Theatre Widener to Perform Scotland Road Dec. 2-5

The Theatre Widener Acting Company will present, open to the public performances, ofScotland Road, Jeffrey Hatcher’s striking psycho drama thriller at their theatre, located on the Widener University campus at 15^th St and Providence Ave (Route 320). The performances will run Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Dec. 2, 3, and 4 at 7:30 p.m., with a Sunday matinee on Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. Theatre doors open one half hour prior to curtain. 

A subtle play of ideas masquerading wonderfully as an edge of your seat mystery,Scotland Road is a perceptive, satisfying, and a bit unsettling rollercoaster ride as well as an intellectual tour-de-force.  It is a superbly crafted mystery drama that keeps you emotionally engaged right up to the surprising, yet oddly inevitable end.

In the early 1980s, a beautiful young woman in Victorian era clothing is found floating on an iceberg in the middle of the North Atlantic.  When rescued, she says only one word: “Titanic.”  The woman, Winifred Coutts, is taken to an isolated spot on the coast of Maine, where an expert on the sinking of the great ocean liner, a mysterious young man named John, has arranged to interrogate her for six days.  His goal: to crack her story, get her to confess she’s a fake, and reveal her true identity; his one clue: her enigmatic references to an unknown place called “Scotland Road.”  In a stark, white room furnished with a Titanic-style ship’s deck chair, John, assisted in his quest by a skeptical doctor named Halbrech, plays a cat-and-mouse game with Winifred, proving and searching for ways to break her down.  As time is running out, Dr. Halbrech tracks down the last living survivor of the disaster, a reclusive old woman named Frances Kittle who has lived in seclusion for more than 70 years.  Miss Kittle is brought to meet Winifred to test her recall of what took place on board the fated liner the night it sank, three quarters of a century before.

Scotland Road features Widener sophomores Michele Callaghan as Doctor Halbrech and Charlotte Kirkby as The Woman, both from Williamstown, N.J. The performance also features recent graduate Bryan Henry of Collingdale, Pa. as John Jacob Astor and a guest appearance by Kathleen Coll Senkow of Clifton Heights, Pa. as Miss Kittle.  It is directed by Bohdan Senkow of Clifton Heights, Pa.

This is an ideal opportunity to see an intriguing evening of theatre at reasonable prices. Open to the public prices are as follows: student tickets with ID are $5, and adult tickets are just $10.  Theatre Widener is located at 15^th and Potter streets (Route 320, Providence Rd.) in Chester, Pa., just minutes off of Routes I-95 and I-476 (The Blue Route).  For reservations, information, and directions, please call 610-499-4364.