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The Vanderbilt University Theatre 2008-2009 Season
 

Sunday matinees are performed at 2:00pm.  All other performances start promptly at 8:00pm.

All shows take place in Vanderbilt's unique Neely Auditorium.

The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare measures the price of friendship and revenge in this chilling dark comedy of new love and old hatreds.  Reverberating through time, the bard's work continues to cut across manners and challenges a modern audience to question its motives and review its response to prejudice and fear.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
by Martin McDonagh

Anglo-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh combines scathing dark comedy with heartbreaking tragedy in this award-winning contemporary play.  Successfully produced in Ireland, London, and New York, McDonagh’s play captivates audiences with its unique portrayal of a troubled spinster’s attempt to escape the domestic confinement imposed upon her by her wickedly manipulative mother.  Mature language and subject matter.
The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov

In search of new forms, a young artist’s struggle to express truth is thwarted by fractured domesticity and self doubt. A classic of Western Theatre, The Seagull explores the human drama of longing, legacy, and love.
In a Dark Dark House
by Neil Labute

When two estranged brothers are reunited on the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, painful confessions and long-held secrets are revealed.  True to his reputation of exposing the darkest, unsettling aspects of human relationships and American values, Neil LaBute’s recent, edgy, yet absorbing, autobiographical tragicomedy examines the destructive effects of dysfunctional family units and violence.  Mature language and subject matter.

For more information, please contact Laura Hynek.
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