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“You’ll never have a boom without the tax credits that every single production gravitates toward, which states like Georgia provide.” She currently has two big projects in the works: an adaptation of the Fannie Flagg novel “The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion,” which she’s co-writing and directing for Reba McEntire, and a Broadway-aimed musical based on her Oscar-winning “Thelma and Louise” screenplay, with songwriter Neko Case. She personally championed the return of new-traditionalist icon Randy Travis with “Where That Came From” (the singer’s first appearance on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart in two decades after a debilitating stroke) and signed and developed Gavin Adcock’s “Actin’ Up Again” (the top debut of 2024 from a major label solo male artist). The University of Houston grad also produces iHeartCountry’s massive CMA Fest Takeover on Nashville’s iconic Lower Broadway, creating multiple packed shows; last year’s buzzed-about sets featured breakout stars Shaboozey, Tucker Wetmore and Riley Green.
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