The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival was founded in 2006 by Dr. Jerry Scally, Alix Ritchie, Patrick Falco, and David Kaplan. The agreed upon mission:

• To host performances that examine and celebrate Tennessee Williams' work, life and evolving historical importance including the playwright's own connection to Provincetown.
• Honor Williams as a playwright of enduring and international relevance and significance.
• Encourage the searching spirit of Williams' writing to inspire new creative work.
• Draw on Provincetown's perspective as the longest-running American artist colony where serious modern American drama was born.

The first Festival presented works written by Williams in Provincetown including The Glass Menagerie, the world premiere of Williams' 1940 gay romance The Parade and the Hong Kong Repertory Theater's Cantonese The Eccentricities of a Nightingale. The second Festival featured the daring avant-garde texts Williams wrote after turning sixty, including the world premieres of his life-affirming Sunburst and the burlesque The Pronoun 'I'.

The third Festival, in September 2008, will lay out the inspirational images of love in Williams’ writing with a dozen events: plays, film, dance, live music and the world premiere of Tennessee Williams’ erotic play Green Eyes.

Programming for the festival is curated by David Kaplan.  The festival director is Jef Hall-Flavin.

Requests for submissions are year round. If you have a play or project to suggest click here.