Solo Performance workshop with Tim Miller
Monday, October 26th - Thursday, October 29th
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Tennessee Williams Center
Tim Miller is an internationally acclaimed solo performer. This workshop is a chance to gather and explore creating original performances. There will be four nights of playful and intensive work that will culminate in an ensemble-generated public performance generated from your fierce creativity!
Dramatic Reading of "The Iran Conference"
Thursday, October 29th
7:00 PM
Torian Room, duPont Library
The Russian Department cordially invites the University community to a Вечер / Evening when students of Russian will perform an abridged play by one of the most popular and provocative Russian playwrights alive, Ivan Vyrypaev. This pedagogical theatricality-theatrical pedagogy meets at the crossroads of contemporary literary studies and hands-on second language acquisition. Iran Conference (written in 2017) offers the ideal setting for Vyrypaev’s theatre around the microphone. The playwright's “Iran Conference” takes place at a symposium in Copenhagen, Denmark where eight of the world’s leading specialists on Iran share, one by one, their opinions and their scientific findings about the secrets to the meaning of human life.
Body Maps
Thursday, October 29th
9:00pm
Tennessee Williams Center
A performance work created in collaboration by student performers with workshop nudges by guest artist Tim Miller. This weeklong performance workshop has been an exciting and charged exploration into creating original performance work from our lives, dreams, obsessions, peeves, memories and desires. The search for the narratives of the body is a crucial beginning to knowing ourselves and can be a juicy motor for devising charged performance material. Inspired by Tim Miller, written and performed by the performers.
Romeo & Juliet
Monday, November 2nd
5:00pm
Convocation Hall
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival's 1-hour, 5-actor traveling production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy
The Thanksgiving Play
Thursday, November 5th- Saturday, November 7th
7:30pm
Studio Theater, Tennessee Williams Center
Directed by Sierra Rosetta (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe), The Thanksgiving Play is a sharp satirical comedy by MacArthur Genius Fellow, Larissa FastHorse. When school teacher Logan is tasked with creating a "culturally sensitive" Thanksgiving pageant, she assembles a team of well-meaning collaborators: her yoga-enthusiast boyfriend Jaxton, fellow teacher and aspiring playwright Caden, and Alicia, an actress newly arrived from Los Angeles. As the group struggles to create the "perfect" production without offending anyone, their efforts spiral into increasingly hilarious (and painfully recognizable) disaster. Through biting humor, FastHorse exposes the contradictions of performative ally-ship, liberal guilt, and the ways American institutions continue to misunderstand and erase Native voices.
Voice Recital: Ellanna Swope's Liberal Arts
Saturday, November 8th
3:00pm
St. Luke's Chapel
This junior voice recital is an exploration of the liberal arts through music, featuring a diverse array of composers from Judith Cloud and John Corigliano to Sir Arthur Sullivan and Stephen Sondheim. Join Ellanna Swope, C'28, for an afternoon of music, laughter, and togetherness. With Vicki Collinsworth, piano, and Erik Gustafson, tenor.
Voice Recital: Louise Block, C'28
Sunday, November 8th
6:00pm
St. Luke's Chapel
A bouquet of song from a variety of styles and eras, featuring works by Lambert, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Strauss, and Somervell. With Vicki Collinsworth, piano, and Rebecca Van de Ven, oboe.
Auditions: Sewanee Symphony Orchestra at The Caverns
Would you like to sing with the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra at The Caverns?
The Sewanee Symphony Orchestra is excited to return to The Caverns on Friday, December 4, 2026, for another unforgettable evening of holiday music and community celebration!
For audition instructions and to submit your application, visit https://TheCaverns.com/SingOff
As part of our free Christmas in The Caverns: Symphony & Sing Off concert, auditions are now open for The Caverns Sing Off! Singers from the South Cumberland region, or those with strong ties to the community, are invited to audition for the opportunity to perform a holiday classic with the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra on The Caverns stage.
New this year: A Youth Division for singers ages 2–17! We are especially excited to welcome young voices to this wonderful community tradition. Finalists will have the opportunity to perform live at The Caverns and compete for cash prizes of up to $1,000, along with other exciting prizes.
Whether you are a student, faculty or staff member, or have family and friends in the South Cumberland region who love to sing, we encourage you to spread the word!
Christmas in The Caverns: Symphony & Sing Off is presented by The Caverns, the University of the South, and the South Cumberland Community Fund.
Fall Vocal Showcase
Thursday, November 19th
7:30pm
Guerry Auditorium
The Sewanee Voice Studios present the Fall Vocal Showcase, Thursday November 19 at 7:30 in Guerry Auditorium. From musical theatre to pop, soul, jazz, and art song, there is something for everyone in this popular semi-annual concert! With Vicki Collinsworth, piano. Free admission.
YSR: Your Stories, Remembered!!
Through November 30; Monday-Friday 1 -5 pm
Archives Gallery
Spanning centuries of objects, ephemera, and folklore, YSR: Your Stories, Remembered is an exploration of all things Sewaneeana.
The Ralston Listening Library
Located on the second floor of duPont library, the Carlson Listening Room inside the Ralston library weekly brings stunning, life-changing sonic and aesthetic experiences to listeners.
Find out what is playing at the library this week!
