Director Alicia haymer comes into her own with the rep s School girls – Ghana Visions ghanavisions.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ghanavisions.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Teens Learn the Power of Monologues in the Rep s Young Voices Competition The Jon Royal-led program pairs teens with mentors to perform work by acclaimed playwright Idris Goodwin Tweet
Under the direction of
Scene fave Jon Royal, the Nashville Repertory Theatre has kicked off its new Young Voices Competition. Twenty-two students from around the city studied the works of acclaimed playwright and poet Idris Goodwin and chose a poem or monologue to perform from his collected works. Over the past few months, the cohort has met virtually with Royal along with mentors Kenny Dozier, Alicia Haymer, Rashad Rayford, Stella Reed and Tamiko Robinson Steele.
Actor, writer, producer, director, motivational speaker and voice-over artist
Nashville’s theater community lost a big, brilliant voice this year both literally and figuratively. William Barry Scott the veteran actor, writer, producer, director, motivational speaker and voice-over artist died Sept. 10 at the age of 65. The Nashville native was the founder and producing artistic director of the American Negro Playwright Theatre at Tennessee State University, the same institution from which he, his parents and grandparents graduated. He took on many iconic roles locally including works from Shakespeare, August Wilson and more though his résumé also includes plenty of regional stage, film and television credits. He was an accomplished writer with a number of scripts to his name, including