Playwright John Farmanesh-Bocca will premiere and direct his absurdist comedy, A Deal Picked Just for You, at the 8th Annual Durango PlayFest, June 23-28, with a star-studded cast of Hollywood...
Playwright Lyle Kessler will premiere his historical drama, The German, at the 8th Annual Durango PlayFest, June 23-28. In less than a decade, PlayFest has matured into a coveted incubator for...
Playwright Christian Missonak will premiere his dark, psychological drama, The Henry Clyde Canning Murder House, with a cast of rising screen and stage stars, at the 8th Annual Durango PlayFest,...
Playwright Zoe Stanton-Savitz will premiere their tender queer drama, Hazel and Bea in the In-Between, at the 8th Annual Durango PlayFest, June 23-28. In less than a decade, PlayFest has matured...
Most of us learned at an early age not to talk back. But at Durango PlayFest, that’s exactly what we want our audiences to do. Read the full article on the Durango Herald.
On March 10, Durango PlayFest unveiled the four plays that will be presented at its eighth annual festival in June. Of the 200 pieces submitted for our consideration, there were many exceptional...
Since 2018, Durango PlayFest has brought audiences into the early stages of new plays and musicals, offering something rare — the chance to experience a story before it is finished. Read the full...
When Durango PlayFest was just a kernel of an idea in early 2018, organizers approached the theater department at Fort Lewis College for advice and direction. Felicia Lansbury Meyer, then a theater...
The last three months have been a blur of reading, re-reading and then reading some more, evaluating 200-plus play submissions in hopes of finding four unique plays to present at Durango PlayFest’s...
Time and time again, I forget how quickly tickets to Merely Players’ productions sell out – and, consequently, people must join a waitlist. However, I was recently gifted tickets to “Hamlet” by a...
