Next Exit Productions started in 2023 from a spark of spontaneity. Holly Morse-Ellington, Jason Tinney, and Stevie Ray Dallimore, three friends who'd worked side by side directing plays and films for years, were at a professional crossroads. Dallimore would be moving 1,700 miles away... and they had just enough time to whip up one last creative hoorah together. What emerged was a revival of 50 Miles Away, winner of the International One Acts Festival at Frostburg written by Morse-Ellington and Tinney. This time around, with Dallimore as Director, the trio created a film prologue and brought in musicians to perform the play's original soundtrack live during the staged production. 

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What started out as a three-person cast with one director evolved

into a 15-person collaboration among playwrights, directors, actors,

designers and musicians that spanned generations of ideas

from Gen Z to Gen X.

 

After a two weekend run to sold out and packed houses, we didn't

know where the road would lead next. But we knew the production

signaled a unique undertaking that combined innovation and

passion for developing new works.

 

Since then, Next Exit has produced nine staged plays at Chattanooga Theatre Centre, four plays for Chattanooga's inaugural Fringe Festival at Barking Legs Theater, and created the Cast Iron Storytelling series that's featured over 20 storytellers from all walks of life. 

 

Throughout each venture, we strive to bring new works and new voices to the stage as an independent organization devoted to creative exploration. We're risk takers with a wanderlust for new plays and new perspectives.

 

Next Exit Productions journeys off the main road to bring you groundbreaking stories.