June 26, 2016

​Playwright Festival Opens July 7 - Kathi E. B. Ellis previews the new play festival

June 13, 2016

WFPL Arts and Culture Writer Ashlie Stevens showcased DCP New Play Festival

June 30, 2017

​VT writer Ben Gierhart previews the first Derby City Playwrights Festival

July 03, 2016

A preview of the festival and an inside look into Derby City Playwrights from Arts Writer, Elizabeth Kramer

July 08, 2016

"@con is a bold beginning for the First Annual Derby City Playwrights New Play Festival" 

Check out Keith Waits review of Ben Unwin's @Con

July 09, 2016

"Honest, daring, and pretty darn funny" 

Check out Kate Barry's review of Eli Keel and Tyler Curth's The Bus Stop at Sycamore and Vine

July 10, 2016

"The play is an examination of damaged, dysfunctional characters that function on the fringe of society, but it also plays for laughs with a cast that knows exactly how to mine the text for humor." 

Check out Keith Waits review of Rachel White's The Brownstone

July 10, 2016

​"a series of puzzles within puzzles, constructed with just enough complexity to challenge but not overwhelm the audience." 

Check out Keith Waits review of David Clark's Shrödinger's Girl

July 12, 2016

​"the playwright hews to tradition . . . with confidence and craft" 

Check out Keith Waits review of Taj Whitesell's Exposure

July 13, 2016

"The road trip is an archetype in American storytelling, and Walker mines it for all it is worth in his tale of two sisters and a brother who cannot seem to stand each other, exploiting the claustrophobia of the car and the motel room as an incubator for human emotion." 

Check out Keith Waits review of Brian Walker's High Tide

July 13, 2016

"These aren’t gestating workshop productions. They were developed over time, through the kind of collaborative dramaturgical process that’s a hallmark of the best centers for new play development. " 

Check out Marty Rosen's review of the festival and Shrodinger's Girl, Exposure and High Tide

July 20, 2016

"And, though the productions are wildly different in topic and tone, each one is a performer’s delight, with ample scope for ensemble and individual excellence" 

Check out Marty Rosen's continued review of the festival and @Con, The Brownstone and The Bus Stop at Sycamore and Vine

March 22, 2016

Fifty-four Louisville theatre professionals will come together to bring the First Annual Derby City Playwrights New Play Festival to the stage July 7-24, 2016 at the Bard's Town Theatre. Produced in conjunction with The Bard's Town, the New Play Festival will premiere six new plays by local writers David Clark, Tyler Curth, Eli Keel, Ben Unwin, Brian Walker, Rachel White and Taj Whitesell.  

March 04, 2016

March 04, 2016

Playwright Ben Gierhardt presented