Wonderful news for our resident theatre company, The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans, and TAD!!!!
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The Six Blanches Wins Prestigious 2023 AASLH Award of Excellence
Nashville, TN – The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) congratulates The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans & Historic New Orleans Collection in collaboration with the Loyola University New Orleans Department of Theatre and Dance for receiving an Award of Excellence for The Six Blanches. The Award of Excellence is part of the AASLH Leadership in History Awards, the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation of state and local history.
The Six Blanches was a fully immersive in-exhibition theatrical experience held at the Historic New Orleans Collection(HNOC) in May 2022. HNOC’s Backstage at A Streetcar Named Desire exhibition celebrated the Tennessee Williams play’s 75th anniversary with artifacts related to the development and production of the drama in the French Quarter neighborhood where it is set. The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (TWTC) founding Co-Artistic Director Augustin J Correro adapted scenes and speeches from the play and divided the protagonist Blanche DuBois into six aspects played by six local performers. In the adaptation, the performers lined the gallery and provided insight and moving portrayals of the unique aspects of the southern gothic heroine. Most of the production team was composed of women and more than half of the team were students or alumni of Loyola University New Orleans, where TWTC holds an ongoing professional residency. Current and past students involved in the program included Madeline Taliancich, Grace Smith, Lauren Shavor, Emily Patrick, Roya Scott, Anja Avsharian, and Zane Syjansky.
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This year, AASLH is proud to confer fifty-one national awards honoring people, projects, and exhibits. The winners represent the best in the field and provide leadership for the future of state and local history. The AASLH awards program was initiated in 1945 to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history throughout the United States. The AASLH Leadership in History Awards not only honor significant achievement in the field of state and local history, but also bring public recognition of the opportunities for small and large organizations, institutions, and programs to make contributions in this arena. For more information about the Leadership in History Awards, contact AASLH at 615-320-3203, or go to www.aaslh.org.
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The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans
The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans is a year-round professional theatre company committed to producing captivating, exciting, and moving plays with a major focus on the works of America's greatest playwright, Tennessee Williams. In the city which Williams called home and from which he drew abundant inspiration, The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans will engage our community and cultivate its relationship with Williams. We will accomplish this by mounting performances of well-known and rarely produced Williams plays, contributing to the scholarship of Williams and New Orleans, and educating our community onstage and off with unique and stimulating programming. About AASLH
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), a national nonprofit association, provides leadership and resources to help the history community thrive and make the past more meaningful for all people. AASLH serves the tens of thousands of history organizations, professionals, and volunteers around the country who help people of all ages develop critical thinking skills and understand how learning history helps society make progress toward justice. Through research, advocacy, and our field-leading professional development program, AASLH advances public history practice and connects history practitioners to critical issues in the field and to one another. For more information about AASLH visit www.aaslh.org