Cotuit Center for the Arts Presents GHOSTS Thru 7/31

Cotuit Center for the Arts is pleased to announce Ghosts, at The Botello Box Performance Space; CCftA's latest offering from their ever expanding performance and exhibition complex.

CCftA pairs one of the most important playwrights of the 19th century, Henrik Ibsen and visionary director Tristan DiVincenzo of the Munchausen Group Projects Los Angeles, for a production of the metaphysical love story Ghosts. This fresh and innovative theater event features an interactive installation, fusing performance, video, art and live music. The scenes are played out in and around the historical Botello House property, creating an intimate viewing for 25 guests a night.

Ghosts is set in the country home of the wealthy widow, Helen Alving. Her son Oswald has just returned from living in Paris. Tomorrow they, along with family friend Pastor Manders and the entire town of Cotuit, will dedicate the orphanage Alving has erected as a memorial to her husband, Captain Alving, a man much respected by their small community. In confidence, she reveals to her spiritual advisor, Pastor Manders, that she has built the orphanage not only to mask the evils of her marriage, but to deplete her philandering husband's wealth, so that their son might not inherit anything from him. During the action of the play she discovers that Oswald is suffering from syphilis, and worse has fallen in love with her maid Regina.

The play draws to a dramatic conclusion, as it is revealed that Regina is the illegitimate daughter of Captain Alving, and thereby Oswald's own half-sister. Broken hearted, Mrs. Alving now faces the choice, whether or not to euthanize her son Oswald in accordance with his last wish.

LOCATION:
The Botello House at Cotuit Center for the Arts

PERFORMANCE DATES:
Now playing through July 31st
Wednesday through Saturday evenings; performance at 8 pm

TICKET PRICES:
General Admission: $20
Members, Students or Seniors: $18

Purchase tickets online by visiting www.ArtsOnTheCape.org or call the Box Office at 508-428-0669.