Tennessee Williams is known primarily for his plays, nearly all of which are set in the South. He drew heavily on his family experiences in his writings. When The Glass Menagerie hit Broadway, it changed both his life and the American theater. A Streetcar Named Desire, The Night of the Iguana, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof are some of his other masterpieces. Williams won many awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes. Altogether he wrote 25 full-length plays, dozens of short plays and screenplays, two novels, a novella, 60 short stories, an autobiography, and more than 100 poems.

John Lahr, for 21 years a theatre critic for The New Yorker, selected & arranged the poems. His biography Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh was published in the fall of 2014 & won several awards including the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for best biography. In addition, Lahr is the first theatre critic ever to win a Tony Award for co-authoring Elaine Stritch at Liberty.

Kent Paul has directed the U.S. premieres of two plays by the Irish playwright Frank McGuinness: The Bird Sanctuary, with Elizabeth Franz & Hayley Mills, for the Pittsburgh Public Theater/Alabama Shakespeare Festival; & Gates of Gold Off-Broadway. He brought together Sam Waterston, Elizabeth Franz, John Slattery & James Waterston for Long Day’s Journey into Night at Syracuse Stage. Paul helped Keith Powell to launch Contemporary Stage Company in Wilmington, Delaware. Over the last few years, for The Shed in Brooklyn, Paul has directed several literary works, including an earlier version of An Evening of Tennessee Williams Poems. This summer Kent Paul will direct a concert version of Kyle Jarrow’s rock musical Love Kills for the new Steppenwolf space in Chicago — 1700

Glynnis O’Connor has been a professional actor for over 40 years.  Her films include starring roles in Jeremy, Ode to Billy Joe, Johnny Dangerously, Those Lips Those Eyes, Night Crossing, Melanie (Genie award), recently The Historian & Angelica.  Her television films include ‘‘Little ‘Mo,’’ ‘‘Our Town,’’ ‘‘Why Me,’’  ‘‘The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,’’ ‘‘The Deliberate Stranger,’’ ‘‘Ellen Foster,’’& ‘‘Law and Order’’ (recurring). She has performed at the Long Wharf Theatre, Great Lakes Shakespeare Theatre Festival, Kennedy Center & Mirror Rep. Glynnis lives in New York City with her husband & two daughters.

Dan Domingues has appeared off-Broadway at The Public, Joe’s Pub, Atlantic Theater Company, Cherry Lane Theatre, Soho Playhouse & LaMaMa, as well as regionally at The Goodman Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Cape Playhouse, Kansas City Rep, Long Wharf Theatre, Studio Theatre, Portland Stage Company, Florida Stage & Pioneer Theatre Company.  He’s appeared in the films Run All Night with Liam Neeson & the award-winning Stephen King short Suffer The Little Children. On TV, he’s appeared on The Blacklist, Law and Order, Third Watch & Royal Pains.  He holds an MFA from ART/Harvard & is an Artistic Associate with The Civilians.

Ben Ferber has worked in the artistic departments of Williamstown Theatre Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Lark, Portland Stage Company, and Cape May Stage. He is currently the Associate Director of WTF’s Professional Training Program. Ben is an Artistic Producer for his company PowerOut, which since its New York debut in October 2014 has presented Emily Dickinson: Paranormal Investigator (Frigid), Derek and the Sheep (The Motor Company), For the Lulz (WTF), Too Darn Hot: Hot Pepper Theater Live (54 Below), Take the Car (WTF), Let’s Play Play (Brick Theater; Frigid), and Not Afraid (Under Saint Mark’s).

Matthew McCarthy’s previous productions with Mr. Paul include; Collected Stories, The Island, Restoring The Sun, and Sin.  Off-Broadway: Blue Man Group, The Odyssey, Texas Homos, The Sirens, The Ami Goodheart Show.  Regional: The Old Globe, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Olney Theatre Center, Florida Rep, New Harmony Theater, Stages St Louis,Cumberland County Playhouse, Arrow Rock Theater.  Opera: Juilliard Opera Company, Arizona Grand Opera, Columbus Opera Company, Houston Grand Opera,   Tanglewood, Spoleto Festival.  Member: United Scenic Artists Local 829, Illuminating Engineering Society of New York City.  Junior Lighting Designer for Domingo Gonzalez Associates.