Category Archives: South Central

Stories from the South, in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Nashville Rep Announces 2019-20 Season

The lineup includes new works, a holiday staple, and a Tony Award-winning musical comedy.

Also cited were Noah Haidle’s ‘Birthday Candles’ and Jen Silverman’s ‘Witch,’ with the Osborn Award going to Spenser Davis’s ‘Plainclothes.’

The Arkansas theatre has announced the inaugural slate of shows in its new 50,000-square-foot complex.

The native Kentuckian will begin his tenure at the theatre company in June.

After a career in Louisville, Rochester, and Massachusetts, the Arizona native will return to to lead the company that set him on his path.

Civil Rights activism and theatre were integrally intertwined in the life’s work of the founder of Free Southern Theater and Junebug Productions.

The lineup will include annual holiday traditions, the Humana Festival, and works by Idris Goodwin and Sarah DeLappe.

The former NFL player’s latest stage venture is ‘Topdog/Underdog’ at Nashville Repertory Theatre.

The Little Rock native will begin the new post in August, taking the helm of the Rep after it briefly suspended operations.

Actors Theatre is looking for guest speakers and will also be awarding festival passes to theatre professionals and artists.