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The Provincetown, Massachusetts, Tennessee Williams Theater Festival and The Infinite Theatre bring their production of Orpheus Descending to three Southern Literary Trail towns in Mississippi before a concluding performance in New York City on March 12, 2012. The morality play's imagery comes from both the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and from Tennessee Williams's Episcopal upbringing in small-town Mississippi. Taking place in the Delta, Orpheus follows the handsome outsider Val Xavier as he tries to turn his back on local corruption. Misfits and suspicious townspeople have other ideas about Val's redemption. The production will be hosted in Columbus by the Tennessee Williams Tribute organization at the First United Methodist Church; in Oxford at the Paris-Yates Chapel on the University of Mississippi campus; and in Jackson at St. Luke's United Methodist Church. For Information and tickets: Columbus: Call 662.328.ARTS
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Tickets go on sale for the 22d annual theatrical production of Christopher's Sergel's To Kill A Mockingbird from Harper Lee's novel. The play is presented on the grounds of the Courthouse and inside the courtroom, meticulously re-created for the film version with Gregory Peck. This year, Mockingbird audiences will enjoy the play in a newly-landscaped amphitheater sponsored by Georgia-Pacific. The play is presented annually by the Mockingbird Players and always sells out. Performances will run from April 19 through May 19, 2012.
The annual Gala invites flappers and their beaus to dance at the home of America's signature Jazz Age couple: Zelda Sayre of Montgomery and writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. This year's party will pay homage to Fitzgerald's classic 1928 short story The Last of the Belles fictionalizing the unlikely Montgomery courtship and marriage of the couple. The Gala features drinks from the 1920s, a delicious dinner, and "hot jazz" by the Lo-Fi Loungers. Tickets are $25.00 per person and $45.00 per couple.
The Fitzgerald House Museum partners with the Southern Literary Trail for a presentation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last of the Belles as read dramatically by the Alabama Readers' Theatre. The Montgomery-inspired story combines elements of the writer's courtship of Zelda Sayre with his themes of the lost dreams of youth. The story's vivacious and blond belle Ailie Calhoun (Zelda) is strangely attracted to Yankee serviceman Earl Schoen (Scott).
Fresh from its groundbreaking three-city tour of Mississippi, the production by the Infinite Theatre and the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival arrives in Manhattan for one night only. Benefactor packages and front row seats are available in addition to general ticketing. The play is directed by Nick Potenzieri. About this remarkable tour, the Festival's Executive Director Jef Hall-Flavin says, "I couldn't be more pleased at what this tour is doing to connect people through our great American playwright Tennessee Williams."
The 2012 Oxford Conference for the Book will be the 19th annual event to celebrate books, reading and writing while also examining the practical concerns on which the literary arts and the humanities depend. Panelists include Howell Raines, Jon Meacham, Winston Groom and Julia Reed. John T. Edge of the Southern Foodways Alliance leads a talk about food writing that includes a discussion with Kim Severson of the New York Times. A multiple day event, the Conference begins on March 22, 2012.
In 2012, Wise Blood turns 60 and the recognitions stretch from the Trail's partner Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, Ga., all the way to Fordham University in New York. The Fordham symposium celebrates the anniversary with an examination of the book from the standpoint of 21st Century Catholic readers. Panels, book signings and a reception highlight the day. About her novel, Flannery O'Connor wrote in its tenth year: "The book was written with zest and, if possible, it should be read that way."
For ticket holders to this special performance of To Kill A Mockingbird, an exclusive reception with the entire cast of the Mockingbird Players follows the play. A special guest will be Mary Badham, who played Scout in the film. Ticket prices for the evening, inclusive of the reception, are $75.00 per audience member.
July 6, 2012, will mark the 50th anniversary of the death of William Faulkner. This milestone presents an opportunity for fresh appraisals of Faulkner's life, work and place in the literature and culture of the United States, the South and the 20th Century. The 39th annual Faulkner Conference will pursue such reflections with its theme: "Fifty Years after Faulkner." Special course opportunities precede the Conference at Ole Miss. |
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