Souvenir

The WordPlayers Presents:

Directed by Ethan Graham Roeder

Oct. 6, 7, 13, & 14 @ 7:30 pm
Oct. 9 & 16 @ 2:30 pm

at Erin Presbyterian Church
200 Lockett Road, Knoxville, TN 37919
Tickets: Adults: $22 Students: $18
Available online and at the door
*Thursdays are PAY WHAT YOU WISH

About the Show

For more than half a century the name Florence Foster Jenkins has been guaranteed to produce explosions of derisive laughter. Not unreasonably so, as this wealthy society eccentric suffered under the delusion that she was a great coloratura soprano when she was in fact incapable of producing two consecutive notes in tune. Nevertheless, her annual recitals in the ballroom of the Ritz Carlton hotel brought her extraordinary fame. Her growing mob of fans packed her recitals, stuffing handkerchiefs in their mouths to stifle their laughter—which Mrs. Jenkins blissfully mistook for cheers.

SOUVENIR, by turn hilarious and poignant, tells her story through the eyes of her accompanist.

Length: 90 minutes

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