The Turn of The Screw is BACK! We are going off-book and off-road as we bring last year's spooky season sensation across the island. This October, Island Shakespeare Festival will have you sleeping with the lights on!
Two children & a governess alone in an English manor, but things that go bump in the night might be more than the wind. A tour de force by two actors, this adaption of Henry James’ story will send shivers down your spine!
The story: Based on the 1898 provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality, this adaptation gives the famous story yet another turn of its own. A young governess journeys to a lonely English manor house to care for two recently orphaned children. But she is not their first governess. Her predecessor, Miss Jessel, drowned herself when she became pregnant by the sadistic valet, Peter Quint, who was himself found dead soon after under mysterious circumstances. Now the new governess has begun to see the specters of Quint and Jessel haunting the children, and she must find a way to stop the fiends before it is too late. But one frightening question tortures the would-be heroine: Are the ghosts real, or are they the product of her own fevered imagination?
JACQ BABB | they/them | The Woman - (three seasons with ISF) Originally hails from Fresno, CA. They have a BA in Theatre and Acting, an MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics, and a DIY in Tiny Living. Favorite performances include Maledict in Monstrous Regiment with Latitude Theatre, and Lucius in Titus Andronicus, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and Minette in Bold Stroke for a Husband with Island Shakespeare Festival. A multidisciplinary artist at their core, Jacq busies themself with photography, visual arts, design, and writing when not traipsing across a stage.
GAVIN DOUGLAS | he/him | The Man (four seasons with ISF) is an actor, teacher, and writer, and is delighted to be making his return to Whidbey Island! Since last he was here, he completed the 3 year MFA program at Indiana University, and spent a year teaching acting and theatre at Southern Oregon University. Previous ISF roles include: Leontes in The Winter’s Tale, Brutus in Julius Caesar, Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility, and Dante in Inferno.
ERIN MURRAY | she/her | Director (eight seasons with ISF) Erin’s 20 year directing career has spanned the Northern Hemisphere. She directed the 2005 Irish Premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which won Best Production at the Speigeltent. From 2005 - 2008, Erin was the staff director for Opera Theatre Company in Dublin, Ireland, where she toured five European tours. Stateside, Erin has created projects for Edinburgh International Fringe, New York Fringe, Steppenwolf Theater, The Gift Theater Chicago, ArtsWest, Witness Immersive, and Seattle Shakespeare Company. Erin co-created Gender Play, or what you Will, and directed the world premier in Chicago, 2023. It received a Jeff Award nomination for “Best New Work,” and has been published by Methuen Drama in their Trans Play Anthology Vol. II. She is Director of Artistic Programs at ISF. Education: Northwestern University, MFA, Trinity College Dublin, BA; SDC Member.
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