August 26, 2023 - 3:30 pm
Tennessee Williams St. Louis & Classic 107.3 Presents
“Something Spoken : Tennessee Williams on the Air”
Airs live on Classic 107.3 August 5, 12, 19, 26 at 3:30 PM
With replays available online for a limited time
4 One Act Plays by Tennessee Williams featured:
Something Unspoken
The Magic Tower
Sunburst
The Case of the Crushed Petunias
Commentary by TW scholar in residence Tom Mitchell following each episode
Produced by
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ST. LOUIS
Directed By
BRIAN HOHLFELD & TOM MITCHELL
Master of Ceremonies
KEN PAGE
Cast
BRENDA CURRIN
JULIE LAYTON
CHAUNCY THOMAS
BEN NORDSTROM
PETER MAYER
CYNTHIA DAVID
LIZI WATT
MINDY SMITH
JOI HOFSOMMER
GARY AMBLER
JULIA CRUMP
Casting by
CARRIE HOUK
Sound Designer / Engineer
BRANDON LAMEW
TWStL Mission
Our mission is 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.
About Tennessee Williams
Born Thomas Lanier Williams III in 1911 in Mississippi, Williams moved to St. Louis at age seven, when his father was made an executive with the International Shoe Company (where the City Museum and the Last Hotel are now located). He lived here for more than two decades, attending Washington University, working at the International Shoe Company, and producing his first plays at local theaters. He credited his sometimes-difficult experiences in St. Louis for the deeply felt poetic essence that permeates his artistry. When asked later in life when he left St. Louis, he replied, “I never really left.” Most people are familiar with the famous works that have garnered multiple Pulitzer Prizes, Tony Awards, and Academy Awards, such as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly Last Summer. He also wrote hundreds of additional plays, stories, essays, and poems, many of which are only now seeing the light of day as his estate permits greater access. He is today considered by many leading authorities to be one of America’s greatest playwrights.