Strindberg Cycle: The Chamber Plays in Rep

Part 1: The Ghost Sonata

The Ghost Sonata tells the story of a strange encounter between a student and an old man and begins the morning after a terrible fire. A “ghost supper” is shared in a round room, secrets are divulged, plots are foiled, and illusions are shattered. The most well known of Strindberg’s Chamber Plays, The Ghost Sonata serves as the centerpiece of Strindberg Cycle: The Chamber Plays in Rep.

Part 2: The Pelican and The Black Glove

Based on the myth that a Pelican sheds its own blood to feed its young, The Pelican presents a family where the opposite is true. The widow Elise plots with her lover to steal her children’s inheritance while they starve in their own home, but the truth sparks a small revolution. In The Black Glove, a lost black glove found in the entryway to a large apartment building the day before Christmas Eve mystically passes through the hands of many of its residents as it bestows a Christmas spirit.

Part 3: Storm and Burned House

In Storm, an elderly gentleman’s peace is shattered when his ex-wife becomes his new upstairs neighbor. In Burned House, prodigal son Arvid returns to his hometown to find that his childhood home burned down the night before. Arvid sifts through the ashes to uncover the dark secrets hidden by his family and the town.