May 13, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Interviews, Press
by Eli Keel | Published 5/13/17 Airness, a new play by Chelsea Marcantel premiered last month at The Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Kentucky. The play is deceptively simple, a Cinderella story of an unlikely competitor rising to the top of a...
Apr 24, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press, Reviews
by KATE BERGSTROM | Published 4/24/17 The 41st annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville started with “crying it out” and ended with the assertion that “we’re going to be okay.” Those bookend titles accurately encompassed the...
Apr 7, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press
by Eli Keel | Published April 7, 2017 Last Friday, I opened my email, and there was a message from someone named Lt. Facemelter, who informed me that he was coming to Louisville and wanted to talk to me… about competitive air guitar. Now, obviously, there is setup to...
Apr 6, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press, Reviews
by Marty Rosen | Published April 6, 2017 This year’s Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival of New American Plays runs through Sunday, which means you still have time to see all of the productions. In fact, if you have the stamina, on Saturday and Sunday you can...
Apr 3, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press, Reviews
by Mike Fischer, Special to the Journal Sentinel | Published April 3, 2017 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The legion of happy souls out there playing air guitar – you know who you are – give voice to feelings for which we have no words. Air guitar is both irresistible and...
Mar 30, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Press, Reviews
By ELI KEEL | Published March 30, 2017 This morning I googled “air guitar competitions near Louisville.” And during my run, I listened to heavy metal and air guitared down Eastern Parkway. Right now, I’m listening to the face melting-est mix I could find on Spotify,...
Mar 22, 2017 | Airness, Articles, Interviews, Press
by Elizabeth Kramer , @arts_bureau | Published March 22, 2017 CJ’s Elizabeth Kramer talks with Chelsea Marcantel about her play, “Airness.” Playwright Chelsea Marcantel didn’t set out to write about people who compete playing air guitar — even though...
Mar 21, 2017 | Articles, Press
by Communications Apprentice | Published March 21, 2017 In 2016, Matt Burns took the world of competitive air guitar by storm — and now the reigning champion can officially call himself a member of Team Actors. We sat down with Matt to learn a little bit more about...
Mar 15, 2017 | Articles, Everything is Wonderful, Press
by BWW News Desk | Published March 15, 2017 The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) will host a Shepherdstown Sneak Peek on Friday, March 24th at 8pm at the Frank Center of Shepherd University. The season preview will consist of readings from all six of...
Mar 10, 2017 | Articles, Everything is Wonderful, Press
BY AMERICAN THEATRE EDITORS | Published March 10, 2017 SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.VA.: The Contemporary American Theater Festival has announced its 2017 season (July 7-30), featuring six productions running in repertory, up from their usual five. “We are expanding our...
