Vassar College Drama Department

Now playing and coming up

• Anniversary Reading of Thornton Wilder’s play The Long Christmas Dinner
  From Nov 14, 2026 (open run)
  A staged reading of the play celebrating its 95th year. Directed by Majka Kiely-Miller ’27. The great American novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder wrote a holiday masterpiece: the moving, funny, sometimes sorrowful, ingeniously theatrical one-act play The Long Christmas Dinner.
• I Never Asked for a Gofundme
  Dec 3 – Dec 5, 2026
  I Never Asked for a GoFundMe is a heartwarming comedy play by Jayne Deely about a queer couple dealing with small-town gossip and unwanted donations.
• The Phillip Cook Aspiring Playwright Prize Reading and Reception
  From Apr 3, 2027 (open run)
• The Marilyn Swartz Seven Annual Playwriting Award Reading and Reception
  From Apr 4, 2027 (open run)
• The Steerman New Play Series
  Apr 14 – Apr 17, 2027
  The Steerman Festival features a selection of student-written new and original short and full-length plays each Spring semester.

About

With close proximity to NYC and broadway, the acclaimed Vassar College drama program is led by the first African American female chair Shona Tucker.