Frankenstein

September 20 to October 19
by Mary Shelly
adapted by Andrew Biliter
By special arrangement with Lighthouse Plays
Directed by Mat MacDonald

When a team of arctic voyagers rescue a ragged, half-starved man wandering the ice floes, they bear witness to a horrific tale of human prejudice and science gone awry. Enter the life of Victor Frankenstein, a promising young scientist whose reckless experiments set in motion a terrible series of events—for Victor, his family, and his hideous, unloved creation.

Forget the campy Hollywood version: this uncommonly faithful adaptation resurrects the fragile innocence and lurking terror of Mary Shelley’s original novel, preserving much of her prose as well.

A Christmas Carol

November 22 to December 21
by Christopher Scharios
Adapted from the book
by Charles Dickens
By special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing
Directed by Jennifer Levens

A Christmas Carol is in its essence a ghost story of redemption. The charm of this adaptation is that instead of a ‘cast of thousands’ there are only seven players, one of whom is a fiddler. All of the sound effects and music are provided on a very bare stage. Much of the story is narrated, with some character interpretation and laced together by the fiddler and traditional Christmas carols.
This is an exciting version of the story which includes the ‘Greek Chorus’, a puppet show and lots of ghosts and strange lighting. You will go home knowing that the season is a giving time and that that giving is a year-round activity not just reserved for certain times of the year.