Lower Manhattan’s Shakespeare Downtown brings the gothic heat, poetic intensity, and sexual tension of Tennessee Williams’ controversial and rarely performed “Tiger Tale” to the open-air walls of Castle Clinton from June 12-22, 2025. Geoffrey Horne directs Williams’ play about sexuality and power, based on Elia Kazan’s film “Baby Doll,” which itself was based on Williams’ one-act “27 Wagons Full of Cotton.” Tickets are free and available at the door of Castle Clinton National Monument at the Battery at 5:45 p.m. on the performance day.

In “Tiger Tail,” Archie Lee (Steven J. Cambria), a down-at-the-heels Mississippi cotton gin owner with a child bride, Baby Doll (Billie Andersson), crosses rival gin owner Silva Vacarro (Juan Pablo Toro) — the Sicilian who exacts his revenge by seducing the young bride.

More info at the website

Time: 6:30-8:30 pm EST

Free!