The Town of Greeneville presents The Book of Mamaw by Eugene Wolf on Sunday, June 22nd, 3 pm at the Ginny Kidwell Amphitheatre. The theatre is located at Dogwood Park behind Tusculum View Elementary School at 1725 Lafayette Street, Greeneville.
Eugene Wolf, a Greeneville native brings his one-man show, The Book of Mamaw back home to Greeneville and celebrates growing up here with his Mamaw, Bernice Rader. It’s a one-man show of stories, songs and sketches about growing up in her Christian home. Luckily for him, she recognized his love of performing with the Valleydale Pigs and let that guide their life together. Talent shows, Avon, Farah slacks and pocketbooks. Music of the times (Loretta, Petula, the Carter Family, hymns and Psalms) weaves through the story, a story that takes us from the shape notes of a small Church of Christ in Greeneville, Tennessee to the sacred sounds of the Sahara Desert. “The Book Of Mamaw” is a surprising tale of an unexpected spiritual path.
Winner of the 2019 United Solo Festival/Backstage Magazine Audience Award
“The Book of Mamaw invites us to enter into a kind of musical communion that acknowledges with gentleness and reverence the sacred gift of being human.” – Gregory Edwards, DC Metro
Eugene studied music and theatre at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville. For 16 years, he was associated with Johnson City’s ensemble The Road Company (It’s A Theater), and since 1997 has been a member of the Acting Company of Abingdon’s Barter Theatre. He has made music with Ed Snodderly as the Brother Boys for 35 years. A 2-CD compilation of their recordings, On The Honky Tonk Highway With The Brother Boys was released last year by Bear Family Records in Germany. In 2013 he traveled to Russia to record an album of American spiritual music, Where We’ll Never Grow Old with Russian musician/producer Mitya Kuznetsov. He hosts a weekly radio show of world music called What In The World for Emory and Henry University’s WEHC-FM and Madison County North Carolina’s wART-FM. Eugene is excited to bring Mamaw back home.
The event is FREE and open to the public.
Parking is available at Tusculum View Elementary with a golf cart shuttle to amphitheater seating. Comfortable seating will be available for attendees, though bringing your own lawn chairs or blankets is an option.
Scoop Dog’s will be on-site selling ice cream.
For more information, please reach out to Christina Potts at [email protected]
