FRIDAY STAGED READING: We Have Always Lived in the Castle By Shirley Jackson, Adapted and Directed by Marilyn Cavicchia, September 14, 2018

Friday, Sept. 14, 8 pm at Augustana. (Note–this is the 2nd Friday)

See Marilyn’s original adaptation of the 1962 novel by American mystery/horror writer Shirley Jackson.  Jackson was a prolific writer, and HPCP previously performed her most famous work, The Lottery, for one of our Radio Shows. Since the mysterious murders of four family members, the superstitious (and possibly magical) “Merricat” Blackwood, her ailing uncle and agoraphobic sister have lived in a bizarre but contented state of isolation. But when cousin Charles arrives in search of the Blackwood fortune, a terrible family secret is revealed.  The performance ends with a special treat–Ms. Jackson will return from the dead and talk with us directly (through one of her personal essays.) $5