Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot: GEORGE W. MANUS JR.

Who's who in Tennessee theater? Sometimes, without a program in your hand, it's difficult to know who's playing whom-hence, our newest feature: Hey, Jef, Here's My Headshot...featuring some of the Volunteer State's best-known-or soon-to-be-known all over the freakin' world-thespians. And have you ever wondered who the amazing photographers are who make them look so damn good? We're gonna tell ya...

Today's actor/subject/model is the handsome and talented (and multiple BWW Tennessee Award winner) George W. Manus Jr., photographed by Jessica Storvik.

Among his most notable credits:

Memorable Roles:

Brother Boy, Sordid Lives, Out Front Productions

Various, Spoon River Anthology, Murfreesboro Ensemble Theatre

Scrooge, A Christmas Carol , Center for the Arts

Peter, Zoo Story, The Theatre at Patterson Park.

Notable Stage Direction:

The Laramie Project at Murfreesboro Little Theatre and Bear Hollow Resort

Great American Trailer Park Musical for Out Front Productions

A Lie of the Mind at The Theatre at Patterson Park

Torch Song Trilogy and EQUUS at Actor's Playhouse of Nashville

PVT. Wars at Darkhorse Theater

Days of Wine and Roses and No Exit at DreamWeaver Theatre

Jeffrey Ellis is a Nashville-based writer, editor and critic, who's been covering the performing arts in Tennessee for more than 25 years. He is the recipient of the Tennessee Theatre Association's Distinguished Service Award for his coverage of theatre in the Volunteer State and was the founding editor/publisher of Stages, the Tennessee Onstage Monthly. He is a past fellow of the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center and is the founder/executive producer of The First Night Honors, held during Labor Day Weekend, which honor oustanding theater artists in Tennessee in recognition of their lifetime achievements and includes The First Night Star Awards and the Most Promising Actors. Midwinter's First Night, held the first Sunday in January after New Year's Day, honors outstanding productions and performances throughout the state. Further, Ellis directed the Nashville premiere of La Cage Aux Folles, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and An American Daughter, as well as award-winning productions of Damn Yankees, Company, Gypsy and The Rocky Horror Show, with Ellis honored by The Tennessean as best director of a musical for both Company and Rocky Horror.

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