Festival Tickets

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS NEW ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL VIP PASS

Includes these events March 22 – 26, 2023:

  • Writer’s Craft sessions Thursday and Friday
  • All literary discussions Friday-Sunday
  • Scholars Conference on Friday
  • Drummer and Smoke music events
  • Walking Tours (one of each)
  • Special events, such as the Tribute Reading, Books and Beignets, special workshops, food events, and interviews with authors and actors
  • All theater events
  • Invitation to Donor Party at The Historic New Orleans Collection Friday night

NOTE:  VIP Pass holders must reserve their spots ahead of time to guarantee a seat. A staff member will contact VIP Pass holders via email and/or phone call prior to the Festival to assist you in making your Festival Schedule.

2023 LITERARY DISCUSSION SERIES

Friday – Sunday, March 24 – 26

Our literary discussion series includes over 20 entertaining and enlightening discussions and conversations by authors, scholars, historians, publishers, and other literary and theater professionals. Topics include contemporary issues, historical interests, genre-based discussions, Southern and New Orleans-based topics, as well as panels on the life, work, and study of Tennessee Williams. The pass also includes all sessions of the Tennessee Williams Scholars Conference (Friday) and the staged reading of our winning one-act play (Sunday).

How to attend:

  • $100 ($70 for students with a school ID) for a full Literary Discussion Pass. Includes all TWFest literary discussions Friday through Sunday.
  • $40 Literary Discussion Day Pass for Friday or Saturday or Sunday.
  • $10 per discussion – see individual panels TBA soon
  • The Literary Discussion Series is also included in the VIP Pass 

$40.00$100.00Select options

All Multi-Event Passes

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2023 TENNESSEE WILLIAMS NEW ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL VIP PASS$600.00
LITERARY DISCUSSION SERIES 2023 - FULL PASS - REGULAR ($100)$100.00
LITERARY DISCUSSION SERIES 2023 - FULL PASS - STUDENT ($70)$70.00
LITERARY DISCUSSION SERIES 2023 - FRIDAY PASS ($40)$40.00
LITERARY DISCUSSION SERIES 2023 - SATURDAY PASS ($40)$40.00
LITERARY DISCUSSION SERIES 2023 - SUNDAY PASS ($40)$40.00
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS SCHOLARS CONFERENCE PASS$30.00

Writer's Craft Sessions

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FELICE PICANO - INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING: DEVELOPING YOUR STORY FOR STAGE OR SCREEN03/24/20233:00pm4:15pm$25.00
CHARLES BAXTER - TIME—SHORT AND LONG—IN THE SHORT STORY03/24/202310:00am11:15am$25.00
SASFest: LYDIA STRYK - DIALOGUE FOR FICTION WRITERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF LISTENING03/24/202310:00am11:15am$25.00
SASFest: K.M. SOEHNLEIN - TURNING YOUR LIFE INTO FICTION: FINDING THE STORY INSIDE THE FACTS03/24/202310:00am11:15am$25.00
TIMOTHY SCHAFFERT— CREATING AMBIENCE03/24/202311:30am12:45pm$25.00
SASFest: JESS WELLS - HOW TO PRODUCE OWN YOUR AUDIOBOOK03/24/202311:30am12:45pm$25.00
SASFest: CHIP LIVINGSTON - BENDING GENRE: FROM CONFUSION TO FUSION IN PROSE & POETRY03/24/202311:30am12:45pm$25.00
SASFest: LUCY JANE BLEDSOE - WRITING HEARTBREAKING CHARACTERS03/24/20231:00pm2:15pm$25.00
SASFest: MICHELE KARLSBERG - LET’S TALK ABOUT BOOKS03/24/20231:00pm2:15pm$25.00
OLIVIA CLARE FRIEDMAN - PROSE STYLE03/24/20231:30pm2:45pm$25.00
SASFest: JERRY L. WHEELER - EROTICA LAID BARE: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE KISS?03/24/20232:30pm3:45pm$25.00
SASFest: FELICE COHEN - FROM PAIN TO PUBLISHED: TURNING HEARTACHE INTO MEMOIR03/24/20232:30pm3:45pm$25.00
MARK BOLOGNA - SHOULD I START A PODCAST?03/24/20233:00pm4:15pm$25.00

Literary Discussion

Before you buy, a Literary Discussion pass or VIP pass gets you into all of these.
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Poetry Panel03/25/20232:30pm3:45pm$10.00
EN AVANT! EMERGING WILLIAMS SCHOLARS03/24/20239:00am10:30am$10.00
TENNESSEE 101 WITH AUGUSTIN J CORRERO03/24/202310:00am11:15am$10.00
INTERDISCIPLINARY LENSES ON WILLIAMS03/24/202310:45am12:00pm$10.00
CITYSCAPES: HOW TO READ A CITY03/24/202311:30am12:45pm$10.00
BEADS AND THROWS AND COSTUMES—AND BOOKS?03/24/20232:30pm3:45pm$10.00
PASSION PROJECTS: WRITING ABOUT WHAT YOU LOVE03/24/20231:00pm2:15pm$10.00
THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE PERHAPS OF WILLIAMS STUDIES: A ROUNDTABLE IN HONOR OF ROBERT BRAY03/24/20231:15pm2:45pm$10.00
QUEERNESS AT WORK AND PLAY IN AND AFTER WILLIAMS03/24/20233:00pm4:15pm$10.00
DON’T BAN OUR BOOKS: WRITING IN THE AGE OF CENSORSHIP 03/24/20234:00pm5:15pm$10.00
THE LIFETIME WORKSHOP: BUILDING MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER WRITERS03/25/202310:00am11:15am$10.00
AN INTERVIEW WITH DOUGLAS BRINKLEY03/25/202310:00am11:15am$10.00
OBSESSIONS AND IMMERSION: WRITERS AND HISTORICAL FICTION03/25/202311:30am12:45pm$10.00
INFLUENCES ON TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: THE SENSE OF PLACE03/25/202311:30am12:45pm$10.00
WHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM? AND OTHER QUESTIONS OF INSPIRATION03/25/20231:00pm2:15pm$10.00
ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING: THE COMPLEX LOUISIANA LANDSCAPE03/25/20232:30pm3:45pm$10.00
TOM PIAZZA’S THE AUBURN CONFERENCE03/25/20231:00pm2:15pm$10.00
CAN JOURNALISTS BE ACTIVISTS? SHOULD THEY BE? A LOOK AT AN INCREASINGLY BLURRY LINE03/25/20234:00pm5:15pm$10.00
THE POWERFUL CONNECTIONS OF THE MEMOIR03/26/202310:00am11:15am$10.00
YOUNG ADULT FICTION03/26/202311:30am12:45pm$10.00
AN EYE FOR AN EYE: JUSTICE V. REVENGE 03/26/202311:30am12:45pm$10.00
CIVIL RIGHTS IN FACT AND FICTION03/26/20231:00pm2:15pm$10.00
FEATURED INTERVIEW WITH REBECCA MAKKAI03/26/20232:30pm3:45pm$10.00

Scholar's Conference

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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS SCHOLARS CONFERENCE PASS03/24/20238:59am5:25pm$30.00
EN AVANT! EMERGING WILLIAMS SCHOLARS03/24/20239:00am10:30am$10.00
INTERDISCIPLINARY LENSES ON WILLIAMS03/24/202310:45am12:00pm$10.00
THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE PERHAPS OF WILLIAMS STUDIES: A ROUNDTABLE IN HONOR OF ROBERT BRAY03/24/20231:15pm2:45pm$10.00
QUEERNESS AT WORK AND PLAY IN AND AFTER WILLIAMS03/24/20233:00pm4:15pm$10.00
A STAGED READING OF TWO NEWLY DISCOVERED STORIES BY WILLIAMS: “THE CATERPILLAR DOGS” AND “TILL ONE OR THE OTHER GITS BACK”  03/24/20234:30pm5:15pm$10.00

Special Events

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BOOKS AND BEIGNETS WITH GARY RICHARDS03/25/20238:30am9:45am$25.00
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS TRIBUTE READING - SOLD OUT!03/23/20236:30pm9:00pm$40.00
FESTIVAL CLOSING EVENT: A CELEBRATION OF WRITERS03/26/20232:30pm3:45pm$10.00

Music Events

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SHAKE ‘EM UP JAZZ BAND: DRUMMER & SMOKE SESSION 103/26/202311:30am12:45pm$10.00
CATIE RODGERS AND THE GENTILLY STOMPERS: DRUMMER & SMOKE SESSION 203/26/20231:00pm2:15pm$10.00
MESCHIYA LAKE: DRUMMER & SMOKE SESSION 303/26/20232:30pm3:45pm$10.00

Theatre

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THE NOLA PROJECT PRESENTS TENNESSEE X THREE03/26/202311:00am12:15pm$20.00
It Was Never Just Sex - BUY AT VENUE (THU) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/23/20236:00pm6:50pm$35.00
It Was Never Just Sex - BUY AT VENUE (THU) - General Admission ($22)03/23/20236:00pm6:50pm$22.00
Water Always Wanders - BUY AT VENUE (THU) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/23/20237:00pm7:50pm$35.00
Water Always Wanders - BUY AT VENUE (THU) - General Admission ($22)03/23/20237:00pm7:50pm$22.00
Bananas Burlesque - BUY AT VENUE (THU) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/23/20238:00pm8:50pm$35.00
Bananas Burlesque - BUY AT VENUE (THU) - General Admission ($22)03/23/20238:00pm8:50pm$22.00
Bananas Burlesque (or, Are Straight People Okay?) - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (FRI) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/24/20238:00pm8:50pm$35.00
Bananas Burlesque (or, Are Straight People Okay?) - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (FRI) - General Admission ($22)03/24/20238:00pm8:50pm$22.00
Nightingale - BUY AT VENUE (THU) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/23/20239:00pm10:30pm$35.00
Nightingale - BUY AT VENUE (THU) - General Admission ($22)03/23/20239:00pm10:30pm$22.00
The Sinking Opulence Show! -BUY AT VENUE (THU) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/23/202311:00pm11:50pm$35.00
The Sinking Opulence Show! -BUY AT VENUE (THU) - General Admission ($22)03/23/202311:00pm11:50pm$22.00
A STAGED READING OF TWO NEWLY DISCOVERED STORIES BY WILLIAMS: “THE CATERPILLAR DOGS” AND “TILL ONE OR THE OTHER GITS BACK”  03/24/20234:30pm5:15pm$10.00
It Was Never Just Sex - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (FRI) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/24/20236:00pm6:50pm$35.00
It Was Never Just Sex - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (FRI) - General Admission ($22)03/24/20236:00pm6:50pm$22.00
Water Always Wanders - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (FRI) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/24/20237:00pm7:50pm$35.00
Water Always Wanders - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (FRI) - General Admission ($22)03/24/20237:00pm7:50pm$22.00
Notes on Faux - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (FRI) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/24/20239:00pm10:30pm$35.00
Notes on Faux - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (FRI) - General Admission ($22)03/24/20239:00pm10:30pm$22.00
The Sinking Opulence Show! - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (FRI) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/24/202311:00pm11:50pm$35.00
The Sinking Opulence Show! - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (FRI) - General Admission ($22)03/24/202311:00pm11:50pm$22.00
It Was Never Just Sex - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (SAT) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/25/20236:00pm6:50pm$35.00
It Was Never Just Sex - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (SAT) - General Admission ($22)03/25/20236:00pm6:50pm$22.00
Water Always Wanders - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (SAT) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/25/20237:00pm7:50pm$35.00
Water Always Wanders - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (SAT) - General Admission ($22)03/25/20237:00pm7:50pm$22.00
Bananas Burlesque (or, Are Straight People Okay?) - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (SAT) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/25/20238:00pm8:50pm$35.00
Bananas Burlesque (or, Are Straight People Okay?) - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (SAT) - General Admission ($22)03/25/20238:00pm8:50pm$22.00
Prisontown - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (SAT) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/25/20239:00pm10:30pm$35.00
Prisontown - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (SAT) - General Admission ($22)03/25/20239:00pm10:30pm$22.00
The Sinking Opulence Show! - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (SAT) - Cocktail Table Seating ($35)03/25/202311:00pm11:50pm$35.00
The Sinking Opulence Show! - Last Bohemia Fringe Festival Event (SAT) - General Admission ($22)03/25/202311:00pm11:50pm$22.00

Walking Tours

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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS LITERARY WALKING TOUR (FRI 10)03/24/202310:00am12:00pm$30.00
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS LITERARY WALKING TOUR (FRI 2)03/24/20232:00pm4:00pm$30.00
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS LITERARY WALKING TOUR (SAT 10)03/25/202310:00am12:00pm$30.00
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS LITERARY WALKING TOUR (SUN 10)03/26/202310:00am12:00pm$30.00
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS LITERARY WALKING TOUR (SUN 2)03/26/20232:00pm4:00pm$30.00
HISTORIC STORYVILLE WALKING TOUR (FRI)03/24/202310:00am12:00pm$30.00
HISTORIC STORYVILLE WALKING TOUR (SAT)03/25/20233:00pm5:00pm$30.00
HISTORY OF QUEER NIGHTLIFE IN NEW ORLEANS TOUR (FRI)03/24/20231:00pm3:00pm$30.00
LGBTQ+ FRENCH QUARTER TOUR (FRI)03/24/20233:30pm5:00pm$30.00
LGBTQ+ FRENCH QUARTER TOUR (SUN)03/26/20231:00pm2:30pm$30.00
HISTORY OF QUEER NIGHTLIFE IN NEW ORLEANS TOUR (SUN)03/26/20231:00pm3:00pm$30.00