BY HAYLEY WILSON Known for its immersive approach to performance, First Take Co. brings theatre to the movies in its production of Annie Baker’s 2013 Pulitzer Prize–winning play The Flick. Founder and Creative Director Ethan Graham Roeder directs one…
Review: Theatre Knoxville Downtown’s ‘The Foreigner’
Theatre Knoxville Downtown’s production of ‘The Foreigner’, directed by Courtney Woolard, entertains audiences with a familiar situation in a familiar locale—a homely fishing lodge in rural Georgia that is reminiscent of our own beloved Appalachia. It is a production well suited to its local audience that offers unexpected, relevant commentary 30 years after its Off-Broadway debut.
First Take Co. Debuts ‘Scruffy City Sings’ 2024 Lineup
First Take Co. brought fan-favorite showtunes to Pretentious Beer Co.’s back patio on Sunday, April 21, for the 2024 season premiere of their annual summer concert series, ‘Scruffy City Sings’. This month’s theme was Music Theatre Mixer, and area musical theatre fans came out to belt out some classic tunes and celebrate all that Knoxville’s theatre scene has to offer.
Review: Theatre Knoxville Downtown’s ‘Art’ Frames the Value of Friendship
What is the value of friendship, and by what means can we measure it? Director Tom Eubanks’ production of Art at Theatre Knoxville Downtown, which opened last Friday, brings this question to the forefront and complicates it in humorous and touching ways.
Review: A ‘Lear’ for America’s Political Wounds, Past and Present
This production of William Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ by The WordPlayers Theatre Company and Pellissippi State Community College’s Theater Department draws awareness of our own American political turmoil, both historic and present.
Review: CBT’s ‘Anon(ymous)’ Frames the Odyssey through the Lives of Refugees
Packed with as many action-filled moments as somber reflections on global conflict, playwright Naomi Iizuka’s Anon(ymous), which opened last Friday at Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre, is a rollercoaster ride of lightness and darkness, of hope and despair. This thoughtful and resonant production offers an important observation
Review: Regency Magic Abounds at the Jane Austen Regency Ball
Jane Austen’s beloved world blossomed into vivid life this past Saturday during the Jane Austen Regency Ball, an interactive theater experience presented by The University of Tennessee English Department and Knoxville’s First Take Theater Company.
