Calendar of Events
Friday, June 2, 2023
River & Rail Theatre Company: Fun Home
June 2 - 18: FUN HOME based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics and book by Lisa Kron
"Someone just came in the door
Like no one I ever saw before
I feel...
I feel...
I don't know where you came from
I wish I did
I feel so dumb
I feel...
Your swagger and your bearing
And the just-right clothes you're wearing
Your short hair and your dungarees
And your lace-up boots
And your keys
Oh, your ring of keys"
Who knew a UPS delivery woman, in her simple act of...well, delivering a package, could unlock such passion and joy in a preteen girl? Alison Bechdel knew.
Tony Award-winning duo, Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, masterfully capture graphic novelist Alison Bechdel's coming-of-age story in FUN HOME. As a father and his daughter struggle to open up to one another, they each go on their own journey of discovering love, queerness and all of the pain and beauty that comes with such an awakening. Will their common path be something they can one day share?
River & Rail Theatre, 111 State Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-407-0727, www.riverandrailtheatre.com
Tellico Community Players: Silent Sky
Category: Theatre
The Tellico Community Players present "Silent Sky" by Lauren Gunderson.
This powerful, humorous, and poignant play is based on the true story of Henrietta Leavitt and her fellow female astronomers at the Harvard Observatory during the early 1900's who overcame the challenges of their times to make groundbreaking scientific discoveries that would change the understanding of our universe and beyond.
The play is produced by Tellico Community Players (https://www.tellicocommunityplayhouse.org/), and will run from Thursday-Saturday June 1st-3rd at 7:30 PM and June 4th at 1:30 PM at Tellico Community Playhouse, 304 Lakeside Plaza, Loudon, TN 37774.
Tickets are available online at https://ticketpeak.co/tellicocommunityplayhouse/events or at the door. For more information contact TellicoCommunityPlayers@gmail.com.
