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Meet the Cast: Lora Margerum (Semele in BEGINNING)
1. When you found out you were cast in this role, what were you excited about? What performance opportunities immediately flooded into your mind? First, I was ecstatic to be able to work with James! I was an ASM on last season and getting to watch that production evolve was simply magical, so the chance…
Read More“I Killed a Lion” Origin Story and Lyric
In late September, Artistic Director Michael Hollinger sent a text to Bakkhai Variations Supervising Director James Ijames: I woke up in the middle of the night last night with an idea for a song that could be played over whatever closing credits the composite BV film may require. Would you be open to this? Got up and…
Read MoreMeet the Designer: Anna Sorrentino (’21)
In pursuit of her Master’s thesis, graduate student Anna Sorrentino has undertaken the monumental task of designing for the sweeping creative undertaking BAKKHAI VARIATIONS. What’s it like designing for five plays instead of one as the sole student designer? Hear from this incredibly talented rising star as she is interviewed by Dramaturg Zach Apony. What…
Read MoreMeet the Dramaturgs!
(Reblogged from Zach Apony’s Dramaturgical Website) Villanova Theatre deploys dramaturgs (theatre artists focused on the literary, historical, and current context of plays) in two different capacities: production and education. Below, the two dramaturgs working on Bakkhai Variations will introduce themselves. Hello, everyone! My name is Zach Apony and I am serving as Production Dramaturg for Bakkhai Variations. I…
Read MoreCome on and Zoom!
Ain’t no party like a Zoom party ’cause the zoom parties don’t stop (or at least it seems that way these days). Get festive on your next video call by adding one of our fun theatrical backgrounds to create some artsy ambience. We hope you enjoy this fun collection of photos that span from this…
Read MoreInterviewing MIDSUMMER Director Ed Sobel
by Jay A. Kimberley Villanova University Theatre is home to some of the most innovative and passionate theatre makers in the Philadelphia area. From the classroom to the stage, students are challenged to perform as both artists and scholars. Driving this call to excellence are professors like director Ed Sobel, who challenge the student body daily…
Read MoreA Midsemester Night’s Dream: Zombies and Monsters
“I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.” As they enter the woods outside of Athens, the characters of A Midsummer Night’s Dream begin to experience events so strange that they become unsure of what is reality and what is…
Read MoreA Midsemester Night’s Dream: Virtual Insanity
“I have had a most rare vision. I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was.” As they enter the woods outside of Athens, the characters of A Midsummer Night’s Dream begin to experience events so strange that they become unsure of what is reality and what is…
Read MoreOrlando: Discovering Who You Are
This week, Orlando dramaturg Ilia Campbell shares her thoughts and ruminations on Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of this Virginia Woolf masterpiece: One of the reasons I love Orlando is the way in which the piece centers on Orlando’s search for identity throughout the narrative. Orlando struggles with feelings of depression, listlessness, and anxiety throughout the play,…
Read MoreOrlando: The Penalties and Privileges of our Positions
As a woman, do you find that people will happily hold doors open for you? As a man, do you find yourself holding back tears for fear of judgement? As a non-binary person, do you find people struggling to view you outside of society’s historically binary view of gender? Orlando experiences the penalties and privileges…
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