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The Horton Foote Center for the Study of Theater and Film
Fundraising for and construction of the Horton Foote Center for the Study of Theater and Film is underway. The Center will be located on the fourth floor of the Henderson Humanities Building. It is designed to house a collection of books, scripts, papers, and films of the prize-winning playwright Horton Foote. It will be a point of departure for in-depth study of the work of the writer of A Trip to Bountiful, Tender Mercies and the screen adaptation for To Kill a Mockingbird.
The college is in the process of finishing about 16,000 square feet of educational space to include the 4,000 square-foot Horton Foote Center. Located in close proximity to Carson-Newman’s new Writing Center and new audio-visual classrooms, the Horton Foote Center will be an ideal space for studying theater and film. It will include viewing stations with high definition monitors, computer for writing and researching, and specialized resources on Foote and his work.
The Center for the Study of Theater and Film is designed to foster original research and creative pursuits. In a few years, the Center hopes to host the Horton Foote Film Festival, a showcase for aspiring filmmakers.
The Horton Foote Center is the vision of Dr. Gerald Wood, Carson-Newman’s dean of Humanities, director of the Film Studies program and a preeminent Horton Foote scholar. Wood is author of Horton Foote and the Theater of Intimacy and editor of Horton Foote: A Casebook and a number of collections of Foote’s plays. Resources from his own research on the playwright will also be available through the Center.
Carson-Newman is working with alumni, friends of the college, and supporters of this great writer to make the Horton Foote Center for the Study of Theater and Film a reality. By contributing to the creation of the Center, you can have a role in acknowledging the work of this great American writer and furthering the study of theater and film. Horton Foote has signed books that will be presented to supporters of the Center. To support the Horton Foote Center, please contact the Advancement Office or Dr. Gerald Wood (865-471-3284),
Horton Foote
“Horton Foote began writing plays when he was an actor in (and co-founder of) the American Actors Company in the late 1930s. Since then, more than 85 of his dramas have been produced for theater, television, and film. He has received two Academy Awards for his screenwriting: the first for his adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird ( 1962) and the second for his original screenplay for Tender Mercies (1983). His adaptation of his own stageplay and teleplay The Trip to Bountiful was also nominated by the Academy and other Foote screenplays are recognized as major achievements in American independent filmmaking….Foote has been honored by the Writers Guild, both East and West.”
Last year Foote was presented with an honorary doctorate by Carson-Newman College acknowledging a lifetime outstanding work.
From the Introduction to Horton Foote: A Casebook
Edited by Gerald C. Wood
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