Organization

Vital

Presented by Whistler in the Dark at Charlestown Working Theater

June 14-June 30, 2013

created by the Ensemble
directed by Bridget Kathleen O'Leary
written by Tyler Monroe

“We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves.
But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.”
~Joseph Campbell

Next spring, join the Whistlers as we explore...

Our Country's Good / The Recruiting Officer

Presented by Whistler in the Dark at Charlestown Working Theater

March 15-April 6, 2013

Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker “A play is a world in itself, a tiny colony we could almost say.
And you are in charge of it. That is a great responsibility.” Australia 1789. Eight months by ship from England, the British penal colony at Sydney is struggling to find its way. In a new world that...

Caryl Churchill's Vinegar Tom

Presented by Whistler in the Dark at Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA

January 11-February 2, 2013

A play with music. A play about witches, with no witches in it.

In the 17th century, as now, those living on the fringes of society survive through the mercy and forbearance of their neighbors. In a rural village, that fragile balance is disturbed, and the arrival of a renowned witch-finder provides the community with a focus for its...

Euripides' Trojan Women

Presented by Whistler in the Dark at The Factory Theatre

May 18-June 2, 2012

After the fall of Troy, the women of the city endure together. Stuck in camps, they await their fates. In this world between atrocities, their only interruptions arrive as news briefings from a messenger who swiftly comes and goes. As they wait, bombarded with devastation and trapped by their husbands’ war, we see what it means to...