Harriet Power (MFA) is an internationally-recognized theatre director and also a writer, adapter, and dramaturg. At Villanova, she is a Professor of Theatre and Director of Graduate Theatre Theses, mentors graduate directors, and was an Adjunct Professor of Law (2011-2013) and Graduate Theatre Advisor (2006-2008). The head of graduate dramaturgy from 1994-2006, she now teaches graduate Directing, Acting/Directing Styles, and undergraduate Creativity. She has directed 26 productions for Villanova Theatre, ranging from Shakespeare (As You Like It, Measure for Measure) to farce (The Suicide, Le Dindon) to Chekhov (Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, Cherry Orchard) to epic (The Illusion, Angels in America) to musicals (A Wonderful Noise, Scapin) to contemporary work (Art, Red Herring, Muswell Hill) to the plays of Villanova's Irish playwrights-in-residence (By the Bog of Cats...., Fred and Jane, and the upcoming Lagan). She developed and taught graduate Solo Performance from 1996-2005, and in May, 2008 co-created a festival of solo performance at Villanova. An active professional director and dramaturg, she has twice earned Barrymore nominations for “Outstanding Production of a Play,” most recently for In a Dark Dark House, which she directed in spring 2014 for Simpatico Theatre. This production was also nominated for Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Supporting Actress, and the Virginia Brown Martin Philadelphia Award. Area productions she’s directed since 2006 have garnered twenty-five Barrymore nominations (including three for Outstanding Direction of a Play) and five Barrymore awards (including Outstanding Direction of a Play and Outstanding Ensemble Performance, both for Angels in America: Perestroika at Villanova)