Table of Contents
Features:
Not Just About Nightingales
By Lonnie Firestone
In a quartet of early plays, the young Williams played at politics and found a style
Williams Gone Wild
By Eileen Blumenthal
2 iconoclastic productions breathe new life into Stanley, Blanche and the denizens of 'Vieux Carré'
You Are Not the Playwright I Was Expecting
By Thomas Keith
When his reputation tanked, Williams kept writing. How many of his more than 40 late plays do you know?
The Big Time
By Eliza Bent
Artists, institutions and a bevy of performances rubbed up against one another at TCG's biggest national conference ever
HERE, There and Everywhere
By Eliza Bent
HERE Arts Center's 'Made HERE' series starts small—but it has big designs
The Persistence of Memory
An extended interview between Austin Pendleton and Michael Wilson about the late Romulus Linney, whose play Over Martinis, Driving Somewhere is published in the September issue. Includes a recording of Linney singing the hymn "Fairest Jesus."
Departments:
From the Executive Director
Leadership and Heat
News in Brief
Plus: Entrances & Exits; Awards & Prizes; In Memoriam
Front & Center
Production Notebook
The Salt Plays, Part 2: Of the Earth at Shotgun Players
Currents
Davi Napoleon on companies bred by Trinity Rep
First Person
Aaron Posner on why American Players Theatre works so well
Media
Eliza Bent on HERE Arts Center's "Made HERE" series
Books
Garrett Eisler weighs volumes by and about Tennessee Williams
Strategies
Living La Vida Locavore
Sweets and savories from down the block attract new theatregoers
By Eliza Bent