Venue: Darkhorse Theater
Town: Nashville, US

Darkhorse Theater is a performing arts venue in Nashville, Tennessee, which hosts performances across different disciplines, including theater, music, and dance. Formerly a Presbyterian church, the facility seats 136 people. Darkhorse Theater was established in 1989 by three couples: Shannon Wood and Peter Kurland, Myke Mueller and Mary Jane Harvill, and Denice Hicks and Bruce Arntson. Darkhorse Theater combines professional, incubator, and community theaters with eight member companies: ACT I, Sista Style, Destiny Theatre Experience, Actor's Bridge, KB Productions, Tennessee Playwrights Studio, Music City Theatre, and Humanity Theatre Project. It merged with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival and produced the main stage season at Darkhorse Theater, and Shakespeare in Centennial Park. When Darkhorse Theater and the Nashville Shakespeare Festival restructured in 1995, Shannon and Peter continued to run the Theater. 2018 Six Characters in Search of a Play, KB Productions and Darkhorse Darkhorse resident performing groups include ACT I, Sista Style, Destiny Theatre Experience, Actor's Bridge, KB Productions, Tennessee Playwrights Studio, Music City Theater, Humanity Theatre Project, Dream 7 and Kennie Playhouse Theatre.