Writing the notes for the exhibition catalogue Becoming Tennessee Williams a centenary exhibit at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas 1 February31 July 2011 Professor and Exhibition Curator Charlotte Cannin noted of Williamss work that he reinvented the American theater and that There is no more influential 20thcentury American playwright than Tennessee Williams. He inspired future generations of writers she continues as diverse as SuzanLori Parks Tony Kushn