Shows
Trying - Regional Premiere
Thanks to cast, crew and everyone who attended "Trying"
We're proud to launch our 2011-2012 season with the regional premiere of Trying, by Joanna McClelland Glass. This autobiographical play tells the charming, bittersweet story of an unlikely pair “trying” to bridge enormous differences of youth and age, culture and class.
". . . entertaining and thoughtful" – Martin Brady, Nashville Scene (scroll down to the second section)
"Full of surprising moments . . . a genuinely moving story." – Jef Ellis, BroadwayWorld.com
"Local theatre has been, is and will be richer for TWTP's singular contributions." – Evans Donnell, ArtNowNashville.com
"TWTP once again makes good on its promise to 'give voice to women through theater arts.'” – Amy Stumpfl, The Tennessean
Read Fiona Soltes's Tennessean preview of Trying
Women's Work 2011
For the fifth year running, Tennessee Women’s Theater Project returns to the Looby Theater beginning Friday May 6, with its annual Women’s Work festival of performing and visual arts created by women. Running through Sunday May 22, the festival cuts a broad swath across styles and genres to offer eleven completely different programs: poetry and essays; one-woman shows; staged readings of new plays; film, dance, music and a display of visual art works in the theater lobby. All tickets $5. All-show pass $30
Read Jeffrey Ellis's preview at BroadwayWorld.com
Read Fiona Soltes's preview in The Tennessean
Impressionism
Tennessee Women’s Theater Project presents the regional premiere of Impressionism, a romantic comedy by Michael Jacobs.
Impressionism is set in a small art gallery where the owner, Katharine, and her assistant Thomas, hide out from a world that has shattered them both. The play depicts their halting steps toward trust with wit, empathy and laughter. The New Yorker magazine’s review of the Broadway production praised the play’s “brazen sweetness and openhearted humor.”
Right-click to download a printable pdf flier
Read Rick Brown's review at StrumMagazine.com
Read Martin Brady's review in the Nashville Scene (Scroll to the end of the article)
Read Jeffrey Ellis's preview at BroadwayWorld.com
Read Fiona Soltes's preview in The Tennessean
Read Jim Reyland's preview in Nashville Arts Magazine
Performances:
7:30 pm – February 25, 26, March 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 & 12
2:30 pm – February 27, March 6 & 13
Tuesday matinees 10:30 am – March 1 & 8
Warriors Don't Cry on tour
August 30 - In what may turn out to be the final performance of our tour, we entertained, enlightened and inspired around 300 students at Hillsboro High School. We thank Gina Kelley and Brad Brown of the Drama Department, a stellar student helper named Baylor (sorry, we never caught your last name!), and the two amazing sign-language interpreters who translated the show for their students down in front.
August 19 - Snow days and exams have pushed the last shows of our tour into the opening days of the 2011-12 school year. We're glad we got the chance to perform for some 200 students atNashville School of Arts this morning. Thanks to Drama teachers Kara Kindall and John Newsom, student assistant Cody Woodside and Principal boB Wilson of "The Greatest School on the Planet!"
March 25 - We had a memorable time last evening at Thurgood Marshall Middle School, including musical selections by the Marshall Mariners band and the school chorus before and after "Warriors Don't Cry." Thanks to Kevin Dye and Steven Ricker and their students for the music, and especially to Angela Gilmore, Teacher/ESEA Family Engagement Specialist, for putting together a great program!
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Unravelling the Ribbon - U.S. Professional Premiere
October 18, 2010: We have closed the final curtain on Unravelling the Ribbon. Here's a word of thanks to all -- on stage, backstage, in the audience and in the online world -- who helped make the show a pleasure to present!
Corrie Miller, Kristin James and Linda Sue Simmons star in the American professional premiere of Unravelling the Ribbon, by Mary Kelly & Maureen White. First presented by Dublin, Ireland's Gúna Nua Theatre, Unravelling the Ribbon tells the funny and touching story of three women whose lives are touched by breast cancer, as they interact, separate and come together in a moving, and frequently hilarious tale of friendship and survival.
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Read Jeffrey Ellis's review at BroadwayWorld.com
Help spread the word! Right-click to download a flier
Click to order tickets.
" . . . a powerfully rendered and emotionally felt exemplar of the transformative power of live theatre."
Jeffrey Ellis, BroadwayWorld.com
“...glowingly touching and truthful, deeply gentle and lovely...”
Sunday Independent (Ireland)
“Elegant in its construction and touching in its effect”
The Irish Times
Women's Work 2010
Here comes the final weekend of our fourth annual Women's Work showcase and celebration, featuring memorable programs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. All tickets just $5! Click Here to Buy.
The lineup:
May 21, 7:30 pm — Staged readings of short plays: Invalid Code and The Dangers of Smoking by Christine Mather; Sex With Your Ex, by Judy Klass and An Optimistic Woman, by Ramona Richards
May 22, 7:30 pm — Coming in Hot, performed by writer-actor Jeanmarie Simpson. Based on the book Powder: Writings by Women in the Ranks from Vietnam to Iraq, the play is co-adapted and directed by Lisa Bowden
May 23, 5:30 pm — Ginger Sands Back to the Garden CD release event. Inspired by the sustainable food movement, Ginger Sands has created a collection of island-inflected folk and folk rock music. Ginger will present the album as a concert with a full band, interspersing the set with segues involving dance, puppetry and some special surprises. This show only -- bring the whole family for just $10!
On display – artwork by Alicia Booker, Sara Figal, Wendy Kusmaul-Keeling and Beverly Threadgill-Robey
Secrets of a Soccer Mom
Tennessee Women’s Theater Project throws an affectionate spotlight on the sirens of the sidelines with the regional premiere of Kathleen Clark’s Secrets of a Soccer Mom.
“Let’s hear it for Soccer Moms!” - The New York Times
Read Amanda O'Brien's review in Her Nashville
Read Jeff Ellis's review on Broadwayworld.com
Read Bill Dorian's review for Nashville Pride
Help spread the word! Right-click to download a flier
Tickets Click to order
Warriors Don't Cry
Warriors Don’t Cry is a riveting one-woman show adapted from the diary/memoir of Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine, by the Pulitzer-nominated playwright Eisa Davis. We opened September 11 at the Looby Theater for 11 performances through September 27, with a special added show at Scarritt-Bennett Center on 9/22.
See the Arts Break preview produced by Nashville Public Television
Downloadable souvenir -- download the show flier (pdf) .
Women's Work 2009
Well
"This play is not about my mother and me!" Right from the opening lines, this convention-shattering comedy gets to the grit of life, probing the contradictions of sickness and health in individuals and families, in communities and in society.
Kingfisher Days
Our 2008-2009 season opened with a United States premiere: Kingfisher Days by the Toronto, Canada actor and writer Susan Coyne. This sweet memory play conveys a child’s sense of magic and possibility with a grownup streak of humor.
Women's Work 2008
Our second annual Women's Work celebration in May, 2008 featured the return of the Magdalene House writers on opening night, plus many new genres, new works and new faces. In all more than 100 artists participated.
Almost, Maine
The New York Post called it “love in the time of frostbite.” We called it our midwinter night’s dream. Blowing into the Z. Alexander Looby Theatre just in time for Valentine’s Day, 2008 John Cariani’s Almost, Maine is a romantic comedy set in the imaginary, unincorporated northern Maine hamlet of Almost.
Defying Gravity
In October, 2007 we presented the Nashville première of Defying Gravity, by Jane Anderson. This portrait of human aspiration focuses on Christa McAuliffe, the teacher who flew in the space shuttle Challenger, as seen by the world, and as remembered by her daughter.
Women's Work 2007
In May 2007, we presented the first Women’s Work – a celebration and festival of works by women. Women's Work has since become an annual event.
