MAPLE AND VINE gets great reviews!

MAPLE AND VINE, currently at the Humana Festival, has gotten some fantastic press and has been really well received by the community down there! Congratulations to our Associate Artists, Jordan Harrison and Anne Kauffman, as well as the rest of the cast and crew! Here's what people are saying:

• Courier-Journal "a fresh work that is both touching and thought-provoking"
• Leo Weekly: "Jordan Harrison’s hilarious, captivating script"
• My Loueyville: "Go see it. This is great theater, y'all."
• Theatre Louisville: "This play is a must-see at this year’s festival."
• The Arts Louisville: "entertaining but thought-provoking"

It's still running for a few more days, so if you haven't seen it yet and are in Louisville, be sure to check it out! Get your tickets HERE!

The Civilians at the Humana Festival!

Civilians' artists are all up in The Humana Festival for New American Plays this year (where This Beautiful City premiered in 2008)!

Artistic Director Steve Cosson is directing Anne Washburn (playwright of Mr. Burns - which was recently named a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize!)'s new play, A DEVIL AT NOON - more info HERE!

Also, Maple and Vine will be receiving its world premiere at Humana this year. This new play by Jordan Harrison is based on an investigation by Civilians' artists into communities resistant to modern technologies - more info HERE!

The festival starts in two weeks!

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