Shoot the Moon Theater Company returns to live, in-person theater performances with a production of “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” for its 2022 Annual Halloween Spectacular.
Shows take place Fridays and Saturdays, October 21-22 and October 28-29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery. General Admission is $13.00. Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved in advance by calling 802-451-0523.
“Jekyll and Hyde” will be the company’s first production in front of a live audience since January 2020, according to Shoot the Moon’s Artistic Director Joshua Moyse. “We stayed in contact through COVID-19, did some online readings, and did a digital Halloween show in 2020,” he says. “We’ve mostly been waiting until the time was right to rev back up, and now is that time.”
Cast members for this production include company regulars Eric Cutler, Colin Grube, Harral Hamilton and Jennifer Moyse. Alistair Follansbee also returns as the company’s stage manager.
Shoot the Moon staged a different version of “Jekyll and Hyde” in 2014. Moyse says this adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson story combines camp, comedy, and horror into an antic and nightmarish retelling that focuses on the theme of friendship, and how one’s circle of friends gets smaller as one gets older.
“One of the most poignant aspects of the story is the intense feeling of isolation Dr. Jekyll copes with. He cannot, in fact, go out and see his friends because of the transformation he goes through,” explains Moyse while pointing out the main character of Stevenson’s book is actually Jekyll’s friend, John Utterson. “We’re going to investigate the contemporary resonance of this dynamic while still delivering the fast-paced entertainment audiences have become accustomed to with our Halloween productions.”
The Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery is located at 139 Main Street in Brattleboro, Vermont. The theater requires proof of vaccination or proof of a negative test for all performers and audience. Audience members are also required to mask while inside the lobby and performance space.
For more information, visit www.shootthemoontheater.com.
