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Lynn & Carl are joined by Carrie Houk who spills the tea on "Ten for Tenn" with the Tennessee Williams Festival. Then after a look at You Are Cordially Invited, they are joined by Chorus of Fools' directors Rachel Tibbetts & Eric Satterfield to talk about their respective one-acts: The Pavement Kingdom & The Bigfoot Diaries playing together at the Greenfinch Theater. Finally, a look at new releases: Kobe: Making of a Legend and the SNL documentaries. Plus the Theatre Roundup (including Disney on Ice).

In this episode of St. Louis In Tune, we have a conversation about the Tennessee Williams Festival-St. Louis with guests Carrie Houk, the festival's Executive Artistic Director, and Tom Mitchell, Scholar in Residence and Associate Professor Emeritus from the University of Illinois. The festival, founded in 2015 and recognized with 13 awards from the St. Louis Theater Circle, offers a rich array of events. Highlights include a discussion about Williams's works, his influence, and the upcoming festival events, including performances of 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and 'Lie Upon the Wicked Stage.' The episode also touches on how Williams's life and experiences shaped his writing, and the significance of maintaining live theater.[00:00] Introduction to the Tennessee Williams Festival[00:35] Meet the Hosts and Guests[01:13] Carrie and Tom's Journey with Tennessee Williams[03:22] Tom's Early Interest in Tennessee Williams[08:17] Exploring the Festival's Productions and EventsCAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF - Directed by Michael Wilson. August 8-18, 2024; Grandel Theatre; 7:00 pm Thursday-Saturday, 3:00 pm Sunday.LIE UPON THE WICKED STAGE-ONE ACTS BY TW - Directed by Brian Hohlfield. August 10-18, 2024; Curtain Call Lounge, Grand Center, 1:00pm and 3:00pm Saturday and Sunday[10:12] The Scholars Panels and Walking TourSCHOLARS PANELS - Presented by resident scholar Tom Mitchell August 10, 2024; Beginning at 9:00amWalking Tour of the Grand Avenue Theatre District Sunday, August 11 at 10:00am; Meeting place: Front of Grandel TheatreTennessee Williams Festival OPEN MIC Sunday, August 11 at 7:00pm; Curtain Call Lounge, Grand Center[13:59] Parking and Venue Details[17:49] Carrie's Reflections on the Festival's Success[23:37] Tom's Background and Connection to Tennessee Williams[26:22] Exploring Tennessee Williams' Language[26:59] Revisions and Rewrites: Williams' Process[29:34] Impact of Performers on Williams' Work[30:47] Upcoming Events and Festival Highlights[33:50] Fun Facts and Observances[40:58] Closing Thoughts and FarewellTWStL Facebook PageTennessee Williams Biography from TWStLTennessee Williams FestivalThis is Season 7! For more episodes, go to stlintune.com#twstl #tennesseewilliams #playwrights #stlouistheatre #theatre #catonahottinroof #oneactplay #tennesseewilliamsfestival

About Carrie: Carrie Houk has spent her professional life as an actor, casting director, producer and teaching artist. Educated at HB Studio in NYC and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, she began her acting career at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and from there worked in NYC, LA and Chicago. The Tennessee Williams Festival of St. Louis has a mission  to enrich the cultural life of St. Louis by producing an annual theater festival and other artistic and educational events that celebrate the art and influence of Tennessee Williams. The 2024 festival runs August 8th-18th.    

Amy Jo Jackson, a New York City-based performer known for her work in cabaret delves into the intricacies of cabaret performances, the creative process behind Amy Jo's shows, and her upcoming performance in St. Louis in coordination with the Tennessee Williams St. Louis Festival. The episode also touches on themes of identity and singularity in the world of divas, the importance of intimacy in cabaret settings, and the vibrant cabaret scene in cities like New York. [00:00] Introduction to Cabaret and Upcoming Performances[00:45] Diving Into Grammar and Language Humor[01:15] The Importance of Civility and Community Engagement[02:20] Amy Jo Jackson: A Glitter Alien in the Cabaret World[02:59] Exploring the Essence of a Diva in Cabaret[07:11] The Creative Process Behind Cabaret Performances[11:29] The Unique Challenges and Joys of Cabaret in New York[16:08] Amy Jo Jackson and Brian Nash: A Dynamic Creative Duo[18:31] The Art of Crafting a Cabaret Show[22:23] Reflecting on Conservatory Training and Professional Discipline[24:10] Supporting the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation[25:26] Recapping Amy Jo Jackson's Energetic Interview[25:59] Upcoming Events and Festival Highlights[26:14] Exploring the Tennessee Williams Festival[26:27] Diverse Performances and Activities[27:52] Personal Experiences and Recommendations[29:10] The Charm of Intimate Venues[32:11] Celebrating National Days with a Twist[36:03] Humorous Takes on Daily Life[40:27] Final Thoughts and EncouragementGrande Dame: A Celebration of the Diva — Tennessee Williams FestivalAmy Jo JacksonYouTube-Amy Jo JacksonIMDB-Amy Jo JacksonLinkedIn-Amy Jo JacksonThis is Season 7! For more episodes, go to stlintune.com#twstl #tennesseewilliams #cabaret #divas #cabaretworld #musicaltheatre

Dion O'Reilly chats with Roxi Power about her new book, The Songs that Objects Would Sing, diving deep into a work that that “is aflame, both with the literal wildfires ravaging the American West and with the slower smolder of personal grief.  Power's response to loss and disaster is a quirky plangent song…shot through with humor and underpinned by a rippling ostinato of lyric power” (Mark Scroggins).  With ease and humor, Dion and Roxi draw on postmodern and Buddhist theories, debating whether the presences that sing within the objects of Power's lines are “essences.”  “I feel you in the glint of objects sometimes.  That's all I know.” The white "ghost piano" on the book's cover, painted by her sister Sky Power, summons her mother's musical influence within the titular elegiacal poem. Power conjures and “unpaints” the psycho-geography of Texas and Wyoming, filled with the "ghost-scratchings" of memory that, like de Kooning's paintings, peak through to the surface of the “cinematic fictions she sews from scratch." She bends time in poems such as "The Aftermath of Future" where “Now is just one fold in the snake skin of time.”  Dion and Roxi discuss Power's trans-genre work and why she has been drawn to recombinant forms since her MFA work at Cornell University that include music, visual art, and film. Power has taught for 25 years at the University of California, Santa Cruz where she founded and edits the trans-genre anthology, Viz. Inter-Arts. Her next book is forthcoming from Carbonation Press in 2024. Power organizes national “Trans-Genre Cabarets,” and her own trans-genre work includes Live Film Narration (Neo-Benshi) performances of original scripts across the country, including the Tennessee Williams Festival, the New Orleans Poetry Festival, REDCAT, and St. Mark's Poetry Project.  Her next Neo-Benshi performance is Feb. 22 at Satori in Santa Cruz.   Power organizes events and makes podcasts for The Hive Poetry Collective.  Her most recent podcast is with Brenda Hillman. Farnaz Fatemi writes: “With both musical and emotional intelligence, not to mention a linguistic virtuosity, Power conjures hope amid her sonic discoveries—while still bearing lucid witness to personal and community grief.” C.S. Giscombe writes, “The first line of Roxi Power's incredible burst of poems lays down the law with one hand and sets things in motion with another—that is, she writes as if to remark on the coming noise made by fire, death, love…The many motions of this music, of these songs that objects would sing, will brush the reader with a difficult and worthy and joy. You can order her book here.    

Tennessee Williams wrote about St. Louis with unconcealed disdain, but it's undeniable the city played a major role in his life. For the 8th year running, the Tennessee Williams Festival is staging performances and events honoring the legacy of the legendary playwright. Williams scholar Tom Mitchell discusses the festival's focus this year, his own discovery of seven Williams short stories, and how mental health factored into Williams' most famous plays like “Suddenly, Last Summer.” (Editor's Note: The on-air version of this conversation incorrectly identified the dates of the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis. The festival runs September 7-17.)

Carrie Houk has spent her professional life as an actor, casting director, producer and teaching artist. Educated at HB Studio in NYC and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, she began her acting career at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and from there worked in NYC, LA and Chicago. She has cast over thirty films, numerous television shows and countless national commercials and has worked with directors Steven Soderbergh, Robert Altman, Alexander Payne, Howard Franklin, among others. She started her casting career in Chicago thirty five years ago and from there settled back in St. Louis to raise her daughter. She has produced two films and the critically acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams's “Stairs to the Roof” directed by Fred Abrahamse. Adjunct professor of casting and acting at Webster University, Houk has also taught at Washington University and Columbia College Chicago.

Marsha Mason has received four Academy Award nominations for her roles in the films The Goodbye Girl, Cinderella Liberty, Only When I Laugh and Chapter Two. She has been the recipient of two Golden Globe Awards for her film roles and an Emmy Award nomination for her role on “Frasier.” Her other TV credits include “The Middle,” “The Good Wife,” “Madam Secretary,” and “Grace & Frankie.” Broadway roles include Impressionism with Jeremy Irons, Steel Magnolias, The Night of the Iguana, The Good Doctor, King Richard III, and Cactus Flower. Off-Broadway she co-starred in the world premiere of Terrence McNally's Fire and Air at Classic Stage and Little Gem at the Irish Repertory Theatre (Outer Critics Circle Award winner for Outstanding Actress in a Play). Regionally she has starred in All's Well That Ends Well at Shakespeare in Washington, DC, A Doll's House at ACT in San Francisco, Arms and the Man at Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and Watch on the Rhine at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. As a director, Marsha, has helmed productions of Neil Simon's Chapter Two and Steel Magnolias at the Bucks County Playhouse, Chapter Two and the first female An Act of God with Paige Davis at the Arizona Theatre Company, Juno Swans for Second Stage in New York City and the world premiere of Tennessee Williams's Talisman Roses starring Amanda Plummer at the Tennessee Williams Festival in Provincetown, Mass. Marsha was Associate Director with Jack O'Brien for the Roundabout Theater's production of All My Sons on Broadway. She received a Daytime Emmy® Award for Direction of “Little Miss Perfect”. In 2020, she directed Walter Bobbie and Brooke Shields in The Man Who Came to Dinner for Bucks County Playhouse, starred with Brian Cox in Dear Liar for Bucks County, and opposite Richard Dreyfus in The Letters of Noel Coward for Bay Street Theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The festival in St. Louis features an inventive staging of the play “The Rose Tattoo.” Actors, circus performers, and goats are part of the production at the Big Top in Grand Center.

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The 7th Annual https://www.twstl.org/ (Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis) has multiple events planned highlighed by this season's performance of The Rose Tattoo, a not to be missed production of Williams' romantic comedy, seen through the lens of an Italian one-ring circus! The season hosts more about Tennesse Williams and Italy including panel discussions, a film, short plays, and a bocce ball tournament! Executive Artistic Director https://www.twstl.org/board-staff-leadership (Carrie Houk), provides key insight into the plans for another successful season! This is Season 5! For more episodes, go to https://stlintune.com/ (stlintune.com) #tennesseewilliams #italy #playwright #rosetattoo #stlouis

My guest today is Kelley Weber. Kelley is a Spiritual Director certified through Aquinas Institute of Theology. An avid learner, this summer she will be finishing studies at The Living School at the Center of Action and Contemplation in New Mexico as well as certification in the Somatic Enneagram. Kelley has been a professional actor and theater teacher in St. Louis for over 23 years. Most recently she won the 202 St.Louis Theater Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in a comedy for her role in the Tennessee Williams Festival. She hosts the podcast, /A Prayer Practice/ for the Gathering. Website: aspiralspace.com IG: instagram.com/a_spiral_space Newsletter: https://aspiralspace.substack.com

Golf the Galleries at The Sheldon, the Tennessee Williams Festival, the National Wrestling Alliance's return to the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, plus more!

This week Carl & Lynn talk to actors Chauncy Thomas, Julia Crump and Elizabeth Teeter plus director Brian Hohlfeld from the Tennessee Williams Festival. And reviews of Respect, CODA, Free Guy and What If... Plus more theater with Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Always: Patsy Cline. And... Lynn has a major announcement.

Carrie Houk, Executive Artistic Director of the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, stopped by to talk with Nancy about the festival details for 2021, which runs August 19th through the 29th.  Carrie Houk This year's theme for the festival is "The Moon and Beyond," and features an outdoor performance of "The Glass Menagerie," Williams' greatest, most famous, and most personal play.  The performance will be at the  actual site that inspired the writing of the play, The Tennessee, at 4633 Westminster Place in St. Louis.  Performances are August 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29 at 8:00PM.  Other topics covered include panel discussions and a walking tour of sites in the Central West End associated with Tennessee Williams. About Tennessee Williams:  Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams' renowned work reflects his two decades of coming of age in St. Louis, and his creations range from the famed classics, to adaptations for film and opera, to dozens of newly discovered plays and writings that have been continuously documented, performed and studied around the world. Considered by many to be America's greatest playwright, Williams is best known for his award-winning powerful plays, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” and “The Glass Menagerie.” Tennessee Williams About Carrie Houk:  Carrie Houk has spent her professional life as an actor, casting director, producer and teaching artist. Educated at HB Studio in NYC and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, she began her acting career at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and from there worked in NYC, LA and Chicago. She has cast over thirty films, numerous television shows and countless national commercials and has worked with directors Steven Soderbergh, Robert Altman, Alexander Payne, Howard Franklin, among others. She started her casting career in Chicago thirty five years ago and from there settled back in St. Louis to raise her daughter. She has produced two films and the critically acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams's “Stairs to the Roof” directed by Fred Abrahamse. Adjunct professor of casting and acting at Webster University, Houk has also taught at Washington University and Columbia College Chicago.      

The https://www.twstl.org/ (Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis) is doing something unique with their performance of The Glass Menagerie this season. It is being performed in the backyard of the six-family flat where https://www.twstl.org/biography (Tennessee Williams) lived and that Inspired Williams' award-winning play. Carrie Houk, Executive Artistic Director of the https://www.twstl.org/board-staff-leadership (Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis) provides a background of what inspired this once-in-a-lifetime experience and what is in store for the remainder of the festival. For tickets go to https://www.metrotix.com/events/detail/tennessee-williams-festival-st-louis (MetroTix). This is Season 4! #TheGlassMenagerie #glassmenagerie #twstl #tennesseewilliams #playwright #theatre #festival #centralwestend #stlouis #brownshoecompany #thetennessee #airbnb #stageproduction

“I really wanted to do something for our audience that would take them away from their computer,” the festival’s executive artistic director, Carrie Houk, explains. Radio seemed the perfect medium, and indeed, she and other organizers, including Brian Hohlfeld, are finding that the playwright's dialogue translates well to it.

Lynn, & Carl with special guest, casting director, Carrie Houk, review Synchronic, His House, Memories of Murder, My Octopus Teacher, Sarah Cooper Everything's Fine and The Mandalorian Season 2. Plus a preview of The Witches and St. Louis International Film Festival, the Death of Sean Connery and Carrie talks about the Tennessee Williams Festival.

The award winning Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis overcomes the Covid dilemma of live performance in a creative way. Carrie Houk, executive artistic director and actress Elizabeth Teeter provide a look into the 2020 Festival and what you can expect. https://www.twstl.org/ https://www.facebook.com/TWFestSTL/ https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Elizabeth-Teeter/

Carrie Houk: Executive Artistic Director of the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis stops by to talk with Nancy about the innovative ways the festival is dealing with the pandemic through radio broadcasts of one act plays

Deborah Sharn spoke with Carrie Houk, Executive Artistic Director for the Tennessee Williams Festival that opens May 9 and runs through May 19th in Grand Center in St. Louis.

Kathleen discusses the Tennessee Williams Festival with Carrie Houk (Executive Artistic Director) and Kelley Weber (actress).Tennessee Williams Festival: https://www.twstl.org/  

Kathleen discusses the Tennessee Williams Festival with Carrie Houk (Executive Artistic Director) and Kelley Weber (actress).Tennessee Williams Festival: https://www.twstl.org/  

Carrie Houck, Executive Artistic Director for the award winning Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, provides an exceptional description of the 2019 productions as well as some insights into how the festival started. Founded in 2015, the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis is an annual event that pays homage to the city’s favorite playwright. A variety of theatrical, artistic and educational events presented on both conventional and unexpected stages, celebrate the art and influence of Tennessee Williams. https://www.twstl.org/ https://www.facebook.com/TWFestSTL/

Guest Carrie Houk, Artistic Director of the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, stops by to discuss this year's festival including some rare opportunities to see works that are seldom staged.

Host Don Marsh discusses some of the highlights of this year’s lineup in celebration of the third annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis

Deborah Sharn talks with Carrie Houk about The Tennessee Williams Festival that takes place May 10-19 in St. Louis at the Grand Center.

Deborah Sharn spoke with Carrie Houk, Executive Artistic Director for the 2017 Tennessee Williams Festival that takes place May 3 through 7 in venues across the Grand Center Theatre District in St. Louis. The Festival includes several theatre productions, cabaret, readings, family photos, a bus tour to several Tennessee Williams homes, a New Orleans style jazz brunch and much more.

Deborah Sharn talks to Carrie Houk, Executive Artistic Director for the 1st Annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis that runs in St. Louis May 11-15 at Grand Center and the Central West End. Deborah also talks with Carrie about her life as an actor in New York as a casting director in Chicago and St. Louis.  

Nancy speaks with casting director and acting coach Carrie Houk about the Tennessee Williams festival, coming to St. Louis.