
October 14, 2016 · 0 Comments
The Ghost Island Light (Oct. 20 – Nov. 6) comes to Theatre Orangeville just in time for the scariest month of the year. Lighthouse keeper Josiah and his beautiful young society wife Rowena find themselves isolated on a windswept, barren rock populated by restless spirits, ghoulish apparitions and a smashed pipe organ that still plays hauntingly after dark.
Be prepared for laughter, suspense and more than just a few things that go bump in the night. This latest comedy/thriller from Peter Colley will have you on the edge of your seat in suspense one moment and falling off it with laughter the next.
The Ghost Island Light premiered in August 2015 at Lighthouse Festival Theatre in Port Dover, Ontario. Directed by Derek Ritschel, this spook-tacular play is now coming to Theatre Orangeville. The Ghost Island Light stars Heidi Lynch, Perrie Olthuis, David Rosser & Jeffery Wetsch; all are returning to the Theatre Orangeville stage. Audiences will remember Heidi Lynch as Bridzilla Mandy in Stag & Doe and Queen Milli of Galt. Last year, Perrie Olthuis helped kick of the 2016/17 Season in Jonas & Barry In The Home. Audiences will remember David Rosser from shows such as Kringle’s Window and The Numbers Game. Finally, Jeffery Wetsch was last seen on the Theatre Orangeville stage in Norm Foster’s Melville Boys.
Peter Colley is an award-winning Canadian playwright based in Los Angeles and Toronto. His plays have been produced in 30 countries, 48 states and every province in Canada. In 2000, he was nominated for the Humanitas Prize for screenwriting. Colley has been the recipient of the 2008 New American Play Award from Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and the 2009 winner of New Zealand’s NAPTA award for “Best Play”. In 2010, his musical Cagney was the winner of the Florida Theatre Award (Carbonell) for “Best New Work”. In 2015, Cagney ran a successful sold-out run Off-Broadway at The York Theatre, breaking box-office records. In May 2016, it re-opened in a larger theatre in New York (The Westside Theatre) and has now celebrated its 150th performance and is selling through January 2017.