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Kaine Riggan
Founding Director
Originally
from Henderson, North Carolina, Kaine moved to Nashville
in 1995 to pursue a career in country
music. After a stint as
a demo singer for Nashville songwriters, Kaine was cast in
The Ryman Auditorium's production of Smoke On The
Mountain.
His ability
to sing, act and play a variety of acoustic bluegrass/country
instruments took him all over the country as the painfully
shy aspiring preacher Dennis Sanders in Connie Ray
and Alan Bailey's
hit musical. This role also landed him center stage at The
Grand Ole Opry, fulfilling a life-long dream. In 1999,
he founded Nashville
Stages, Inc. where he directed and produced tours of Always,
Patsy Cline; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and
Nuncrackers. As the company grew and developed into
a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, he has directed more than
40 productions
in Nashville and Los Angeles.
In
2002, Kaine and Nashville businessman Dave Jones re-opened
the Lee Greenwood Theatre
in Sevierville, Tennessee where they
produced Always, Patsy Cline and a weekly country music celebrity
showcase called Nashville Nights. Following the sale of the
theatre, Kaine was hired as the Director of Performing Arts
for the State
of Tennessee.
He was also the co-founder of the Senior Center for the Arts,
a non-profit arts organization in Nashville which provides
high quality, but affordable theatre to all ages. Proceeds
from the
theatre program go to providing music, dance, theatre and
visual arts to active senior citizens throught the state.
Also
a playwright, Riggan's first musical comedy Could It Be
Love has enjoyed sold-out runs for three
consecutive years, including a visit to the Ryman Auditorium
in 2005. His
second musical comedy,
A Scattered, Smothered & Covered Christmas,
was a collaboration with numerous successful songwriters
including Randy Travis,
Paul Overstreet and T. Graham Brown. His third musical
comedy,
Serenading Streisand, is a collaboration with
Emmy-winning writer and comedian Bruce Vilanch.
email: kaine@nashvillestages.com
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John
Lasiter
NSM Editor/Production Manager
John Lasiter joins the Nashville Stages team after serving as the Production
Manager for the State Theatre in Modesto, CA. He is responsible for casting
management for all productions and serves as the editor for Nashville Stages Magazine.
He
is responsible for casting management for all productions
and serves as the editor for Nashville Stages Magazine. He is
a recent graduate of Leadership Donelson Hermitage and
serves as a community volunteer for Cheekwood and Nashville
Cares.
email: john@nashvillestages.com
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Bill
Hood
Production Engineer
Bill
Hood is the quintessential "jack-of-all trades." A certified
electrician and having studied sound engineering at Belmont
University, Bill oversees
all elements of sound and lighting for Nashville Stage Productions. He is
in charge of recruiting all technical staff and volunteers. Bill served as
the sound engineer on the road for several years with the Allman Brothers
and has worked with touring artists in nearly every genre of music including
T. Graham Brown, The Crabb Family, Dottie Rambo, Linda Davis, Deborah Allen
and Lynyrd Skynyrd. email: bill@nashvillestages@aol.com
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Teresa
Driver
CPA, Accounts Payable/Receivable and Resident Stage Manager
Teresa Driver, a CPA, handles all payable and receivable accounts
for Nashville Stages. She worked for many years for the accounting
firm of Blankenship, Weaver & Yates before starting her
own office in Mt. Juliet.
Admittedly, though, she is a CPA by day in order to support
her fierce theatre habit.
The
same attention to detail that makes her a good CPA has made
her a sought-after Stage Manager
who has worked with The
Nashville Shakespeare Festival, the Nashville Opera, The
Ryman Auditorium and many other Nashville arts organizations.
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