<em>Shorts!</em> features students on and off stage on Dec. 5-6

Janel Shoun | 

The Lipscomb University Theater Program presents Shorts!, a collection of six short contemporary plays directed by students and theater faculty, at 7:30 p.m., Dec 5-6, in Shamblin Theatre on the Lipscomb campus.

Shannon Boyter
Justin Tays
Caitlin Nicholas
The six plays, exploring relevant topics such as dating, academia and failed dreams, will provide both serious drama and comedic fun, said theater program director Mike Fernandez.

"Shorts! is going to be kind of gritty in that the plays ask some relevant questions for a our society today. But I think there will be a nice balance. The audience will be entertained and yet they’ll be challenged. It will encompass the whole range of human experience," said Fernandez.

The works making up Shorts! include:

  • Sure Thing, directed by Lipscomb freshman Justin Tays;
  • Misreadings, directed by freshman Ryan Malone;
  • The Actor’s Nightmare, directed by Nashville theater educator Christopher Peck;
  • The Man Who Couldn’t Dance, directed by sophomore Shannon Boyter;
  • Words Word Words, directed by junior Caitlin Nicholas; and
  • Baseball is Life, an original work by Peck, directed by Lipscomb theater instructor Deb Holloway.

Shorts! includes a cast of 30 and entertaining monologues will be performed between each play.

Admission is $5 and seating is limited. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Invisible Children, a charity assisting African children who have been adversely affected by war.

For more information on the performance, call the Lipscomb University Theater Box Office at 615.966.7111. Season tickets for the remaining performances at Lipscomb this year are also available.