Curio Theatre cast members Trice Baldwin Browns (left) and Aetna Gallagher. (Photo by Rebecca Gudelunas)

Two women are spotted kissing each other in Dublin’s Crumlin Shopping Centre and now they’re in a show …reluctantly. Defying stereotypes, they’re here to share with the audience something they’ve never dared show before. They are very nervous. And it shows.

I ♥ Alice ♥ I, by Amy Conroy, is a funny and heartfelt new work from Ireland – a beautiful love story about two women, which premieres at Curio Theatre this week. Company members Trice Baldwin Browns and Aetna Gallagher star in this lovely story from the Emerald Isle. Curio Managing Director Gay Carducci co-directs this piece with company member Rachel Gluck. 

“I think what drew me to this piece first and foremost was the sheer joy it expresses,” Gluck said of Alice. “The majority of same-sex love stories we see in theatre and film are tragedies. They mine homophobia and other sources of LGBTQ+ trauma for conflict and drama. This is a piece that says you can simply tell a love story.”

“One of the things that initially drew me to this play was that it’s about two women of age,” Carducci added. “…These are two people in love, in a relationship that has stood the test of time. They are everyday people, like me and like you.”

The show, which is part of Theatre Philadelphia’s Philly Theatre Week 2020, begins previews Feb. 5, opens on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m., and runs through Feb. 29.

Tickets cost between $15 and $30 and are available online at www.curiotheatre.org or by phone at 215-921-8243. Curio is also offering $10 Student Rush tickets for each show, which are available at the door starting at 7:50 p.m. before each performance. All shows are performed at Curio’s home theatre at the Calvary Center for Culture and Community, 4740 Baltimore Ave.