In this promotional video, members of the 2015 Fall Follies team finish each other’s sentences to bring a special advertisement for the show to the Belmont Vision. As each year at Belmont University begins, the students, faculty and buildings change, but one thing has remained a constant for two decades and provided countless laughs – Fall Follies. Fall Follies is an annual comedy show on Belmont’s campus that began 21 years ago. The writing, acting, producing and directing a

Catherine Hagedorn “I started watching I Love Lucy as a child, and I just knew I wanted to be a comedian.” Belmont senior Catherine Hagedorn has been a player in Fall Follies since her sophomore year. As a mass communications major, she doesn’t find many opportunities to practice comedy onstage. However, it doesn’t stop her from chasing after her dream—to produce and act in her own sitcom. “I love and admire Tina Fey and Mindy Kaling because they write, produce, and act in th

Twenty years ago, a Belmont student came up with an idea that would eventually pack the seats of the Massey Performing Arts Center and become one of the university’s most iconic traditions. Fall Follies is an annual comedy show where select Belmont students come together to put on a “Saturday Night Live” style comedy show. It has a history of Belmont-focused humor and has a well-known identity on campus, but the time has come for Follies to change that well-known identity. “I