
THE TEAM
Daniel Jones (Producing Artistic Director)
Daniel is a Nashville-based producer, dramaturg, writer, and director passionate about facilitating creative storytelling, diverse narratives and shared live arts experiences that ignite social change. He is currently the Artistic Associate at OZ Arts Nashville and the Producing Director of Kindling Arts Festival, where he facilitates the development and production of local interdisciplinary works. His local producing credits include Fall 2017's sold-out premiere of HAUNTED (First Night's Theatrical Event of the Year), a multi-media immersive experience inspired by the deadliest train crash in American history, and the 2017 Sideshow Fringe Festival. His directing credits include Suzan-Lori Parks's In the Blood and an original adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
A native of Knoxville, TN, Jones received his BA in Theatre Studies and Writing, Literature & Publishing from Emerson College in Boston. He has since worked with ArtsEmerson, the Boston Book Festival, ArtsBoston and Whistler in the Dark Theatre in various producing or marketing/development positions. He also spent a year as the Theatre Lit Agent Assisant to Di Glazer at ICM Partners in New York, and has served in marketing roles with human services organizations like YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee and the Thembalitsha Foundation, based in South Africa's Western Cape.
Jessika Malone (Founding Artistic Director)
Jessika is a Nashville-born producer, director, deviser, teacher, and mischief-maker. She has been named a “serious theatrical talent” by The Nashville Scene and productions under her direction have been hailed as “fascinating and mesmerizing” [Broadway World] and “guaranteed to keep you talking long after the lights come up” [The Tennessean] as well as “guaranteed to provide an experience that will last way beyond the current season. Maybe well on into the century” [Nashville Scene].
Jessika was co-conceiver and director of HAUNTED, a site-specific performance responding to the deadliest train crash in American history (Nashville’s Theatrical Event of the Year, 2017). She is the Producing Director of Fusebox Festival in Austin, Texas, a co-founder of the Sideshow Fringe Festival, and previously served as the Associate Artistic Director of the Actors Bridge Ensemble. She received her MFA in directing from Illinois State University and her BA in Theatre from Belmont University.[www.jessikamalone.com]
Jaclyn Johnson Tidwell
President
Former Director of Programs & Community Initiatives at Arts & Business Council
and Community Engagement Manager at Victory Gardens Theater
Brittaney Baker
Secretary
Program Coordinator, Immersion at Vanderbilt University
Ed.D Candidate for Higher Education Leadership & Policy Curriculum
Andrew Long
Treasurer
Owner & CEO, Head Financial Advisor at e3 Wealth Nashville
Lindsey Beetem
Development Officer, Belmont University
Emmanuel LeGrair
RH Boyd Publishing
Abel Muñoz
Lead Research Specialist, Music City Prep Clinic
Hayley Rose Maurer
Theatre-Maker, Community Advocate
James Sperring
Attorney / Member, Cumberland Litigation, PLLC
CK Stone
Partner, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva
Performing Artist, Writer, and Actor
Sam Wible
Studio Leader, Hastings Architecture