"Tennessee Williams: Portrait of a Gay Icon" is a one man play about the playwright Tennessee Williams.

John Stillwaggon portrays Williams unraveling mid-lecture in this solo biographical drama.

This solo play follows Tennessee Williams during a fictionalized lecture tour in his later years. As the talk unfolds, Williams becomes increasingly intoxicated, shifting from reflection to agitation. The piece explores the tension between the artist’s public persona and private disillusionment, capturing a moment of unraveling near the end of a storied life.

The production stars John Stillwaggon as Tennessee Williams. Stillwaggon is a familiar presence on New York’s Off and Off-Off Broadway stages and has appeared in regional productions nationwide. His performance in this role follows a well-received run during the show's try-out engagement in San Antonio.

The play is written by Bernard Taylor and directed by Carolyn Dellinger. The staging in New York marks a continuation of the show's development, maintaining the original creative team that guided its early success. The performance takes place at the American Theatre of Actors.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS is being presented as part of the ICONS Festival, along with STORMÉ. 

American Theatre of Actors, Inc. (ATA) was founded in 1976 by James Jennings to promote the development of new playwrights, directors and actors, and to provide them a creative atmosphere in which to work. The plays are dramas, comedies, and hybrids, dealing with the social and ethical problems of contemporary society.

12,000 actors have worked at ATA including Dennis Quaid, Bruce Willis, Dan Lauria, Chazz Palminteri, Danny Aielo, David Morse, Edie Falco and Kathryn Hahn. Our productions are sometimes grouped as 'festivals,' such as a Playwrights Festival or a Directors Festival. In 2016 we began an initiative to feature women in theatre as directors and playwrights, today this is our WIT! (Women in Theatre) program.

**HEALTH & SAFETY at the ATA:
Late seating may be problematic.

ADA Access: Call 24 hours in advance for all wheelchair access. Please have an assistant if you are in a manual wheelchair to get over the front entryway steps. Electric wheelchairs must use our 53rd street entrance and we need to plan ahead with you. Call 212-581-3044 or 917-773-2933. Only 1 wheelchair spot is available per performance.

Masks in the theatre are optional until further notice.
If you are feeling unwell or experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, have been exposed to anyone within 14 days of your visit, or have been instructed to self-isolate, we ask that you stay home and contact the ticket site (or producer of the show) to discuss a ticket refund or exchange.
Ticket purchasers are responsible for informing and providing this information if they are providing the ticket for a guest. Anyone that does not abide by our protocols may be denied entry to our facility.

We recognize that public health guidelines may change and therefore our policies are also subject to change without notice. If you test COVID positive within a week of being in our facility, you may have exposed others. Please call us as a tracing contact: 212-581-3044.