Celebrate local innovation and creativity with a bold evening of entirely original short-form performances featuring dance, theater, music, and multimedia. The fourth-annual Brave New Works Lab invites daring Nashville artists to transform OZ Arts into a laboratory for the creation and premiere of new works and works-in-progress. Encouraging multimedia experimentation and collaboration across disciplines, the lab creates a safe space for high-risk artistic adventures. Following up on the success of 2024’s ambitious Lab presentations, this year’s program features a new dance work inspired by the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch, a collaboration exploring the interplay between gumboot and step dance, a trippy live music and multimedia experience, and a fresh Hip-hop dance creation. Artist Lineup: Windship Boyd & Tumelo Michael Moloi Landry Butler & Inglewood Social Club Stacie Flood-Popp / Found Movement Group Kourtney "Koko" French
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BIRDIE (1/30/26-1/31/26)
OZ Arts is at 6172 Cockrill Bend Circle, Nashville, TN.
Becca Hoback with Kaitlyn Raitz: Solus + shackled feet DANCE! with Rod McGaha: Synergy (12/5/25-12/6/25)
Rosa (11/12/25-11/13/25)
Le Grand Bal (10/23/25-10/25/25)
Call for Artist Proposals for 2026 Brave New Works Lab (10/1/25-10/20/25)
Season Preview Happy Hour (9/9/25-9/9/25)
Faye Driscoll: Weathering (4/24/25-4/26/25)
Human Resources: A Nashville Story Garden Production in Collaboration with OZ Arts (3/27/25-4/5/25)
Soon-ho Park & Bereishit Dance Company: Balance and Imbalance + Judo (3/5/25-3/6/25)
Faustin Linyekula: My Body, My Archive (1/24/25-1/25/25)
Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol (12/19/20-12/19/20)
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ELF the MUSICAL
Brave Creative Arts at Father Ryan Theater (12/13 - 12/14)
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Moonlight and Magnolias
Tellico Community Playhouse (12/4 - 12/21)
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The Book of Mormon (Non-Equity)
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (6/2 - 6/7) | |
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Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn
Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (12/4 - 12/21) | |
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Les Miserables at Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (1/21 - 1/23) | |
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Annie
Chattanooga Theatre Centre (12/5 - 12/21) | |
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Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn
South Jackson Performing Arts Center (12/12 - 12/21) | |
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King Hedley II
Chattanooga Theatre Centre (1/23 - 2/8) | |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity)
SKyPAC (5/28 - 5/28) | |
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