Producer
“Your theatre company is one of the best things in Nashville.”
“We always leave your productions saying ‘I don't know how the Broadway/Off-Broadway production could have possibly been any better’”
"I've been to Broadway, I've been to the West End, but this was probably the most emotional evening I have spent in the theater."
"Each time I come to your space, I feel like I am free to create, and enjoy the efforts of such energetic and like-minded people. For me, this is where I can thrive, and I know that not just anyone can truly provide such an environment. Thank you for extending your passion to me. " - Andy, Designer
"Once again, Artistic Director Cathy Street delivers a complex and rarely produced gem with tremendous style." - The Tennessean
"In mounting such a complex work with such confidence — and by boldly tapping into our city's wealth of emerging talent — STC has set the bar ever higher for grassroots Nashville theater." - The Nashville Scene
"Watching their production of Spring Awakening, one of the best musicals in recent years, is sheer ecstasy." - Arts Nashville
In 2005, I founded Street Theatre Company, a professional non-profit arts organization dedicated to pioneering innovative modern musical theatre in Nashville with an aim to engage audiences with universal stories that speak to the human experience and challenge conversation, to support local artists, to provide arts education to children of all ages, and to foster a new generation of theatre arts participants and supporters.
In my ten years as Executive Artistic Director and Producer, I planned and scheduled each musical theatre season (including anywhere from six to ten productions yearly), coordinated the use of STC’s facility not only for STC productions but for other community partners, and worked with the Board to create the annual budget. I created and developed promotional materials for the all programs including class curriculum descriptions, season brochures, class brochures, press releases, and PSA’s. Administratively, I maintained the day-to-day operation of the theatre and the facility, and was responsible for grant writing, correspondence, marketing, advertising, and community relations/partnership development. I also oversaw and planned programming for ClassAct Dramatics, STC’s year-round youth program that provides classes, workshops, productions and internship opportunities for young people ages 5 through 18.
Shows Produced as Artistic Director of Street Theatre Company
IN THE HEIGHTS
MEMPHIS
DOGFIGHT
BIG BAD MUSICAL (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL
THE LAST QUEEN OF WONDERLAND (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL
CLOSER THAN EVER
BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
VIOLET
PASSING STRANGE
BEHIND THE MIRROR: A TALE OF SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR IN CONCERT
CARRIE: THE MUSICAL
THE LEGEND OF ROBIN HOOD (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
LOVE LETTERS
CATS IN CONCERT
BABY
SPRING AWAKENING
THE COLORED MUSEUM
REALLY ROSIE (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
SPAMALOT
HAIR IN CONCERT
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
TOMMY IN CONCERT
AVENUE Q
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
THE SECRET GARDEN (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
MACABARET
THE DESPERATE HOURS
MISS SAIGON IN CONCERT
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S MIDTERM (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
CHESS IN CONCERT
THE SHAPE OF MURDER
HAIRSPRAY
MURDER: IT'S NO DAY AT THE BEACH
BAD SEED
ALTAR BOYZ
RAGTIME IN CONCERT
THE LITTLE PRINCE (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
THE GIFT OF THE MAGI (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
PARALLEL LIVES
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE
THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL
AS YOU LIKE IT (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
EVITA
THE FULL MONTY
POPCORN
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
THE WIZ
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA (ABRIDGED)
HOW TO EAT LIKE A CHILD (YOUTH PRODUCTION)
ENCORE (A BROADWAY CABARET)
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!
