Louisville, Ky. — Actors Theatre of Louisville Artistic Director Les Waters and Managing Director Jennifer Bielstein announced today that playwright Lucas Hnath has won the prestigious Kesselring Prize for his critically-acclaimed play “The Christians.” The jury for the 2015 Kesselring Prize consisted of playwright John Guare (“The House of Blue Leaves”), Anne Cattaneo (dramaturg at Lincoln Center […]

Nashville Repertory Theatre‘s second 2015-16 season show is the classic comedy “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” running Oct. 8-31 in Andrew Johnson Theater at Tennessee Performing Arts Center. This 1968 Tony Award-winner is a tragicomedy of Shakespearean proportions: Known for their minor roles in the Bard’s “Hamlet,” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are at the center of the […]

Tennessee Women’s Theater Project launches its 2015-16 season with the fast-paced and irreverent comedy “The Taming” by Lauren Gunderson. Tickets are onsale now and the production opens at Nashville’s Looby Theater on Oct. 2. It runs weekends through Oct. 18. “The Taming” is a laughter-filled mashup inspired by William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” that mixes the […]

FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Ya either got it or ya ain’t, and Studio Tenn certainly has “Gypsy”: From Seattle to New York, from the 1920s to the 1940s and from masterful overture to majestic “Rose’s Turn” finale, the greatest American book musical from that form’s golden age is currently on spectacular display in The Factory at Franklin’s Jamison […]

Jenny Winton plays the star-crossed Penny Johnson in the national tour of “Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage.” The theatrical version of the beloved 1987 film story runs in Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Andrew Jackson Hall this coming Tuesday through Sunday (Sept. 22-27); click here to purchase tickets. The San Francisco native comes to […]