Mix And Match At West Virginia’s Contemporary American Theatre Festival

Live Design: "Which came first? It is a sort of “chicken or the egg” issue when you ask about the play selection process for the 19-year old Contemporary American Theatre Festival. Founder and producing director Ed Herendeen has two venues for four full productions each summer on the campus of Shepherd University in West Virginia’s idyllic small town of Shepherdstown on the banks of the Potomac River. One is a classic proscenium hall, the 499-seat theatre in the Frank Center for the Performing Arts on a hill overlooking the campus. The other a small, arena-style black box, the 129-seat Studio Theatre in the middle of the campus."