Resident Companies

Nashville Ballet, the largest professional ballet company in Tennessee, presents a varied repertoire of classical ballet and contemporary works by noted choreographers, including original works by Artistic Director & CEO Nick Mullikin, and other guest artists. Nashville Ballet creates, performs, teaches, and promotes dance as an essential and inspiring element of the Nashville community, often in collaboration with The Nashville Symphony, talented local singer-songwriters, and others. In addition to its season performances at TPAC, Nashville Ballet provides more than 55,000 arts experiences to adults and children annually through virtual and in-person season performances and Community Engagement programming at schools, libraries, and community centers throughout Middle Tennessee. In addition, Nashville Ballet operates its own school, which provides exceptional instruction in ballet and other forms for dance for ages 2 and up.

NashvilleBallet.com
3630 Redmon Street
Nashville, TN 37209
615-297-2966

Nashville Opera, Tennessee’s largest professional opera company and led by Artistic Director & CEO John Hoomes, is dedicated to creating legendary productions and transformative artistic experiences that entertain, elevate, and shatter expectations. As one of the most successful regional companies in the United States, the company presents four mainstage productions performed in three different halls to 13,000 people annually. Nashville Opera offers numerous programs each season that demonstrate its commitment to artistic integrity, community engagement, and cultural impact. In addition to producing both traditional and contemporary operas, the company also believes in creating a future audience for the art form through education programs that reach thousands each year. It also aims to support new talent through the Mary Ragland Emerging Artist Program, and opportunity extended each season to four or more developing professional singers and one accompanist. By acting as both a torchbearer for the art form’s tradition and a celebrant of news works and talents, Nashville Opera strives to fulfill its mission and create a lasting impact on its audiences.

NashvilleOpera.org
3622 Redmon Street
Nashville, TN 37209
615-832-5242

Nashville Repertory Theatre is Nashville’s premier regional theatre company. Founded in 1985 by Martha Rivers Ingram and Mac Pirkle and celebrating over 35 years of presenting musicals, hot new plays, and reimagined classics, Nashville Rep presents an ambitious season of spectacular main stage productions each year. It also serves the community with the Ingram New Works Project, The Nashville Rep Conservatory, professional development and educational programs, outreach activities, special events, and its props and costume rentals program. Every year, more than 20,000 people experience a Nashville Rep production, special event, or outreach program. Employing over 200 actors, playwrights, designers, directors, musicians, technicians, and educators each year, Nashville Rep is the leading employer of theatrical artists in Middle Tennessee. The Rep has been recognized across Tennessee as a theatrical company of the highest quality including being named Best Professional Theatre by the Nashville Scene and the Best Local Theatre by The Tennessean. Its productions, actors, directors, and designers have been honored with awards from Nfocus, the First Night Awards, Nashville Scene, and The Tennessean, and Nashville Rep has been recognized by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County for 30 years of service to the community.

NashvilleRep.org
161 Rains Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
615-244-4878