Festival 2013

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND WOMEN

Our eighth festival theme, “50% Illusion,” focused on Tennessee Williams and Women. From Cape Cod to Cape Town, artists from all over the globe illuminated the important role of women in Tennessee Williams’ work. The familiar classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (starring Keir Dullea and Mia Dillon as Big Daddy and Big Mama), was balanced by avant-garde productions like The Mutilated (starring John Waters film legend Mink Stole and performance artist Penny Arcade). We brought back Kingdom of Earth by popular demand, and presented a stunning production of The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore that has its roots in a burlesque grouping of Chorus Girl Plays including the world premiere of Curtains for the Gentleman, written by Tom Williams, before he became Tennessee.

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The Mutilated Benefit

This is your chance to meet John Waters cult film legend Mink Stole and Andy Warhol superstar Penny Arcade. They were born to play these outrageous roles in a rarely seen Williams farce, just back from a sold-out run in Provincetown!

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Forty years after Keir Dullea played the handsome hobbling Brick in the acclaimed 1974 Broadway revival of Cat, he played Big Daddy at Provincetown's Town Hall. Also starred Mia Dillon (Tony nominee for Crimes of the Heart) as Big Mama.

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The Chorus Girl Plays

A burlesque show with dancers and chorus line provided the framework for the world premiere of Curtains for the Gentleman - a comic thriller written by Tom Williams before he became “Tennessee”.

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The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore

Sissy Goforth, a legendary diva (and former Ziegfeld showgirl) is dictating her memoirs atop the mountain of her Italian Riviera estate when the Angel of Death drops in to make love to her.

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The Mutilated

Cult film star Mink Stole (Desperate Living, Serial Mom) was born to play Trinket, a high-strung high society fugitive. Penny Arcade (a teen-age superstar from Andy Warhol’s Factory) is her bosom buddy Celeste.

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A Neo-Benshi Streetcar

Poet Roxi Power is at the forefront of the Neo-Benshi movement, reviving the Japanese art of live over-dubbing of popular films, with a fun twist on American classics.

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Kingdom of Earth

The sleeper hit from last year's Festival returned from South Africa after winning awards and acclaim in Cape Town.

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Pink Melon Joy

Forever radical, forever modern, Gertrude Stein’s portraits of women are celebrations of language, playful plays, playful plays on words.

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In the Summer House

This workshop production was directed by the Festival Curator, David Kaplan, and starred some of our favorite actors from past years.

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Williams 101

This 60-minute lesson on Tennessee Williams will brief you on the playwright, with handy insights about our lineup of performances.

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Jack Daniels Tasting Dinner

Tennessee whiskey and Barbeque! What better way to kick off the Festival than with a family-style feast of down-home cooking, accompanied by the smooth taste of Jack Daniels?

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