‘PAT’
The one-person play on the life of Coach Pat Summitt will receive a four-week run at Old City Performing Arts Center in downtown Knoxville.
PAT is set to open October 3 and run through October 26 at Old City Performing Arts Center in Knoxville. Proceeds will benefit the Pat Summitt Foundation in its fight against Alzheimer’s disease.
“PAT” is an inspirational play that chronicles the life of legendary basketball coach Pat Summitt. It follows her journey from childhood on a farm in Henrietta to a successful coaching career at the University of Tennessee. The narrative highlights her intense competitiveness, which instilled a strong work ethic and accountability in her players. Throughout the play, we see how Pat empowers her athletes to develop a winning attitude while holding them to the same high standards she sets for herself. The play is rich with themes of hard work, discipline, and faith-based values. It begins with Pat’s first visit to the doctor, and as the story unfolds, we witness her gradual decline due to Alzheimer’s disease. However, in true Pat style, the playwright avoids a “pity party” for the protagonist. Instead, Pat is portrayed confronting the disease with courage and determination.
Playwright Lisa Soland’s one-man show, Sergeant York: The Play, ran for over three years and depicted the life of Pall Mall, Tennessee resident Alvin C. York, the most decorated Army soldier of WWI. She also wrote “The Sniper’s Nest,” the story of the real-life love affair between Lee Harvey Oswald and young research scientist Judyth Baker, which premiered at the Flex Theatre at Maryville College and then received several productions worldwide. Other local productions of her work include Waiting, Meet Cute, The Ladder Plays, The Hand on the Plough, Inspired: a Drama with Music, and Dr. Biscotti & the Human Condition. Ms. Soland has over 50 international publications and has produced and directed over 120 shows, most of which were world premieres of original works.
TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT www.PatThePlay.com SOON.
