WHISPER HOUSE

A dark and thrilling musical ghost story.

In an eerie lighthouse on the remote coast of Maine, two lonely people face the beginning of World War II. There’s Yasuhiro—a Japanese immigrant threatened by the rising wartime xenophobia—and Lily, his employer, who’s spent her whole life here. Their world is turned upside down when Lily’s young nephew, Christopher, is sent to live with them. Soon, the boy begins to hear strange music seeping through the walls. Is his imagination getting the better of him? Or are there ghosts here and maybe dangerous ones at that? What happens next will change the lives of these three characters forever...

Written by Grammy and Tony winner Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening, American Psycho) and Tony-nominated and Obie winner Kyle Jarrow (Spongebob Squarepants, The Broadway Musical; The Wildness) and directed by Steve Cosson, Whisper House combines a lush original score with a haunting story about fear of the other and the ways we can transcend it.

MUSIC & LYRICS BY DUNCAN SHEIK

BOOK & LYRICS BY KYLE JARROW

CONCEIVED WITH KEITH POWELL

DIRECTED BY STEVE COSSON

CHOREOGRAPHED BY BILLY BUSTAMANTE WITH SAMANTHA MATHIS

ALEX BONIELLO

JEB BROWN

WYATT CIRBUS

MOLLY HAGER

AND JAMES YAEGASHI

FIRST LOOK $25†

— L.A. TIMES

“STUFFED WITH SONGS RICH IN STORY-TELLING AND COMPLEX MELODIES” — BROADWAY WORLD

TUE, JAN 11 AT 7:00

WED, JAN 12 AT 7:00

PREVIEW $35†

THU, JAN 13 - THU, JAN 19

REGULAR $60-$80‡

MEMBERS $50

About The Company

The Civilians began in 2001 with a company of artists who were interested in making new work at the intersection of the theatrical and the real. The company supports a number of emerging and established artists each year through its R & D Program, cabaret series, and its online journal, Extended Play. www.thecivilians.org

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