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W W elcome to Clarksdale’ elcome to Clarksdale’ s 18th s 18th Mississippi Delt Mississippi Delt a a T T ennessee W ennessee W illiams illiams Festiv Festival - October 15-16, 2010 October 15-16, 2010 Welcome to the 18th celebration of America’s great Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who spent his childhood in Clarksdale & later transformed many of its sites and citizens into legendary settings and characters. On historic front porch stages, Brick, Blanche, and Baby Doll still reflect Clarksdale’s influence on this literary genius, and the reason for its selection by the U.S. Postal Service to host the Tennessee Williams postage stamp unveiling in 1995 and the BBC to air a documentary they recorded here in 2009. The 2010 celebration centers on a screening of the movie, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, filmed in 2009 by Jodie Markell from the screenplay Tennessee wrote in 1957. Miss Markell will talk about her experiences during the filming and her life- long interest in the playwright’s works. Scholar panels, award-win- ning actors, live blues and gospel music, acting workshops, and gour- met Southern cuisine enrich the two-day celebration. It’s free and open to the public. For more information, visit the website: www.coahomacc.edu/twilliam www.coahomacc.edu/twilliam s s Produced by Coahoma Community College since 1993, the festival is supported by grants from CCC, the Mississippi Adts Commission, the Mississippi Humanities Council, the Rock River Foundation, local businesses and patrons. The college awards $3,ooo in cash prizes to schools & winners of the student acting competition featuring monologues/ scenes from Williams dramas. Clarksdale actress Sherrye Williams as Amanda Wingfield outside the historic porch of Fran &Tom Ross.

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Clarksdale actress SherryeWilliams as AmandaWingfield outside the historicporch of Fran &Tom Ross.