OZ Arts Nashville

Manual Cinema

The 4th Witch

(Chicago)

June 4-6

Tickets $35-$45

Youth and Artist & Creative Community tickets $25-$35

Presented in Partnership with Nashville Shakespeare Festival

“Pure Magic…a theater experience unlike anything else. Fly, don’t walk, to see this show.”

— City Paper

Told through breathtaking shadow puppetry, actors in silhouette, and evocative live music, Manual Cinema’s latest theatrical experience is a “visually sumptuous” (City Paper) inversion of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Celebrating Our 2025-26 Season

Compagnie Dyptik • TeatroCinema • Becca Hoback • shackled feet DANCE! • Agrupación Señor Serrano • Ogemdi Ude • Hiroaki Umeda • Meow Meow • Impilo Mapantsula & Jeremy Nedd • Brave New Works Lab • Manual Cinema

Thank you for being part of our 2025-26 season! Together, we welcomed visionary artists from six continents whose work challenged, inspired, and connected us through powerful explorations of identity, innovation, and our rapidly changing world. As we look ahead to another season of impactful programming, we invite you to support OZ Arts with a donation and help us continue bringing groundbreaking contemporary art to Nashville.

Open Call for Proposals

Brave New Works Lab 2027

Application Deadline: Thursday, October 1, 2026

OZ Arts is now accepting proposals for original live performance works to be developed and presented in the 6th-annual Brave New Works Lab, which is designed to support the development and presentation of contemporary performance in Middle Tennessee. The Lab invites daring Nashville artists to create and premiere new works and works-in-progress at OZ Arts, with performances in May/June 2027 (exact dates TBD).

Stage to Surface

Curated by Ashley Layendecker

On view through August 23, 2026

Red Arrow is proud to present this pop-up exhibition at that unfolds in dialogue with the exciting performances at OZ Arts. This curated selection of works inspired by the Spring & Summer performances offer an extra dimension of expression from artists living across Tennessee, as well as Birmingham, Brooklyn, Chicago, and Los Angeles. By situating visual artworks within the ecosystem of live performance, Red Arrow and OZ Arts celebrate cross-disciplinary exchange between artists working across mediums and exploring similar ideas.

Featuring works by: Julian Adon Alexander, Eric Cagley, Marlen Lugo, Jean Nagai, Morgan Ogilvie, Amy Pleasant, Pete Schulte, Skyler Simpson, Dax van Aalten

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MISSION

OZ Arts supports the creation, development and presentation of significant performing and visual art works by leading artists whose contribution influences the advancement of their field. Through performances, exhibitions, and community events, OZ Arts focuses on producing and presenting the work of local and visiting artists who reflect our diverse society, utilize new artistic forms and technology in creative ways, and provide opportunities for meaningful engagement with audiences, students and cultural and civic leaders.