The 26th Annual Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams festival’s events will build on last year’s new and successful format: A keynote speech and choir performance followed by a tour of historic and Williams-related sites in Clarksdale; site-specific scenes from our featured play, “ORPHEUS DESCENDING,” introduced by scholars; A slideshow and scholars panel: “Clarksdale, Cotton, and the Cutrers”; The opening of the Tennesse Williams Rectory Museum; and a picnic and movie screening of “ST. LOUIS BLUES” featuring Bessie Smith, and “THE FUGITIVE KIND.” Also presented will be the annual Williams monologue & scene competition, and acting class for students from around the state; Awards; Talk at St. George’s Episcopal Church & Museum visits; and Porch Plays (rerise of some scenes from Friday, and some new scenes.)
