TENNESSEE RISES AGAIN
The Laurie Beechman Theatre will host the Off-Broadway sensation, TENNESSEE RISING: THE DAWN OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, a solo bio-play which examines the young playwright, written and performed by Jacob Storms. Directed by Alan Cumming, the show runs January 19 – February 2, 2024.
Jacob Storms in Tennessee Rising (Max Ruby)
What led Tennessee Williams to become the most groundbreaking and unique playwright of the twentieth century? TENNESSEE RISING: THE DAWN OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS explores the formative six-year period from 1939-1945 in which an unknown writer named Tom metamorphosed into the acclaimed playwright known as Tennessee. These unknown years are brought center stage as the audience becomes friend and confidant to the young Williams as he experiences the unexpected highs and devastating lows of his early career, wherein his most iconic character emerges: himself.
TENNESSEE RISING: THE DAWN OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
The Laurie Beechman Theater (inside West Bank Café), 407 West 42nd at Ninth
Fridays at 7pm, January 19 – February 2, 2024 | 75 minutes
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Jacob Storms in Tennessee Rising (Ride Hamilton)
“Not only is Tennessee Rising engaging but it is also historical and deeply revealing. Audiences will literally hang onto every word.” –David Vernon, The Theatre Times
“A delight from start to finish.” – David Kennerley, Gay City News
“Tennessee Rising is as inspirational as it is informative.” – Robert Massimi, Times Square Chronicles
Alan Cumming & Jacob Storms
Jacob Storms is best known for his recurring role (Serge) on Steven Soderbergh & Gregory Jacobs’ Amazon Original Series, Red Oaks. Jacob won the United Solo Award for his original solo play, Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams, at United Solo Fest. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, The Guggenheim Museum, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York Live Arts Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Symphony Space, The St. Louis, New Orleans, and Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festivals, The Hollywood Bowl, Disney Concert Hall, PICA’s Time-Based Art Festival, the cell theatre and more. Jacob is also the youngest actor in the world to have performed Doug Wright’s Pulitzer Prize winning, forty-character solo play, I Am My Own Wife. Follow Jacob on instagram @therealjacobstorms and Jacobstorms.net.
Alan Cumming is beyond eclectic. His most recent projects include creating a dance theatre piece about the Scottish bard Robert Burns, lip-synching the protagonist in a documentary, directing a podcast series about a sperm bank heist, playing a gangster opposite Liam Neeson in a Neil Jordan film, curating a cabaret festival in Australia and recording a duet with a Gaelic rapper. Perhaps not surprisingly, Time Magazine called him one of the three most fun people in show business (the others were Cher and Stanley Tucci!).