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The mission of the
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Welcome
to the Elbert Theatre page! Please scroll down our
homepage to view all of our upcoming events and auditions!
The story is set in
a deep-south small town during the early 1900s. Young
Katherine Landers and her father, James, while walking past
the town cemetery and stopping to rest, encounter the statue
of the late Mr. Long. It is during this first encounter
that a sort of inside joke is created between the two and is
relived throughout the course of Katherine’s childhood as
they make their trek past the graveyard. When tragedy
strikes the Landers household in the form of James’s death
and words are spoken that can never be taken back, Katie
(Katherine) must find a way to work through the emotions
that torment her and she does so by revisiting the place
that holds so many dear memories of her father – the
cemetery at the statue of Mr. Long. It is when she
greets the statue with her usual, “Hello, Mr. Long,” and
receives a greeting in return, that she realizes her
problems reach deeper than emotion and she must face the
possibility that her sanity may be in question. With
her family and childhood sweetheart unsure how to go about
dealing with her, Katie feels alone. However, she is not
unnoticed. The sister of the town doctor has held a long
standing grudge against the Landers family for reasons she
thinks only she knows and uses young Katie’s conversations
with Mr. Long as an opportunity to crush them once and for
all. Katherine is forced to come to terms with her
emotional ghosts and at the same time, avoid the dangers of
a town ready to see her committed. Is he real or has
she projected the memory of her father into a cold piece of
stone? Has the statue come miraculously to life or has Mr.
Long Said Nothing?
It’s 1692 in Salem, MA and John Proctor’s wife is not
pleased with the work of her young maid Abigail. She
dismisses her from their household becoming the target of
Abby’s vengeance since she has secretly had an affair with
and fallen for John. After trying to conjure a love spell
in the woods and being caught at her deviltry, Abby devises
a way to get back at Goody Proctor for keeping her away from
John. Abby pretends to see witches and servants of the
devil hiding amongst the townsfolk in the otherwise sleepy
village. She convinces other teenage girls to help her in
this sinister scheme, and she accuses Goody Proctor of being
a witch! Her plan falls apart when John, tortured by his
regret, refuses to let his wife be punished for a crime she
had no part of and throws himself into the clutches of the
bewildered court. Is no one safe from the malice of these
girls? Who will confess? Who will defy the court and
remain silent? Who will deny the charges? And who will hang
for witchcraft? |
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