Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, 2009

700 pm each evening. The Humble Play is a festival of sit-down readings of new plays the first step in the process of new play creation. Each of the readings is produced by a local theater group. Audience members are invited to stay after each reading, meet the playwrights and actors and offer responses to the play. 9/28-On the first night of the festival we will have a very satisfying Appalachian traditional meal with music by Charlie Lewis and a viewing of a documentary about the Appalachian Green Parks Project a group of local musicians who traveled the country in the 1970's playing traditional Appalachian music. We will also be highlighting three of Athens' own visual artists' work that will hang during the festival. Matt Persutti - printmaker - whose work will hang in the performance space. Terry Fortkamp - painter - whose work will hang in the basement reception area. Constance Gabbard - fiber artist - whose quilt will hang on the stage behind the performers. 9/29 ARTS/West pick Romeo and Juliet There Hasn't Been a Rap Song Yet by Rheal Radwany Athens, OH. Direction by The Lost Flamingo Company. 9/30 Producer's Choice - A Case is Never Closed by J. Boyer Tempe, AZ. Direction by Actor's Moveable Theater. 10/1 Humble Pick Arts, Touch by Drew Larimore Brooklyn, NY. Direction by The Corporation for the Performing. 10/2 Appalachian Choice, An Elegant Solution by Celeste Parsons Athens, OH. Direction by ABC Players. 10/2 Appalachian Choice, Apologia by Katharine Bolger NYC, NY. Direction by ABC Players. 10/3 Pick of the Festival, Knuckleheads by James McLindon Northampton, MA. Direction by Brick Monkey Theater Ensemble.

Arts/Music/Film