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Spotlight Awards: Nashville High School Musical Theatre Awards

TPAC, Lipscomb announce hiatus for Spotlight Awards ceremony in modified program for 2021

TPAC and Lipscomb University will modify the Nashville High School Musical Theatre Awards program for the 20-21 school year, including a hiatus for all in-person events and the Spotlight Awards ceremony.

Congratulations Jack Roden Chattanooga Christian School Outstanding Lead Actor Spotlight Awards

Q&A with Jack Roden, our 2020 Outstanding Lead Actor

You may have noticed that the 2020 Spotlight Awards looked a little different this year. There was no big celebration in TPAC’s Jackson Hall, but instead, […]

Congratulations Lily Soto Hume-Fogg Academic High School Outstanding Lead Actress Spotlight Awards

Q&A with Lily Soto, our 2020 Outstanding Lead Actress

Q&A with Lily Soto who won 2020 Outstanding Lead Actress for her portrayal of Donna Sheridan in “Mamma Mia!”

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,

Women's Suffrage Sticker

Nashville chooses winning student sticker celebrating 100 years of Women’s Suffrage

After two weeks of online voting and more than 2,300 votes cast, Nashville has chosen a design by Milka Negasi, a rising senior at Hume-Fogg Academic […]

Spotlight Award students standing on the stage

And the nominees for the 2020 Spotlight Awards are…

On Tuesday, May 12, TPAC announced the nominees for the 2019-2020 Spotlight Awards. Awardees will be announced June 13.

TPAC's 2020 Teacher of the Year, Joy Patton

Get to know Joy Patton, TPAC’s 2020 Teacher of the Year

Your words matter. These three words are how TPAC Teacher of the Year Joy Patton ends each of her English and Theater classes at Renaissance High School.

actor interacting with children

NEA report covers challenges, impact for theatre for young audiences

Theaters are preparing the next generation to inherit an increasingly complex world, but that doesn’t come without its challenges.