Regional premiere of “The Woman in Black” October 24, 2009

Modern Muse Theatre presents

The Woman in Black
Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the book by Susan Hill

Directed by Stephen J. Lavezza and Gabriella Cavallero

Modern Muse Theatre Company presents regional premiere of “The Woman in Black” previews Friday, October 23 and opens on Saturday, October 24 at 8 p.m. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays through November 14 with one Sunday show at 2 p.m. on November 8 at the Little Theatre in Margery Reed Hall on the University of Denver campus (corner of University Blvd. and Evans). Tickets are $20 Adult\$18 seniors 60+\$15 students in advance and $25 Adult\$20 seniors (60+) and students at the door. For tickets call 303-780-7836 or online at modernmusetheatre.org

Thursday, October 29 at 8:00 P.M -- Special "Trick-or-Treat" for the Poor to benefit the Most Precious Blood Food Bank -- Bring non-perishable food items and receive $5.00 off general admission tickets.

“The Woman in Black” Arthur Kipps, a middle-aged solicitor, hires the services of a professional actor to help him re-enact to family and friends -- and thereby hopefully exorcise -- a ghostly event that befell him many years previously with horrifyingly tragic results. From a cluttered stage, Kipps begins to read his story: painfully self-consciously, and hesitantly at first, but, coached by the actor and aided by theatre artifice, he grows in confidence and ability as he assumes a variety of roles and the play moves from narration to enactment. The actor portrays the young Kipps, sent by his London firm to settle the estate of an elderly recluse, the late Mrs. Drablow, in whose isolated marshland house Kipps encounters the woman in black. The mere mention of the woman in black terrifies the locals, for she is a specter who haunts the neighborhood where her illegitimate child was accidentally killed.

The cast includes Larry Hecht (Arthur Kipps) who has appeared at the Denver Center as Tupolski in “The Pillowman” and Mick Dowd in “A Skull in Connemara.” He is Head of Acting at the National Theatre Conservatory where he has been teaching and directing for the last 11 years. Larry has been a member of Actors' Equity Association for more than 30 years.

The role of the younger Kipps is played by Andrew “Drew” Horwitz. Drew moved to Denver two years ago from New York and has performed with the California Shakespeare Festival, Downtown Cabaret Theatre in CT, the Carolinian Shakespeare Festival and several other companies on both coasts.

And The Woman in Black.

Modern Muse Theatre Company presents “The Woman in Black”
A chilling Ghost story. Preview performance on Friday, October 23 at 8 p.m. October 24- November 14 - Fri - Sat 8 p.m. Sunday, November 8 at 2:00 P.M. Special "Trick-or-Treat" Thursday, October 29 at 8 p.m. Bring non-perishable food items and receive $5.00 off general admission tickets. The Little Theatre in Margery Reed Hall on the University of Denver campus (corner of University Blvd. and Evans). Advance Tickets: $20 Adult\$18 seniors 60+\$15 students - At the door: $25 Adult\$20 seniors (60+) and students. For tickets call 303-780-7836 or online at modernmusetheatre.org