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A new theatre teacher is bringing a production of A Chorus Line to the high school. Though the hopefuls range from shy to outrageous, everyone has a chance to step into the spotlight. A hilarious look at the madness of auditioning and the actors who brave the process for that perfect part.

Place the cookies here, the cupcakes here and bars over there! It's the high school bake-off, and everyone is putting their best cake forward. Expect confessions and confections topped with drama and dipped in comedy as the students come together for the big contest. Once all the votes are counted, the results of this bake-off are full of surprises!

When Maeve's father passes away and she inherits the family grocery store, her future feels uncertain, especially when her ex-best friend Harper comes back to town. Amidst the aisles of food, employees, family, and friends, a series of vignettes introduces us to the community as they navigate love, loss, forgiveness, and the highs and lows of life during one of the most simple and consistent parts of it: grocery shopping. Thank You for Shopping is a play about the importance of searching for what you want in life and appreciating what you already have along the way.

In the dead of winter, when the temperature drops below freezing and the days drag on in one endless gray blur, there are two words that every student longs to hear: SNOW DAY! In this collection of snowy scenes, we'll see what students (and a few teachers and administrators) get up to when school gets cancelled. From a scared sledder in "Out Cold" to a beleaguered babysitter in "Blanket of Snow", to some role-playing paladins in "Winter is Coming" and a snowy mix-up in "Snowball Effect," these scenes and more are sure to bring some frosty fun to your stage with a whole lot of humor and a dash of heart. And with a minimal set and super flexible cast, this one-act play will be a fun and easy way to remind audiences of the magic that can only be found on a snow day.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, adapted by Tracy Wells from Washington Irving's classic tale, brings the eerie charm of colonial America to life in a spooky and delightfully witty stage production. When quirky schoolmaster Ichabod Crane arrives in the mysterious village of Sleepy Hollow, he hopes to find purpose, community and maybe even love. But whispers of a fearsome ghost the Headless Horseman haunt the woods, and Ichabod quickly finds himself entangled in the disappearances of neighbors, supernatural intrigue and a romantic rivalry over the beautiful and intelligent Katrina Van Tassel. Filled with lively townsfolk, laugh-out-loud moments and a chilling climax, this adaptable play offers multiple endings to suit audiences of all ages.

The Humana Festival 2017 anthology brings together all nine scripts from the 2017 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 41st annual cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This compilation features extraordinary work by some of the most inventive voices in American theatre, including the full-length plays I Now Pronounce by Tasha Gordon-Solmon, We're Gonna Be Okay by Basil Kreimendahl, Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler, Recent Alien Abductions by Jorge Ignacio Cortinas, and Airness by Chelsea Marcantel. The book also includes The Many Deaths of Nathan Stubblefield, written by Jeff Augustin, Sarah DeLappe, Claire Kiechel, and Ramiz Monsef in collaboration, as well as the ten-minute plays The New Line by Will Eno, Home Invasion by Krista Knight, and Melto Man and Lady Mantis by Eric Pfeffinger.

Humana Festival 2013: The Complete Plays brings together all nine scripts from the 2013 Humana Festival of New American Plays, the 37th cycle of world premiere productions staged at Actors Theatre of Louisville. This unique compilation features an exceptional array of work by some of the most exciting new voices in the American theatre, from a young woman's questioning of the spiritual identity she forged growing up in an ashram (O Guru Guru Guru), to a contemporary reimagining of Ibsen's cautionary tale, Peer Gynt (Gnit), to a group of estranged siblings who uncover disturbing family history while cleaning out their dead father's Arkansas plantation (Appropriate). This inventive and diverse collection of plays is a must-have for anyone seeking original, vibrant, and engaging theater.Includes: Cry Old Kingdom by Jeff Augustin; O Guru Guru Guru, or why I don't want to go to yoga class with you by Mallery Avidon; Gnit by Will Eno; Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; 27 Ways I Didn't Say "Hi" to Laurence Fishburne by Jonathan Josephson; The Delling Shore by Sam Marks; Two Conversations Overheard on Airplanes by Sarah Ruhl; Halfway by Emily Schwend; and Sleep Rock Thy Brain by Rinne Groff, Lucas Hnath, and Anne Washburn. "How exactly do we become the people we are? That knotty question hovered in the air at the Humana Festival of New American Plays...The most intriguing works in the festival, now under the direction of Les Waters, take the audience on engrossing journeys through the thick underbrush of the human psyche as it is shaped by family, society and the divided impulses of the self." - New York Times

This anthology brings together all nine scripts from the 2015 Humana Festival of New American Plays, including I Will Be Gone by Erin Courtney, The Glory of the World by Charles Mee, The Roommate by Jen Silverman, and Pig Iron Theatre Company's I Promised Myself to Live Faster.