Daily-ist: Thursday

Dark Matter: 5 Gothic Horror Tales of Horror

Appropriately enough for the rain and gloom (going on week 6--yes, we are counting), today opens a new series of gothic horror by Don Nigro at the Midtown Art Center.

Presented by Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company, these five short plays take the audience on a journey to the dark side of romance. Beginning today, the plays run at 8:00pm each night July 5th-14th, 16th, 19th-21st (7:30pm on July 7th).

Lucy and the Mystery of the Vine Encrusted Mansion. An eccentric comedy that is a “Gorey drawing come to life” in which a girl, ‘sixteen and lost’, becomes entangled in a tale of her own invention that may not allow her to return from it sane.

The Malefactor’s Bloody Register. A true story of abuse and murder from the pages of the notorious eighteenth century compendium of crime, The Newgate Calendar, in which three young girls tell of the horrors they suffered at the hands of a mad midwife. “One lived, one died, one was lost. Which is which?”

Higgs Field. Andromeda awakens from a dream about ravens and runs to Higgs Field, where surreal metaphors of modern physics spring to life as a Gothic nightmare.

Darkness Like a Dream. A lonely actress cast as a fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream leads a man on an eerie journey through a labyrinth of dark country roads, growing more and more afraid of what will happen when they stop.

Joan of Arc in Autumn. A young woman speaks about her confused memories of her life and martyrdom, which now seems like a dream in which there is much whispering and everything is burning. Perhaps she is a mad girl found in a brothel; perhaps not.

About Mildred's Umbrella
Mildred's Umbrella creates and performs innovative theatrical works that compel actor and audience to step forward into a diverse, engaging world of illusion. They strive to emphasize the difficult transport between fiction and fact, between characters and personal identity. They are committed to the vision of the new and challenging, to the craft grounded in the best traditions of the dramatic arts.
www.mildredsumbrella.com

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Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company | Dark Matter: Five Gothic Tales of Horror
July 5, 6, 7, 9,12,13,14,16, 19, 20, 21
Midtown Art Center | 3414 LaBranch @ Holman
Preview Show, Thursday, July 5th - Pay What you like
Saturday, opening night party and show- $25.00
Other shows | $10.00 on Thursdays & $12.00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Two “pay as you like” Mondays, July 9 and July 16