MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN

May 8September 1, 2019
2 hours and 20 minutes, with one 15 minute intermission

Written and Directed by Ensemble Member David Catlin
From the Book by Mary Shelley

Within every man there is a monster; within every monster, a man. But which is which?

An eerie evening of ghost stories crackles to life as Mary Shelley unspools her tale of Victor Frankenstein and his unholy experiment. This gothic tale of love, horror, and the power to create life—and destroy it—awakens in this visceral, original retelling of Frankenstein.

Fresh from the brain of Ensemble Member David Catlin, creator of Moby Dick and Lookingglass Alice, comes a galvanic adaptation of this undying story. See for yourself this latest invention come to shocking life!

View the Program here.

“★★★½ HIGHLY IMMERSIVE…makes you WANT MORE”
—Chicago Tribune

“As TERRIFYING as it is HEARTBREAKING”
—Windy City Times

“★★★½ SUMPTUOUS STORYTELLING”
—Chicago Sun-Times

“GRIPPING SUSPENSE that will weld you TO YOUR SEAT”
—Picks In Six

“A Lookingglass NIGHT TO REMEMBER”
—Let’s Play

“MAGNIFICENT…ASTOUNDS at EVERY TURN”
—Chicago on Stage

Artists

Writer/Director
Scenic Designer
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Sound Designer/Composer
Rigging Designer
Properties Designer
Dialect Coach
Stage Manager
 
 

Featuring

Dr. John Polidori
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Mary Shelley
Lord Byron
Claire Clairmont
 

Lookingglass Artists

Lookingglass is an ensemble based company, with a dedicated group of artists composing its roster of Ensemble Members, Artistic Associates, and Teaching Artists.

WALTER BRIGGS
Artistic Associate
DAVID CATLIN
Ensemble Member
CORDELIA DEWDNEY
Artistic Associate
SYLVIA HERNANDEZ-DISTASI
Artistic Associate
DANIEL OSTLING
Ensemble Member
RICK SIMS
Artistic Associate
SULLY RATKE
Artistic Associate
 

Media

Sponsors

Foundation Production Sponsors

Youth Engagement Sponsor

Individual Production Sponsors

Melinda McMullen and Duncan Kime, Abbie Helene Roth

Opening Night Sponsor

Production Support