The Ghost Sonata: A Haunting Classic Made New
Ivy Substation (Culver City, CA)
August Strindberg’s surrealist play is given a haunting and hypnotic interpretation by the Actor’s Gang. This study of unforgiving hearts and deep seated guilt has been intriguing audiences for over a century, and this new production takes it to a new level. Two families, imprisoned by greed, duplicity and manipulation, seduce an idealistic student into a web of lies. His unflagging honesty lifts the shroud of lies, and audiences are left to wonder: Was the family living in denial, or were they apparitions of their former selves condemned to eternal regret?
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