Varsity ShowAlthough the Varsity Show has traditionally been a highlight of prospies’ Days on Campus experience, this year, none of V121 will be performed.  This came after the Office of Admissions deemed some scenes “too mature” for prospective students, claiming that much of the satire would be lost on students who have yet to experience Columbia firsthand.

Instead, a team of VShow alumni has elected to perform selections from past shows after the current production felt “that it would be disingenuous…to perform only the limited selection of songs that Admissions deemed “acceptable” to present to prospective students.”

Read the full statement from the V121 creative team and cast below:

WARNING: The 121st Annual Varsity Show has been deemed “too mature” for prospective students by the Office of Admissions.

Therefore, it is with great regret that despite long-running tradition, The 121st Annual Varsity Show will not be performing at this year’s Days on Campus. There was concern that the sentiment of our satire would be lost on prospective students who have not yet experienced the Columbia community and the current campus conditions to which we are responding this year.

Given the especially difficult campus climate students have been faced with this year, and our mission to represent said difficulties, we feel that it would be disingenuous to the spirit and purpose of our show to perform only the limited selection of songs that Admissions deemed “acceptable” to present to prospective students.

Seeing as the Days on Campus performance has served a valuable purpose in introducing the university to potential future Columbians, a group of Varsity Show alumni will be performing a small selection of numbers and scenes from past shows. We did not wish to under serve any prospective students who may have enjoyed a Varsity Show performance; however, we, as The 121st Annual Varsity Show, stand firm in our belief that we could not compromise the mission of our iteration of this tradition by performing the censored version of our show suggested to us by Admissions.

Signed,

The Creative Team and Cast of The 121st Annual Varsity Show