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Photo of Spotlight winners Kelly & Noah

Local students Kelly Whitlow and Noah Henry to perform in the Jimmy Awards® virtual ceremony on July 15

Our 2021 Spotlight Awards have come to an end, and we have two winners to represent Middle Tennessee in the 2021 Jimmy Awards®! Kelly Whitlow of […]

2020 Spotlight Awards announces honorees

Lily Soto, Jack Roden named Outstanding Leads in 2020 Spotlight Awards virtual ceremony

Lily Soto of Hume-Fogg Academic High School and Jack Roden of Chattanooga Christian Academy received Outstanding Lead Actress and Outstanding Lead Actor honors while Hillsboro High School won for Outstanding Musical,

Will Blum Spotlight Awards 2020

Nashville native and Broadway star Will Blum to host 2020 Spotlight Awards

After making his Broadway debut at 23, he’s spent the last 13 years as an actor, director and acting coach in NYC and London — currently performing on Broadway in the Tony nominated musical, Beetlejuice.

Volunteer Spotlight

Volunteer Spotlight: Rebecca Newsom

Here at TPAC, our incredible volunteers give their time and energy to help provide quality services to our audiences. Last week, we sat down with Rebecca […]

Deb and Howard Thompson with Kathleen O'Brien

Thank you Deb and Howard for 30 wonderful years!

Deb and Howard Thompson gave their final bow at Waitress earlier this June after thirty years of volunteering at TPAC. Deb and Howard started volunteering in 1988 when the […]

Tiyanna Gentry and Sevon Askew

Tiyanna Gentry, Sevon Askew win top honors at 2018 Spotlight Awards

Tiyanna Gentry of Hillsboro High School and Sevon Askew of Central Magnet High School will travel to New York in June for the Jimmy Awards.

abby and brian bass at pippin

Spotlight on Abby Bass: TPAC Board Intern

At TPAC, we love shining the spotlight on Middle Tennesseans who care about the arts and arts education as much as we do. So on a chilly December day, we sat down with Abby Bass, Director of Events at Williamson, Inc. and TPAC’s newest Board Intern, at one of our favorite lunch spots to discuss everything from her time working at Disney World to her favorite musical.