Dr. Lennon Meets with Director of the National Theatre of Ireland

A group from Villanova University, led by President Fr. Peter Donohue, went to the Abbey Theatre, the National Theatre of Ireland, to meet with the Director, Fiach MacConghail, Chair of the Board, Dr. Bryan McMahon, and Abbey staff. Dr. Joseph Lennon, Director of the Irish Studies Program and a professor in the English Department, along with Tony Ponturo, Broadway producer and Villanova alumnus '76, discussed the coordination of the Summer Studio, a joint 3-week, Villanova-Abbey Theatre summer program, as well as a possible Abbey Theatre residency at Villanova University. To read our post about Dr. Lennon's meeting with the president of Ireland, click here.

Dr. Joseph Lennon, Director of Irish Studies, Villanova University
and Fiach MacConghail, Director
of the Abbey Theatre

President Peter Donohue, O.S.A., Ph.D., Villanova University and
Fiach MacConghail, Director of the Abbey Theatre

L-R: Oonagh Desire, Director of Public Affairs and
Development; Tony Ponturo, Villanova alumnus '74, Dean of Arts and
Sciences's Advisory Council Member; Fiach MacConghail, Director of the
Abbey Theatre; President Peter Donohue, O.S.A., Ph.D., Villanova
University; Dr. Bryan Mc Mahon, Chairman of the Board for the Abbey
Theatre; Mike O'Neill, Vice President for Advancement, Villanova
University; Dr. Joseph Lennon, Director of Irish Studies, Villanova
University; George Kolb, Vice President for Alumni Relations.

Dr. Joseph Lennon, Director of Irish Studies, Villanova University;
Oonagh Desire, Director of Public Affairs and Development; Tony Ponturo,
Villanova alumnus '74, Dean of Arts and Sciences's Advisory
Council Member

Fr. Peter at the Abbey