Henry James' provocative tale of horror and psychological intrigue, as adapted by award-winning playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, places at its center an English governess fraught with disturbing questions. Why was her young charge expelled from school? Why does his angelic young sister refuse to speak? Who is wandering the ramparts, luring the children down to the storm-tossed lake? Are they ghosts or are they the product of her fevered imagination? Most disturbing of all, what if none of this is real? A classic suspense thriller that is sure to keep audiences on the edge of their seats.

 

A tour de force for two actors. Starring in the MMSC production of The Turn of the Screw will be Sean Marrinan and Katherine Nasca.	Katherine Nasca Photo Credit: Scott Wynn

"In his thoughtful adaptation of Henry James' spooky tale, Jeffrey Hatcher does away with the supernatural flummery, exchanging the story's balanced ambiguities about the nature of reality for a portrait of psychological vampirism…"
Boston Globe

"…It is both wonderful and terrifying…Hatcher, as he sculpts James' fiction for the stage, provides a multi-faceted penetrating drama…THE TURN OF THE SCREW is a suggesting, haunting piece."
Springfield Union-News