FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: RUN OF WHEN JEKYLL MET HYDE EXTENDED TWO WEEKS BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Press Contact: Chall Gray
cg@themagneticfield.com
828-674-2036
www.themagneticfield.com
January 31, 2011, Asheville, NC: After several sold-out shows and rave reviews from the local press, The Magnetic Theatre, the in-house production company of The Magnetic Field, announces a two-week extension to their world-premiere run of When Jekyll Met Hyde “a gleefully ridiculous take on the classic tale of passion,” with performances now scheduled through Saturday, February 26.
When Jekyll Met Hyde, written and directed by Steven Samuels, the artistic director of The Magnetic Theatre, is being presented in an unprecedented dual-production, with two casts, different time frames, different costumes, different music, different staging, and different choreography. This first world-premiere from Asheville’s newest professional theatre has been wowing and captivating audiences in both of its versions, one of which is set in the staid London of the 1950s, the other in the swinging 60s, a not too distant but radically different period.
Tony Kiss of the Asheville Citizen-Times declared that the show was “a must-see” and that it “should be put on your calendar immediately.” Jim Cavener, in a review for Take Five, called the show a “one wild and audacious ride...stashed full of clever turns,” Dennis Ray, reviewing the show for Rapid River Magazine declares that When Jekyll Met Hyde shows audiences “what the future holds for local theatre.” And David Hopes of the Mountain Xpress says that in seeing When Jekyll Met Hyde “you realize that theater can be stranger and more exciting than you had dared hope.”
Drawing on every written, dramatized and filmed version of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic imaginable, and relevant 19th century literary and philosophical classics, When Jekyll Met Hyde features an unusual feminist twist, a titillating nightclub scene, and a surprise ending. To double the fun, and to honor the split personality at the heart of the story, The Magnetic Theatre chose this unprecedented approach of having two productions simultaneously. Both versions feature some of Asheville’s best, and best known, actors. The 1950s cast feastures Mondy Carter, Tracey Johnston-Crum, John Crutchfield, Darren Marshall, and Alphie Hyorth; and in the 1960s version is John Crutchfield, Kathryn Temple, Julian Vorus, Steph Anie, and Peter Brezny.
The Magnetic Theatre, based in The Magnetic Field, is Asheville’s newest professional theatre, and the only theatre in the Southeastern U.S. presenting only original work.
Performances Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 P.M., and Friday-Saturday at 10:00 P.M. Tickets are $12 Thursday and Friday, Saturday late shows, $14. Friday and Saturday early shows. Discounts available for students, seniors 65+, and groups of 10 or more. Details and ticket sales available at www.themagneticfield.com. Telephone reservation line: 828.668.2154. For group sales, please contact Chall Gray, cg@themagneticfield.com. All shows at The Magnetic Field, 372 Depot St., in the River Arts District of Asheville, NC.