HARBINGER ‘26
Show #1
A Distant Country Called Youth
By Steve Lawson
Adapted from the early letters of Tennessee Williams
With Patrick White
Directed by Linda Shirey
Stage Managed by Kathryn Capalbo
4/23-5/3
Spanning the twenty five years from boyhood to the opening of “The Glass Menagerie,” this one man show evokes the evolution of an American genius through his extraordinary correspondence with family, friends, lovers and other writers. Hilarious, raunchy and poetic in turn, the piece spotlights these fairly obscure years in William’s life. Here is a young Thomas Lanier Williams growing up, exploring and finding his artistic voice as Tennessee Williams.
“Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.”-Tennessee Williams
“After the extraordinary tumult of last year, offstage, nationwide, we thought this was the perfect time to go back to the well and nourish ourselves and our audiences with the origins of why we do what we do, create great theater with the American master of drama. Tennessee is certainly a huge reason why I try and fill every day with theater.”-Patrick White
We’re excited to work with Linda Shirey for the first time and stage a play in Mopco’s funky space on Jay Street for the first time. Add to that designers Maghen Ryan on set, Shaya Reyes on sound and Stephen Wilson on lights and projections and we are hyped to open our season in April with this one-man show.
