"Members of the Tennessee Stage Company are to be commended for their patience, flexibility and ingenuity in developing this program on Market Square."

Former Knoxville Mayor, Victor Ashe

 

Shakespeare Outloud

The best way to read Shakespeare's plays is out loud -- and with friends!

The Tennessee Stage Company and Shakespeare On The Square invite you to read Shakespeare's plays with us - out loud!

Once a month we will gather to read one of the plays of William Shakespeare.

IT'S FREE AND IT'S FUN!

Reading will be at the Lawson McGee Library on the second Saturday of each month. Readings are free and open to the public. Hearing these plays read aloud offers much more insight into the depths of Shakespeare's work.

We will meet at 2:00 pm. There will be twelve chairs set up and whoever wants to read out loud can choose one of the twelve chairs. There will be additional seating for anyone who wants to read along silently. We will take a fifteen minute break in the middle of each play. Some copies of the play will be available but please bring your own if possible.

Our first reading will be Saturday, October 8, and we'll start with The Two Gentlemen of Verona - one of Shakespeare's very early comedies. Come to the first reading and help plan the rest of the series. We'll let you tell us what you'd like to hear next.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME

We welcome all voices, all dialects. We read the plays for the joy of reading them and to hear and discover more about the plays that have not yet been performed by Shakespeare On The Square.

Maybe one of these is the one we should perform next!

Williams Weekend

As a first step in the creation of a full fledged Tennessee Williams Festival we are beginning with a Tennessee Williams Weekend set for November 11 – 13, 2011.

The Committee developed a plan for the Fall 2011 program comprising the following:

November 4 – Presentation at Crossville, TN, of a one-act Tennessee Williams play, matinee and evening performances; an income-generating event

November 5 – Readings of Tennessee Williams works/letters at Old Gray Cemetery and Fort James White

November 11 – One performance at Remedy coffee shop featuring three one-act plays The Lady Of Lockspur Lotion, Talk To Me Like The Rain And Let Me Listen, and Lord Byron’s Love Letter

November 12 –A Fundraiser at the Lunchbox in Cedar Bluff featuring a special Tennessee Williams performance only available at this event along with heavy hors d'oeuvres and a silent auction

November 12 – A reading of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at 2:00 pm at the Lawson McGhee Library

November 13 – Readings of Tennessee Williams prose and poems at James White’s Fort and at the Old Grey Cemetery