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PlayFest Puts Durango on Map for Play Development

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June 28, 2024July 8, 2024

The Playwright Made Us Care About People

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June 21, 2024July 8, 2024

Durango PlayFest Sets Sail for 6th Season

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June 20, 2024July 8, 2024

PlayFest Brings Cutting-Edge Works to Local Audiences

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March 26, 2024March 26, 2024

DURANGO PLAYFEST ANNOUNCES FOUR PLAYS FOR 2024 FESTIVAL

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6th Annual Event Features New Works from Pulitzer-Nominated Kathleen Cahill Richard Dresser, Deb Hiett, and James Anthony Tyler DURANGO, Colo.,...

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023

PlayFest Heads Toward the Future

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TICKETS AVAILABLE IN MID APRIL! ANNOUNCING THE 20

TICKETS AVAILABLE IN MID APRIL!

ANNOUNCING THE 2025 PLAYS! There's a little bit of everything -- laughs, tears, unexpected twists, lung transplants, drag queens, spooky swamps, plane crashes, time loops and more. Read the play synopses and playwright bios at https://www.durangoplayfest.org/plays-and-artists-2025/

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PlayFest is excited to welcome actor ERIKA VETTER

PlayFest is excited to welcome actor ERIKA VETTER to Durango for our REAL-WORLD THEATRE Speaker Series. The FREE event is Thursday, April 3 from 1 - 2 p.m. at the Main Stage Theatre at Fort Lewis College Theatre. Open to the public and students in grades 8 and higher.

Erika -- who now resides in Brooklyn -- is a talented stage, television and film actor. You may have seen her recently in @merely_players_durango production
of "Swing State." In addition to several theatre credits, she's appeared in the Netflix series "Only Murders in the Building" and Amazon Prime's “Somebody I Used to Know.”

Learn more about Erika here: https://www.erika-vetter.com/

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Thank you to PlayFest's donors, sponsors, festival

Thank you to PlayFest's donors, sponsors, festival attendees and volunteers -- as well as the playwrights, actors, directors and crew members who've been part of our festivals since 2018. The PlayFest board and staff appreciate you all.

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Margy Dudley and Kelly Brundage Kniffin, familia

Margy Dudley and Kelly Brundage Kniffin, familiar faces in the community and ardent advocates for theatre, have joined the PlayFest board of directors. Welcome to these extraordinary women!

Margy owned and operated Open Shutter Contemporary Fine Art Photography Gallery for 15 years. She is currently a member of Merely Players theatre company. She is a DJ for KDUR and host of the Four Corners Arts Forum podcast. Margy is a former board member of Durango Independent Film Festival, IAM Music, KDUR, and the Durango Arts Center advisory board.

Kelly has been a strong supporter and sponsor of PlayFest for four years, and is proud to be a part of its growth and success. For more than 20 years, she’s been the owner of Homes Durango CO LLC residential real estate consulting, and has 10 years affiliation with Sotheby’s International Realty. She is a former board member and past President of the Durango Area Association of Realtors.

CO Gives Day is December 10 but early giving start

CO Gives Day is December 10 but early giving starts TODAY, November 1. The Martin Family Fund has generously offered to match your donations up to a total of $7000! What a great reason to show your support for PlayFest's mission.

Donate at https://www.coloradogives.org/story/Playfest2025

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Don't miss THE THANKSGIVING PLAY, a unique, comedi

Don't miss THE THANKSGIVING PLAY, a unique, comedic satire produced by the Fort Lewis Theatre Department and directed by PlayFest Artistic Director Felicia Lansbury Meyer.

SYNOPSIS: Good intentions clash with absurd assumptions in Sicangu Lakota Nation Playwright Larissa Fasthorse’s wickedly funny satire. Join a troupe of teaching artists as they scramble to create a grade school pageant that celebrates both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.

https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/44145025/the-thanksgiving-play-durango-community-concert-hall-at-fort-lewis-college

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TICKETS AVAILABLE IN MID APRIL!

ANNOUNCING THE 2025 PLAYS! There's a little bit of everything -- laughs, tears, unexpected twists, lung transplants, drag queens, spooky swamps, plane crashes, time loops and more. Read the play synopses and playwright bios at www.durangoplayfest.org/plays-and-artists-2025/

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