Brave New Works Lab 2026
Featuring Works by
Eboné Amos, Lenin Fernandez, Jennie Liu & Andrew Gilbert, Amanda Reichert
May 14-16
Tickets $25-$30
Artist & Creative Community tickets $20-$25
“One of the most interesting and dynamic presentations of locally grown talent.”
— Nashville Scene
“A crucial incubator for stage artists and collectives experimenting between performing arts disciplines… this platform enables the brewing of boundary pushing works in progress.”
— Music City Review
Celebrate local innovation and creativity with a bold evening of entirely original short-form performances. Now in its fifth year, the Brave New Works Lab has become one of the most important resources for daring Nashville-based artists working in contemporary performance, inviting them to transform OZ Arts into a laboratory for the creation and premiere of new works and works-in-progress. Encouraging multimedia experimentation and collaboration across disciplines, the lab creates a safe space for high-risk artistic adventures and has already served as a crucial incubator for some of the most exciting new work happening in Middle Tennessee.
The 2026 program spotlights four projects that capture the energy and imagination of the local arts scene.
Each evening features all four projects from this exciting cohort of artists:
- Eboné Amos explores the Black Radical Imagination theory through dance and live music in collaboration with Alex Dolezal
- Lenin Fernandez creates a group dance work with some of Nashville’s most recognizable talents set to an epic score
- Jennie Liu & Andrew Gilbert deliver a mini-operetta inspired by Stanislavsky experiments, Michael Crichton novels, and personal notebooks
- Amanda Reichert collaborates with local playwright Emmalee Manes to create a literary-inspired, lighthearted dance-theater
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Artist Applications for the 2026 Brave New Works Lab have closed. 2027 Lab applications will open in Fall 2026. Sign up for our email list to receive announcements and updates about future opportunities.
Through the Brave New Works Lab and other local programs, OZ Arts strives to create meaningful opportunities for artists from Middle Tennessee to imagine, develop, and premiere new performance works. We hope artists can focus on the creative process and collaboration, without being overly burdened by the normal trappings of self-production, such as marketing, administration, detailed technical matters and venue management.
Questions about the Brave New Works Lab? Contact OZ’s Associate Director of Programming & Partnerships Daniel Jones at daniel@ozartsnashville.org.
