About The Town Productions is set to unveil Music City Melody, a new musical comedy about the Nashville songwriter story.

Written by Wally Nason, Music City Melody will premiere on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Murfreesboro’s Mills-Pate Arts Center.

In the musical, Hugh Blackburn was a legend in country music (before the whiskey, women and, well, the warden), but a writing session with the newest Taylor Swift wannabe was not his idea. He’s old-school, she’s barely out of school, but they both need to write a hit song for their careers. Watch their struggle to create a new chart-topper in this 90-minute Nashville writing session, starring Jack E. Chambers, Isabel Smith and Payton Justice.

This clash of cultures and creative crisis with old habits and new heartaches—just what you need for a great country tune—should have audiences laughing out loud.

Wally Nason serves as the artistic and managing director of About The Town Productions. Since 2009 he has composed 20 original, family-friendly musicals—performed in community theaters, performance venues, high school auditoriums and movie theaters throughout the eastern U.S.—including The National Anthem (about Francis Scott Key); A Butcher, a Baker, an Amish Homemaker; Christmas Tree Ship; Josiah for President; Rock and the Redeemer; Mennonite Girls Can Cook; Christmas in Paradise and others.

Music City Melody plays at the Mills-Pate Arts Center (7120 Old Nashville Hwy.) at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 27.

The opening Middle Tennessee tour of the new production will also include two Oct. 18 shows at the Arts Center of Cannon County, as well as stops at Playhouse 615 in Mt. Juliet Oct. 4 and 5, Jenkins Church in Nolensville on Oct. 26 and the Williamson County Performing Arts Center in Franklin on Oct. 30.

For tickets and more information, visit aboutthetownproductions.com.

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