Phil Jackson and Knicks going Fishing
Why did Phil Jackson and the Knicks fire Derek Fisher? Perhaps the better question is, why now? Fisher was fired late Sunday night in a move that most people found…
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Restoration-era England a vehicle for Kushner farce
Philaletheis, a Vassar student theater organization, will soon be producing the five-act play Hydriotaphia, or The Death of Dr. Browne, a modern-day farce loosely based on the life of Sir…
Phil. divorces The Crucible from its McCarthyist tradition
For those of you who have not had enough spookiness after Halloweekend, The Crucible is opening on October 31. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible details historically and fictionally the events of…
Phil’s tempODYSSEY a bizarre take on temporality
Chances are you have never heard of a character who thinks of herself as a black hole. But if you want to learn about such a person, the Philaletheis production…
Thespian Reddy-Best powered by coffee and determination
Siobhan Reddy-Best ’13 just might be one of the busiest students at Vassar. “I don’t sleep. I wish that was a joke,” she said with a laugh. Reddy-Best, a Victorian…
Phil’s God of Carnage a comedic social critique
The word “carnage” is defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary as the “Great and usually bloody slaughter or injury (as in battle).” Parisian playwright Yasmina Reza’s 2006 play, to be performed this…