Maybe some of you have that one friend that no one else seems to understand. No matter how many introductions you make to a variety of different people, your other friends just don’t seem to “get” this person. That’s the case with poor Elwood P. Dowd and his dear friend that no one seems to see. Director Jill Stapleton Bergeron introduces us to this unlucky friend in TKD’s production of Mary Chase’s 1953 play Harvey that keeps both actors and audiences on their toes and at their wit’s end.
Review: Theatre Roulette at TKD’s ‘Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind’
BY HAYLEY WILSON If you thought the process of memorizing lines for an entire play is a testament to the mental acuity of actors, get ready to experience the ultimate test of on-stage stamina with TKD’s production of Too…
River & Rail Finds “Forever Home” along Magnolia Avenue
BY HAYLEY WILSON For over 10 years, River & Rail Theatre has been a fixture in the Knoxville arts community, bringing together both local and national talent to tell stories about our city, its people, and its history. Their…
Review: Secrets and Suspense in TKD’s ‘How A Boy Falls’
BY HAYLEY WILSON Audiences interested in a psychological thriller get their fill of on-stage suspense with Theatre Knoxville Downtown’s production of How A Boy Falls. Director Windie Wilson’s take on Steven Dietz’s 2023 play will have you sitting on…
Review: TKD’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’: A Technicolor Treat
Directed by Christina Scott Sayer, Theatre Knoxville Downtown’s production of ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ brings a fresh, technicolor vibrance to a stuffy, verbose parody of the many absurd hoops we jump through to avoid the pressures of social life.
Off Script with First Take Co.
BY HAYLEY WILSON When you think of professional theatre, you might have a few images in mind. The word may conjure up scenes of audiences in luxurious fur stoles and evening gowns or well-tailored jackets and crisp button-down shirts,…
Review: TKD’s ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ – Reaping a Bitter Harvest
Sometimes, our memories, even of hard and testing times, return to us sweetly, like a fleeting song. That’s how playwright Brian Friel remembers one summer from his childhood in rural Ireland in 1936, a moment on the brink of devastating change to his family’s livelihood. Theatre Knoxville Downtown presents Friel’s play based on these memories, ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’, directed by Barry Wallace, a conflicting and bittersweet contemplation on memory, hope, and the painful inevitability of change.
Review: TKD’s ‘My Three Angels’: Criminally Fun
BY HAYLEY WILSON The Christmas season is upon us, which means a slew of holiday productions are slated for Knoxville’s stages. Among these is Theatre Knoxville Downtown’s run of My Three Angels, an unexpected show among the more popular…
Review: Chris McCreary’s ‘Hot Nostalgia’: Burning Questions for Past, Present, and Future
For one night only, writer and performer Chris McCreary presented his solo show Hot Nostalgia, a metatheatrical and eclectic mix of monodrama, stand-up, and sketch comedy. Collectively produced by First Take Co. and Free Women Waltzing Club and hosted at local multiuse artist venue SpaceCraft, Hot Nostalgia is a warm and engaging show that is both deeply reflective and hilariously irreverent, representing the best of Knoxville’s local arts scene and the community efforts and spaces that make it happen.
Review: Theatre Knoxville Downtown’s ‘The Elephant Man’
Theatre Knoxville Downtown presents Bernard Pomerance’s 1977 The Elephant Man. Directed by Sarah Campbell and set during Victorian-era London and Belgium, The Elephant Man recounts the life of Joseph Merrick, a man known for his physical deformities the cause of which modern medicine still does not fully understand.
