2024-2025 Villanova Theatre Season
solo nova
September 18 - 29, 2024
Wildcard Wednesday: September 18
Featuring the work of alumni guest artists
Experience a bold array of thrilling solo performances in a festival format. Funny, poignant, irreverent, profound: these tour-de-force works span period and genre, showcasing historical figures, poetic text, evocative movement, innovative multimedia, and personal journeys of discovery.
far away
October 31 - November 10, 2024
Wildcard Wednesday: October 30
By Caryl Churchill
Directed by Edward Sobel
Set in a distant time and place that feels eerily close to our own, Far Away depicts a nightmarish world; where war seems ever-present and humans, insects – even the weather – form strange alliances. Caryl Churchill's mesmerizing play follows Joan from naive girlhood to young adulthood, raising urgent moral questions about our role in a just (or unjust) society. An ingenious and theatrical work from one of the world’s most provocative playwrights.
the thanksgiving play
February 6 - 16, 2025
Wildcard Wednesday: February 5
By Larissa Fasthorse
Directed by Tanaquil Márquez
A high school drama teacher brings together a handful of well-intentioned (if insufficiently informed) collaborators to create a "culturally conscious" play about the first Thanksgiving. At once audaciously funny and completely cringe-worthy, this brilliant, biting satire on political correctness examines misguided cultural assumptions and the polarizing world of “wokeness.”
into the woods
April 3 - April 13, 2025
Wildcard Wednesday: April 2
Book by James Lapine
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Valerie Joyce
Venture into the woods alongside fantastical figures from the world’s most beloved fairy tales in this timeless Tony Award-winning musical. Featuring unforgettable songs like “Children Will Listen,” “It Takes Two,” and “No One is Alone,” this spell-binding story delightfully upends the traditional trope of “happily ever after,” charming audiences at every twist and turn.
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