Crashing Waves-Life in the Wind-Entering Provincetown Harbor

So it is here smelling the same air and watching the same sea as they did so long ago....rocking so badly that paper and pen seperate like lovers during a drunken arguement..It is here one can share O'Neill's "saint's vision"seen so rarely any of us. It is here the words of Amanda Wingfield blend as one with that of Mary Tyrone...it is here that writers write, painters paint and true vision is found..God's vision...God's plan..it is why one must crash through the yearly waves aboard a rocking ferry to follow the sirens to the shore...navigating through the churning water of one's life. It is why no matter how old or sick or well you happen to be....one has to return over and over to be part of that truth..the truth inside us all...the truth that is life. This place of light and inspiration allows you to delve into your own darkness and light....and through that...create. Sunrise over the harbor now....the new day begins.

SCTC's "Suddenly Last Summer" poster designed and painted by world renouned artist Bro. Mickey McGrath

It is with great pride SCTC unveils the first poster for our "Tenn X Ten" season by Bro. Mickey McGrath. This season, Mickey has designed the posters for each of our shows. We are so lucky as a company to be able to present his talent to you and his work on this poster is nothing short of remarkable. After you see the play you will understand more of his concept that I find so startling and beautiful. Mickey's work is seen worldwide with one of his pieces hanging in the Vatican Gallery in Rome. We are deeply honored to have Mickey and his work enhance the work of SCTC in this special season honoring Tennessee Williams's 100th birthday. We will unveil more paintings as the season progresses. This is not the season to say you missed. See what makes SCTC and Waterfront South so special. "Summer" arrives on October 21st for three weeks. Go to www.southcamdentheatre.org for tickets.

Of Changing Seasons.....

Next weekend's "Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival" will again bring the words and plays of Tennessee Williams alive for those lucky enough to attend. If you can't, our SCTC "Tenn X Ten" season is my attempt to bring P'Town to you. As fall arrives so does our new season..and..the incredible world of Tennessee. So, summer's departing rays of light reminded me of my all time favorite TW quote..one from his short play "The Last of my Solid Gold Watches" which an older traveling salesman [not unlike TW's father] describes a man, a generation or a fleeting season.... "My pockets are full of watches which tell me that my time is just about over". Summer ends and fall begins.... and Tennessee Williams is alive in Waterfront South.

"A bottle of wine as an hourglass....."

At the staged reading of my play "Tennessee's Final Curtain" on the 20th anniversary of Tennessee's death at the Hotel Elysee in NY, a man who id'd himself to me as one of Tennessee's last lovers, asked me if I knew how he wrote. When I said I did not he told me that Tennessee would wake up, have a bottle of red wine opened for him [his arthritis was bad in his later years] and he would sit at a typewriter and write. Every day. When he had emptied the bottle, his day of writing was over and it was time for gathering with some of his many "companions" for the remainder. I truly love Tennessee Williams and have spent years speaking to his friends, reading everything I could find, and learning as much as I can of his work. Throughout this season I will share these gems of information that have been shared with me...with you. Do not miss this season. Waterfront South is a special place to be. En avant!

1 year back....a neighborhood moves ahead.....

Last year on this date, the cast of my play "Last Rites" was preparing for a sold out, preview performance for our seatholders, funders and the people who made Waterfront South Theatre a reality. I remember waking up and being kind of numb. A theatre in a neighborhood in Camden, NJ was now a reality and now we, SCTC, had the responsibility of bringing the most moving, professional theatre to you in this beautiful new home. The architects and funders of the brick and mortar were present and it was time to the architects and dreamers of the dream to take over. It was an incredilbe night. I an evening of emotion and memories and...above all...gratitude. A year later I wanted to again thank Helene Pierson and Heart of Camden, Pepe Piperno and his Dominica Foundation and Fr. Michael Doyle for making dreams come true. Buy a seat...see a play...share in the new reality. Heal Camden!

Waterfront South Theatre one year annivesary this Saturday

This Sat, 9-10-11 will celebrate Waterfront South Theatre's 1 year anniversary. To all of you who have visited SCTC this year by seeing a play, thank you. You are a part of the rebirth of Camden. A year has now passed since a ribbon cutting that few believed would ever happen. But..thanks to so many...it did..and now...we continue the success that a professional theatre in Camden has brought to a rebuilding neighborhood. "Suddenly Last Summer" opens on 10-21 and our season honoring Tennessee Williams begins. So..as this week passes...remember last year at this time...when a new theatre was opening at a fever pitch. You can help keep the momentum going! See you in Waterfront South!

SCTC in American Theatre magazine!!

SCTC was listed Jim O'Quinn's column "Williams Then and Now" in the new September issue of American Theatre magazine discussing productions of Tennessee's plays across the US this year in honor of his 100th birthday. As O'Quinn wrote SCTC is "all Williams, all year". This is a national publication that carries our message not only across the country but internationally as well. See for yourself what all of the excitement is about. Go to www.southcamdentheatre.org for tickets.