Tennessee Repertory Theatre
Since 1985, Tennessee Repertory Theatre has been a critically-acclaimed regional theatre, creating the highest quality professional productions and by serving as a prime cultural, educational, and economic resource within the Nashville and Middle Tennessee communities. Tennessee Rep produces work that is designed, built, and rehearsed in Nashville. A non-profit organization, Tennessee Rep is committed to consistently delivering thought-provoking theatre each year.
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
Steel Magnolias is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin Parish, Louisiana, where all the ladies
who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the
disagreeable Ouiser ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"), the oddball yet
sensible Miss Clairee, and the respected and admired M'Lynn and her daughter Shelby, the prettiest girl
in town. Filled with funny conversation, the play moves toward tragedy. As the ladies come face to
face with mortality, they draw on their underlying strength—and love—which makes this play truly
touching, funny and pleasant company in good times and bad.
Mary Jane Harvill and her daughter Marin Miller will appear together on stage for the
first time, playing the roles of M’Lynn and Shelby.
Date: October 3 thru October 24, 2009
Interpreted Date: October 10, 2009
A CHRISTMAS STORY
Humorist Jean Shepherd's memory of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in
his endless campaign to get Santa (or anyone else) to give him a Red Ryder carbine-action, 200 shot range-model
air rifle. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself. Everyone says:
"You'll shoot your eye out." All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here ( including the
exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin;
Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking; and more. This irresistible play
is a cult popular and is guaranteed to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone.
Date: Novermber 21 thru December 19, 2009
Interpreted Date: November 28, 2009
PROOF
Just before her 25th birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but
unstable father, a famous math teacher. After his death, she must deal with her own changing emotions, the
arrival of her estranged sister Claire, and the attentions of Hal—one of her father’s former students.
Hal hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that Catherine’s father left behind. Over the long
weekend, a beginning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult
problem of all: How much of her father's madness—or genius—has she inherited?
Awards: 2001 Tony Award for Best Play, 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2001 Drama Desk Award for
Best New Play, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play
Date: February 6 thru February 20, 2010
Interpreted Date: February 20, 2010
BIG RIVER: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Mark Twain’s timeless classic leads us down the mighty Mississippi as the enthusiastic Huck Finn helps
his friend Jim, a slave, escape to freedom. Their adventures along the way are funny, suspenseful and
heartwarming, bringing to life favorite characters from the novel--the Widow Douglas and her stern
sister, Miss Watson; the very funny King and Duke, who may or may not be as harmless as they seem;
Huck's partner in crime, Tom Sawyer, and their rowdy gang of pals; Huck's drunken father, the sinister
Pap Finn; the lovely Mary Jane Wilkes and her trusting family.
The Tennessee Rep production of Big River will be a companion piece to Nashville Children’s Theatre’s
production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (fall 2009).
Date: March 20 thru April 10, 2010
Interpreted Date: April 10, 2010