The 7th Annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND ITALY
Photos by Suzy Gorman
poster design by Peter Shank
FESTIVAL EVENTS
All tickets and locations can be found by clicking on the titles and locations listed below.
The Rose Tattoo
August 18-28th // 7:30 pm shows with 3pm matinees on Sundays // Located in the Big Top Circus Tent
Italian Hill of St. Louis Walking Tour
August 20th // 9am // Meet in front of St. Ambrose
Panels
Italian-Americans and The Hill of Tennessee Williams
August 20th // 1pm // Located at The Hill Antique Market
Tennessee Williams’ Significant Other Frank Merlo
August 20th // 3pm // Located at The Hill Antique Market
The Summer Woman, A Story
August 20th // 4pm // Located at The Hill Antique Market
Rayme Cornell as The Rose Tattoo’s Seraphina Delle Rose.
Photographer: Suzy Gorman // Makeup artist: Khadijah Amirah
Tennessee Williams Tribute Performance
August 21st // 7pm // Located at Guido’s Pizzeria and Tapas
Tennessee Williams New Playwrights Reading
August 23rd // 7pm // Located at the High Low
Film Screening: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
August 24th // 8pm // Located at St. Ambrose.
FREE. Bring your own chairs!
Bocce Ball Tournament
August 27th // 12pm // Located at Italia-America Bocce Club
THE ROSE TATTOO
Directed by David Kaplan
A not to be missed production of Williams' romantic comedy, seen through the lens of an Italian one-ring circus!
The Rose Tattoo is a tale of love, death, and resilience in a downtrodden but hopeful 1940’s immigrant Italian community on the American Gulf Coast.
Introducing the theme of an Italian circus, Kaplan’s take on Williams’ classic features aerialists, animals, singers and musicians. He surrounds Serafina with a dozen circus performers – including a ringmaster, a strongman, aerialists, and clowns – who perform the full text of the play.
“This St. Louis Rose Tattoo is performed in a circus as a circus, the better to share what Williams called his ‘limitless world of the dream,’” said Kaplan. “Live goats, accordions, impassioned acting, a play that celebrates the wisdom of desire. What's not to like?”
All tickets must be purchased online.
SIGNATURE SPONSORS of The Rose Tattoo under the Big Top in Grand Center, August 18 - 28, 2022:
The Panel Series is funded in part by the Missouri Humanities with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Tennessee Williams Festival TRIBUTE sponsor:
The Official Hotel of the Tennessee Williams Festival St Louis.
For Festival rates CLICK HERE.
2022/2023 Season Support is generously provided by
The 7th Annual Festival is sponsored by
Thanks to all who attended our Opening Season bash, LA DOLCE VITA Pool Party!
Thanks to all who gave
their support on Give STL Day!
With your help we exceeded our goals and launched our 2022 Season with gusto!
GIVE STL Day reminds us to support all the organizations that make life in St. Louis interesting, exciting, innovative, effective and relevant.
Our 7th Annual Tennessee Williams Festival will bring us all together again to celebrate resilience, transformation and community—all that plus antipasto and an aperol spritz!
If you missed your chance to donate during Give STL Day, visit our donation page below.
HAPPY 111th!
March 26, 2022 was Tennessee Williams’ 111th birthday!
LOOKING BACK…
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS 2021
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS 2020
Festival poster design and illustration created by Carlos Zamora.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS 2019
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS 2018
Tennessee Williams Festival’s STREETCAR Races to
Seven Circle Awards!
Sophia Brown in 2018’s Streetcar Named Desire
Outstanding Production of a Drama
A Streetcar Named Desire
Outstanding Director of a Drama
Tim Ocel
Outstanding Actress in a Drama
Sophia Brown
Outstanding Set Design of a Play
James Wolk
Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play
Sean M. Savoie
Outstanding Sound Design of a Play
Amanda Werre & Henry Palkes
Outstanding Ensemble in a Play
A Streetcar Named Desire
Standing in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
June 7, 2020
Missouri ArtSafe certified by the Missouri Arts Council
The Missouri Arts Council promotes COVID-19 safe practices by arts and cultural organizations statewide when the arts reopen under local guidelines. Together with the Missouri Arts Safety Alliance, a coalition of organizations throughout the state, we have created Missouri ArtSafe Certification. Organizations become certified by pledging and adhering to a core level of safe practices.
Founded in 2015, the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis seeks to enrich the cultural life of St. Louis by producing an annual theater festival and other artistic and educational events that celebrate the art and influence of Tennessee Williams.