Shows

    Secrets of a Soccer Mom


    Tennessee Women’s Theater Project throws an affectionate spotlight on the sirens of the sidelines with the regional premiere of Kathleen Clark’s Secrets of a Soccer Mom.

    “Let’s hear it for Soccer Moms!” - The New York Times

    Read Amanda O'Brien's review in HerNashville
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    Warriors Don't Cry


    Warriors Don’t Cry is a riveting one-woman show adapted from the diary/memoir of Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine, by the Pulitzer-nominated playwright Eisa Davis. We opened September 11 at the Looby Theater for 11 performances through September 27, with a special added show at Scarritt-Bennett Center on 9/22.
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    Women's Work 2009


    It's our third annual Women's Work festival -- bigger and better than ever, with film, dance, poetry and essays, music and of course, theater. 11 different shows, all tickets just $5 (save more with an all access pass)

    Well


    "This play is not about my mother and me!" Right from the opening lines, this convention-shattering comedy gets to the grit of life, probing the contradictions of sickness and health in individuals and families, in communities and in society.

    Kingfisher Days


    Our 2008-2009 season opened with a United States premiere: Kingfisher Days by the Toronto, Canada actor and writer Susan Coyne. This sweet memory play conveys a child’s sense of magic and possibility with a grownup streak of humor.

    Women's Work 2008


    Our second annual Women's Work celebration in May, 2008 featured the return of the Magdalene House writers on opening night, plus many new genres, new works and new faces. In all more than 100 artists participated.

    Almost, Maine


    The New York Post called it “love in the time of frostbite.” We called it our midwinter night’s dream. Blowing into the Z. Alexander Looby Theatre just in time for Valentine’s Day, 2008 John Cariani’s Almost, Maine is a romantic comedy set in the imaginary, unincorporated northern Maine hamlet of Almost.

    Defying Gravity


    In October, 2007 we presented the Nashville première of Defying Gravity, by Jane Anderson. This portrait of human aspiration focuses on Krista McAuliffe, the teacher who flew in the space shuttle Challenger, as seen by the world, and as remembered by her daughter.

    Women's Work 2007


    In May 2007, we presented the first Women’s Work – a celebration and festival of works by women. Women's Work has since become an annual event.

    Nickel and Dimed


    In January, 2007, we presented the Nashville première of Nickel and Dimed, based on the best-selling book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich.

    Collected Stories


    Collected Stories opened in May, 2006 and marked our first production in the Z. Alexander Looby Theatre. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies ("Dinner With Friends") starred Terri Occhiogrosso as Ruth, and RheAnn White as Lisa.

    A Single Woman


    Our stage debut in 2005, "A Single Woman" tells the story of Jeannette Rankin — "the first woman elected to the House of Representatives (in 1916, before the Susan B. Anthony Amendment affirmed women's right to vote).