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 has headed up a weeklong summer development project here in Durango. The pandemic may have interrupted its early success, but this unique festival of new American plays has continued to welcome emerging and seasoned theater professionals as well as fans. PlayFest is the only nonprofit organization in the Four Corners dedicated to promoting the craft of playwriting.

WHAT: Durango PlayFest, seventh annual festival of new American plays with readings, parties, a playwright panel.

WHEN: June 24 to June 29.

WHERE: Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave.; Rochester Hotel, 726 East Second Ave.; Blue Rain Gallery, 934 Main Ave., Unit B.

TICKETS: All-Access Pass $225. Single tickets: $30 evenings, $25 matinees. Special pricing for students and Fort Lewis College alumni. 5:30 p.m. June 25 Playwright Panel free.

MORE INFORMATION: Call (970) 335-8264 or visit www.durangoplayfest.org.

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