VILE
by Francesca Montanile Lyons

Hometown: 
Philadelphia, PA
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SOCIAL MEDIA:
Website- www.francescamontanilelyons.com
Instagram - @frenchyfrancesca ; @fmldrawsbutts

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​SHOWTIMES:
​​Saturday, July 20 at 8:30pm
Tuesday, July 23 at 10 pm
​Wednesday, July 24 at 10 pm

LOCATION: 
Wilbury Theatre Group

TICKET PRICE:
​$10

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DESCRIPTION OF PIECE
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Are you sad? Me too, bestie. Let’s stuff our faces with girl dinner, order some face masks for self care, and watch some tv while we scroll tiktok all to make sure that we absolutely DO NOT have a feeling (or a memory, or a critical thought.) In Vile, Francesca Montanile Lyons brings you a solo performance that rides the line between pleasure and disgust, where clown and buffon hold a funhouse mirror to the artist’s self. Here, the laughter is tinged with nausea, and the nausea is tinged with relief. Ingredients include: the decay of late stage capitalism, a skewering of rape culture, the hilarity of depression, plus greasy toes, a balloon penis, extra cheese, and a side of bdsm. Content Considerations: consent violation, rape/rape culture, kink, depression, suicidal ideation.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

​Francesca Montanile Lyons (she/her) is a director, performer, visual artist, and educator based in Philadelphia. Across mediums, her work seeks to disempower shame and taboo through playful honesty & voyeuristic delight. Credits include creating/directing Dear Diary LOL (PHL FringeArts & New Ohio), co-creating/directing Good Grief (Canonball Fest & LeMondo), the Van Gogh Shogh and All 100 Fires by Donna Oblongata, Legal Tender (PHL Fringe & AntFest), Fourth Quarter (FPA Fest), directing Die, Dumping, Die! (MuralArts), Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea (UArts Arts Bank), and performing/co-creating Girl Poop (2018-2021). MFA in Devised Performance from UArts/Pig Iron School (2016). BA in Theatre Arts & Performance Studies from Brown U (2011).