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The selections for the 32nd Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, to take place February 24-March 30 at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, have been announced.

This year's festival will feature Lee Blessing's Great Falls, about a man who drives across the West with his young stepdaughter; Gina Gionfriddo's Becky Shaw, about a newlywed couple who fix up two romantically challenged friends; This Beautiful City, a musical by Steven Casson, Jim Lewis, and Michael Friedman of The Civilians, based on interviews done in Colorado Springs; hip-hop performer Marc Bamhuti Joseph's the break/s; Cathy Mensch's All Hail Hurricane Gordo, about two brothers who take in a plucky houseguest; and Jennifer Haley's Neighborhood 3: Requisitions of Doom, about a group of suburban teenagers addicted to an online horror video game.

The festival will also include four performances of Game On, co-written by Zakiyah Alexander, Rolin Jones, Alice Tuan, Daryl Wilson, Marisa Wegrzyn, and Ken Weitzman, with music by Jon Spurney, as well as the annual Ten-Minute Plays, which will include works by M. Thomas Cooper, Elaine Jarvik, Michael Lew, and Naomi Wallace.

For more information, call 502-584-1205 or visit www.ActorsTheatre.org.