ID America Festival

The ID America Festival features 24 short plays about American identity, written by playwrights from around the nation. The festival was inspired by the growing concern by Quo Vadimus Arts over the polarization of media in America. News organizations are increasingly biased towards the left or right, and it is rare to find an open forum where differing points of view are given equal weight. The festival is designed to question, explore, challenge and celebrate what it means to be living in America today. At the end of the festival, a panel of judges selects 4-5 plays to be part of an evening of winning plays. The winning plays will also be taken on a national tour of universities and regional theaters.

The plays selected for the ID America Festival are:

The New Sign by K. Biadaszkiewicz
Human Resources by Mike Folie
Onus On Us by Cheryl Games
Moment by Matt Haldeman
To Darfur by Erik Christian Hanson
Interpreting a Dream by Judy Klass
Run of the River by William Kovacsik
Superhero by Mark Harvey Levine
Here To Serve You by Barbara Lindsay
Soapbox by Carl Brandt Long
Peace Talk by James McLindon
Alarm by Paul Moulton
Prospect Park by Brendan O’Brien
Upgrade by Albert Pergande
Night Before Last by Doug Reed
Asparagus by Schatzie Schaefers
Normal Is A Country by Steven Schutzman
Appetite by Caren Skibell
Shift: A Political Allegory by Jordan Smedberg
Close Encounter by Amy Tofte
Simultaneity by Melanie Wallner
Followed by Edith Weiss
Please Pass the Salt by Debbie Wiess
Bobby Hebert by Samuel Brett Williams