The Curse on Mordrake House at Chicago Fringe Festival 2016

The Curse on Mordrake House is a gothic morality play full of monsters, magic, and mayhem written by Dan Jackson. The play will make its world premiere in the 2016 Chicago Fringe Festival. Performances will be at The Gift Theatre (4802 N Milwaukee Ave): Friday, Sep 2 @ 10:00pm Saturday, Sep 3 @ 5:30pm Sunday, Sep 4 @ 10:00pm Monday, Sep 5 @ 5:30pm Friday, Sep 9 @ 7:00pm Tickets are $10. Please note that a Fringe Festival button is required to enter any Chicago Fringe show within any venue. The button costs $5 and is a one-time purchase. We strongly recommend arriving to our venue EARLY as every Fringe show starts precisely on time. Our show's run time is one hour. Additionally, we strongly recommend purchasing tickets in advance to guarantee yourself admission, but they also may be purchased at the door based on availability. Tickets and Fringe buttons can be purchased here: http://chicagofringe.org/shows/the-curse-on-mordrake-house/ For additional information about the production, including cast bios, behind the scenes footage, and our newsletter please visit our website: http://www.curseonmordrake.weebly.com For additional information on the Chicago Fringe Festival, please visit their website: http://www.chicagofringe.org To donate to our production, please visit our gofundme page: http://www.gofundme.com/curseonmordrake Show synopsis: The Curse on Mordrake House takes place during the late 1800's and in the fictional village of Winston's Heath, located in rural England. Written in iambic pentameter, the play revolves around Sir Mordrake, a member of the landed gentry whose pride makes him believe he lives outside the ethical scope of common men. For his arrogance, callousness, and lechery, he’s cursed by a Summer Walker to have his three children taken from him through supernatural means. “Your first will die by water. Second, sky. The third, she will be swallowed by the woods.” Mordrake struggles with a reality that he cannot understand as five vignettes reveal the fate of his sons and daughter while exploring themes of faith and morality.