The 2024 Tennessee Williams Tribute, scheduled for September 12-15, 2024, includes a poetry reading of original poems inspired by Williams’ works, four performances of “A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur,” one of Williams’ plays, and the presentation of the top three submissions to the Fourth Annual “10:4 Tenn” the ten-minute playwriting competition.
The poetry and playwriting events will be led by Elyzabeth Wilder, a noted Williams scholar at Sewanee: The University of the South, where she is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and The Tennessee Williams Playwright-in-Residence. She will provide context for what the attendees are about to experience and will lead a Q&A and interactive discussion of what the attendees have just witnessed, all within the context of Williams’ life and works.
Four performances of Williams’ play:
“A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur,” – September 12th (7:30pm), September 13th (7:30pm), September 14th (7:30pm), and September 15th (2pm) at the Rosenzweig Arts Center (501 Main Street, Columbus).
The presentations of the top three submissions in the 10:4 Tenn Ten-minute Playwriting competition will take place at 3pm on September 13th at the Second Stage Theatre in the Cromwell Communications Center (620 10th Street South) Columbus). The poetry reading event will take place at 12pm on September 14th at the Rosenzweig Arts Center.
