Goodnight Desdemona Goodmorning Juliet

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Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet

The production of “Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet” put on by Villanova University’s Theater Department captured the essence of Shakespeare combined with the humor of an intertwined modern world. The combination of fine acting, beautiful costumes, and impressive stage presence led to wonderful experience for everyone in the audience. Evident through multiple bursts of laughter and a few straining necks it was obvious that the production was very well received.
The most striking cast member had to be Kyla Marie Mostello playing the part of Desdemona. Kyla had an amazing stage presence that immediately drew the eyes of an audience member. Kyla was able to convince the audience that she truly was from another world. Her facial expressions and tone of voice made believing her to be from the world of Othello amazingly easy. When the character of Constance Ledbelly played by Nina Donze explained to Desdemona that she was from another world, a world referred to by Desdemona as “Academia,” Kyla allowed the audience to believe in her curiosity about this strange world of “Academia.” Kyla forced the audience to wonder whether she really was curious about this strange new world. Kyla’s presence in the production added tremendously to each audience member’s overall experience.
Not one of the characters stands out as weak link in the production. With exception to Kyla’s standout performance the rest of the characters did a fine job portraying their version of the characters. Taylor Williams playing the part of the Ghost forced to the audience to chuckle on more than one occasion with her amusing body movements, a wink of the eye, or a heart-felt laugh. Taylor opened up the production by getting the whole audience involved. Taylor even briefly interacted with a few audience members. It was clear from their reactions that besides being a bit stage fright the audience membe...