VpStart Crow Productions

2007 SEASON: Ghost Sonata

The Ghost Sonata
Directed by Christine D. Lange
May 4th through May 20th, 2007

Written in 1907 by August Strindberg, The Ghost Sonata (Spöksonaten) is a Swedish play about a naïve young student who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. He makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Jakob Hummel, who helps him to find his way into the apartment, only to find that it is a nest of betrayal, sickness and emotional vampirism. The world, the student learns, is hell and human beings must suffer to achieve salvation.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2pm. Advance individual ticket sales are available only through BoxOfficeTickets.com or 800-494-TIXS. Adults are $20; Students/Seniors/City & County Employees are $15.

Ghost Sonata Review

By Rich Massabny
Arlington Weekly News TV

Swede August Strindberg (1849-1912) was a leader in modern theater and surrealism. Others of the period like Ibsen and Chekhov, revolutionized the stage as O'Neill, Becket and others did later. In this play, "The Ghost Sonata," by Strindberg, the bold and creative Manassas-based theatre company, Vpstart Crow Productions, is putting on a work not often done. It's dark and brooding and alive with delicious despair. With heavily made up darkened eyes and pasty white faces, like something out of a Frankenstein movie, the cast of over a dozen actors, follows a young student (Zach Arnold) who is taken under the wing of the strange Jacob Hummel (Ted Ballard). We visit The Colonel's (Marcus Lawrence) house. Well, frankly, everyone in that house of horrors is crazy. I guess the message of "The Ghost Sonata" is one of despair and that somehow society must overcome or adjust to their self-imposed barriers. This show is a great package of design talent. They manage to pull off this creepy, campy show, now at the Cramer Center in Old Town Manassas at 9007 Church Street, "The Ghost Sonata" plays for two more weekends. Call 1-800-660-8580 for tickets or visit www.vpstartcrow.com.

	COMING SOON Vpstart Crow's 2008-2009 Season An Enhanced Season of Seven Productions! The First Production opens in May Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 3pm. Advance individual ticket sales are available only through BoxOfficeTickets.com or 800-494-TIXS. Adults are $20; Students/Seniors are $15.
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	2007 SEASON: Ghost Sonata The Ghost Sonata Directed by Christine D. Lange May 4th through May 20th, 2007 Written in 1907 by August Strindberg, The Ghost Sonata (Spöksonaten) is a Swedish play about a naïve young student who idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm. He makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Jakob Hummel, who helps him to find his way into the apartment, only to find that it is a nest of betrayal, sickness and emotional vampirism. The world, the student learns, is hell and human beings must suffer to achieve salvation. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2pm. Advance individual ticket sales are available only through BoxOfficeTickets.com or 800-494-TIXS. Adults are $20; Students/Seniors/City & County Employees are $15. Ghost Sonata Review By Rich Massabny Arlington Weekly News TV Swede August Strindberg (1849-1912) was a leader in modern theater and surrealism. Others of the period like Ibsen and Chekhov, revolutionized the stage as O'Neill, Becket and others did later. In this play, "The Ghost Sonata," by Strindberg, the bold and creative Manassas-based theatre company, Vpstart Crow Productions, is putting on a work not often done. It's dark and brooding and alive with delicious despair. With heavily made up darkened eyes and pasty white faces, like something out of a Frankenstein movie, the cast of over a dozen actors, follows a young student (Zach Arnold) who is taken under the wing of the strange Jacob Hummel (Ted Ballard). We visit The Colonel's (Marcus Lawrence) house. Well, frankly, everyone in that house of horrors is crazy. I guess the message of "The Ghost Sonata" is one of despair and that somehow society must overcome or adjust to their self-imposed barriers. This show is a great package of design talent. They manage to pull off this creepy, campy show, now at the Cramer Center in Old Town Manassas at 9007 Church Street, "The Ghost Sonata" plays for two more weekends. Call 1-800-660-8580 for tickets or visit www.vpstartcrow.com.
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