TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

in the MISSISSIPPI DELTA

a documentary series in progress by karen kohlhaas

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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL

Join us in Clarksdale October 16—18, 2025 for the 33rd annual festival! There will be performances, parties, a student acting competition, an historic tour, scholar panels, and Porch Plays—including scenes from our featured play, ORPHEUS DESCENDING, performed by the Tennessee Williams Theater Company of New Orleans. The festival is free and open to the public.

“The entire country still needs tennessee williams as a voice for kindness. his work continues to champion outcasts, and his compassion for them will make him relevant forever.”

—william gantt, director, southern literary trail