VILLANOVA THEATRE PRESENTS BY STACEY GREGG FEB 7 - 19, 2017 DIRECTED BY KATHRYN MACMILLAN About Villanova University

Since 1842, Villanova University’s Augustinian Catholic intellectual tradition has been the cornerstone of an academic community in which students learn to think critically, act compassionately and succeed while serving others. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate and law students in the University’s six colleges – the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Villanova School of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Nursing, the College of Professional Studies and the Villanova University School of Law. As students grow intellectually, Villanova prepares them to become ethical leaders who create positive change everywhere life takes them.

In Gratitude The faculty, staff, and students of Villanova Theatre extend sincere gratitude to those generous benefactors who have established endowed funds in support of our efforts: Marianne M. and Charles P. Connolly, Jr. ’70

Dorothy Ann and Bernard A. Coyne, Ph.D. ̓55 Patricia M. ’78 and Joseph C. Franzetti ’78 The Donald R. Kurz Family Peter J. Lavezzoli ’60 Msgr. Joseph F. X. McCahon ’65

Mary Anne C. Morgan ̓70 and Join Villanova Theatre online! Family & Friends of Brian G. Morgan ̓67, ̓70 Anthony T. Ponturo ’74 Follow Villanova Follow Villanova Like Villanova Theatre on Twitter Theatre on Twitter For information about how you can support the Theatre Theatre on Facebook! @VillanovaTheatr @VillanovaTheatre Department, please contact Heather Potts-Brown, Director of Annual Giving, at (610) 519-4583. Find VillanovaTheatre on Tumblr Villanova Theatre gratefully acknowledges the generous support of its many patrons & subscribers. NEXT ON STAGE: LITTLE WOMEN Book by Allan Knee, Music by Jason We wish to offer special thanks to our 16-17 Benefactors: Howland, and Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein This list is updated as of October 14, 2016 Directed by Valerie Joyce Based on Louisa May Alcott’s American A Running Friend Peggy & Bill Hill Martin Myers classic, this Civil War story of love, family, and independence stands the test of time. With Donna Adams-Tomlinson Nancy & Joseph Hopko A. Hirotishi & Sumie G. her father away at war, the indomitable Jo Marion Angelini Kerry Huntsman Nishikawa March writes a spirited coming of age story Daphne Apostolidis In Memory of James J. Bill & Mimi Nolan inspired by her colorful family, including her three beloved sisters Meg, Beth, and Amy. In Nancy Arthur Mannix Sr. Beverly Nolan a tale filled with adventure and imagination, Thomas J. Barbar Anthony J. Inverso Wilhelm & Diane Sandvik heartache and hope, the struggle of these Thomas Baroth Christopher Janosik Joe Schick & “little women” to find their voices mirrors Phoebe Baxter Elizabeth Jekot Michael Williamson the growing pains of a young America. This dazzling new musical has captured the hearts Miriam Blimm Maurya Johnson Martin Page of a new generation with its buoyant, joyful Carol N. Boslet Marie Judge Bernard Prusak melodies, memorable characters, and big- Patricia Byrne Madeleine Keehn Barry & Laura Selinsky hearted message. Catherine Cabot Frank & Betty Anne Sheila Shannon MARCH 28 - APRIL 9, 2017 William R. & Lillian Cassel Kennedy Elaine Sharer TICKETS/INFO: 610.519.7474 | WWW.VILLANOVATHEATRE.ORG Louise Dagit Martha Kirby Nancy Sharts-Hopko Barry David & Susan Cabat Martha & Leo Kob Jacqueline Sigel John Dismone Joan & Jack Kramer Bill & Cathy Siple Valerie Downing Edward & Gloria Kresch Terry & Joe Sousa Eleanore Flom Dr. Sarvesh & Gay Strickler Mary Jane Fullam Priscilla Kulkarni Tangerine Karen Gaffney Bob & Mary Lawler Lloyd B. Tepper Honorable John & & Fran Leider Joseph & Susanne Anne Gartland Susan & Leonard Lodish Thompson Thomas & Thomas R. Macaluso Francis J. Thorton Josephine Gudowicz Dorothea D. Martin Joanne & Paul Tierney Sonja Haggert Dr. & Mrs. Edward McAssey Mary Ellen Trainer Dick & Carolyn Hammond Barbara Ann McCarraher James Weeks Jane & Walter Harrington Layne & Terry McHugh Taylor Williams John A. Hermann & Mary Beth Miller Patricia Wood Delia Mullaney Peg & George Murphy Robert Wooten

Gifts of $25 and above are acknowledged in the program. If your name has been misprinted or omitted, or if you are interested in supporting Villanova Theatre, please contact: Kimberly Reilly, Director of Marketing & PR at (610) 519 - 7454 SETTING Villanova Theatre Presents Belfast, 2011 LAGAN CAST Anne...... Megan Slater by STACEY GREGG Fiona...... Kelly McAnally Joan...... Kasey Phillips Aoife...... Allyce Morrissey Tracey...... Sisi Wright Taximan...... Nikitas Menotiades* Phil...... Luke Hensley Scenic Designer Costume Designer Ian...... Chris Monaco MEGHAN JONES JANUS STEFANOWICZ Emmet...... Patrick McAndrew Terry...... Ian Notte

Lighting Designer Sound Designer PRODUCTION CREW JEROLD R. FORSYTH JOHN STOVICEK Stage Manager...... Casey Berner Assistant Stage Managers...... Heather Lemos, Dramaturg ...... Alexandra Curth, Galen Blanzaco Stage Management Consultant...... Allison Emmerich RACHEL O’HANLON-RODRIGUEZ Movement Coach...... K.O. DelMarcelle* Dialect Coach...... Andrea Ainsworth Light Board Operator...... Kevin Kaiser Directed by Sound Board Operator...... Heather Lemos Master Electrician...... Michael Hamlet KATHRYN MACMILLAN Cutter/Draper...... Jennifer Povish Props Construction...... Kasey Lynch * denotes member, Actors’ Equity Association

FEBRUARY 7 - 19, 2017 Vasey Hall, Villanova Theatre SPECIAL THANKS Owen McCafferty

The play was first produced by Root Theatre in a production that premiered at LAGAN runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission. Please silence all cell the Ovalhouse Theatre in on 26th October 2011 and ran there until 12th phones and electronic devices. November 2011. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited. About Stacey Gregg Born in East Belfast, Stacey Gregg is an actor and playwright who explores what is going on in the world around her. From technology, gender identity, politics, and pedophilia, Gregg’s Lagan explores many contemporary concepts that steadily drift and change over the course of our lives. Gregg left Belfast to study English at Cambridge in London and received an MA in documentary filmmaking in London. Her experience with documentaries is reflected in her intimate portrait of the people of today’s Belfast and the complexities of human relationships that unfurl in Lagan. Gregg has written six plays, and Lagan is one of her earliest works, which received its premiere in 2011 at London’s Oval House.

“Ah there’s more between Heaven and Earth, y’see,they’re always there, connect them, and continue to push them apart. perched on our very chests… Everywhere has ghosts, Space The play is seamless and fluid in nature with ten characters, often speaking separately, but we’ve them comin out coming together over the course of the our friggin ears.” & Time play. Although Belfast’s history impacts the -Joan Lagan moves fluidly through time and space characters in her play, Gregg describes Lagan in its exploration of history, legacy, and the as “a post-conflict piece centered on what impact of a war that reverberates through three draws us together rather than pulling us apart.” generations of characters. Watching Stacey The play therefore emerges as a beautiful Gregg’s play, you will meet individuals who are testimony to the pain that people carry in their intricately connected, like the many tributaries trauma, a hope for the future, and a call to of the river Lagan that flows through Belfast, action for us to embrace each other as the capital city of Northern . Each fellow humans. character also has a past that, like that same river, is a constant presence in their daily lives. The production team experimented with “radical fluidity” to create the world of Lagan. Like many In Gregg’s play, time functions in a non-linear of Ireland’s great plays, the landscape of the format, emphasizing the way that the past can play is built through language. Listen closely co-exist with, and sometimes overshadow, the to Gregg’s powerful poetry, and you’ll discover present. In Lagan, you will witness characters the vast and vibrant life of Belfast-- a city filled struggling to communicate with one another, with walls and barriers (the past) and fueled by refusing to see and accept family members, a progress that is uniting people across divides and confronting traumas and stigmas that both (an unknown future). BELFAST’S PAST: The thirty-year civil war known as the Military groups, often comprised of ordinary Troubles divided from men and women, were established to 1968 to 1998. The root of this conflict, protect their districts. The Irish Republican which first emerged when Northern Ireland Army (IRA) fought against the British was established and separated from the and promoted a while the in 1922, lies within Ulster Defense Association (UDA) sought “My neighbors are haunted by the living, national identity. On one side stood the to defend their identity as British men Loyalist Protestants, who to this day identify and women, and protect their community haunted by the dead, haunted by myths and as British, and believe Northern Ireland which felt under attack. As Stacey Gregg legends and history.” should remain part of the UK; on the other reiterates, “the personal is the political;” stood the Republican Catholics, who and during the Troubles any attack on an – John Conroy continue to believe in a united Ireland. individual became synonymous with an attack on their community. The Troubles emerged out of a Civil Rights Movement that mirrors America’s own. In By the 1980s an American journalist, John the late 1960s, Catholic groups united to Conroy, described a sense of “infectious address abuses of power and discrimination paranoia” that filled the streets of Belfast. within Northern Ireland. Catholics had fewer Neighbors attacked neighbors. Children opportunities for housing and good jobs. As threw stones at one another, breeding the minority in Northern Ireland, Catholics a new generation of hate. Walls divided were often treated unfairly within a justice neighborhoods, creating literal barriers that system that was primarily operated by continue to haunt and separate the Protestants. These spiritual-socio-political city of Belfast. issues reached a head by 1969. Timeline of the Troubles & Characters of Lagan

1967-1969 The Northern Ireland Civil killed, including four teenagers, and 130 1994 The IRA and loyalist paramilitaries 2001-2002 Protestors block parents and Rights Movement begins forming in people are injured. Anne (Protestant) is declare a ceasefire for the first time since their children from attending Holy Cross, Belfast. Anne (Protestant) is seven years twelve years old. the Civil Rights Movement began twenty- a girls’ Catholic school within , old. seven years ago. Fiona (Protestant) is four a Protestant area of North Belfast. The 1981 The Maze is the years old and Emmet (Catholic) is two. protestors often wield stones, fireworks, 1969 British soldiers move into Belfast culmination of a five-year prison protest and blast bombs. for the first time when Bombay St. is of Republican (Catholic) prisoners. Bobby 1996 The IRA ends the ceasefire with a burned down. Many mixed neighborhoods Sands, the head of the IRA, dies in Maze bombing in London. Political talks continue 2008 The Victoria Shopping Complex become segregated overnight. Joan prison and thousands of people line the without the Republican (Catholic) Sinn opens, bringing international brands (Catholic) is twenty years old. streets for his funeral. Support for the Féin, as does the sectarian violence. (Urban Outfitters, Starbucks, and Apple) to protestors legitimizes the political arm of Ryan, Joan’s son, goes missing. Aoife Belfast for the first time. Tracey (Catholic), 1971 Internment begins, leading to the IRA, Sinn Féin. The Taximan (Catholic) (Protestant) is two and Phil (Catholic) is a the only character born post-Troubles, is the imprisonment of hundreds of men, is eight years old. newborn. five years old. primarily Republican/Catholic. Both Protestants and Catholics disagree with 1982 Homosexuality is decriminalized in 1998 After two years of talks engaging 2009 First reports of the racial harassment the political action. Terry (Protestant) is Northern Ireland, 15 years after England. the UK, the USA, Loyalist and Republican of Romanians within Belfast emerge when seven years old. Ian (Protestant) is born five years later; to political/military groups, the Belfast 115 Romanians are forced from their this day, same sex marriage is still illegal Agreement (or ) is homes. 1972 The Massacre occurs. in Northern Ireland even though it has made and the Troubles officially come to a On this massive day of bombing the Irish been legal in the UK since 2014 and the close. Joan (age 49), Anne (age 38), Terry 2011 Lagan begins, 13 years after peace Republican Army set off 22 bombs across Republic of Ireland since 2015. (age 33), and the Taximan (age 25) have is established… Belfast within 80 minutes. Nine people are lived most of their lives within the war. to abortion and equal rights for the LGBTQ community. Belfast Although violence shapes the landscape of Belfast-- where the streets were built wide enough for military tanks--life continues. Today In the Villanova Theatre lobby you will find The Belfast Agreement, or Good Friday photographs showing that, where bombed-out Agreement, of 1998 ended the violent conflict buildings once stood, new luxury apartments that took more than 3,500 lives. The Troubles, now line the river Lagan; the murals that fill the however, remain present, like ghosts of the streets, displaying memories of a violent past, past- sometimes as palpable as the walls that are gradually being replaced with images of continue to divide the city. Northern Ireland peaceful hopes for the future. remains a part of the UK, but is separate from their political progress. The continued Lagan calls us to consider how everyday life connection of religion and politics may be why keeps going amidst and after momentous Northern Ireland has had so much difficulty in events that shatter our worlds, and explores passing human rights laws that are present in how life always finds a way to move forward, no the UK, Wales, and Scotland, such as access matter how slow the progress. “Northern Ireland finds itself in a stage of transition, letting go of its recent troubled past, wondering what it is, and what it might be.” - Stacey Gregg mainstage productions, including this summer’s Nice Work if You Can Get It, in which he played CAST AND CREW Cookie McGee. LUKE HENSLEY (Phil) is a senior undergraduate student pursuing a double major in English and Humanities with a minor in Theatre. This is his third show with Villanova Theatre—he previously ALLYCE MORRISSEY (Aoife) is a senior undergraduate student, studying English on an appeared in Big Love (Ensemble) in the fall of 2014 and Macbeth (Donalbain) in the winter of honors thesis track, and with minors in Theatre and Humanities. Past Villanova Theatre credits 2016. He has also appeared in several shows in the undergraduate theatre groups, including include The Threepenny Opera (Polly Peachum), and The Light in the Piazza (ensemble). Most starring roles in Noises Off (Lloyd), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (The Player), and It recently, she performed in Goldsmiths Musical Theatre Society’s Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Runs in the Family (David). while studying abroad at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has also appeared in several productions with Villanova Student Musical Theatre, and directed their production of The Mystery KELLY MCANALLY (Fiona) is a part-time graduate student at Villanova Theatre and a full-time of Edwin Drood. She is a native of Glens Falls, New York. administrative assistant in Villanova’s Romance Languages and Literatures Department. She was last seen in Villanova Theatre’s Electra as a member of the Greek Chorus. Kelly earned IAN NOTTE (Terry) is overjoyed to be making his debut on the Villanova stage. He is a second her BA in Public Relations and Communications at Temple University. She is an alumni of Upper year graduate student in Villanova’s Theater program. For the past ten years he has been a Darby Summer Stage, which she participated in for 6 seasons, and has performed in various co-artistic director of the School Free Players, a young people’s theater troupe in Philadelphia. school productions and undergraduate workshops including Once Upon a Mattress, Guys and He holds an MA in Zoology from Miami University and an MA in Environmental Education from Dolls, The Importance of Being Earnest, and How I Learned to Drive. Last season, she was Arcadia University. Assistant Stage Manager for Villanova’s studio show production of The Evaluation Room, written by Villanova Theatre alumni Kristin Miller. KASEY PHILLIPS (Joan) is a second-year graduate scholar working as Villanova Theatre’s academic office assistant who was last seen as a part of the Chorus in Electra this season. PATRICK MCANDREW (Emmet) is a second-year graduate assistant in Set Construction Kasey earned her BA in Theatre and Creative Writing from Florida State University where her and Lighting for Villanova Theatre. Past Villanova credits include Marisol (Man with favorite collaborative credit include devising and writing The Oedipus Complex, a twisted retelling Golf Club), Electra (Orestes) and Macbeth (Fleance, Servant). Favorite credits of Sophocles’ Oedipus The King. She most recently moved from Virginia where she worked at include Crave (B), JB (Nickles), Black Comedy (Brindsley Miller), Noises Off (Tim Allgood), Sherlock Busch Gardens, Williamsburg first as a stage manager for an Olympic-style diving show, then as Holmes: The Valley of Fear (Inspector Lestrade). Last summer, Patrick studied with the Village a Production Stage Manager for an outdoor Ballet, and finally, as the company’s full Playback Theatre in New York City. He earned his BA in Theatre at Ursinus College where he had time Show Operations Supervisor. In her new home in Philly, Kasey has just finished the summer the opportunity to study improvisation intensively with Villanova Theatre graduate and renowned as the Intern Coordinator at People’s Light and Theatre Company and will soon be serving as the artist, Bobbi Block. Patrick has written, directed and produced his own children’s play, The Get production dramaturg on a new play by Irish Playwright in residence, Owen McCafferty, that will Better Letter, and is a published author for his children’s book, The Bad Day of Mr. Wolf. Patrick is have it’s premiere later this Spring at Villanova Theatre. also a percussionist, trained in various musical styles including jazz, rock, swing, Latin, and funk. MEGAN SLATER (Anne) is a first-year graduate acting scholar and who was seen earlier this NIKITAS MENOTIADES (Taximan) is a first-year graduate theatre student and this is his second year as Clytemnestra in Electra. Locally, Megan has worked with the Arden Theatre Company, appearance on stage at Villanova Theatre, as he was just in Marisol as Man with Scar Tissue. Nik Azuka Theatre, BRAT Productions, Flashpoint Theatre Company, Luna Theatre, The National earned his BA from The Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University. Favorite roles Constitution Center, Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, there include Dr. Treeves in The Elephant Man and Gollum in The Hobbit. Nik spent nine years PlayPenn, Revolution Shakespeare, Simpatico Theatre Project, and The Wilma Theater. in Los Angeles working with various theatre companies. Credits include Cartoon (Trouble), The Grapes of Wrath (Tom Joad), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Martini), The Dog in the Manger SISI WRIGHT (Tracey) is a first-year graduate assistant in Costume Construction at Villanova (Fabio), Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio), Macbeth (MacDuff), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), Theatre. She is making her Villanova Theatre debut in Electra. Sisi earned her BA in Theatre Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Elvis), La Cage Aux Folles (Jacob), The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Arts from Sweet Briar College in Virginia. Her past roles include Rose in The Secret Garden, (Roma), and more. Pennsylvania credits include Red, White, and Tuna (Arles etc.) and Buried Myfanwy Price in Under Milk Wood at Sweet Briar Theatre; Esse in Pathway to Freedom and Child (Vince). Nik has performed in several PA Lottery commercials, and has been a co-star on Stupefyin’ Jones in Lil’ Abner at Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre; Dr. Eve Bolinger in Sordid Lives at Weeds, Political Animals, and House of Cards. Renaissance Theatre; and Holly in Terminal Bar at The University of Virginia.

CHRIS MONACO (Ian) is a second-year acting scholar in the graduate theatre program. You STACEY GREGG (Playwright) studied English at Cambridge and has worked with Paines may have seen him last semester as the faithful old Servant in Electra, or last year as Owen Plough, Tinderbox, the National Theatre, and the Bush Theatre in London. Perve, her first full- in Translations. A recent graduate of Temple University’s Musical Theatre concentration, Chris’ length play, premiered at the Peacock in 2011 and was subsequently awarded the BBC Radio favorite roles included Joe Josephson in Merrily We Roll Along, Melchior in Spring Awakening, Drama Award at the Stewart Parker Trust Awards in 2012. Her other plays include Here Before, and Reverend Hale in The Crucible. He is an active member of the Upper Darby Summer Stage Shibboleth, Cows Go Boom, and Scorch, which she is adapting for television with Kudos. In 2015, program, having served this summer as an assistant director for their children’s theatre program, she wrote an episode of The Frankenstein Chronicles for Rainmark Films/ITV Encore. She is showcase coordinator, and director of The Fantasticks. Chris has been seen in their past few currently writing three episodes of Neil Jordan’s Riviera. KATHRYN MACMILLAN (Director) is the resident director of Lantern Theater Company; she RACHEL O’HANLON-RODRIGUEZ (Dramaturg) is a second-year Presidential Scholar and has been a company member there for fifteen seasons. Directing credits at the Lantern include serves as the Media & Events Coordinator at Villanova Theatre. She was thrilled to be back Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arcadia, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (named Best Production of the on stage at Villanova Theatre as Chrysothemis in Electra and Marisol in Marisol last semester. 2012/13 season by Philadelphia Weekly), The Breath of Life (Barrymore nomination: Outstanding Past Villanova credits include: Macduff’s Son in Macbeth and Big Stone in Eurydice. Rachel is Overall Production of a Play), and The Hothouse (Barrymore nominations for Direction & a Philadelphia-based actress and dramaturg who has worked with companies such as Azuka Outstanding Production). Regional credits include InterAct, Inis Nua, Flashpoint, and several Theatre, Flashpoint Theatre Company, EgoPo Classic Theater, Simpatico Theatre Project, and shows for Theatre Horizon, including I Am My Own Wife (Barrymore winner, The Virginia Brown the Painted Bride Art Center. She also serves as the Development Associate for Kaleid Theatre, Martin Philadelphia Award & nods for Direction & Outstanding Production). She was an actor where she devises physical theater pieces (kaleidtheatre.org). Rachel earned her BA from Rowan in the Barrymore-nominated ensemble of Philadelphia Artists’ Collective’s The Fair Maid of the University, where she received their Joseph Robinette Award for Excellence in Theater and West. KC is excited to return to Villanova again since The School for Lies; she earned her MA Dance, and was a 2010 semi-finalist for the region II Kennedy Center American College here in 2001. Theater Festival.

MEGHAN JONES (Scenic Designer) has designed with Villanova Theatre in past seasons. ANDREA AINSWORTH (Dialect Coach) is one of the leading voice specialists in Ireland. She Highlighted designs include Michael & Edie, and As You Like It. It is always a pleasure to return. has been the Voice Director of the Abbey Theatre since 1995, working closely with both Irish and Recent designs in the Philadelphia community include Lantern Theater Company’s An Iliad, and international directors on all productions in the Abbey and Peacock theatres including premiers of Radiant Vermin. Upcoming designs include Leper + Chip with Inis Nua Theatre Co. and Lantern’s plays by: Seamus Heaney, Tom Murphy, Frank McGuinness, Marina Carr, Conor McPherson, Tom Coriolanus. She is currently the Production Manager for Lantern Theater Company. She holds Kilroy, and Mark O’Rowe. She has taught in drama schools in London and on the professional her MFA in scenic design from Temple University. Most appreciation to Villanova’s staff, cast, and actor-training programme in the School of Drama, Trinity College from 1995 until 2008. crew for all their support. www.mcjonesdesigns.com. She has worked with most of the independent theatre companies in Ireland and also coaches actors for film and TV. She has adapted and directed three plays for children in the Peacock JANUS STEFANOWICZ (Costume Designer) is Villanova Theatre’s resident costume designer Theatre: The Wolf of Winter - adapted from a story by Paula Meehan, Sisters and Brothers - and Costume Shop Manager. She has designed costumes for the Arden Theatre Company, adapted from stories by Marina Carr and Jim Nolan, Swans, Boots and Boxes - adapted from a Delaware Theatre Company, People’s Light, Philadelphia Theatre Company, The Wilma Theater, story by Dermot Healy, Eugene McCabe & Elish Ni Dhuibhne. She has also devised and directed Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the 2013 Philadelphia International Theatre Festival, The several Poetry Evenings in the Abbey and Peacock Theatres with musical director Paul Keenan. Lantern Theatre Company, Theatre Horizon, and Hedgerow Theatre Company. Janus has She teaches Shakespeare workshops for a variety of groups and has recently completed a new received 16 Barrymore Award nominations for Outstanding Costume Design, for Villanova series of ‘Speaking Shakespeare’ for the Arts in Junior Cycle English, funded by the Department Theatre’s The Tempest, Parade, Chicago, Children of Eden, Into the Woods, Candide, and Evita; of Education and the Arts Council of Ireland. She also offers classes and bespoke voice and Cheltenham Center for the Arts’ The Illusion; Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Intimate Apparel communication workshops for a variety of groups including: actors, TV presenters, corporate (2006 Barrymore Award winner); The Wilma Theater’s The Invention of Love, Magic Fire, Big clients, writers, barristers, lecturers, members of the public, and community groups. Film Work Love (2003 Barrymore Award winner), Galileo and Age of Arousal. includes: My Name is Emily, James Coleman’s Retake with Evidence, Voice Coach for Harvey Keitel, The Borstal Boy, Country, Animal Farm, Mystic Knights, Amongst Women. In 2004 she JEROLD R. FORSYTH (Lighting Designer) has designed over 300 productions to date. received bursaries from Facing Forward and the Arts Council of Ireland to pursue training in the Philadelphia credits include designs for The Wilma Theater, Villanova Theatre, Amaryllis Theatre, Feldenkrais Technique with Francois Combeau at the Espace du Temps Present in Paris. Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, Simpatico Theatre Project, Arden Theatre Company, Walnut Street Theatre, InterAct Theatre Company, American Music Theatre Festival, People’s Light & K.O. DELMARCELLE (Movement Coach) is an actor, choreographer, and teaching artist. Theatre Company, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Venture Theatre, Philadelphia Festival Theatre for Barrymore nominations for Outstanding Choreography: It Girl (Simpatico Theater) and Emma New Plays, and Philadelphia Drama Guild. Additional East Coast credits: Kennedy Center, New York (The Lantern Theater Company), Outstanding Supporting Actress: Detroit (Philadelphia Theater Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center Theatre, York Theatre Company, Village Theatre Company, Company), and Taming of the Shrew (Lantern Theater Company). Temple University MFA Acting Opera Ebony - New York, and Palm Beach DramaWorks. Jerold has been nominated 13 times for candidate 2018. MA - Theater, Villanova University. Proud member AEA. Thank you to KC and Barrymore Awards, twice receiving the Barrymore Award for Outstanding Lighting Design. He has the company. “When they go low, we go high.” twice received “Most Notable Lighting Design” citations from The Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr. Forsyth has consulted on theatrical lighting systems for Delaware County Community College, Pennsylvania CASEY BERNER (Stage Manager) is a first-year Theatre graduate student who is also seeking a Institute of Technology, The Wilma Theatre, and The Playground at the Adrienne. In addition, certificate in Non-Profit Management. Casey is a recent graduate of Villanova, where she double- Mr. Forsyth designed a unique art gallery lighting system for the Bethlehem House Contemporary majored in Communication and English and graduated with an Honors degree. She’s followed Art Gallery. up her four years as a costume technician with working as a Costume Assistant with Janus Stefanowicz. This is her first Villanova show. Other notable works include The Wild Party (Stage JOHN STOVICEK (Sound Designer) is a designer in residence at Villanova Theatre. This Manager) and Lucky Stiff (Costume Designer) with Villanova Student Musical Theatre, along with season he has also worked on productions at Act II Theatre and Delaware Theatre Company her work as the Costume, Props, and Set Designer/Master for nine mainstage shows over her and travelled as a stage manager/ guitar tech for the psychedelic electronic rock band Empire three summers with Young Performers Theatre Camp, run by the City of Philadelphia. of the Sun.

VILLANOVA THEATRE FACULTY Valerie Joyce, PhD...... Interim Chair; Musical Theatre; Script Analysis; Teaching of Theatre; Acting David Cregan, OSA, PhD...... Gender, Politics and Performance; Modern Irish Drama; Acting; Voice & Movement Andrew Blasenak, PhD...... Acting; Stage Combat Michael Hollinger, MA...... Solo Performance; Playwriting; Songwriting James Ijames, MFA...... Acting, Collaborative Theatre Harriet Power, MFA...... Directing; Acting/Directing Styles; Creativity Chelsea Phillips, PhD...... Dramaturgy; Acting; New Play Dramaturgy Joanna Settle, MFA...... Directing Kalle Westerling...... Dramatic Vision and Form Modern Owen McCafferty...... New Play Development Professors Emeriti...... James J. Christy, Joanna Rotté

VILLANOVA THEATRE STAFF Parris Bradley ...... Production Manager Eileen Ciccarone...... Audience Services Manager Elisa Loprete Hibbs ...... Business Manager Michael Hollinger ...... Artistic Director Chelsea Phillips, PhD...... Resident Dramaturg Jennifer Povish...... Cutter/Draper Kimberly Reilly ...... Director of Marketing & Public Relations Janus Stefanowicz ...... Costume Shop Manager Ashley Leamon...... Program Coordinator Sharri Jerue ...... Properties Master & Scenic Charge Rajiv Shah...... Technical Director

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS AND SCHOLARS Costume Construction...... Laura Barron, Casey Berner, Lexa Grace, Sisi Wright Properties Construction & Scenic Artists ...... Alexandra Curth, Rachel DelVecchio Set Construction ...... Leo Bond, Patrick McAndrew, Lize Meisenzahl, Andrea Rumble-Moore Marketing/Public Relations ...... Ann Marley Acting Scholars ...... Dan Cullen, Kara Krichman, Chris Monaco, Megan Slater Research Scholar...... Alexandra King Merit Scholars...... Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriguez, Kasey Phillips

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