Studio Tenn Adds Performance For Les Misérables

Les Miserables

In as grand a finale imaginable, Studio Tenn Theatre Company will conclude its fourth season with the musical epic Les Misérables at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Showtimes are Saturday,May 3, at 7pm and Sunday, May 4, at 2pm. Tickets have been so in demand that a third performance has been added for Sunday evening, May 4th at 7pm.

“This will be one of the most lavish productions you’ve ever seen from Studio Tenn,” said company Managing Director Jake Speck. “This will be fully staged, choreographed, costumed, backed by a symphony orchestra, and set in the Schermerhorn’s staggeringly beautiful Laura Turner Hall—world-famous for its unparalleled acoustics.”

The confirmed cast is already stacked with talent from Broadway and Nashville. Internationally renowned tenor, recording artist and performer Mike Eldred will play Jean Valjean, a role he played on Broadway. Chuck Wagner will play Javert, also a role among his many Broadway credits. Studio Tenn’s own Laura Matula is Fantine. Éponine will be played by recent Nashville transplant Rachel Potter, a top 12 contestant on the singing competition TV show “The X Factor;” she has a large Broadway resumé to boot. Seasoned Broadway actor Matthew Scott will play Marius and New York based actor and singer Gregory Maheu will be Enjolras.

Managing Director Jake Speck—a former member of the Broadway cast of Jersey Boys—will play Thénardier, alongside company member Kim Bretton as Madame Thénardier. Other returning Studio Tenn actors featured in the cast are Nan Gurley, Shelean Newman, Patrick Waller, Ross Bridgeman, Megan Murphy Chambers and Mike Baum. The ensemble will include students from Belmont University. Company member Emily Tello Speck is choreographing, and  costume designs will be accompanied by wigs and makeup from Sondra Nottingham.

Don’t delay in purchasing tickets! Tickets may purchased exclusively through the Schermerhorn at NashvilleSymphony.org or by calling the box office at 615-687-6400.