Photo Credit: Rick King, RIK Photography

Thanks to a Metro Arts Creation Grant, Actors Bridge Ensemble has commissioned Artistic Director Vali Forrister and well-known local playwright Cynthia Harris to create a new play based on oral histories of women who have come to Nashville to reinvent themselves. The two are currently recruiting women interested in being interviewed as part of the project.

In-person oral history interviews will last approximately 90 minutes and will be conducted between January and May, 2015. Interviews can be de-identified for those who wish to remain anonymous.

The script that is created from these interviews will receive its world premiere production as part of Actors Bridge Ensemble’s 20th Anniversary Season in 2016.

Through the generous support of  Nashville Public Library, the oral histories collected through this project will be preserved in NPL’s Special Collections Center.

Community partners in this project include Casa Azafrán, Conexión Américas and the Nashville Public Library.

 For more information about the project please visit our page!