CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOM Concludes 2011-12 Season At Pull-Tight

Tickets go on sale Monday, May 21 for Pull-Tight Players' Camping With Henry and Tom, the company's final production of the 2011-12 season at the Franklin theater.

Camping With Henry and Tom-directed by Lynda Gibbs-focuses on a 1921 camping trip that Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and President Warren G. Harding took into the Maryland woods to escape civilization. Inspired by that actual event, Camping with Henry and Tom is an exploration of friendship, politics and leadership; a comedic and dramatic clash of three great historical figures, and what might have happened when they ventured off into the woods together.

Performance dates at the Pull-Tight Theatre (112 2^nd Avenue South in Franklin) are June 1, 2, 7-10, 15 and 16. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sunday. Tickets are $16 for adults, $14 seniors (60+) and $12 for students. Call (615) 791-5007 or purchase tickets online at www.pull-tight.com.

Pictured: Ken Jackson as Thomas Edison, Kevin Steinke as Henry Ford and Jim Tallent as President Warren G. Harding

Jeffrey Ellis is a Nashville-based writer, editor and critic, who's been covering the performing arts in Tennessee for more than 25 years. He is the recipient of the Tennessee Theatre Association's Distinguished Service Award for his coverage of theatre in the Volunteer State and was the founding editor/publisher of Stages, the Tennessee Onstage Monthly. He is a past fellow of the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center and is the founder/executive producer of The First Night Honors, held during Labor Day Weekend, which honor oustanding theater artists in Tennessee in recognition of their lifetime achievements and includes The First Night Star Awards and the Most Promising Actors. Midwinter's First Night, held the first Sunday in January after New Year's Day, honors outstanding productions and performances throughout the state. Further, Ellis directed the Nashville premiere of La Cage Aux Folles, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and An American Daughter, as well as award-winning productions of Damn Yankees, Company, Gypsy and The Rocky Horror Show, with Ellis honored by The Tennessean as best director of a musical for both Company and Rocky Horror.

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