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Jeffrey Ellis

Jeffrey Ellis is a Nashville-based writer, editor and critic, who's been covering the performing arts in Tennessee for more than 35 years. In 1989, Ellis and his partner launched Dare, Tennessee's Lesbian and Gay Newsweekly which later became known as Query. Ellis is the recipient of the Tennessee Theatre Association's Distinguished Service Award for his coverage of theater 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 - the history of which can be traced to 1989 and the first presentation of The First Night Awards - which honor outstanding theater artisans from Tennessee in recognition of their lifetime achievements and also includes The First Night Star Awards and the Most Promising Actors recognition. Midwinter's First Night honors outstanding productions and performances throughout the state. An accomplished director, Ellis helmed productions of La Cage Aux Folles, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and An American Daughter, all in their Nashville premieres, as well as award-winning productions of Damn Yankees, Company, Gypsy and The Rocky Horror Show. Ellis was recognized by The Tennessean as best director of a musical for both Company and Rocky Horror. Since 2015, Ellis has been increasingly in demand as a director by a variety of Tennessee theater companies and he has helmed productions of Picnic (Circle Players), The Last Five Years (VWA Theatricals), The Miss Firecracker Contest, Cabaret, My Fair Lady, Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got the Will?, South Pacific, Winter Wonderettes and The Wizard of Oz (The Larry Keeton Theatre), The Little Foxes (ACT 1), The Boys in the Band (Jeffey Ellis Presents), Singin' in the Rain (Arts Center of Cannon County) and The Secret Garden (Center for the Arts, Murfreesboro) and, in 2020, the 70th anniversary season production of La Cage Aux Folles for Circle Players. Later this year, he will be directing Beautiful: The Carole King Musical for Center for the Arts.

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Thoreson, Clark Lead Cast in Renaissance Players' Upcoming ON GOLDEN POND

Thoreson, Clark Lead Cast in Renaissance Players' Upcoming ON GOLDEN POND

October 4, 2011

On Golden Pond, Ernest Thompson's acclaimed play about marriage, personal growth and the resolution of family issues, starring Dave Thoreson and Marianne Clark as Norman and Ethel Thayer, takes the stage of the Gaslight Theatre at Dickson's Renaissance Center, running October 7-16.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD in Rehearsal For October Run in Woodbury

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD in Rehearsal For October Run in Woodbury

October 4, 2011

For the past 50 years, To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee's iconic American novel about life in a sleepy Alabama town - has been a favorite of audiences the world over, whether through the book, the Academy Award-winning film version of Christopher Sergel's acclaimed stage production.

Tickets Now On Sale For TPAC Run of Tony Award-Winning MEMPHIS

Tickets Now On Sale For TPAC Run of Tony Award-Winning MEMPHIS

October 4, 2011

Tony Award Winner for Best Musical in 2010, the national touring company of Memphis makes its way to Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center for a limited November 15-20 run at Andrew Jackson Hall, fresh off its kick-off in the city that gave the show its name.

A FEW GOOD MEN Next Up at Lakewood Theatre Company

A FEW GOOD MEN Next Up at Lakewood Theatre Company

September 23, 2011

A Few Good Men is the gripping drama of the trial of two Marines stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, accused of killing one of their own during a disciplinary action gone wrong - a 'Code Red.

TWTP Opens New Season With TRYING at Looby Theatre

TWTP Opens New Season With TRYING at Looby Theatre

September 20, 2011

The time is November, 1967, and a young woman has just been hired as a secretary for Judge Francis Biddle, Attorney General to Franklin Roosevelt, and famous as the former Chief Judge of the American Military Tribunal at Nuremberg.




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