OUR SEASON
OUR 2024-2025 SEASON
LANIE ROBERTSON'S
LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL: A BILLIE HOLIDAY MUSICAL
April 17 - May 4, 2025
Set in South Philadelphia in March 1959, this musical showcases one of Billie Holiday’s last performances before her death later that year. Interwoven with stories about her life, this one-woman musical features local artists.
BYRON AU YONG AND AARON JAFFERIS'
STUCK ELEVATOR
May 14, 16, 17 & 18, 2025
A co-production with Knoxville Opera, this opera, in English, promises to deliver a unique and impactful theatrical experience. Stuck Elevator is based on the true story of a delivery man trapped in an elevator for 81 hours. Through a blend of music, spoken word, and multimedia, the opera vividly portrays the psychological and emotional toll of confinement, while also touching on themes of immigration, cultural identity, and the pursuit of the American Dream. Tickets are currently available on Knoxville Opera’s wesbite HERE.
PAST SHOWS THIS SEASON
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
Adapted by Joe Landry
December 5-22, 2024
It’s a Wonderful Life is based on the story, The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern and is adapted by Joe Landry. This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. One Christmas Eve, George Bailey is so discouraged, he wonders if the world would be better off without him.
THORNTON WILDER'S OUR TOWN
September 12 -29, 2024
Our Town is a pulitzer-winning play written by Thornton Wilder in 1938. Often thought of as one of the greatest American plays of the 20th century, Our Town is about the beauty of small town life in turn-of-the-century rural New Hampshire.
Acknowledgments for our Season:
This project [is being] [was] supported in whole or in part, by federal award number 21.027 awarded to the City of Knoxville by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Arts & Culture Alliance.
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