2016 Season Archives

For the second season in a row, CATF has received extensive media coverage, including this in-depth story in American Theatre magazine, the nation’s leading publication devoted to the theater industry.

Margaret Ivey, Nafeesa Monroe, Damian Thompson, and the cast of “The Wedding Gift” by Chisa Hutchinson at the Contemporary American Theater Festival. Photo by Seth Freeman

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Christina Anderson

Allison Gregory

Chisa Hutchinson

Susan Miller

Ronan Noone

Ed Herendeen
Founder & Producing Director

Peggy McKowen
Associate Producing Director

• DC Theatre Scene’s most memorable plays of 2016 (DC Theatre Scene)
• Contemporary American Theater Festival’s 5 Ring Circus (American Theatre, September 2016, PDF)
• Shepherdstown?…Seriously! (Views & Visions, September 2016, PDF)
• CATF donates panels to Bluemont Fair (Shepherdstown Chronicle, August 2016, PDF)
• Standout plays at this year’s Contemporary American Theater Festival: The list (The Washington Post, July 2016)
• Binge Watching:  Festivals Play to Serious Theater Buffs (Group Travel Leader Magazine, June 2016)
• 26th Contemporary American Theater Festival starts this week (Communities Digital News) July 5, 2016
• WV Travel Team: Shepherdstown theater festival lets new material shine (Charleston Gazette-Mail) July 3, 2016
• The 26th Contemporary American Theater Festival: Ed Herendeen’s 26th Snapshot of American’s Theatrical Culture (Spine/dcmetroarts,) July 3, 2016
• CATF Gears Up for Its 26th Year of Staging Contemporary American Works (The Washington Diplomat) July 1, 2016
• Contemporary American Theater Festival’s pay-what-you –can previews run July 3-7 (Frederick News-Post) June 29, 2016
• Shepherd Vigil honors victims of the Orlando mass shooting (The Journal) June 16, 2016
• Setting the Stage: Contemporary American Theater Festival artists converge on Shepherdstown (Spirit of Jefferson) June 15, 2016
• 50 Essential Summer Festivals (The New York Times) May 20, 2016
• CATF announces fifth season of “Hostel YOUTH!” (Shepherdstown Chronicle) May 13, 2016
• Top 10 theatre festivals not to miss this summer (WorldGuide) Mar 24, 2016
• Groundbreaking plays by African American women featured in Bed-Stuy readings (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) Mar 9, 2016
• Theater festival receives W.VA. Governor’s Arts Award (Hagerstown Herald-Mail) Mar 8, 2016
• Maryland Woman named development director for Shepherd theater festival (Hagerstown Herald-Mail) Feb 28, 2016