Cinema Theatre News

Professor Claire Sisco King spoke with WPLN’s Tony Gonzales on an episode of Curious Nashville about film history and celebrity culture in Nashville. Watch… Read More

This fall, the College of Arts and Science is enhancing its degree offerings with three new majors and one new minor. The college is also restructuring some academic units to leverage teaching and scholarly strengths and provide more opportunities for students and faculty. New degree programs Major… Read More

Jad Abumrad, Distinguished Research Professor of Communication of Science and Technology and creator of award-winning series like Radiolab, More Perfect, Dolly Parton’s America and Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, set out in life to be a composer. Read More

As you walk around Nashville, you have likely come across Little Free Libraries, a book-sharing program where community members take or leave books in standing boxes. Looking at the success of these communal libraries, Professor of Communication Studies Claire Sisco King wondered if there was a way… Read More

What makes a true story more compelling than fiction? Documentary films have the ability to shine a light on real-life experiences, issues and people in unique and creative ways. They pull viewers in by showing a slice of life through a specific perspective. Read More

Check out the Arts and Science feature on Theatre and our senior Mackenna Guadagnoli (class of 2026)!… Read More

Welcome to the VUT’s Student Works Festival application process! We’re excited to showcase the creativity and talent of our students. Interested in working as a designer for the Student Works Festival? Fill out the following google form link: https://forms.gle/cD7xojQo8aVhUy2r7. This form will close on Friday, Nov 1st, 2024. Please… Read More

Nashville, TN (April 2024) – Vanderbilt University’s Theatre Department proudly presents its 2024-2025 season lineup: The Eco Grief Plays, DORES TO THE PAST, Student Works Festival, and She Kills Monsters. Kicking off the fall semester, immerse yourself in four groundbreaking plays delving into eco-grief, the complex range of emotions… Read More

This past Reunion weekend, the Theatre department hosted three alumni for a roundtable discussion titled “Cultivating Careers from Theatre Skills.” Laura Payne (’14), Julie Jones (’17), and Isabelle Mann (’17) spoke with students about their experiences with VUTheatre, what they learned, and how they continue to use those skills today… Read More

Ibby Cizmar, assistant professor of theatre, recently published Ernie McClintock and the Jazz Actors Family (Routledge 2023). The book represents the culmination of many years of archival and ethnographic research into the actor-director’s career. Cizmar establishes McClintock as a leading figure of the Black Theatre Movement,… Read More

The Vanderbilt Hustler reports on the launch of a scholarship aimed to eliminate financial barriers for students interested in pursuing summer media internships in Los Angeles. Richard Hull (‘92), who co-founded the internship program with fellow alumnus Chad Gervich (‘96) in 2006,… Read More

Check out this CNN article featuring an interview with our own Claire King on celebrity/fame/et c. Read More

CMA is celebrating the publication of a special double issue of the Journal of Literature and Science edited by Prof Claire Sisco King and Prof Jay Clayton. It features nine open access articles exploring how literature, film, TV, and social media shape public attitudes toward genetic privacy. Read More

During the last spring break in 2023, six theatre students traveled to New York City with Christin Essin, associate professor of theatre, and Krista Knight, writer-in-residence of cinema and media arts, to see a range of theatre offerings and meet with department alumni. In addition to touring the new Museum… Read More

The Cinema & Media Arts community is excited welcome celebrated media creator Jad Abumrad to our department! From Vanderbilt’s official announcement – “Jad Abumrad, a public radio icon, podcast pioneer and founder of Radiolab, will join Vanderbilt University to lead and advise on several… Read More

8/20/21 Congratulations to Prof Jonathan Waters!… Read More

5/21/21 Congratulations, Krista Knight!… Read More

“Each year, Variety curates a list of the top film school programs and film school educators both in the United States and abroad. This year, as the COVID-19 crisis continues unabated, most film and digital arts programs worldwide relied on online models of instruction. But in the midst of this… Read More

CMA professor Jonathan Rattner is the featured artist in the December issue of the prestigious on-line venue, Docalogue! Docalogue is an exclusive on-line venue that features one documentary film/ filmmaker a month. Check it out here – https://docalogue.com/… Read More

Writer in Residence in Theatre Krista Knight is taking a creative twist on COVID-19 protocols by teaching her Introduction to Writing for Stage and Screen course in an online, virtual reality world. Read More