Cocktails & Conversation Series
COCKTAILS & CONVERSATION a series of intimate literary events Thanks to everyone who attended our first Cocktails & Conversation on Thursday, October 10, the launch of our series of intimate literary gatherings. Our first event featured Peggy Scott Laborde and Poppy Tooker in conversation about the New Orleans culinary scene and dishes mentioned in the plays of Tennessee Williams. Guests enjoyed…
Read MoreTWFest Gala
TWFest Gala Join us for an unforgettable night of libations, cuisine, entertainment, and a silent auction! Temple House 3151 Dauphine Street, New Orleans Thursday, November 21, 2024 The TWFest Gala will take place in the beaux-arts style home of Tony Award winner John Cameron Mitchell. The home, known as The Temple, is a painstakingly restored…
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We hope you enjoyed the 2024 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival. We’d love to hear from you! The survey below provides us with vital information for our grants, grant reports, and for future planning. Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
Read MoreDavid Hoover
Professor David Hoover has directed over 50 productions for the University of New Orleans during his career. Professionally he has acted and/or directed more than 50 productions in the New Orleans area. He has taught for over 37 years at the college level, 31 of which have been at UNO. He served as the chair…
Read MoreFRIDAY TWFest EVENTS
9 AM – 4 PM Festival Headquarters open to pick up VIP and LitPasses, purchase Fest merchandise, and to buy tickets. Save time by buying tickets in advance online at www.tennesseewilliams.net/tickets. Friday, March 22 9 AM – 5:15 PM Tennessee Williams Scholars Conference Click here for the full day of events – SCHOLARS CONFERENCE…
Read MoreSUNDAY – THURSDAY TWFest EVENTS
Sunday, March 17 2 – 3:15 PM STELLA SHOUTING CONTEST Our beloved Stella Shouting Contest KICKS OFF our Festival on Sunday! 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…
Read MoreScholarship Pass Program presented by The Helis Foundation
Thanks to a generous grant from The Helis Foundation, we are pleased to offer scholarship LitPasses to students and their teachers. The Festival LitPass admits you to: All literary discussion panels at TWFest and SASFest. TWF featured conversations Tennessee Williams Scholars Conference Any event with LitPass in the venue/price line of the description. Once…
Read MoreM.A. Nicholson
M.A. Nicholson is a New Orleans poet, editor, educator, journalist, and a co-founder of LMNL Arts. An alumna of Loyola University and a M.F.A. graduate from the University of New Orleans—where she served as an Associate Poetry Editor for Bayou Magazine—M.A. was the recipient of the 2021 Andrea-Saunders Gereighty Academy of American Poets Award and…
Read MoreSkye Jackson
Skye Jackson was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her work has appeared in The Southern Review, Electric Literature, Green Mountains Review, RATTLE and elsewhere. Her work has been a finalist for the 2023 Iowa Review Poetry Award, the RATTLE Poetry Prize, the RHINO Founders’ Prize, and in 2021 she received the AWP Intro…
Read More2024 One-Act Contest Finalists
Congratulations to our 2024 One-Act Contest Finalists. Thanks to our one-act judge, Peter Hagan, and our contest coordinator, James Giltenan. Pictured above from the top, left to right, our finalists are: William Brasse has forayed fearlessly into a variety of literary forms and genres. Plays, novels, short stories; comedy, drama, history, biography, myth. He has…
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