THIS SATURDAY! Nashville Rep’s Ingram New Works Festival Kicks Off Season with Glut by e.k. doolin
Nashville Repertory Theatre proudly launches this season’s Ingram New Works Playwrights with the debut of Glut by playwright e.k. doolin, on Saturday, October 11, 2025.
Glut tells the story of Sarah and Steve, a couple preparing for their wedding who face a challenge far beyond choosing floral arrangements or catering. When one traditional wedding venue closes its doors to “folks of their kind”—more specifically, to people of their size—the pair must confront a world growing less tolerant even as they fight for something bigger: love, acceptance, and the celebration they deserve. With humor and heart, Glut asks audiences to consider the spaces we create, and who we allow inside them.
“Each season of Ingram New Works introduces bold, timely plays to Nashville audiences for the very first time,” said Amos Glass, Interim Executive Director. “With Glut, e.k. doolin gives us a love story that is funny, thought-provoking, and deeply human.”
The performance will take place on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM at Nashville PBS located at 161 Rains Ave. Tickets may be purchased at https://nashvillerep.org/ingramnewworks.
About the Playwright: e.k. doolin (she/her)
e.k. doolin is a theatre artist based near St. Louis, Missouri, whose work blends humor, hope, humility, and curiosity. A 2024 MFA graduate in Playwriting from Southern Illinois University, she has been recognized by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for her plays Running Uphill to Smooth Criminal and Waiting for Hecate (commissioned by Prison Performing Arts).
Her work has been showcased through the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s Confluence Writers Group and Contraband Theatre, where her play Am I Dangerous? premiered in 2024 and received a nomination for Outstanding New Play by the St. Louis Theater Circle. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch named her one of “5 Playwrights You Should Know” in January 2025. Her short play Energy will appear in the 2025 Prism Theatre New Play Festival.
About Ingram New Works
The Ingram New Works Project is Nashville Rep’s nationally recognized program dedicated to supporting playwrights and bringing fresh, original voices to the stage. Each season, the Rep commissions and develops new plays, giving audiences the opportunity to experience powerful stories in their earliest stages of production.
About Nashville Repertory Theatre
Since 1985, Nashville Repertory Theatre has been Middle Tennessee’s premier regional theater, entertaining and inspiring audiences by creating exceptional theatre exploring human experiences. Nashville Repertory Theatre produces work that is designed, built, and rehearsed in Nashville, by highly skilled actors, designers, directors, and technicians, creating the highest quality professional productions and serving as a cultural, educational, and economic resource in Middle Tennessee communities.
The Nashville Repertory Theatre is committed to bringing classic and contemporary theatre that inspires intellectual and emotional engagement in audiences. It has been named Best Professional Theatre by theNashville Scene, Best Local Theatre by The Tennessean, Largest Arts Organization by Nashville Business Journal, and recognized by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County for 35 years of service to the community. The Rep’s shows, actors, directors, and designers have been honored by Nfocus, Nashville Scene, The Tennessean, and the First Night Awards.