The Factory at Franklin revitalization includes a new theater

Turner Theater rendering

By: Alexandra Koehn for Channel 5 News, Feb 16, 2023

“Patrons can grab a drink and dinner before heading to the box office to buy tickets at the Turner Theater. ‘They can actually go to a restaurant and go to the theater — that’s Broadway, that’s New York,’ Studio Tenn Artistic Director Patrick Cassidy said.

After 14 years, the professional theater company Studio Tenn will have a permanent home. In the past, they had to build it from the ground up.

‘We did it all, it was all a fabrication, all make-believe, right? Now it’s for real,’ Cassidy said.”