Best Place to See Plays

Look, I’m not gonna lie: It’s super nice to see a play at TPAC, with its rows of restroom stalls, or OZ Arts Nashville, with its state-of-the-art lighting and sound. But a little joint on Indiana Avenue is putting on progressive new works on a shoestring budget. The Barbershop Theater is hard evidence of the passion and dedication of our small local theater companies. Fearless leaders Nettie Kraft and Graham Mote opened the theater in 2017 with plenty of help from their friends, and the companies of The Barbershop Collective have energized the local theater scene. The black-box seats about 50 people, all of whom share a restroom. But the little theater buzzes with vitality, and I can’t help but feel like I’m sitting with the cool kids when I’m there — seeing something completely original that’s born out of a shared sense of purpose. ERICA CICCARONE

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