The Haunting of Hill House
Adapted for the stage by F. Andrew Leslie
from the Novel by Shirley Jackson

Directed by Tom Daniel

Thursday February 15, 22 at 7:30pm
Friday February 16, 23 at 7:30pm
Saturday February 17, 24 at 7:30pm
Sunday February 18, 25 at 2:00pm

Cut off from the outside world by its remote location and shunned by all who know its forbidding and sinister reputation, Hill House has remained empty and silent except for the daily visits of its grumbling caretaker, Mrs. Dudley. Its isolation is broken by the arrival of Dr. Montague, an investigator of supernatural phenomena who has been granted a short lease by the present owner. His mission is to delve into the morbid history of the house and to come to grips with the occult forces which have made it uninhabitable for many years. He is joined by three others, all unacquainted, but all having their particular reasons for accepting Dr. Montague's invitation to share his Hill House sojourn.

Their visit begins with jovial informality, but their sensibilities are soon jolted by strange and eerie occurrences. As they struggle to disguise their mounting fears they are joined by Dr. Montague's wife and a friend, who have come to Hill House for purposes of their own. They too are absorbed by the supernatural, but their approach is via direct communication with the departed spirits -- a type of psychic research which is regarded fearfully by Dr. Montague and which, as subsequent events bear out, brings on a crisis in which the evil forces of Hill House are goaded to a new and, for one of those present, fatal fury.

Cast
Eleanor Vance ................................................ Amy Vaughan
Mrs. Dudley ................................................... Ginni Friday-Murray
Theodora ....................................................... Laura Daniel
Dr. John Motague .......................................... Douglas Mitchell
Luke Sanderson ............................................. Lyle Tate
Mrs. Montague .............................................. Madeline Golden
Arthur Parker ................................................ Charles Campbell

Crew
Stage Manager ............................................. Andrew Watkins
Set Design .................................................... Bob Anderson
Costumes ..................................................... Alexandria Lazarou
Graphic Art .................................................. Dale Jordan
Lights ........................................................... Paul Murray
Sound .......................................................... Tom Daniel
Photography ................................................. Frank Roberts
Programs ..................................................... Tom Daniel
Set Decoration ............................................. Joan Wilson & Joan Embrey
House Managers .......................................... Brandy Mitchell & Alexandria Lazarou
Set Consruction ........................................... Bob Anderson, Wayne Durst, Glen James, Douglas Mitchel, Charles Campbell, Carol Campbell, Gini Friday-Murray, Paul Murray, Madeline Golden, Kaki Ingels, Russ Johnstone, Tom Daniel, Laura Daniel, Robert Wilson, Molly Watkins, Andrew Watkins, and Lyle Tate

Special Thanks
Monroe Dewberry • The Gift Gallery • June Garner
Clyde and Marsha Williams • Dan and Joan Embrey
Mississippi State University Honors Program
Wayne Shelton • Paula Lehman • Dominic Cunetto