Six Compelling Stories About Death Row Survivors Offered in Theatre Oxford’s Latest Production Sixty-year-old Delbert Tibbs is an old soul from Chicago, a seminary dropout,military veteran, radical, poet, and death row survivor. He’s also a Black man whohappened to be on a highway near a small Florida town soon after a man was killedand a …

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Taken from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files, and public records, the storiesoffer sobering insights into the nation’s criminal justice system and capital punishment. "The Exonerated" won the 2003 Drama Desk and Outer Critic’s Awardsand also received the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Championof Justice Award. Tickets will be available at the door and seats …

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On behalf of the Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival (MDTWF) held every October in Clarksdale, Mississippi, you are invited to participate in our annual Student Drama Competition to be held on Saturday, October 14, 2023, starting at 9 am at the Coahoma County Higher Education Center/Cutrer Mansion, 109 Clark Street, Clarksdale. Read the latest copy of …

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This year's Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival features Williams' iconic Delta movie, BABY DOLL, starring Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, and Karl Malden.Williams combined the stories of his short plays 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON and THE UNSATISFACTORY SUPPER into the BABY DOLL screenplay, which was directed in 1955 by Elia Kazan in Benoit, Mississippi.We look …

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October 12-14 | 2023 Festival focus: BABY DOLL This year's Mississippi Delta Tennessee Williams Festival features Williams' iconic Delta movie, BABY DOLL, starring Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, and Karl Malden. Williams combined the stories of his short plays 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON and THE UNSATISFACTORY SUPPER into the BABY DOLL screenplay, which was directed …

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Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions held across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human play, author Heidi Schreck resurrects her teenage self to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives. This powerful play is a love …

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You are cordially invited to this free event at McComas Hall! This is a project of Lillian Bingham, an education major, through the Theatre for Young Audiences class at Mississippi State University. She will be moderating the talk back which will include an officer from the highway patrol as well as a counselor. Visit https://enoughplays.com