Name: Lost Lear
Start: 2025-02-13T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-15T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Villanova University

We are thrilled to announce we will be presenting the North American Premier of the award-winning LOST LEAR by Irish writer/director Dan Colley this February 13-15 at Villanova’s Mullen Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are on sale now!
Lost Lear is an award-winning innovative and powerful contemporary rewrite of Shakespeare’s play, King Lear, telling the story of Joy, a retired actor with dementia who is reliving her memory of rehearsing
the Shakespearean tragedy. At Joy’s nursing home, the staff facilitate her care by acting out her happy memories, but Joy’s delicately maintained reality is upended by the arrival of her son. Lost Lear is a thought-provoking exploration of memory, dementia and the unconventional possibilities of human communication. Dan Colley and Company are based in Dublin, Ireland.

Discounted tickets are available for students, groups and community partners. Contact the Center for Irish Studies for more info.
Showtimes are:
*Thursday Feb. 13th 1pm & 7pm
*Friday Feb. 14th 7pm
*Saturday Feb. 15th 7pm
This production is co-sponsored by the Augustine and Culture Seminar, Villanova’s Theater Department, Villanova’s Health Humanities and Medical Arts and Visiting Angels Senior Home Care.