USC School of Dramatic Arts
27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Short Plays
written by Tennessee Williams; Directed by John DeMita
All tickets by phone or online - $12.00
General Public (In person at USC Ticket Office) - $10.00
Faculty and Staff (In person at USC Ticket Office) - $8.00
Students (In person at USC Ticket Office) - $5.00
Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 7:00 PM
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 7:00 PM
Saturday, November 17, 2012 - 2:30 PM
Saturday, November 17, 2012 - 8:00 PM
Sunday, November 18, 2012 - 2:30 PM
Five one-act plays including some of Tennessee Williams's finest and most powerful work. They are full of the perception of life as it is, and the passion for life as it ought to be, which have made The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire classics of the American theater. Whether Williams is writing of derelict roomers in a New Orleans boarding house (The Lady of Larkspur Lotion) or the memories of a venerable traveling salesman (The Last of My Solid Gold Watches) or of delinquent children (This Property is Condemned), his insight into human nature is that of the poet. He can compress the basic meaning of life––its pathos or its tragedy, its bravery or the quality of its love––into one small scene or a few moments of dialogue.
Produced by special arrangement with New Directions Publishing.
