
Carthage’s unique theatre program: New Play Initiative
“The New Play Initiative allows students to participate firsthand in creating the next canon of new plays for the 21st century and beyond. Many of the plays go on to have professional productions and are also performed at other university, community, and high school theatres across the country,” said Professor Herschel Kruger, director of the New Play Initiative.
Many previous New Play Initiative productions, such as “A Clamour of Rooks,” “The Breath of Stars,” and more, have gone on to win honors and awards at the annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Carthage’s most recent installment of the New Play Initiative, “Patience and Fortitude,” was written by esteemed playwright Arlene Hutton and directed by Mary MacDonald Kerr.