The Haunting of Hill House
By F. Andrew Leslie
Based on the novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Directed by: Dan Bushong
Performances: Oct. 23, 24, 25(m), 30, 31(cc); Nov. 1(m, cc), 5, 6, 7, 2027
Shows start at 7:30pm in the evenings, 2:30pm for matinees.
*(m) matinee performances
*(cc) Closed Captioning available by Cue Captions
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service.
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Note: The Haunting of Hill House contains Smoking or Alcohol Use, Depictions of Self Harm, Flashing or Strobing Lights
About the Show
Cut off from the outside world by its remote location and shunned by all who know its forbidding and sinister reputation, Hill House has remained empty and silent except for the daily visits of its grumbling caretaker, Mrs. Dudley. Its isolation is broken by the arrival of Dr. Montague, an investigator of supernatural phenomena who has been granted a short lease by the present owner. His mission is to delve into the morbid history of the house and to come to grips with the occult forces that have made it uninhabitable for many years. He is joined by three others, all unacquainted, but all having their particular reasons for accepting Dr. Montague’s invitation to share his Hill House sojourn. Their visit begins with jovial informality, but their sensibilities are soon jolted by strange and eerie occurrences. As they struggle to disguise their mounting fears they are joined by Dr. Montague’s wife and a friend, who have come to Hill House for purposes of their own. They too are absorbed by the supernatural, but their approach is via direct communication with the departed spirits – a type of psychic research which is regarded fearfully by Dr. Montague and which, as subsequent events bear out, brings on a crisis in which the evil forces of Hill House are goaded to a new and, for one of those present, fatal fury.
F. Andrew Leslie’s dramatization of Shirley Jackson’s thrilling novel of the same name brings the story of Hill House and all its ghosts to theatrical life for the first time. In its spine-chilling story, an anthropologist conducts an unusual research project in a notorious haunted house, bringing a crisis in which the supernatural forces of the remote site reawaken.
Note: The Haunting of Hill House contains Smoking or Alcohol Use, Depictions of Self Harm, Flashing or Strobing Lights
Cast of Characters
Eleanor Vance
Hannah Prater
Mrs. Dudley
Jaime Britton
Theodora
Aja Cook
Dr. Montague
JJ Halchishick
Luke Sanderson
Nathan Greensweight
Mrs. Montague
Christy Anderson
Arthur Parker
Damian Riley
2026 Dates:
Oct. 23, 24, 25(m), 30, 31(cc);
Nov. 1(m, cc), 5, 6, 7, 2027
Shows start at 7:30pm in the evenings, 2:30pm for matinees.
*(m) matinee performances
*(cc) Closed Captioning available by Cue Captions
Performances
Dan Bushong, Director
Dan recently directed Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and co-directed Dial M for Murder at ACT, and has been on ACT’s stage as Hugh ‘Bullshot’ Crummond in Bullshot Crummond, Bill Slank in Peter and the Starcatcher, Paul in Moon Over Buffalo, Andre Bouville in The Dinner Party and the dead Boddy in Clue, he was Assistant Director for Assistant Director for The Prom, stage managed Moonglow, and was stage crew for She Kills Monsters. He is also the director for Mousetrap at Majestic Theater. He is a voice actor in training. Dan lives in Albany. His hobbies are hiking, working out, video games, and volunteering.
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