Villanova Theatre
2012-2013 Season
How I Learned To Drive
The Drowsy Chaperone
Muswell Hill
Salome
by Torben Betts
directed by Harriet Power
February 12-24, 2013
A U.S. Premiere
It is 2010. An earthquake in Haiti leave one hundred thousand people dead and two million homeless. The tragic news erupts on Facebook, trends on Twitter, and instantly becomes a Wikipedia article. Meanwhile, in a posh London suburb, six "connected" people wrestle with their hunger to love and be loved as they obsess over work, weight, and what's for dinner. Betts' tart, timely skewering of contemporary communication weighs the promise and limitations of technology with remarkable wit, revealing profound truths about the struggle to be human in a dehumanizing age.
Production Staff
Director: Harriet Power
Set Designer: Daniel Boylan
Costume Designer: Marla Jurglanis
Lighting Designer: Jerold R. Forsyth
Sound Designer: John Stovicek
Video Designer: John Stovicek
Dramaturg: Lizzy Pecora
Stage Manager: Elizabeth Marafino
Cast
JESS: Victoria Rose Bonito
MAT: Ahren Potratz*
KAREN: Madeline Iacobucci
SIMON: Seth Thomas Schmitt-Hall
ANNIE: Sarah Moya
TONY: Joe Guzman