City of Songs

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City of Songs

Playwright

Granger, Brian

Play Description

Through storytelling and music, City of Songs is a comedic but provocative look at what it means to live and work in Nashville. An Albanian-American couple take the audience along their confrontations with labor issues, artistic ambition, asylum and immigration, racial struggle, love, family, and community belonging in contemporary Nashville.

Director

Granger, Brian

Set Designer

Stratton, Matthew

Costume Designer

Sargent, Alexandra

Lighting Designer

Franck, Phillip

Technical Director

Stratton, Matthew

Venue

Neely Auditorium, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Date

2015-2016

Opening Date

2015-11-06

Closing Date

2015-11-14

Notes

Brian Granger served as the Fred Coe Artist-in-Residence for the 2015-2016 season.

Photographer

Franck, Phillip

Photo Date

2015-11-05

Rights

Copyright Vanderbilt University, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Format

Jpeg

Language

English

Type

Performance

Identifier

VTA-7

Collection

Citation

Granger, Brian and Vanderbilt University Theatre, “City of Songs,” Vanderbilt University Theatre Archives, accessed September 4, 2026, https://theatre.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1642.

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