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.
Review: ‘How To Defend Yourself’ in the Lab Theatre at CBT
The Clarence Brown Theatre presents a troubling and thoughtful recent play, Liliana Padilla’s 2018 How to Defend Yourself, to UTK’s campus, directed by Jayne Morgan. How to Defend Yourself is about just that — a group of college students who join a self-defense class in the wake of the sexual assault of one of their friends. Collaborating with both community and campus resources, CBT’s How to Defend Yourself has an important message for everyone, but one that seems particularly relevant to UTK’s campus community: both students and educators.
Review: The WordPlayers – Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ – A Chilling Tale of Female Empowerment
The WordPlayers’ production of Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ honors this tale of radical female empowerment and navigating the unintended consequences of our most personal choices.
Review: ‘Our Town’ at River & Rail Theatre Co. – Americana at Its Finest
Director Joshua Peterson and his ensemble of talented actors and musicians bring Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, to Knoxville in their tender production of Thornton Wilder’s classic 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning play ‘Our Town.’
Theatre Knoxville Downtown’s ‘The Revolutionists’— Liberté, Égalité, Sororité
Lauren Gunderson’s 2018 play The Revolutionists at Theatre Knoxville Downtown blends the historical with the hysterical in a production that will make you laugh, then cry, then get really angry. It is an emotional rollercoaster as swiftly changing as late 18th century France itself and reminds us of the turmoil that comes with substantial change.
Review: TKD’s ‘Packing Up Polly’ — This One’s for the Girls
Theatre Knoxville Downtown presents Georgia-based playwright Leslie Kimbell’s 2021 play ‘Packing Up Polly’, a playful and bittersweet story of long-lasting friendships and grace through vulnerability.
Review: The WordPlayers’ ‘Fiddler on The Roof’: Change Is The Only Constant
The WordPlayers presented Bock, Harnick, and Stein’s classic 1964 musical ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at the Clarence Brown Theatre.
Theater 23’s Thespis Thinks: Latest World Premier for Local Playwright Tom Eubanks
BY HAYLEY WILSON Tom Eubanks, at the helm of Theater 23, debuted his original play Thespis Thinks this weekend at Knoxville Catholic High School’s St. Gregory the Great Auditorium. A witty reflection on the nature of theater, Thespis Thinks…
