August 2019
Secret Garden Literary Dinner
The inaugural Secret Garden Literary Dinner features a three-course picnic worthy of The Secret Garden, which was written by Knoxville’s Frances Hodgson Burnett. Dine in a "secret garden" created on the stage of the Flying Anvil Theatre. Between courses, actors will read from the novel, and Laura Still of Knoxville Walking Tours will tell stories of Burnett’s childhood in Knoxville. Chef Eva Andres hails from France and will prepare the picnic with vegetarian options also available. Proceeds will benefit the…
Find out more »June 2021
‘Love, Loss, and What I Wore’ opener to benefit Flying Anvil Theatre and Positively Living & Choice Health Network
The Flying Anvil Theatre will hold its first in-person show for 2021 at the Flying Anvil Theatre with the performance of "Love, Loss, and What I Wore" with Carol Mayo Jenkins, Laura Beth Wells, Nancy Duckles, Eileen Conway and Jayne Morgan. The show is a joint fundraiser for Flying Anvil and Positively Living & Choice Health Network. The play, written by Nora and Delia Ephron based on the book by Ilene Beckerman, features monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes…
Find out more »September 2021
Marble City Opera: Kick Off Concert
Marble City Opera will hold its "Kick Off Concert" to start the season with opera arias, musical theater tunes, and a sneak preview of music. For the safety of the performers, masks will be required for attendees, and social distancing will be observed.
Find out more »October 2021
Marble City Opera: ‘Lily’ created by Audrey Babcock
Celebrated mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock returns to Knoxville after to perform the one-woman opera she created. “Lily” is a bold, new theatrical multimedia production featuring the music of Kurt Weill. It follows the fictional cabaret singer Lily Weiss as she claws her way through the cabarets of Berlin, to the brothels of Paris and, finally, on a ship bound for America.
Find out more »June 2022
Marble City Opera: ‘The Copper Queen’ by Clint Borzoni & John de los Santos
Marble City Opera's production of "The Copper Queen" will be the first staged live performance of the opera. The show tells the dramatic story of Julia Lowell, a resident of The Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee, Arizona in 1910. Lowell was forced to live in captivity and service to the town's men. A century later, Addison Moore — a stranger to Bisbee — visits Room 315, the site of Lowell's tragic suicide. This riveting tale is one of human bondage,…
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