BIBFRAME Work

Title

120 seats in a boiler room

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

• One hundred twenty seats in a boiler room
• One hundred and twenty seats in a boiler room

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Kempfer, Lewis (author )

Subject

• Boiler Room Theatre (Nashville, Tenn.) (LCSH)
• Theaters--Tennessee--Nashville--History (LCSH)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

LCC: PN2277.N272 B6554 2022 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Summary

"An all-in-one entertainment archive, inspirational how-to guide, and heartwarming memoir spanning the birth, climax, and final curtain call of the award-winning Boiler Room Theatre. "120 Seats in a Boiler Room: The Creation of a Courageous Professional Theater" delivers the fascinating story of Nashville's "scrappy little theater that could" with sincerity, affection, and soul-stirring inspiration. Written by 12-time award-winning author Lewis Kempfer, this blended account retells the story of the visionary quartet of theater colleagues who transformed a near-century-old boiler room building at The Factory at Franklin in Tennessee into a highly successful and beloved professional theater. This hybrid memoir takes readers through the Boiler Room Theatre's first five-plus years and beckons their heartstrings to feel nothing but love and admiration for the theater's inspiring story. Readers get to enjoy, show by show, the theater's burgeoning years as well as valuable "Hot Tips" for upcoming and seasoned theater owners and managers alike. Critical topics such as: - Casting and staffing - The importance of understudies - Audience demographics and tolerance for show content - Dealing with show licensing companies - Navigating media relations And much more are discussed and packaged into a helpful guide. The story of a theater that stumbled, strived, and against all odds, triumphed on the shoulders of visionaries. Kempfer details some of the theater's boldest undertakings, from "A Chorus Line" to "Chicago," and compiles accounts from multiple guest authors, furnishing readers with an enriched and vibrant portrait of the beacon the Boiler Room Theatre evolved to be. "120 Seats in a Boiler Room: The Creation of a Courageous Professional Theater" keeps the Boiler Room Theatre alive years after its final curtain call and inspires readers who, like its pioneers, have also been smitten with love for theater"-- Provided by publisher.

Authorized Access Point

Kempfer, Lewis. 120 seats in a boiler room

Geographic Coverage

• Tennessee

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:17:13.453475+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 22718950

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc