Trustus Theatre

We proudly celebrated our 21nd year of the Playwright Fest in 2008, one of America’s longest-running play festivals!  Since 1988, many of our winners have been published and produced off-Broadway, in Hollywood or at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Paradise Key

August 6 – 14, 2010
A New Play by Dean Poynor
Directed by Jim Thigpen

Trustus proudly presents the winner of the Trustus Playwrights' Festival! It is August, 1951. In the sweaty back room of a U.S. Army safe house, hidden deep in the Florida Keys, a young American Counter-Intelligence agent named David has brought in a special subject for an interview - a German medical doctor named Halb. The doctor was rumored to have found a vaccine for Polio, years before his American counterparts, and David wants to acquire vaccine to save the lives of countless children. However, as the Faustian bargain unfolds, we learn this knowledge was gained by the doctor's work in Nazi concentration camps with experiments on human prisoners. Over the course of one night, David must find this formula hidden inside Halb's head, or risk an American disaster. Join us for the exciting world premiere of "The Paradise Key" by Trustus Alumni Dean Poynor!

 Click here to download the application for 2010 Trustus Playwrights Festival competition.