KNOXVILLE SHAKESPEARE and MABRY-HAZEN HOUSE PRESENT
SHAKESPEARE ON THE HILL –
The Winter’s Tale
The Winter’s Tale
Performed in the gazebo of Mabry-Hazen House
1711 Dandridge Avenue
Playing for six evening performances and two Sunday matinees:
Thursday, May 8: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Friday, May 9: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Saturday, May 10: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Sunday, May 11: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Thursday, May 15: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Friday, May 16: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Saturday, May 17: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Sunday, May 18: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
ADMISSION $ 15.00 (Special pricing for groups of 4 or more and for neighborhood Residents)
The Tennessee Stage Company and their Shakespeare program, Knoxville Shakespeare, are excited to announce a continued partnership and program with Mabry-Hazen House to perform The Winter’s Tale on the historic grounds of Mabry’s Hill. The play will have 6 evening performances and 2 matinee performances.
Attendees are urged to bring lawn chairs, picnic blankets, and other ways to enjoy this open-air show. Refreshments and light concessions will be available for purchase. Doors open thirty minutes before curtain.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades when speaking fails.
(Paulina, Act 2 Scene 2)
Family, fairytale, and forgiveness entwine in this lyrical, late-Shakespearean Romance. When King Leontes wrongfully accuses his wife of adultery, he unleashes a storm of tragedy upon the kingdom of Sicilia. His libeled queen, Hermione, succumbs to sorrow, and their newborn child is left to perish in a foreign land.
Sixteen years later, a young prince and a mysterious peasant girl elope to Sicilia, leading to an extraordinary reunion that just might give everyone a happily ever after. What we changed was Innocence for Innocence. We knew not the doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed that any did.
Exit, pursued by a bear.
(Stage direction, Act 3 Scene 3)
The Winter’s Tale begins on the steps of the historic Mabry Hazen Home. Following intermission, the story moves to the gazebo, just across the lawn. The final act comes following a brief second intermission, during which the audience and the tale finish just where the show began.
Doors open thirty minutes before curtain.
Individual Tickets are $15.00. The Group Rate of 4 Tickets is $50.00. Neighborhood Resident Ticket are $10 with proof of 37915 or 37916 zip code, to be purchased at the Mabry-Hazen House Office or at the door of the event.
We will honor Penny For The Arts, and all children 6 and under are free. We urge all attendees to bring a folding chair or a blanket since the performances will be at various locations on the grounds of the Mabry-Hazen House.
Proceeds benefit actors, Tennessee Stage Company, and Mabry-Hazen House. Refreshments and light concessions will be available for purchase.
Tickets are on sale now on Simpletix.
For more information about the Tennessee Stage Company, Knoxville Shakespeare, or our support guild, Buddies of the Bard (BOB), call (865) 546-4280 or e-mail tennesseestage@comcast.net or go to our website tennesseestage.com
Shakespeare On The Hill would not be possible without the support of the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Knoxville Shakespeare on the Hill made possible in part by:
- The East Tennessee Foundation's Katherine Davis Moore and Mary Elizabeth (Betty) David Foundation Fund;
- Federal award number 21.027 awarded to Knox County by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Arts & Culture Alliance
Tennessee Stage Company P.O. Box 1186 Knoxville, TN 37901
