Phillip Franck

Cast member (L to r) Rachel Platt (Sarah), Lillian Dennison (Riley), Kay Berlatsky (Cassidy), Susmi Chennareddy (Karina), Amber Yun (Pearl), Vanessa Dadzie (Ellen)

Listen: VU Theatre production inspired by Vanderbilt women bowlers

Oct. 2, 2019—"Bowling for Beginners," a new play based partly on experiences of the Vanderbilt women’s bowling team—which has won two national titles—opens Friday at Neely Auditorium.

Josiah Pehrson and Rachel Platt are among the students in the dark comedy 'Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom'

VU Theatre offers dark comedy with zombie-hunting video game

Nov. 1, 2018—VU Theatre will perform "Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom," a dark comedy centering on teens who become addicted to an online horror video game, Nov. 2-10.

'The Language Archive' cast includes (l to r) Sarah Lu as Alta, Jared Schmidt playing George, Kat Ko in the role of Emma, and Barton Christmas as Resten (Phillip Franck/Vanderbilt University)

‘The Language Archive’ leads off VU Theatre’s 2018-19 season

Oct. 3, 2018—VU Theatre will open its new season Friday with "The Language Archive," a thought-provoking comedy produced in collaboration with the Center for Second Language Studies.

(L-r) Mrs. Warren, played by Jessica Meyer, and her daughter Vivie Warren, played by Mary Marguerite Hall. (Phillip Franck/Vanderbilt)

Gender and labor are central themes of VU Theatre spring production

Apr. 4, 2018—VU Theatre will close its 2017-18 season with "Mrs. Warren's Profession," a late Victorian-era play by George Bernard Shaw that remains very relevant on issues related to gender and labor.

Love and changing gender roles explored in VU Theatre production

Feb. 14, 2018—'Orlando,' an adaptation of a novel by Virginia Woolf that explores love and changing gender roles, will be performed by Vanderbilt University Theatre Feb. 16–24 at Neely Auditorium.

L-r: Lexi Pérez with the Company; Miranda Pepin as the Stepdaughter; Robyn Hendrix as the Boy; and Koryn Guile in the role of the Girl. (Phillip Franck/Vanderbilt)

VU Theatre performs alumnus’ adaptation of absurdist comedy

Nov. 1, 2017—VU Theatre performs a modern adaptation of the 1920s Italian comedy "Six Characters in Search of an Author"—with five students playing slightly tweaked versions of themselves—Nov. 3-11.

L-r: Annie Bradford as Moll, Josh van der Eerden as Oliver and Michael Maerlender as the Mercenary in "Kid Simple: A Radio Drama in the Flesh." (courtesy of Phillip Franck)

VU Theatre opens new season with adventure tale staged as radio drama

Sep. 27, 2017—Vanderbilt University Theatre will perform "Kid Simple: A Radio Drama in the Flesh," an imaginative play that uses sound effects to help tell the story, for two weekends starting Sept. 29.

VUTheatre performs ‘Othello’ with street art twist

Sep. 30, 2016—The powerful Shakespearean drama 'Othello' launches VUTheatre's 2016–17 season with original music by Fred Coe artist-in-residence Paul Carrol Binkley.

Tichi’s stage play based on her ‘Jack London’ book

Sep. 9, 2016—'The House That Jack Built," a play by Cecilia Tichi, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English, will be produced at the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, California, Sept. 9-25.

VU Theatre sets Molière comedy of manners in ‘It City’ Nashville

Apr. 4, 2016—Nashville's increasingly popular country music scene is the backdrop for VU Theatre's April 7-10 production of "The Misanthrope," a comedy of manners written by the renowned French playwright Molière.

Vanderbilt Theatre engages audience to end Nashville poverty

Feb. 5, 2016—Vanderbilt Theatre invites the community to explore the impact of poverty and help shape a solution when it performs "How to End Poverty" Feb. 24-28 in Neely Auditorium.

Tichi’s new play on Jack London to be unveiled at Neely Auditorium

Nov. 18, 2015—English professor Cecelia Tichi's passionate interest and research about Jack London has led to not only a book, but also a new play that actors will present in a Nov. 20 reading at Neely Auditorium.