Fourth Annual Provincetown Tennesee Williams Theater Festival
The Fight for Life was the theme of our fourth year. A dozen one-of-a-kind events gathered in Provincetown to respond to Tennessee Williams challenge that theater — to survive as a force for life — needs to be passionate, powerful and disciplined.
"Festival goers were delighted. The box office sported lines most of the four days and many plays were sold out, performance after performance."
- The Provincetown Banner
In just four years the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival, has fulfilled -- indeed, surpassed -- the dreams of its creators.
- EDGE Magazine
THANK YOU to our audience members and artists who came from California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Canad, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Norway. for the fourth year of what the Boston Phoenix calls a "four day orgy of all things Williams."
THANK YOU to the generous town of Provincetown. Its inns, restaurants, theaters, art galleries, museums, wharves, storefronts, and the army of volunteers who hosted our remarkable fourth year.
THANK YOU to Provinctown's CTEK ARTS, Chicago's National Pastime Theater, Friends of the Fortune Theater of Dunedin New Zealand, Emerson College, the University of the South, The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), The Infinite Theatre of New York, Gremlin Theatre of St. Paul, Oslo's Filmteatret, New York's Neo Neo Theater, Boston's Beau Jest Moving Theatre, Sky Power, Jay Critchley -- and in particular Lanford Wilson and Betty Buckley -- for the grace and inspiration they brought to the tip of the Cape.
"Festival goers were delighted. The box office sported lines most of the four days and many plays were sold out, performance after performance."
- The Provincetown Banner
In just four years the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theatre Festival, has fulfilled -- indeed, surpassed -- the dreams of its creators.
- EDGE Magazine
THANK YOU to our audience members and artists who came from California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Canad, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Norway. for the fourth year of what the Boston Phoenix calls a "four day orgy of all things Williams."
THANK YOU to the generous town of Provincetown. Its inns, restaurants, theaters, art galleries, museums, wharves, storefronts, and the army of volunteers who hosted our remarkable fourth year.
THANK YOU to Provinctown's CTEK ARTS, Chicago's National Pastime Theater, Friends of the Fortune Theater of Dunedin New Zealand, Emerson College, the University of the South, The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), The Infinite Theatre of New York, Gremlin Theatre of St. Paul, Oslo's Filmteatret, New York's Neo Neo Theater, Boston's Beau Jest Moving Theatre, Sky Power, Jay Critchley -- and in particular Lanford Wilson and Betty Buckley -- for the grace and inspiration they brought to the tip of the Cape.
Next year’s festival, set for September 23-26, 2010, is titled Under the Influence.
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Where on earth will you find more Williams?
Only in Provincetown
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“I hope you will forgive me for stealing another week on the Cape.
The Indian summer here is too glorious to miss altogether: a mellow
golden light suffuses everything and the lingering warmth is much
sweeter.”
—Tennessee Williams in a 1947 letter to Irene Selznick
2009 Shows




