If Actors Bridge were a boxer, we'd be Jake LaMotta. A singer? Johnny Cash. A drink? Straight tequila. Coffee? Triple espresso.

Actors Bridge is theatre with guts. Our home base is a renovated slaughterhouse and we all feel right at home. Our theatre nourishes a community hungry for connection.

Since 1996, Actors Bridge has produced more than 60 plays including 40 Nashville premieres and 12 world premieres of new theatrical works. We have trained over 3,000 actors in the Meisner Technique. Our students have appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in television and film, as well as on every stage in Nashville.

As an actor training program and professional non-profit theatre company, Actors Bridge is committed to creating provocative theater and original work in Nashville.

We are an ensemble of theatre artists who collaborate on all aspects of production. At Actors Bridge, we consistently take risks. We perform material that challenges and moves local audiences to care more about their neighbors and themselves.

We are the professional theatre company in full-time residence at Belmont University's Troutt Theater Complex.

We are the home of Act Like a GRRRL, the SIDESHOW Ensemble and the SIDESHOW Fringe Festival.

-- voted "Best Theater Company in Nashville" by the Nashville Scene Reader's Poll 2011.

New Phone Number: 615-498-4077

Podcast

As part of our ongoing commmittment to education, Producing Artistic Director, Vali Forrister, interviews notable creators in our midst. Listen Soon!

Act Like A Grrrl

ALAG teaches girls how to think for themselves and take charge of their lives ... filling them with heart and soul for the journey ahead.  More

Classes

We offer serious study in The Meisner Technique  -- one of the most highly regarded acting techniques taught in American studios and graduate acting programs today. More