Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF)

New, exciting work from July 5 to 28 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. By BOB ASHBY

A convicted murderer is visited by the sister of the man he killed. A spellbinding psychological chess game ensues.

A character named Virgil relates their awakening to the preciousness of life.

A play about a rocket explosion and feuding space tycoons fizzles.

Two men and a woman in a complex relationship triangle confront their hard truths.

José Rivera's brilliant world premiere, breathtakingly acted, about artificial intelligence and aging.

A dark drama that imagines a future when pregnancies are regulated to control overpopulation.

A fun and spooky mystery about a spoiled white gentrifier.

A thrilling mystery about cyber security, a dramatically fun and exciting ride with top-notch acting.

A grippingly intense experience of theater, and a microcosm of Jim Crow America, set in a mental hospital for Negroes in segregated 1935 Oklahoma.

She’s Black. He’s white. They are in love. They are police officers. Their acting is as close to perfection as one can expect to find on any stage.

In this vision of Antarctica in crisis. two married scienists explore what it means to coexist with the universe and each other.

For the past thirty years, the Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, has produced and developed new plays in...

Given the seemingly endless parade of creeps and pervs we see in the news every day, it might seem surprising that a woman would...

Eat your heart out, Christmas Carol. Hang up your dancing shoes, Nutcracker. Change the channel on reruns of It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s Christmas...

The Antonio in question is Antonio Edwards Suarez, the writer (with Dael Orlandersmith) and actor in this one-man autobiographical piece, part of the Contemporary...

My Lord, What a Night, a new play by Deborah Brevoort at the Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, explores the relationship...

Ah, the perfect relationship – not yours, of course, never yours. I’m talking about the one that other couple has; you know who I’m...

One of the true gems at this July’s Contemporary American Theatre Festival (CATF) in Shepherdstown, West Virginia is the East Coast premiere of Joseph...

Aficionados of ancient tragedy will tell you that the main difference between the Romans and the Greeks was that the Romans –Seneca, especially—loved their...