The eighth volume in Smith and Kraus' annual series of plays produced at America's premiere New Play Festival. The plays in this volume include: Tape by Stephen Belber, No. 11 (Blue and White) by Alexandra Cunningham, War of the Worlds by Anne Bogart, Anton in Show by Jane Martin, Big Love by Charles L. Mee, Touch by Toni Press-Coffman, Back Story - based on a story by Joan Ackermann. Ten Minute Plays: The Divine Fallacy by Tina Howe, Arabian Nights by David Ives, Standard Time by Naomi Wallace. Phone Plays: The Reprimand by Jane Anderson, Show Business by Jeffrey Hatcher, Trespassion by Mark O'Donnell, Lovers of Long Red Hair by Jose Rivera, Beside Every Good Man by Regina Taylor.

Also available from Smith and Kraus are anthologies from previous years' festivals. This series contains the complete plays premiered from 1993 to 2000, including special 20th anniversary edition: 20 One-Act Plays from 20 Years of the Humana Festival.

Michael Bigelow Dixon has served as literary manager at Actors Theatre of Louisville throughout the second decade of the Humana Festival of New American Plays. He's also held positions as literary manager at the Alley Theatre and literary associate at South Coast Repertory. He has been a Theatre Management Fellow at the National Endowment for the Arts, and has taught at North Carolina Central University, UC-Riverside, Rice University, and Action Theatre in Singapore. He has co-edited ten volumes of plays and criticism, and co-written more than twenty plays, fifteen of which are published. He is now the associate artistic director at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Amy Wegener is the Dramaturg/Director of New Play Development at Actors Theatre of Louisville, where she has been on staff since 1997. During that time, she has worked on five Humana Festivals, serving as the dramaturg on numerous new play premieres and actively participating in the reading/script selection process for this annual event. She has also been involved with many projects in Actors Theatre's mainstage seasons, Free Theatre productions, and Apprentice/Intern Company shows. Her writing has appeared in such journals as Theatre Forum and Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, and she has co-edited seven published collections of plays. Ms. Wegener is a graduate of Princeton University, and she holds an M.A. in Theater from Northwestern University