''Rupert's Birthday'' by Ken Jenkins *''Slow Drag Mama'' by Isabel Monk and Dare Clubb *''Butterfly, Marguerite, Norma ... and Irma Jean'' by Trish Johnson

;1981 *''The Autobiography of a Pearl Diver'' by Martin Epstein *''Extremities'' by William Mastrosimone *''A Full Length Portrait of America'' by Paul D'Andrea *''My Sister in this House'' by Wendy Kesselman *''Future Tense'' by David Kranes *''Swop'' by Ken Jenkins *''Early Times'': a compendium of short plays: **''The Asshole Murder Case'' by Stuart Hample **''Chapter Twelve — The Frog'' by John Pielmeier **''Propinquity'' by Claudia Johnson **''Quadrangle'' by Jon Jory **''Spades'' by Jim Beaver **''Twirler'' by Jane Martin

Shorts *''Chocolate Cake'' by Mary Gallagher *''Chug'' by Ken Jenkins *''Final Placement'' by Ara Watson

;1980 *''Agnes of God'' by John Pielmeier *''Doctors and Diseases'' by Peter Ekstrom *''The Coal Diamond'' by Shirley Lauro *''Nothing Immediate'' by Shirley Lauro *''Remington'' by Ray Aranha *''Sunset/Sunrise'' by Adele Edling Shank *''They're Coming to Make it Brighter'' by Kent Broadhurst *''Today a Little Extra'' by Michael Kassin *''Watermelon Boats'' by Wendy MacLaughlin *''Weekends Like Other People'' by David Blomquist *''The American Project'': a compendium of short plays: **''American Welcome'' by Brian Friel **''The Drummer'' by Athol Fugard **''The Golden Accord'' by Wole Soyinka **''Hooray for Hollywood'' by John Byrne **''San Salvador'' by Keith Dewhurst: **''The Side of the Road'' by Gordon Dryland **''Star Quality'' by Carol Bolt **''Switching'' by Brian Clark **''Tall Girls Have Everything'' by Stewart Parker **''Vicki Madison Clocks Out'' by Alexander Buzo

;1979 *''Crimes of the Heart'' by Beth Henley *''Circus Valentine'' by Marsha Norman *''Find Me'' by Olwen Wymark *''Holidays'': a compendium of short plays: **''Bar Play'' by Lanford Wilson **''Fireworks'' by Megan Terry **''The Great Labor Day Classic'' by Israel Horovitz **''I Can't Find it Anywhere'' by Oliver Hailey **''Independence Day'' by Tom Eyen **''In Fireworks Lie Secret Codes'' by John Guare **''Juneteenth'' by Preston Jones **''Merry Christmas'' by Marsha Norman **''New Year's'' by Ray Aranha **''Redeemer'' by Douglas Turner Ward **''Lone Star'' by James McLure **''Matrimonium'' by Peter Ekstrom

;1978 *''The Louisville Zoo'' by Anonymous Authors *''An Independent Woman'' by Daniel Stein *''Getting Out'' by Marsha Norman *''Does Anybody Here Do the Peabody?'' by Enid Rudd *''The Bridgehead'' by Frederick Bailey

;1977 *''The Gin Game'' by Donald L. Coburn *''Indulgences in the Louisville Harem'' by John Orlock }}

;2009 * ''Ameriville'' by UNIVERSES (Steven Sapp; Mildred Ruiz-Sapp; Gamal Abdel Chasten; William Ruiz a.k.a.- NINJA) * ''Slasher'' by Allison Moore * ''Absalom'' by Zoe Kazan * ''The Hard Weather Boating Party'' by Naomi Wallace * ''Under Construction'' by Charles L. Mee, produced in association with the SITI Company * ''Wild Blessings: A Celebration of Wendell Berry'' adapted for the stage by Marc Masterson and Adrien-Alice Hansel, original music by Malcolm Dalglish * ''Brink!'' by Lydia R. Diamond, Kristoffer Diaz, Greg Kotis, Deborah Zoe Laufer, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb and Deborah Stein * ''On the Porch One Crisp Spring Morning'' by Alex Dremann * ''3:59am: a drag race for two actors'' by Marco Ramirez * ''Roanoke'' by Michael Lew, music and lyrics by Matt Schatz

;2010 * ''Let Bygones Be'' by Gamal Abdel Chasten * ''HEIST!'' conceived and created by Sean Daniels and Deborah Stein, written by Deborah Stein * ''Lobster Boy'' by Dan Dietz * ''Ground'' by Lisa Dillman * ''Fissures (lost and found)'' by Steve Epp, Cory Hinkle, Dominic Orlando, Dominique Serrand, Deborah Stein and Victoria Stewart * ''Post Wave Spectacular'' by Diana Grisanti * ''An Examination of the Whole Playwright/Actor Relationship Presented As Some Kind of Cop Show Parody'' by Greg Kotis * ''Sirens'' by Deborah Zoe Laufer * ''The Method Gun'' created by Rude Mechs, written by Kirk Lynn * ''The Cherry Sisters Revisited'' by Dan O'Brien with original music by Michael Friedman * ''Phoenix'' by Scott Organ.

;2011 * ''Mr. Smitten'' by Laura Eason * ''Maple and Vine'' by Jordan Harrison * ''Hygiene'' by Gregory Hischak * ''Chicago, Sudan'' by Marc Bamuthi Joseph * ''Elemeno Pea'' by Molly Smith Metzler * ''BOB'' by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb * ''Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them'' by A. Rey Pamatmat * ''The Edge of Our Bodies'' by Adam Rapp * ''A Devil at Noon'' by Anne Washburn * ''The End'' by Dan Dietz, Jennifer Haley, Allison Moore, A. Rey Pamatmat, and Marco Ramirez.

;2012 * ''Eat Your Heart Out'' by Courtney Baron * ''How We Got On'' by Idris Goodwin * ''Death Tax'' by Lucas Hnath * ''Michael von Siebenburg Melts Through the Floorboards'' by Greg Kotis * ''The Veri**on Play'' by Lisa Kron * ''The Hour of Feeling'' by Mona Mansour * ''Oh, Gastronomy! by'' Michael Golamco, Carson Kreitzer, Steve Moulds, Tanya Saracho, and Matt Schatz The Ten-Minute Plays: * ''The Dungeons and the Dragons'' by Kyle John Schmidt * ''Hero Dad'' by Laura Jacqmin * ''The Ballad of 423 and 424'' by Nicholas C. Pappas

;2013<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://louisville.about.com/od/artsculture/a/Humana-Festival-2013.htm |title=Humana Festival 2013 |access-date=2013-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414010751/http://louisville.about.com/od/artsculture/a/Humana-Festival-2013.htm |archive-date=2013-04-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''The Delling Shore'' by Sam Marks * ''Appropriate'' by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins * ''Cry Old Kingdom'' by Jeff Augustin * ''Gnit'' by Will Eno * ''O Guru Guru Guru, or why I don't want to go to yoga class with you'' by Mallery Avidon * '' Sleep Rock Thy Brain'' by Rinne Groff, Lucas Hnath, and Anne Washburn The Ten-Minute Plays: * ''Halfway'' by Emily Schwend * ''27 Ways I Didn't Say "Hi" to Laurence Fishburne'' by Jonathan Josephson * ''Two Conversations Overheard on Airplanes'' by Sarah Ruhl

;2014<ref>{{cite web|last=Gaukel |first=Kirsty |title=ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE ANNOUNCES THE 38th HUMANA FESTIVAL OF NEW AMERICAN PLAYS |url=http://actorstheatre.org/2013/11/10/actors-theatre-of-louisville-announces-the-38th-humana-festival-of-new-american-plays/ |access-date=24 November 2013 |date=10 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223743/http://actorstheatre.org/2013/11/10/actors-theatre-of-louisville-announces-the-38th-humana-festival-of-new-american-plays/ |archive-date=2 December 2013 }}</ref> * ''Partners'' by Dorothy Fortenberry * ''The Christians'' by Lucas Hnath * ''The Grown-Up'' by Jordan Harrison * ''brownsville song (b-side for tray)'' by Kimber Lee * ''Steel Hammer'' created by SITI Company, music and lyrics by Julia Wolfe, original text by Kia Corthron, Will Power, Carl Hancock Rux and Regina Taylor * ''Remix 38'' by Jackie Sibblies Drury, Idris Goodwin, Basil Kreimendahl, Justin Kuritzkes and Amelia Roper The Ten-Minute Plays: * ''Winter Games'' by Rachel Bonds * ''Some Prepared Remarks (A History in Speech)'' by Jason Gray Platt * ''Poor Shem'' by Gregory Hischak

;2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/theater/humanafestival/2014/11/11/humana-festival-new-american-plays-actors-theatre-louisville-lineup/18840045/|title=2015 Humana Festival plays announced|website=The Courier-Journal|access-date=Jun 18, 2019}}</ref> * ''The Roommate'' by Jen Silverman * ''Dot'' by Colman Domingo * ''I Will Be Gone'' by Erin Courtney * ''The Glory of the World'' by Charles L. Mee * ''I Promised Myself to Live Faster'', conceived and created by Pig Iron Theatre Company, text by Gregory S. Moss and Pig Iron Theatre Company * ''That High Lonesome Sound'', by Jeff Augustin, Diana Grisanti, Cory Hinkle, and Charise Castro The Ten-Minute Plays: * ''Rules of Comedy'' by Patricia Cotter * ''So Unnatural a Level'' by Gary Winter * ''Joshua Consumed an Unfortunate Pear'' by Steve Yockey

;2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://actorstheatre.org/2015/11/17/2016-humana-festival-lineup-revealed/|title=2016 Humana Festival Lineup Revealed|access-date=2016-03-26|archive-date=2016-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408084802/http://actorstheatre.org/2015/11/17/2016-humana-festival-lineup-revealed/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Residence'' by Laura Jacqmin * ''For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday'' by Sarah Ruhl * ''This Random World'' by Steven Dietz * ''Wellesley Girl'' by Brendan Pelsue * ''Cardboard Piano'' by Hansol Jung<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kramer|first=Elizabeth|date=2016-03-18|title=Violence, faith subject of Hansol Jung's play|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/theater/humanafestival/2016/03/18/violence-faith-subject-hansol-jungs-play/81266630/|access-date=2020-06-10|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en}}</ref> * ''Wondrous Strange'' by Martyna Majok, Meg Miroshnik, Jiehae Park, and Jen Silverman The Ten-Minute Plays: * ''Coffee Break'' by Tasha Gordon-Solmon * ''This Quintessence of Dust'' by Cory Hinkle * ''Trudy, Carolyn, Martha, and Regina Travel to Outer Space and Have a Pretty Terrible Time There'' by James Kennedy

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|https://actorstheatre.org/humana-festival-of-new-american-plays/}} * [http://www.actorstheatre.org/HUMANA%20FESTIVAL%20CDROM/ Humana Festival of New American Plays CD ROM]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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