Written and Performed by Jacob Storms

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Running time: 1 hour

Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams is the critically acclaimed solo play written and performed by United Solo Award winner Jacob Storms. The play explores the formative period from 1939 – 1945 during which an unknown writer named Tom blooms into the acclaimed playwright known as Tennessee, wherein his most iconic character emerges: himself. The audience becomes friend and confidant to young Williams as he experiences the unexpected highs and devastating lows of his early career.

This solo play comes to Provincetown after critically acclaimed engagements Off-Broadway and at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, where the play was nominated for an Off-West End (Offie) Award and dubbed an official shortlisted event for the Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence.Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams is written and performed by Jacob Storms and originally directed for the stage by Alan Cumming.

I have made a religion of endurance.

-Tennessee Rising