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Durango PlayFest Announces Casting and Directors

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DURANGO PLAYFEST ANNOUNCES CASTING AND DIRECTORS FOR AUGUST 5-8 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL DURANGO, Colo., July 26, 2021 – Durango PlayFest...

June 17, 2021July 6, 2021

Durango PlayFest Announces Three Plays for 2021 Festival

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– Third Annual Event to Feature New Works from Colorado Playwright Lia Romeo and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Blessing –...

June 26, 2020July 1, 2020

Durango PlayFest 2020 – Updated COVID-19 Response

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Thank you for your support, good wishes and interest in Durango PlayFest. While we’ve made the difficult decision to cancel our...

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019

Durango PlayFest Announces 2019 Featured Actors!

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July 8, 2019July 9, 2019

Wendie Malick, Dan Lauria, Lee Blessing and Richard Dresser on PlayFest!

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May 15, 2019July 5, 2019

Durango Playfest unveils plays selected for August festival

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DURANGO PLAYFEST UNVEILS FOUR MAINSTAGE PLAYS SELECTED FOR AUGUST 4-10 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL – Second Annual Event to Also Include...

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In 2021, Lindsey Kirchoff was our first Community

In 2021, Lindsey Kirchoff was our first Community Initiative Playwright. Her play, Golden Gate, was recently accepted for the Playwrights' Center of San Francisco 2022 Spring Reading series. View the free performance on Zoom.

Sunday, April 24 at 2:00-3:30 PM PST
You can RSVP at https://bit.ly/GG_Play

SUBMIT YOUR PLAYS! DEADLINE IS EXTENDED TO APRIL 1

SUBMIT YOUR PLAYS! DEADLINE IS EXTENDED TO APRIL 15!

PlayFest is seeking full-length play submissions from local writers for the 2022 festival, August 4-7. Plays must be received by Friday, April 15.
Prior playwriting experience is not required! The selected playwright will collaborate with a local director and actors to develop their work for a staged reading during the festival.
Plays should be 60-90 pages, with up to five characters. Playwrights must be from Southwest CO and available for rehearsals in late July. PlayFest will accommodate work schedules of the playwright and actors as much as possible.
Submit plays in a Word document or PDF to durangoplayfest@gmail.com with the title of the play in the subject line. For more information on previous festivals, visit durangoplayfest.org.

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Durango PlayFest is pleased to welcome Regina Hoga

Durango PlayFest is pleased to welcome Regina Hogan to our board of directors. Regina has been active in the arts for many years. In Durango, she chaired the board of New Face Productions (which brought Tim Robbins' play, "The New Colossus," to the Fort Lewis Concert Hall), and was a board member of the Durango Arts Center. In 2021, she volunteered on PlayFest's fundraising committee. In her previous life, Regina served as arts administrator for the Foothills Arts Center and Arvada Center for Arts & Humanities. Her other experience includes serving on the Arapahoe Community College Education Board, and as Zonta International Chapter President. She was also a contract administrator for Amgen.

Durango PlayFest welcomes new board member, @pick

Durango PlayFest welcomes new board member, @pickettgarden

Cindy Pickett is probably best known as Ferris Bueller’s mother in the cult classic, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” She began her acting career in the late 1970s on the CBS soap “The Guiding Light,” and has starred in countless films and television series since then. TV credits include “St. Elsewhere,” “Call to Glory” with Craig T. Nelson, and “Amerika” with Kris Kristofferson. Her film credits include “Night Games” from legendary French director Roger Vadim, “Deep Star Six,” Stephen King’s “Sleepwalkers,” and a critically acclaimed role as the mother whose son is abducted in “I Know My Name is Stephen.” Recent credits include films “TeAta” and “Rose” with Cybill Shepherd. Cindy recently submitted her first screenplay, a coming of age film set in 1930s rural Oklahoma, to Sundance Writer’s Lab. She is a board member for the Durango Independent Film Festival and an avid photographer.

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Jill Eikenberry met Michael Tucker at the Arena St

Jill Eikenberry met Michael Tucker at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC, in 1970. They married in 1973 and have been together ever since. In our Actors’ Journal video series, Michael reads a humorous vignette about a writer talking to his agent about the “next big idea,” and Jill reads a personal remembrance of the tender relationship between her mother, who had advanced dementia, and her home health aide.

https://www.durangoplayfest.org/actors-journal-michael-tucker/

https://www.durangoplayfest.org/actors-journal-jill-eikenberry/
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From PlayFest board members Fran and Bud Franks :

From PlayFest board members Fran and Bud Franks :

“Most of us have seen the versatile actor John Lithgow on television and in movies. We were fortunate to also see him on Broadway in 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.' As usual, he was brilliant! In his segment of Durango PlayFest’s Actors' Journal, he relates a very funny story of his father, Arthur Lithgow, who was instrumental in founding the great American Regional Theatre movement. If you are a fan of live theatre, this is a must-watch.”

https://www.durangoplayfest.org/actors-journal-john-lithgow/

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A HUGE SHOUT-OUT to our newest sponsors: Leland House Suites of Durango and the fabulous Lola's Place. If you're out enjoying a coffee and pastry at Lola's, please thank them for sponsoring PlayFest. What great community partners! Thank you, Tonya, Alec, Dominic, and Robynn! ...

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