Nightshade: Vernal

Move over October. April is the new month for horror, as Memoriam Development presents Nightshade: Vernal.

Why spend your evening watching one play, when you can experience ten spine tingling tales? We have selected the ten best vernal themed short horror plays from playwrights worldwide.

The ten plays are:

• Artificial Intimacy by Melissa Harrison

  
  

• Brood Song by Brad White

  
  

• Dark Druids and Their Dark Jars by Jonathan Josephson

  
  

• Flower Moon by Rebecca Kane

  
  

• Greenhouse by Colin Commager

  
  

• Growing Pains by Leland Culver

  
  

• Rootsong by Robert Csoma

  
  

• This is Our Spring by Dana Hall

  
  

• The Violinist Sucks You Dry by Annie Schoonover

  
  

and

• The Witches Chair by Abbey Goscinski

The plays will be brought to life by our wonderful cast of actors:

• Emma Archbold

• Jamie Berry

• Jacob Borre

• Ken Craig

• Amanda Davila

• Samantha Hoyt

and

• Carissa Lehning

Nightshade: Vernal is directed by Nick Mataragas with the assistance of Rebecca Rivers.

All performances will be in the Backspace at Side Street Studio Arts (15 1/2 Ziegler ct., Elgin)

This program is Pay-What-You-Can, with a recommended contribution of $25 that reflects the true cost of this program, but you’re welcome to pay more or less based on your circumstances. Side Street Studio Arts believes art is important and should be accessible to all. Every contribution—at any level—helps sustain the space and the work happening here.

Nightshade: Vernal is is brought to you with support from the Elgin Cultural Arts Commission.