Fundraising for the arts has never been easy. New funding priorities at the national level now add another layer of fear and uncertainty for small nonprofits already walking a financial tightrope. The current administration has repeatedly targeted the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, even seeking to eliminate them...
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Why Play Development Festivals Matter
Playwriting often begins in solitude: a writer hunched over a laptop or notepad, coaxing characters into existence. But a play doesn’t truly breathe until actors give those characters a voice. Only then – when words are spoken aloud and tested against an audience’s reaction – does a playwright know if the story works, stumbles, or...
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Radio Interview 92.9 The Point — Ray Abruzzo
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Radio Interview 92.9 The Point — Playwright Ian August and Actor Charlie Levy
Listen to the Radio Interview 92.9 The Point — Playwright Ian August and Actor Charlie Levy
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Radio Interview 92.9 The Point — Jodi Long
Listen to the Radio Interview 92.9 The Point — Jodi Long
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Radio Interview 92.9 The Point — Erik Liberman
Listen to the Radio Interview 92.9 The Point — Erik Liberman
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Radio Interview 92.9 The Point — Matt Bodo and Luca Sandoval McCallum
Listen to the Radio Interview 92.9 The Point — Matt Bodo and Luca Sandoval McCallum
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PlayFest Launches 2025 Season
Festival begins with free playwrights’ panel Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025 4:05 PM – Ask Felicia Lansbury Meyer or Mandy Mikulencak what PlayFest is all about, and one word continuously pops up: process. The essence of Durango’s unusual workshop-to-public performance is the creative process. In the theater world, that means collaboration. Since 2018, Artistic Director Meyer...
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Durango Playfest Announces Four Plays for 2025 Festival
7th Annual Event Features Diverse Mix of Topics and Genres DURANGO, Colo., April 8, 2025 – Durango PlayFest has announced four new works that will headline its 7th annual play development festival, June 24-29. PlayFest’s mission is to bring well-known and emerging playwrights, directors and actors to Durango to incubate new plays, hold free events...