The Humana Festival of New American Plays is "the center of the nation's playwriting universe" (The Miami Herald). It is an event whose impact has "enlivened and enriched stages in the United States and around the world" (The Irish Times). This year's plays have been selected from more than 500 script submissions for production and these plays feature some of the most talented and adventurous playwrights writing for the American stage today.FULL-LENGTH PLAYSAfter Ashley by Gina Gionfriddo Now a hit off-broadway, soon to be transferred to Broadway. Gina Gionfriddo's scathing satire takes on our media's obsession with victims and violence in the wake of a brutal rape and murder.The Ruby Sunrise by Rinne Groff This surprising and perceptive comedy charts the development of television and the people who drove it-from early idealism to censorship and commercial compromises.Sans-Culottes in the Promised Land by Kirsten Greenidge In this fantastical satire about the road to success, Kirsten Greenidge maps the false promise of education and the reality of the glass ceiling in America, especially within this upper middle-class, African-American family.Kid-Simple, a radio play in the flesh by Jordan Harrison In which Moll, a girl who invents things, creates The Third Ear, a miraculous machine for hearing sounds that can't be heard.At the Vanishing Point by Naomi Iizuka In this stunning portrait of a community, Naomi Iizuka weaves together historical fact, myth, and memory to give voice to people who would otherwise exist only as faded images in an old photo album.Tallgrass Gothic by Melanie Marnich This sensual tale of love and its consequences exposes a claustrophobic and unforgiving landscape beneath the deceptive calm of the heartland.TEN-MINUTE PLAYSKuwait by Vincent Delaney A Bone Close to My Brain by Dan DietzFoul Territory by CraigThe Spot by Steven SPECIAL OFFERINGFast and Loose: An Ethical Collaboration by Jose Cruz, Gonzalez, Kirsten Greenidge, Julie Marie Myatt, and John