Boston Conservatory at Berklee musical theater senior Maeve Reilly directs The Convent by Jessica Dickey. A dark comedy about desire, devotion, and the deep truths of one's life, The Convent follows the story of a group of women go on a retreat to live like nuns in the Middle Ages and are baptized with 1980s pop, female mysticism, hallucinogens, and sex.
Audience Advisory: This performance contains strong language and mature themes, including talk of self harm, misogyny, sex, and abandonment.
Program Information
Director's Note
Thank you so much for coming to tonight’s performance of The Convent. This play is wonderful, weird, sad, hilarious, and soooo silly. Each member of our cast is a treasure, and I feel so profoundly lucky to have worked with these women to create this world together. I am extremely grateful to have you here, and I hope you enjoy the show.
—Maeve Reilly
Cast
MOTHER ABBESS – Lara Allison
PATTI – Meghan Hoey
JILL – Karina Gallagher
CORA DIMLIN – Catriona Gallagher
BERTIE – Nicole Mulready
WILMA – Sophie Davis
TINA – Nadia Vito
Production Credits
CREATIVE TEAM:
Director – Maeve Reilly
Assistant Director – Sophie Golay
Stage Manager – Olivia "Goose" Goosman
Lighting Designer – Trisha Soo
PRODUCTION STAFF:
Chris Webb – Directing Advisor
Zach Box Technical Director – Audrey Kimball
Props Manager – Larry Dembski
Intimacy Consultants – Angie Jepson and Rachel DaSilva
STUDENT PRODUCTION STAFF:
Sound – Sophie Golay
Lighting – Olivia "Goose" Goosman
CONCERT SERVICES STAFF:
Senior Manager of Concert Services – Luis Herrera
Concert Production Coordinator – Matthew Carey
Concert Production Manager – Kendall Floyd
Manager of Performance Technology – Wes Fowler
Performance Technology Technicians – Sara Pagiaro, Goran Daskalov
Special Thanks
Special thanks to Shawn, Kathy, and Jill Reilly; Maura Cunning; Goose; Sophie Golay; Jacob Conley; Sophie Scriven; Ella Sweeney; the queer people I met at Ursuline Academy; my fellow senior directors; and the families and loved ones of the whole cast. This never would have happened without you.
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