In 1990, I took my ten-year-old granddaughter to The Studio Theater on the Shepherd University campus to see the opening of a play featuring clowns. I knew she’d enjoy it, although we sat on wooden benches, and in that July heat, were comforted only by large circular fans off-stage.

Now, in 2023, I attend state-of-the-art theaters in that small university town, each dedicated to producing first rate productions, debuting new playwrights and scripts. This year each play was a world premiere performance.

Genetics, Racism, Ecology, Cyberspace: CATF’s  30th year remains cutting- edge innovative theater.

The Shepherd University Festival runs from July 8-31

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Author and poet Carolyn Grassi reviews Grace Cavalieri's collection of poems, What The Psychic Said.

The site of one of the best regional theaters in America. No other experience can top the acting, the technical, and the design expertise of this theater festival.
Photos by Seth Freeman/CATF

Famed Arnold Schulman who wrote many hit movies (eg: Goodbye Columbus) never knew then that he’d have his latest stage play produced in New York City at age 94.

Grace reviews five plays running now thru July 29, 2018, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, just one hour west of Washington, D.C.

This book represents a lifetime achievement in the literary arts. Grace Cavalieri has the Midas touch and every genre she touches turns to gold. And as the very last line of the book says, “love is the bed of gold we lie on.”