Program Description
Event Details
James Agee's autobiographical, Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece A Death in the Family speaks of Knoxville as a character in the life of a young boy in the throes of loss and grief. Clarence Brown Theatre's "Knoxville" puts to music the universal coming-of-age story about family, faith, and love—and about the boy who will grow up to write about it.
Join us for a preview of the musical and a discussion of Agee's Knoxville as seen through the personal photo album of his Uncle Hugh Tyler. Steve Cotham, Knox County Historian and former manager of Knox County Public Library's McClung Historical Collection, will share images of Agee and his mother's family, some of the few surviving photographs from the time immediately following Agee's father's death.
No reservation required for this discussion.
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Special opportunity
Knoxville Musical - Pay What You Can Performance
September 4, 7:30 | Clarence Brown Theatre
Patrons are also invited to attend a "Pay What You Can" evening performance on September 4 at 7:30 at Clarence Brown Theatre to benefit the Library. Pay What You Can performances strive to make live theatre available to all.
To attend, reserve a ticket online or contact the Clarence Brown box office: box_office@utk.edu or (865) 974-5161 for more information.
Accessibility
For ADA accommodations, call (865) 215-8703 or send request to director@knoxlib.org 72 hours in advance of program.