MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT to premiere at CATF in July

SHEPHERDSTOWN, VW. The Contemporary American Theatre Festival (CATF) announces that MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT by Deborah Brevoort will premiere in their 2019 season, directed by CATF Artistic Director Ed Herendeen.

The Contemporary American Theater Festival produces the newest plays in America, in the oldest town in West Virginia. Named as one of the top theater festivals in the world, by publications such as The New York Times, American Theatre, and World Guide, the Contemporary American Theater Festival shapes the future of American theater. Each summer, the Festival produces six new plays in rotating repertory. In addition to MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT, the 2019 season will include: A WELCOME GUEST by Michael Weller; ANTONIO’S SONG (I WAS DREAMING OF A SON) by Dael Orlandersmith and Antonio Edwards Suarez; SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN by Ellen Fairey; WRECKED by Greg Kalleres; CHESTER BAILEY by Joseph Dougherty.

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About Deborah Brevoort

Deborah Brevoort is a playwright and librettist from Alaska who now lives in the New York area. She is an alumna of New Dramatists, one of the original company members of Alaska’s Perseverance Theatre, a member of the playwright’s collective at Florida Studio Theatre and a co-founder of Theatre Without Borders, dedicated to international theatre exchange. In 2024 she was appointed as a Fulbright Specialist for theatre, musical theatre and opera for the US State Department.

After participating in American Lyric Theater’s Composer/Librettist Development Program (ALT CLDP) Deborah has turned most of her attention to writing opera librettos. She was awarded the prestigious Campbell Opera Librettist Prize by Opera America in 2023. She also served as the Librettist Mentor for Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative at the Kennedy Center for 2023/24. She will be a librettist mentor for the ALT CLDP in 2024/25 and a delegate to the World Opera Forum in Los Angeles for Opera America.

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