GroundWorks Theatre

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GroundWorks Theatre is a professional live theater company located in Nashville, Tennessee.

1 History
2 Seasons
3 Awards
4 External links

[edit] History

In 2004 ACT 1 Theatre Company founding members Robert and Sean O’Connell left that company to start a new professional venture, producing only Nashville premiere productions. The company is one of the resident companies at the Darkhorse Theater.

"For years, Bob and Sean O'Connell were well-established contributors to the ACT I community theater company. Now they have founded this progressive project of their own, with sincere plans to expand horizons into the professional realm. Their inaugural production, Tape, was edgy, contemporary and highly entertaining, and the remainder of the forthcoming first season promises more of the same." (Nashville Scene, Best of Nashville, 10/07/2004) [1]

GroundWorks is currently part of a city-wide movement toward more edgy and mature material, as documented in The Tennessean.[2]

[edit] Seasons

2004 - Tape by Stephen Belber; Nocturne by Adam Rapp; Hellcab by Will Kern.

2005 - The Pavilion by Craig Wright; Merry [BLEEP]ing Christmas, an original compilation by the Company.

2006 - Blackbird by Adam Rapp; Enchanted April by Matthew Barber; Why The Sea Is Boiling Hot by Robert A. O'Connell; Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge by Christopher Durang.

2007 - Closer by Patrick Marber; Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck; Of Cabbages and Kings by Robert A. O'Connell; American Christmas by Robert A. O'Connell.

2008 – The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh.