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. 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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 & Kent & 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. 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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 London 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 Ireland. 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