The Night of the Iguana

A reading of Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana concludes the third annual American Voices: Drama, Dialogue, Downtown play reading series. The classic play tells the story of Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon, a defrocked priest who has been making a living conducting tours in Mexico. After deflowering an eighteen-year-old woman on a tour with a Baptist Choral Ensemble, Reverend Shannon seeks advice from a long-time friend at his resort. The series of events that follow unearth the sexual taboos of human interaction and the underlying meaning of affection and love.