Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts

Darren E. Levin

Darren E. Levin

Darren E. Levin is the Audition Coordinator, Production Coordinator, and Faculty for the GSFTA Theatre Area. He is a freelance lighting designer and lighting design faculty at Middle Tennessee State University.

Darren designs extensively with Nashville Repertory Theatre where his lighting design credits include Ragtime (First Night Honors – Outstanding Lighting Design), Avenue Q, Pipeline (First Night Honors Nominee), Every Brilliant Thing Topdog/Underdog, Smart People, Posterity (Regional Premiere), Good Monsters (World Premiere), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Darren also designs with Studio Tenn, Black Hills Playhouse, Green Mountain Opera Festival, Theatre West Summer Repertory, and Mountain Rep Theatre with credits including Side Show, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Footloose, 9 to 5, Peter and the Starcatcher, The 39 Steps, The Rape of Lucretia, La Cenerentola, and She Loves Me.

Prior to joining GSFTA, Darren served as the Assistant Technical Director and Lighting Supervisor for McCain Auditorium at Kansas State University. He has also worked with and designed for Cedar Point Live Entertainment/Cedar Fair Entertainment Corporation, Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, and toured with Feld Entertainment’s Disney on Ice.

Darren is a member of the United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) where he serves as the Vice Commissioner for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion of the Lighting Design and Technology Commission and as a council member for the Essential Skills for the Entertainment Technician (eSET) program. Darren is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829 (USA829) and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 205-Austin, TX.

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About the School

GPS Address:

624 Old Main Circle Murfreesboro, TN 37132

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Mailing Address:

Governor’s School for the Arts 1301 E. Main St. Box 38 Murfreesboro, TN 37132


Our Mission

The Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts exists to provide high quality arts education for gifted and talented high school students in the state of Tennessee. The pre-professional summer curriculum includes individual and group instruction designed to help each student explore and develop his or her talents in music, ballet, theatre, filmmaking, and visual art. About four hours a day, six days a week are spent working in the major area of concentration.  If you are a former student, visit the Governor's School Alumni Center.


The Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts is a three week summer program for rising 11th and 12th grade students in Tennessee. Administered by the State Department of Education, we offer study programs in art, dance, filmmaking, theatre, and music. Students are selected in competitive auditions during the months of January or February. Those eligible are Tennessee residents who attend public, private and home schools within the state. Questions? - Contact Us.