Best Small-Stage Play

Small professional theater companies are the lifeblood of Nashville’s scene. They champion new works, cultivate talent and take risks. Woven Theatre Company is among Nashville’s best, and the group’s production of Initiative — performed in September 2019 at The Barbershop Theater — has stuck with me. Written by Jacob York and directed by Sam Lowery, the play showed a close-knit group of adult friends who use Dungeons & Dragons to come to terms with some of life’s greatest challenges: illness, death and acceptance. The cast members — Jonah Jackson, Sarah Zanotti, J.R. Robles, Alyssa Borg and Diego Gomez — easily endeared themselves to the audience in this celebration of nerddom and friendship. ERICA CICCARONE

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