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Events & Activities – November 2023

Jefferson County Commission Misses Grant Deadlines

Commissioners Attempt To Repeal Part Of County Zoning Ordinance

Jefferson County Lights Up For Halloween

Red Summer 1919 – An Instrumental Opera

Cryptid Cave Escape Room

A Crash Course In Bird Feathers

Salute To Veterans

Two Commissioners Refuse To Meet

Local Woman Plays For USA Team In Amputee Soccer Tournament

Shepherdstown Day Care Center Celebrates 50 Years

Imaginary Horribles – An Artist’s Perspective

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Peggy McKowen

New Artistic Director Debuts At Contemporary American Theater Festival

May, 2023 Tagged With: Contemporary American Theater Festival, In Print May 2023, Peggy McKowen

Peggy McKowen, Creative Director of Contemporary American Theater Festival

July 2023 marks McKowen’s debut in her new role in which she’ll select and shape five plays to premier at CATF, considered one of the country’s top festivals for new plays. Starting in 2006, McKowen worked with Ed Herendeen, CATF’s now retired founder, as costume designer and later Associate Producing Director, to present first-class theater productions and related programs. Now, she intends to uphold CATF’s traditions and pursue new ones. Read the Full Story >>

Both New & Familiar At The 2022 Contemporary American Theater Festival

June, 2022 Tagged With: Contemporary American Theater Festival, In Print June 2022, Peggy McKowen, performance

The Observer put Peggy McKowen, Producing Artistic Director of the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF), in the spotlight to answer some questions about this year’s festival, presented this July in Shepherdstown. Read the Full Story >>

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