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The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) is an American annual professional theatre festival held at Shepherd University, located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. According to the New York Times it is one of "50 ''essential'' summer festivals". A representative of the Theatre Communications Group in its publication ''American Theatre'' stated that "(CATF's) forward focus has helped ... change the American theatre conversation, bringing ''new voices'' and ''pressing topics'' to the stage ..." The Festival's mission is "dedicated to producing and developing new American theater". To support this mission its stated goals (core values) are to:〔 : *sustain an artistic process of innovation and daring; : *tell diverse stories; : *to create a profound and ever-evolving relationship between the audience and the work. To satisfy this mission it specializes in premieres and second or third productions of new plays, currently producing five plays each summer in repertory. == History == A 2010 NPR segment stated: "For 20 years, in the oldest town in West Virginia, new plays have had a home and a loyal audience. The Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University is a dream for the writers of those plays." The festival was started in 1991 "on a wing and a prayer and a $90,000 budget" by producing director Ed Herendeen. It was modeled after the Williamstown Theatre Festival, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It has the goal of producing and developing new American theater, specifically plays that deal with contemporary issues and strive to challenge and entertain audiences. In addition to finding new scripts which could be either premieres or on a second/third production, the festival has also commissioned works since 1998. Through the summer of 2013, the festival has produced 100 plays, by 73 American playwrights, including 37 world premieres, 9 of which were commissioned.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://catf.org/about-catf/mission )〕 It had an operating budget for 2013 of $1 million〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Contemporary American Theater Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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