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Villanova Theatre to Launch 50th Anniversary Season
With Long Day’s Journey into Night
Villanova Theatre will open its 50th Anniversary season with a masterpiece of American theatre, Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night. Lifetime Achievement Barrymore honoree Robert Hedley will direct. The production features Joanna Rotté, last seen at Villanova Theatre in the title role of Mother Courage, as Mary Tyrone; and Dan Kern, who is frequently seen on stage in the Philadelphia area and across the nation, as James Tyrone.
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Villanova University to Host Second Annual Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium
On Friday, January 25, 2008, Villanova University’s Theatre
Department will highlight the work of area scholars during its
second annual Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium. Scheduled
events include a new scholars panel, a keynote address by
Philadelphia Inquirer theatre critic Toby Zinman, and a roundtable
discussion with Zinman and area critics Mark Cofta (Philadelphia
City Paper), David Cregan (Main Line Times), and Nancy Furey (Talkin’
Broadway). All events are free and open to the public.
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Philadelphia Theatre Research Symposium
Call for Papers
This symposium offers the opportunity to
present work in progress and to share ideas with
other researchers. We are
seeking papers which engage a broad range of topics
in theatre and drama
studies including, performance analysis, gender, politics, and
cultural theory.
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Villanova Theatre Presents Mother Courage and Her Children
Villanova Theatre will
entertain and challenge audiences with Bertolt Brecht’s epic drama
The production is directed by Assistant Professor Shawn Kairschner and features
Professor Joanna Rotté in the title role. Mother Courage, written in the midst
of World War II and set in the 1600s during the Thirty Years’ War,
offers a highly theatrical examination of the relationship between
commerce and conflict.(...read more) |
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Villanova Theatre Presents Beyond Therapy
Christopher Durang’s Hilarious Comedy Launches the 2007-2008 Season
Villanova Theatre will kick off its 2007-2008 theatre season with Beyond Therapy, a hilariously off-kilter comedy by Christopher ng. The production marks theatre professor Dina Amin’s Villanova Theatre directorial debut. Beyond Therapy runs October 2 –14 in Vasey
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Villanova Theatre Announces 2007-2008 Season
49th Season includes Beyond Therapy, Mother Courage, Baby, and The Illusion
Villanova Theatre is proud to announce an exciting, diverse 2007-2008 Season. Now in its 49th
year, the Theatre will present a riotous contemporary comedy, a powerful modern drama, a
touching, exuberant musical, and an artfully imagined French classic. The season continues
Villanova’s rich tradition of presenting stirring plays for both the University community and
theatre lovers throughout the Greater Philadelphia area.(...read more) |
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Villanova Theatre Presents: Someone
Who'll Watch Over Me
Villanova Theatre presents Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, by noted Irish playwright Frank
McGuinness, as the culmination of Villanova University’s “Springtime in Ireland” Irish Festival.
Directed by theatre professor Rev. David Cregan, O.S.A., Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me runs
Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 at 8pm; and Sunday, April 29 at 2pm in Vasey Hall on
the Villanova University campus.(...read more) |
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Hollinger Garners National New Play Award
Villanova University Theatre Professor Awarded Prestigious Citation for His Drama, Opus
for His Drama, Opus
Michael Hollinger, Philadelphia-based playwright and assistant professor of theatre at
Villanova University, has been awarded a Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre
Critics Association New Play Citation for his play Opus.(...read more) |
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