Leila Ghaznavi and Pantea Productions are present an Adaptation of THE TURN OF THE SCREW

Leila Ghaznavi and Pantea Productions are proud to present The Turn of the Screw, written by Henry James and adapted for the stage by Jeffrey Hatcher. The piece runs at Proscenium Theater at The Drake Theater, 302 S. Hicks Street from September 19-23. Tickets cost $10-12. Tickets are available online at fringearts.com or at the Philly Fringe box office.

Based on the provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality, this adaptation gives the famous story yet another turn of its own. A young governess journeys to a lonely English manor house to care for two recently orphaned children. But she is not their first governess. Her predecessor, Miss Jessel, drowned herself when she became pregnant by the sadistic valet, Peter Quint, who was himself found dead soon after under mysterious circumstances. Now the new governess has begun to see the specters of Quint and Jessel haunting the children, and she must find a way to stop the fiends before it is too late. But one frightening question tortures the would-be heroine: Are the ghosts real, or are they the product of her own fevered imagination?

"In his thoughtful adaptation of Henry James' spooky tale, Jeffrey Hatcher does away with the supernatural flummery, exchanging the story's balanced ambiguities about the nature of reality for a portrait of psychological vampirism..." said The Boston Globe.

"It is hard to think of an interpretation of Henry James' famously eerie novella The Turn of the Screw that is more in keeping with James' own intent... In this beautifully executed adaptation...the audience [is] forced, through subtly ambiguous shadings, to vividly project what is cleverly left unseen and unspoken. A dazzling act of the imagination. Mr. Hatcher has pushed James' clever turn to its furthest degree." said The New York Times.

The Turn of the Screw features Bob Stineman and Corinna Burns. It is directed by Candace Cihocki with Dramaturgy by Bill Brady.