“Time is the longest distance between two places.”

Tennessee said it best. It will be a long time until you can see this incredible play again...but...you still have time to buy tickets for our critically acclaimed production of "Suddenly. Last Summer". Only three shows remain. http://www.southcamdentheatre.org/ for tickets. See you at Waterfront South Theatre!

"Make voyages! Attempt them... there's nothing else."

This is absolutely one of my favorite Tennessee Williams quotes. It applies to everything that life should be...never playing it safe...always seeking that event or vision that bring your soul to the next level. I ask you to make you own journey over the next two weekends to Waterfront South Theatre to see the great man's play "Suddenly, Last Summer". I have received numerous calls and emails this week from audience members who are still talking and thinking about this production from this past weekend. One subscriber is even coming again...as her friend who has never been here wants to know what all the "fuss" is about at SCTC. They are making their own voyage this weekend. As Tenn said.."there's nothing else". Come join your fellow voyagers this weekend and share in the poetry that is Tennessee Williams.

A wry smile in the form of a "little silver slipper"

Our first weekend of "Summer" has ended to thunderous, standing ovations and wonderful reviews. Connie Norwood and this incredible, remarkable cast have just brought Tennessee Williams to life in Waterfront South. As I was reading the morning Inquirer I happened to look up to, once again, see his "little silver slipper" of a moon smiling down on me. It was at the angle of a wry smile, not unlike the smile of the great man himself. I hope that he approves. Don't miss this play. We are humbled and grateful for so many coming this weekend. Six more shows remain. Please come. www.southcamdentheatre.org for tickets.

The First Night of "Summer"

Opening nights are magic. Tennessee used to sit in his seat [he liked aisle] and would watch his plays as they unfurled. There are stories about someone laughing with a high pitched laugh at the most intimate moments of " TheGlass Menagerie" during it's premeire run. Audience members would be annoyed and turn around to see who it was only to find that the man laughing was Tennessee Williams himself. He said he remembered the moment that inspired the moment in the play and that amused him greatly. There's a lot of humor in our "Summer" as well as incredible drama all brought to you by a most talented cast and director. And....if you happen hear someone laughing at a strange time and turn to see no one there....then maybe Mr. Williams has joined us. I told you openings were magic. See you at Waterfront South Theatre.

Tennessee and actors...

Tennessee Williams loved actors...good ones. He loved to watch them explore their craft and his characters and has been quoted numerous times as telling his actors "go see what you find in her/him" . Just back from rehearsal...and I have to say ...it reminded home how much I agree. I was just transported somewhere else by these actors in this incredibly rich play. Watching great actors in a great play is something we always hope to do when we go to the theatre. Come to SCTC Friday night and see how you too will be magically transported to a white hot beach on a tropical hot day and see what happened.."Suddenly, Last Summer".

An Evening with Tennessee

I have spent many evenings with Tennessee Williams. Not..in the biblical sense of course, but, when you see or read one of his plays they seep into you...deep into your soul. There is a line in our upcoming "Suddenly, Last Summer" that says, to paraphrase, "a poet is his work and his work is the poet". On this evening as in many before this I feel that I know this man...understand his pain and agony...and joy. I sit here tonight as the curtain of another evening begins to fall and feel that he is a bit closer tonight than others....and he will be even closer this Friday when we open his poetic masterpiece at SCTC. Come and let his words work their magic on you as well. See you at the theatre.

"A little silver slipper of a moon"

In his masterpiece "The Glass Menagerie" Amanda tells her daughter Laura to "..make a wish on a little silver slipper of a moon". A few weeks back I looked up after a rehearsal for our upcoming "Suddenly Last Summer" , opening this Friday, and saw the moon that Tennessee was referring. I made a wish, just as Amanda suggested. My wish was that you do not miss this season. A season of poetry and secrets....comedy and drama. Hear what did happen, " Suddenly, Last Summer" and then in January follow us as we go with "Tennessee into the
Future". In February be inside his hotel room on the night he died with his ghost and demons in my world premiere play "Tennessee's Final Curtain" and then slog into that steamy jungle in "Night of the Iguana"as the days become longer in April. Many moons and wishes will come and go during this season honoring his 100th birthday. Please come and share them with us.

For the love of a sister

When you see Tennessee Williams' "Suddenly Last Summer" opening next Friday the 21st at SCTC, the familiar them of a lobotomy will be a large part of the play. Tennessee's beloved sister Rose, the muse for many of his characters, suffered from depression or "blue roses" as he called to in " The Glass Menagerie". She was' lobotomized and lived in a mental home until she died, 12 years after Tennessee. Tenn's life was forever marred by the treatment of his sister and the procedure shows up in many of his plays and a central theme of my own play"Tennessee's Final Curtain" coming to SCTC in February. Celebrate his 100th birthday at "Tenn X Ten" with us. Learn more about Tennessee as "the man IS the work and the work IS the man" .

New Set...New Life...New Secrets

I love the first moment I stand on a set for one of SCTC's shows. Bob Bingaman solarium inside Mrs. Venable's mansion sets the exact tone for Tennessee Williams' "Suddenly Last Summer" which opens next Friday, October 21st for a 3 week run. The foliage, the grandeur, the opulence all have something to hide....there are terrible secrets beneath this beauty. Don't miss the chance to see this rarely produced Williams gem. New Orleans comes to Camden...and to Waterfront South Theatre. www.southcamdentheatre.org for tickets.

More art comes to Camden

Just back from elevenone gallery, the new Camden gallery and home of the art of William Butler. What an incredible experience as the old firehouse on Front Street, across from the Rutgers U soccer field is now full of some incredible pieces of art. William and Ronja would love for you to see their studio and we will be hanging a piece of William's art in the theatre lobby for you to see [and possibly buy]. Art continues to connect us all in Camden. From Rutgers to Cooper Grant to Waterfront South art and theatre is bringing people together and shining a beacon through the darkness. Camden IS coming back. Go to the gallery and come see "Suddenly Last Summer" at Waterfront South Theatre opening in two weeks. Be a part of the exciting future of the arts in Camden.