Jeffrey Ellis is a Nashville-based writer, editor and critic, who'sbeen covering the performing arts in Tennessee for more than 20 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 was the
founder/executive producer of the First Night Awards, which honored
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
acclaimed productions of Company, Gypsy and The Rocky Horror Show.
