The Newton Nomadic Theater’s latest production, “The Turn of the Screw” opened on Friday with a performance at Gregorian Rugs.
The show was a barn burner and the performances were fantastic. Marge Dunn in the role of the governess tells the ghost story from her point of view. She starts off quietly and demurely and the tension slowly builds. By the story’s climax she had risen to a frenzy and had the entire audience by the throat. Billy Meleady, who also featured in the theater’s last production “Faith Healer” is back as both an actor and the director for “Turn of the Screw”. By the story’s end he was completely channeling Miles, a disturbed and disturbing ten year old boy. It’s a powerful, eerie and mysterious night of theater. Don’t miss it!
This week the production moves to the Waban Library on Friday night and then on to the Auburndale Library for Saturday and Sunday nights. For those of you in Waban and Auburndale, you’ll be able to walk to you neighborhood theater and see a stunning ghost story come to life this weekend. How cool is that?
Tickets and info at http://NewtonNomadicTheater/turn-of-the-screw
Tickets will be available at the door for tonight’s show at the Waban Library and Sat and Sun’s show at the Auburndale Library – Come on down!
Last night’s performance at the Waban library was incendiary. Over the course of the play, Marge Dunn as the governess, slowly transforms herself. By the play’s end, she was in an insane frenzy and had the entire audience on the edge of their seats.
Interestingly, word seems to be getting out in the local Boston theater world about the Nomadic Theater and this particular production. Last night, two local theater directors were in the audience. Nora Hussey, head of drama at Wellesley College, brought half a dozen students from her Theater Directing class to last nights performance. They were all particularly intrigued at how the play delivered so much power and fire while being so simple staged.
Director Nancy Curran Willis was also there last night and posted this, this morning, on her Facebook page.
Tickets ($20) will be available at the door for tonight’s (Sat) and tomorrow’s performances at the Auburndale Library
“Gorilla theater”? Jerry – why didn’t you tell us this was a mash-up with Planet of the Apes?!
@mgwa – 😉
Ruth Balser had this to say about last night’s performance: