University Players Present 'And The Justice Plays Its Part'

The University of Scranton Players will present the new play "And The Justice Plays Its Part,” written by Gabriella Palmer ‘26 and directed by Myracle Brunette ‘26, and co-produced with The University of Scranton’s Gail and Francis Slattery Center for The Humanities.

The production will run Friday, May 2 at 8 p.m., and Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4 at 2 p.m. All performances will be hosted in the Royal Theatre at the McDade Center for the Literary and Performing Arts on The University of Scranton campus. Admission to the show is free and open to the public.

The courtroom drama is based on Palmer’s research of the use of theatrical technique in litigation for her 2024-2025 Fellowship at the Slattery Center for the Humanities.

The play follows Nicole, a young, ambitious corporate lawyer who, at the promise of making senior partner, accepts a seemingly impossible pro bono case defending rising actress and playwright Vivien Anderson. Andersen has written a semi-autobiographical play about being sexually assaulted, and the perpetrator is now suing her for defamation. Nicole, assisted by Spencer, her inexperienced but earnest intern, faces overwhelming odds as she attempts to defend Vivien’s right to tell her story and seek a form of justice the courts denied her. The play is a moving examination not only of justice and the legal system but also the ways both law and theater have the power to move people, and the power of words as a form of fighting injustice.

Please note, the play contains a content warning for mature themes.

The company of ‘'And The Justice Plays Its Part" features: Brigid Carlin of Portsmouth, Rhode Island; Dawson Chisholm of Mahwah, New Jersey; Jake Dawson of Westminster, Maryland; Billy Gardiner of Wyncote; Sofia Greco of Verona, New Jersey; Nefty Guadalupe of Newark, New Jersey; Thomas Kennedy of Scranton; Cassidy Lowman of Harrisburg; Lilliana Mangano of Harrington Park; Alek Panchik of Hershey; Cassidy Pfeiffer of Old Forge; Rebecca Russo of Franklin, New Jersey; Zainab Shah of Karachi, Pakistan; Arion Solomon of Jersey City, New Jersey; Bella Stanco of Dunmore; Lauren Spratt of Philadelphia and Vincent Tyson II of Laurel, Maryland.

For more information, contact the University Players box office at 570-941-4318 or visit the Players' website at www.thescrantonplayers.com or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The University of Scranton Players is an academic theatre program that brings theatre to Northeastern Pennsylvania every season. The Players’ productions feature University of Scranton students in a mix of classical and contemporary works under the direction and mentorship of award-winning faculty and guest artists.