The 7th Annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND ITALY

Photos by Suzy Gorman


poster design by Peter Shank

FESTIVAL EVENTS

All tickets and locations can be found by clicking on the titles and locations listed below.

The Rose Tattoo

August 18-28th // 7:30 pm shows with 3pm matinees on Sundays // Located in the Big Top Circus Tent

Italian Hill of St. Louis Walking Tour

August 20th // 9am // Meet in front of St. Ambrose

Panels

Italian-Americans and The Hill of Tennessee Williams

August 20th // 1pm // Located at The Hill Antique Market

Tennessee Williams’ Significant Other Frank Merlo

August 20th // 3pm // Located at The Hill Antique Market

The Summer Woman, A Story

August 20th // 4pm // Located at The Hill Antique Market

Rayme Cornell as The Rose Tattoo’s Seraphina Delle Rose.

Photographer: Suzy Gorman // Makeup artist: Khadijah Amirah

Tennessee Williams Tribute Performance

August 21st // 7pm // Located at Guido’s Pizzeria and Tapas

Tennessee Williams New Playwrights Reading

August 23rd // 7pm // Located at the High Low

Film Screening: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

August 24th // 8pm // Located at St. Ambrose.

FREE. Bring your own chairs!

Bocce Ball Tournament

August 27th // 12pm // Located at Italia-America Bocce Club


THE ROSE TATTOO

Directed by David Kaplan

A not to be missed production of Williams' romantic comedy, seen through the lens of an Italian one-ring circus!

The Rose Tattoo is a tale of love, death, and resilience in a downtrodden but hopeful 1940’s immigrant Italian community on the American Gulf Coast.

Introducing the theme of an Italian circus, Kaplan’s take on Williams’ classic features aerialists, animals, singers and musicians. He surrounds Serafina with a dozen circus performers – including a ringmaster, a strongman, aerialists, and clowns – who perform the full text of the play.

“This St. Louis Rose Tattoo is performed in a circus as a circus, the better to share what Williams called his ‘limitless world of the dream,’” said Kaplan. “Live goats, accordions, impassioned acting, a play that celebrates the wisdom of desire. What's not to like?”

All tickets must be purchased online.

SIGNATURE SPONSORS of The Rose Tattoo under the Big Top in Grand Center, August 18 - 28, 2022:

 
 

The Panel Series is funded in part by the Missouri Humanities with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

 

The Tennessee Williams Festival TRIBUTE sponsor:

 

The Official Hotel of the Tennessee Williams Festival St Louis.

For Festival rates CLICK HERE.

2022/2023 Season Support is generously provided by

The 7th Annual Festival is sponsored by


Thanks to all who attended our Opening Season bash, LA DOLCE VITA Pool Party!

Thanks to all who gave

their support on Give STL Day!

With your help we exceeded our goals and launched our 2022 Season with gusto!

GIVE STL Day reminds us to support all the organizations that make life in St. Louis interesting, exciting, innovative, effective and relevant.

Our 7th Annual Tennessee Williams Festival will bring us all together again to celebrate resilience, transformation and community—all that plus antipasto and an aperol spritz!

If you missed your chance to donate during Give STL Day, visit our donation page below.


HAPPY 111th!

March 26, 2022 was Tennessee Williams’ 111th birthday!

 

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS 2020

Festival poster design and illustration created by Carlos Zamora.



TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS 2019

The Night of the Iguana 2019. Featuring Lavonne Byers, Harry Weber, Nisi Sturgis, and James Andrew Butz

 
 

A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur - Kelley Weber, Ellie Schwetye, Maggie Wininger, and Julie Layton

Lavonne Byers, Nisi Sturges, and Jim Butz - The Night of the Iguana

Harry Weber - The Night of the Iguana

 

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS 2018

Tennessee Williams Festival’s STREETCAR Races to

Seven Circle Awards!

 

Sophia Brown in 2018’s Streetcar Named Desire

Outstanding Production of a Drama

A Streetcar Named Desire

Outstanding Director of a Drama

Tim Ocel

Outstanding Actress in a Drama

Sophia Brown

Outstanding Set Design of a Play

James Wolk

Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play

Sean M. Savoie

Outstanding Sound Design of a Play

Amanda Werre & Henry Palkes

Outstanding Ensemble in a Play

A Streetcar Named Desire

Standing in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

June 7, 2020

Missouri ArtSafe certified by the Missouri Arts Council

The Missouri Arts Council promotes COVID-19 safe practices by arts and cultural organizations statewide when the arts reopen under local guidelines. Together with the Missouri Arts Safety Alliance, a coalition of organizations throughout the state, we have created Missouri ArtSafe Certification. Organizations become certified by pledging and adhering to a core level of safe practices.

Founded in 2015, the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis seeks to enrich the cultural life of St. Louis by producing an annual theater festival and other artistic and educational events that celebrate the art and influence of Tennessee Williams.

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