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Restaurants, Race, Reckoning: “Tennessee Williams Drank Here” Gets NYC Reading

Restaurants, Race, Reckoning: “Tennessee Williams Drank Here” Gets NYC Reading

Feb 24, 2025

Tennessee Williams Drank Here, a three-act drama by Kenneth Jones about a family of white restaurateurs clashing over their decades-old participation in racist practices at their Mississippi eatery, gets a Manhattan reading by Ground UP Productions March 3. Christa Scott-Reed directs the script-in-hand presentation, which will feature Carl Howell, Barbara Kingsley, Carolyn McCormick, Kate … Read Full Article→

In Arizona, Emerson Theater Collaborative Tells “Alabama Story,” a Tale of Hate in a Time of Social Change

In Arizona, Emerson Theater Collaborative Tells “Alabama Story,” a Tale of Hate in a Time of Social Change

Feb 21, 2019

Emerson Theater Collaborative, the boutique bicoastal company devoted to innovative, socially relevant and thought-provoking theater, is presenting a weekend run of Kenneth Jones’ six-actor race-and-censorship drama Alabama Story Feb. 22-24, 2019 in Sedona, Arizona. The not-for-profit troupe also has a presence in Mystic, Connecticut.

ETC co-founder and president Camilla Ross told me, “We wanted to choose a … Read Full Article→