Jake Speck News

Broadway veteran Jessica Grové will star as Maria Rainer in Studio Tenn Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, playing at the historic Franklin Theatre May 31-June 17. (more...)

Broadway veterans Jessica Grové and Ben Davis will star as Maria Rainer and Captain Georg Von Trapp in Studio Tenn Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, playing at the historic Franklin Theatre May 31-June 17. (more...)

Broadway veterans Jessica Grové and Ben Davis will star as Maria Rainer and Captain Georg Von Trapp in Studio Tenn Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, playing at the historic Franklin Theatre May 31-June 17. (more...)

Some 67 years after Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel first opened at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre, director Paula Y. Flatt will unveil her vision for the show—which was named by Time magazine in 1999 as the best musical of the 20th century—in a new production featuring her students at Nashville’s Christ Presbyterian Academy. (more...)

Four well-known shows and the return of a holiday classic make up the 2012-13 season for Studio Tenn, the professional theatre troupe that calls the historic Franklin Theatre home. Artistic director Matt Logan and managing director Jake Speck made the season announcement during a lively afternoon event, which featured performances from the shows included in the line-up, at the historic theatre in downtown Franklin. (more...)

Anticipation is building for Show Hope's third annual presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical Cinderella, Enchanted Edition, which takes to the Schermerhorn Symphony stage on Thursday, April 12, with Jessica Grove taking over the role of Cinderella previously played by Ally Mausey and Ryan Silverman as her Prince (the role played the first two years by Anthony Fedorov). (more...)

Jake Speck and Matt Logan decided to add the musical to Studio Tenn's 2011-2012 season after the success of Guys and Dolls in August 2011, the debut theatrical production at the Franklin Theatre. The company has seen continued success with subsequent plays, A Christmas Carol—which sold out so rapidly that two encore performances were added—and The Miracle Worker, which wrapped up its run last weekend. (more...)

Tennessee Repertory Theatre will partner with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts for its upcoming installment of the popular REPaloud series. (more...)

Tennessee Repertory Theatre will partner with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts for its upcoming installment of the popular REPaloud series. (more...)

Tickets to Studio Tenn's fourth and final production of the 2011-2012 season, The Sound of Music, are now available for patrons who also purchase tickets to their next production, The Miracle Worker, which opens February 23. (more...)

Tennessee Repertory Theatre will partner with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts for its upcoming installment of the popular REPaloud series. (more...)

Emily Landham and ten-year-old Madeleine Hall star as Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller in Studio Tenn’s upcoming production of William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker. Studio Tenn, resident professional theatre company of the Franklin Theatre today announced complete casting for the production that debuts February 23 and runs through March 4. (more...)

Tickets to Studio Tenn's fourth and final production of the 2011-2012 season, The Sound of Music, are now available for patrons who also purchase tickets to their next production, The Miracle Worker, which opens February 23. (more...)

Studio Tenn presents its production of A Christmas Carol at the Franklin Theatre, running December 8-18. The production, named "Best Christmas Show in Nashville" by the Nashville Scene's Annual Best Of issue, is now in its second season and opens the same weekend as the annual "Dickens of a Christmas Festival" on Main Street. (more...)

Studio Tenn launches its eagerly anticipated sophomore season in its new home at the Franklin Theatre, kicking off the company's second act with a sparkling revival of one of musical theater's best-loved shows: Guys and Dolls, the "musical fable of Bradway" based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. (more...)

Jersey Boys veterans Jared Bradshaw and John Hickman join Nashville's own Carrie Tillis and Laura Matula to head the cast of Studio Tenn's production of Guys & Dolls, opening August 18-28 at the Franklin Theatare, kicking off the company's second season - their first in their new venue. (more...)

Middle Tennessee theatre company Studio Tenn kicks off its inaugural season at the legendary Franklin Theatre on August 18-28 with a production of the classic Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls." (more...)

Middle Tennessee theatre company Studio Tenn kicks off its inaugural season at the legendary Franklin Theatre on August 18-28 with a production of the classic Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls." (more...)

Jersey Boys veterans Jared Bradshaw and John Hickman will join Nashville's own Carrie Tillis and Laura Matula to head the cast of Studio Tenn's production of Guys & Dolls, running August 18-28 at the Franklin Theatare, kicking off the company's second season - their first in their new venue. (more...)

The historic Franklin Theatre, which re-opens June 3 after extensive renovations, today announced that critically acclaimed Studio Tenn - the professional theater troupe headed by Matt Logan and Jake Speck - will be the resident live theatre company at the venue, presenting classic plays and musicals as part of the new mission to offer the highest quality live entertainment in Middle Tennessee. (more...)