Villanova Theatre | On Stage
2018-2019 Season
The Book Club Play
She Loves Me
Youth
The Importance of Being Earnest
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THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
by Karen Zacarías
directed by James Ijames
Sept 18 - 30, 2018
Bookworms unite! Join Ana’s book club, a letter-perfect world for lovers of literature. This smart hit comedy about books and the people who love them takes a turn for the hilarious as Ana’s beloved book club is infiltrated by a documentary film crew. Add a provocative new member and some surprising new titles, and these six friends are bound for bedlam. Ana’s scholarly sanctuary quickly transforms into “Lord of the Flies with wine and dip” as her merry little band of readers melts down. Sprinkled with fun theatrical references to documentaries and novels from Moby Dick and Age of Innocence to Twilight and The Da Vinci Code, this side-splitting social commentary is a celebration for book lovers everywhere.
YOUTH
by James Ijames
directed by Edward Sobel
Feb 5 -17, 2019
In this extraordinary new play by “U.S. theatre’s next major voice,” a small church is disrupted when a mysterious young man joins its youth group (Broad Street Review). Wyatt, a self-proclaimed non-believer, begins inadvertently performing miracles during their meetings, much to the dismay of youth pastor, Dave. The other young congregants must grapple with the meaning behind these miracles while wrestling with their own issues of identity, sexuality, and faith. Barrymore, Whiting, and Terrence McNally Award-winning playwright James Ijames weaves together magical realism with a heartfelt exploration of what it means to be young in this fantastical new play.
SHES LOVES ME
book by Joe Masteroff
lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
music by Jerry Bock
directed by Matt Decker
November 6 - 18, 2018
She Loves Me follows Amalia and Georg, two wisecracking clerks who are constantly butting heads on the job in a Budapest parfumerie. After both respond to a “lonely hearts advertisement” in the newspaper, these unwitting pen pals become the most unlikely of lovebirds. Will their affection continue to grow once their identities are revealed? Considered by many to be the most charming musical ever written, She Loves Me strums the heartstrings with its endearing innocence and deeply satisfying sweetness. With a witty and melodic score, Bock and Harnick’s delightful musical masterpiece promises to bring out the hopeless romantic in all of us.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Valerie Joyce
April 2-14, 2019
Country gent Jack and city slicker Algernon weary of the workaday, and in an effort to escape their humdrum lives, hatch a plan to woo two women who claim they’ll only marry a man named Ernest. The bumbling bachelors invent Ernest alter-egos and quickly become entangled in a hilarious tale of deception, disguise and misadventure. Wilde’s classic comedy of manners remains as delectable as ever, treating audiences to witty wordplay, caustic commentary, and blistering banter.
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