Fairy Floss: A New Musical
Fairy Floss is an unauthorized, sugar-coated story of how two Nashville locals invented cotton candy and developed a love story for the ages. Written by...
OZ Arts Nashville
6172 Cockrill Bend CircleNashville, TN
Upcoming Shows
Common Ground
Common Ground is a showcase of short-form dance works featuring pieces from Friends Life Community inspired by visual artist Paul Collins, a piece from choreographer...
COMMON GROUND: New Performances
Showcasing unique and timely perspectives from the local community, Common Ground invites audiences to celebrate a sense of joy, resilience, and belonging together. DancEast brings...
Objects in the Mirror
Objects in the Mirror is a trio of short dances featuring new solos from Becca Hoback and Emma Morrison, alongside a large group piece from...
Review: THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED at Analog
“Politics have no place in theatre,” says a person who has no idea that some of the first-ever plays from Ancient Greece were political. From Antigone by Sophocles to Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, there has been no shortage of bold theatre spreading a message. …
Review: TEDXNASHVILE MIXTAPE at Analog
What did our critic think of TEDXNASHVILE MIXTAPE at Analog?…
Review: THE FIRST STAGE: OIL & WHISKEY/JOHNNY AND THE DEVIL'S BOX. at Analog
What did our critic think of THE FIRST STAGE: OIL & WHISKEY AND JOHNNY AND THE DEVIL'S BOX. at Analog?…
Review: THE VIEW UPSTAIRS at Barbershop Theatre
What did our critic think of THE View UPSTAIRS at Barbershop Theatre? Street Theatre Company opened their final show of their 20th season. Max Vernon’s play was inspired by the 1973 attack at the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans.…
Review: THE 4TH WITCH at Oz
What did our critic think of THE 4TH WITCH at Oz?…
Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Studio Tenn
Jesus Christ Superstar began as a concept album in 1970 before making its stage debut in 1971. The original 1970 concept album was the brainchild of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice.…
Review: BLOOD SUCKING LEECH at Noah Lift Opera Center
What did our critic think of BLOOD SUCKING LEECH at Noah Lift Opera Center?…
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at TPAC'S Jackson Hall
All I knew about Water For Elephants was that it is a romantic drama set in a traveling circus during the Great Depression. I expected a circus with a rich color palette, beautiful costumes, acrobatics, and an elephant. …
Review: THE ECSTATIC at Oz Arts Nashville
After being forced to miss Oz Arts Nashville’s last two entries in their “A Cultural Revelation” season, I was more than pleased to return. For this season, productions from around the world are presented in the Oz space, introducing audiences to art forms that they can’t find just anywhere.…
Review: PENNY SAUNDERS’ SHERLOCK at TPAC’s James K Polk
What did our critic think of PENNY SAUNDERS’ SHERLOCK at TPAC’s James K Polk?…
Past Shows
Art Wire Fellows Reading 2025/26
The annual Art Wire Fellows reading is a free celebratory event presented by OZ Arts Nashville in collaboration with literary nonprofit The Porch. Ten fellows...
Manual Cinema’s The 4th Witch
Told through breathtaking shadow puppetry, actors in silhouette, and evocative live music, Manual Cinema’s latest theatrical experience is a “visually sumptuous” (City Paper) inversion of...
The 4th Witch
The 4th Witch is a multimedia theater production by Chicago-based Manual Cinema that reimagines Shakespeare's Macbeth through the eyes of a young girl orphaned by...
Brave New Works Lab 2026
OZ Arts Nashville presents the 5th annual Brave New Works Lab, running May 14-16, featuring four original works from local contemporary dance and performance artists....
OZ’s Brave New Works Lab 2026
Celebrate local innovation and creativity with a bold evening of entirely original short-form performances featuring dance, theater, music, and multimedia. This year’s dynamic program features...
The Ecstatic
OZ Arts Nashville presents the U.S. premiere of The Ecstatic, a collaboration between Johannesburg-based dance collective Impilo Mapantsula, led by choreographer and performer Vusi Mdoyi,...
The Ecstatic (U.S. Premiere) by Impilo Mapantsula & Jeremy Nedd
The furiously fast footwork of Pantsula, a South African percussive street dance style, is juxtaposed with soaring Pentecostal “praise breaks” when the six members of...
Human Resources
OZ Arts Nashville will host a special reading event celebrating the work of the 2024/25 Art Wire fellows, who have created literature inspired by a...
Brave New Works Lab 2025
Brave New Works Lab 2025 showcases innovative performance projects from local artists, including choreographer Stacie Flood-Popp and her collective Found Movement Group, Hip-hop choreographer Kourtney...
Weathering
Weathering presents a captivating exploration of human vulnerability and movement, featuring ten performers on a revolving platform who transition from moments of stillness to chaotic...
Conversations at OZ 2025
Conversations at OZ 2025 will showcase a diverse lineup of prominent leaders and artists on February 19 at OZ Arts Nashville. Notable hosts include rapper...
BLKDOG
OZ Arts Nashville will host the London-based Hip-Hop dance-theater production BLKDOG, created by Olivier Award-winning choreographer Botis Seva and his company Far From the Norm,...
Beyond Bourbon: A Benefit Bash for OZ Arts
Beyond Bourbon: A Benefit Bash for OZ Arts returns to OZ Arts Nashville, promising an evening of exceptional food, drink, and auctions to support artistic...
Heroic Couplets: GENDERBEND
Independent arts incubators Kindling Arts and Defy Film Festival unite once again for a second installment of Heroic Couplets: Poetry into Film Collaborations. This year's...
Brave New Works Lab
Contemporary arts center OZ Arts Nashville announced the line-up for its inaugural Brave New Works Lab, which transforms the organizations expansive warehouse into a laboratory...
Heroic Couplets: GENDERBEND
Independent arts incubators Kindling Arts and Defy Film Festival unite once again for a second installment of Heroic Couplets: Poetry into Film Collaborations. This year's...
OZ Arts Nashville Presents Award-Winning Malpaso Dance Company
Known for its commitment to bringing Cuban contemporary dance into the 21st century, Malpaso has become a powerhouse on the international stage with its fresh...
OZ Arts Nashville Presents Portals: A Performance Party
The massive soft sculptures of renowned visual artist Vadis Turner are installed throughout OZ Arts Nashvilles expansive creative warehouse, setting the stage for a lively...
OZ Arts Nashville Presents: Dave Ragland & Shabaz Ujima Steal Away A streaming music and dance event filmed live
Following its acclaimed world premiere at OZ Arts in December 2021, Steal Away returns for a limited-time virtual engagement. More than 30 Nashville artists are...
Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE Grace, Mercy, and The Equality of Night and Day
OZ Arts Nashville Presents Legendary Choreographer Ronald K. Brown and His Company EVIDENCE in an Inspiring Evening of Dance from February 10-12.Brown shares his most...
Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Masterclass @ TM Productions
Join Joyce Edwards, Assistant Rehearsal Director and company member of Ronald K. Brown's world-renowned dance company Evidence, for a premier masterclass from 11AM - 12:30PM...
ENACTOR Three Solo Dances Performed by Becca Hoback
Riveting dancer and performer Becca Hoback commands the stage with virtuosic performances of a trio of new solo dances that explore the relationship between the...
SLOPPY BONNIE A Roadkill: Musical for the Modern Chick
OZ Arts Nashville transforms its parking lot into an outdoor honky-tonk for this cosmic country musical about a rambunctious bride-to-be named Bonnie (aka Sloppy Bonnie...
Special Screenings by Defy Film Festival and Kindling Arts Festival: 12 Poetry into Film Collaborations
Local independent arts incubators Kindling Arts Festival and Defy Film Festival have teamed up for a unique cross-genre collaboration pairing 12 local poets with 13...
PRISM
OZ Arts expansive warehouse is transformed for this performance installation experience created for a physically distanced world. Small audience groups (no more than 20 at...
OZ Arts Nashville’s “Conversations at OZ” Virtual Benefit Event
OZ Arts Nashvilles "Conversations at OZ," a salon-style evening celebrating the art of conversation with community leaders and vibrant personalities across Nashville, will take place...
OZ Arts Nashville Presents Fast/Forward: Nashville Artists Look To Our Future
In this lively evening of filmed performances, Nashville-based dancers, poets, musicians, and theatre-makers reflect on the revelations, revolutions, and resiliency of the day. The event...
A Conversation with Roger Guenveur Smith and Caroline Randall Williams
This dynamic, free-of-charge evening features two acclaimed writers and performers who are influencing the national conversation about civil rights through powerful work that confronts the...
Stew & Heidi's Notes of a Native Song
The Tony and Obie Award-winning creators of Broadway hit Passing Strange reunite for their acclaimed theatrical song cycle Notes of a Native Song. Named for...
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& Juliet Historic Tennessee Theatre (8/04-8/09) |
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The Unexpected Guest Playhouse 615 (7/17-8/02) |
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Misery Ramsey Theatre Company (3/19-3/20) |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid Ramsey Theatre Company (6/26-6/27) |
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Disney's Frozen Playhouse on the Square (11/13-12/20) |
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C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up And Further In The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts (10/17-10/17) |
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Mean Girls the Musical Playhouse on the Square (8/21-9/13) |
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The Best Gift: A Christmas Carol Musical Ramsey Theatre Company (12/05-12/06) |
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Playhouse Pours Playhouse on the Square (10/08-10/08) |
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Leanne Morgan Bridgestone Arena (12/11-12/11) |