Saturday, February 9, 2019

7:30 pm

Adults: $42

Student/Youth: $37

S&T Students:  $10 rush tickets available day of show. 

Must present valid S&T student ID card at box office. 

  Online tickets are available through partnership with the UMKC Central Ticket Office.  Service fees may apply and will be included in pricing.

Written two centuries ago in 1818 by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, is the first true science fiction novel.  Years ahead of its time, the story has since become the inspiration for countless film and stage adaptations.  Frankenstein is a living, breathing, gruesome outcome of scientific discovery.  The piece raises an important universal question about the nature of innovation:  Just because it can be done, should it be done?

Victor Frankenstein is a Swiss scientist with a mission to create an artificial human. Without considering the consequences of such progress, he succeeds with terrifying results.  After wandering the world alone, the monster eventually comes for Frankenstein’s family. Horrific events unfold until the doctor tentatively agrees to create a mate for the creature.  Ultimately, the doctor refuses in an effort to spare humanity but bears the terrible and personal penalties of his decision.

Two hundred years later, Frankenstein still poses myriad ethical questions.  Aquila Theatre’s production of this timeless classic will be bold and thrilling while paying homage to the original, frightening writing of Mary Shelley.

Aquila Theatre has performed many times on the Leach Theatre stage and is one of the foremost producers of touring classical theatre in the United States, creating bold reinterpretations of classical plays for contemporary audiences.

Sponsored by Comfort Suites, FCNB Investments, KFLW 98.9 'The Fort', Phelps County Focus, and the S&T Student Union Board