Festival Updates
2025 TWFest PROGRAM COVER REVEAL!
Take a look at our gorgeous TWFest25 Program Cover featuring a photograph from local New Orleans photographer Frank Relle.
CLICK HERE to see the cover and learn more about the story behind it!
Find the FULL Festival schedule HERE
STELLA SHOUTING CONTEST
Our beloved Stella Shouting Contest KICKS OFF our Festival on Sunday, March 23! Join us in Jackson Square for the annual competition to see who can best impress our judges with their rendition of Stanley Kowalski’s iconic line. Contestant signup begins at 1:30 and we take the first 25. We’re excited to have Beth Bartley d’Amour and Todd d’Amour back as our Stella and Stanley. Plus, we’re once again making the Shouting Contest an awareness-raising and fundraising campaign for the New Orleans Family Justice Center, a partnership of agencies dedicated to ending domestic violence. The NOFJC provides access to free crisis services and shelter, legal aid, advocacy and case management, trauma counseling, and prevention education.
DETAILS: Sunday, March 23; 2 - 3:15 PM; Jackson Square, free and open to the public.
MINK STOLE AT THE MONTELEONE—OPENING NIGHT
Mink Stole returns to TWFest! She has had one of the most interesting careers you can imagine in show business, and she intends to dish it with song and anecdotes. Mink will be accompanied by New Orleans legend, pianist and marionettist Harry Mayronne with a special appearance by Dr. Sick of the Squirrel Nut Zippers. Mink Stole's unique brand of star quality led to her characters often being imitated, along with their memorable catchphrases. An entire universe of Internet memes is devoted to her most notable roles, including Connie Marble from Pink Flamingos and Peggy Gravel from Desperate Living. TWFest is proud to feature, not Connie nor Peggy, but the real Mink Stole for this one-night-only celebration.
DETAILS: Wednesday, March 26; 7:30 PM – 9 PM; Hotel Monteleone, Queen Anne Ballroom
Discover The Last Bohemia!
Join us for The Last Bohemia, a series of theatre, music, and social events embodying New Orleans culture, the spirit of Tennessee Williams, and the profound effect New Orleans had on our namesake.
Our 2024 Festival was spectacular! Check out the 2024 Showreel above brought to us by our friends at The Bend Media.
And here is last year's program book with cover image from local photographer Marco Rasi.
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