In addition to Williams, Douglas' clients included novelist and playwright Henry Denker, Graham Greene, Arthur Miller, musical theater duo Kander and Ebb, historian/novelist James Alexander Thom, and Nunsense creator, Dan Goggin. He also handled Eartha Kitt's memoirs as well as Shelley Winters' life story.

Coffee With Mitch Douglas is only open to holders of the VIP Carte Blanche all access pass, students of the TW Institute and sustaining donors.

Tickets and passes for productions at the Festival, which runs September 20-23, are currently on sale at www.twptown.org or by calling 866/789-TENN (8366).