MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 28, 2021 – Tennessee Shakespeare Company today was announced as one of only four professional regional theatre companies to receive both the Shakespeare in American Communities-Schools grant and Shakespeare in American Communities-Juvenile…
In-Person and Online with Dan McCleary December 4-20 Founder and Producing Artistic Director Dan McCleary plays the most popular writer of the 19th Century on stage in the theatre’s next Dr. Greta McCormick Coger…
Our Dr. Greta McCormick Coger Literary Salon Series continues with a celebration of gratitude for the season as described by its masterful literary caretaker. A Little Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving: Louisa May Alcott is curated and directed…
Free Shakespeare Shout-Out Series Sponsored by Evans/Petree, P.C. and Campbell Clinic We have re-scheduled our free, outdoor performance of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at Wiseacre Brewery for Saturday, November 14 at 2:00 pm. Wiseacre Brewery is located at 2783…
Coger Literary Salon presented Online Sunday, November 8 at 3:00 (CST) Join us for a celebration of the mystical Emerald Isle and the birth of a Literary Renaissance in our next Dr. Greta McCormick Coger…
Join us for a literary celebration of Halloween on Friday, October 30 at 8:00 pm (CDT). We continue our popular Dr. Greta McCormick Coger Literary Salon Series with a chilling exploration of Southern Gothic and…
Nine performances in eight Memphis-area locations Sponsored by Evans/Petree, P.C. and Campbell Clinic October 11-24 We are thrilled to launch our fourth annual Free Shakespeare Shout-Out Series on October 11 outdoors at Shelby Farms Park…
In-Person and Online Friday, October 9 at 8:00 pm (CDT) We continue our “Essential” 13th performance season on Friday, October 9 with an election season look at William Shakespeare’s most political and perhaps relevant tragedy…
In-Person and Online Sunday, September 27 at 3:00 pm (CDT)
We continue our “Essential” 13th performance season on Sunday, September 27 with a celebration of the author of The Color Purple in our Dr. Greta McCormick Coger Literary Salon Series.
In a Purple Mood: Alice Walker will be presented both in-person on TSC’s Owen and Margaret Wellford Tabor Stage and simulcast online beginning at 3:00 pm (CDT), will be followed by a brief talkback with the actors. The Salon will run approximately 45 minutes.
Curated and directed by TSC’s Carmen-maria Mandley and featuring TSC’s core company actors, including Darius Wallace, In a Purple Mood will include Ms. Walker’s poetry (Taking the Arrow out of the Heart), material from her interviews, and excerpts read from The Color Purple.
In-Person and Online Friday, September 11 at 8:00 pm (CDT) – We continue our “Essential” 13th performance season on Friday, September 11 with the second of nine Dr. Greta McCormick Coger Literary Salons titled Creative Extremists: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Frederick Douglass, and Malcolm X. The 45-minute Salon, presented both in-person on TSC’s Owen and Margaret Wellford Tabor Stage and simulcast online beginning at 8:00 pm (CDT), creatively follows the inspirations, emergence, and actions of three men fighting for racial justice and equality in America.