Hillsboro High School Presents
Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Robert Lewis Vaughan
Directed by Zachary Centers
November 14, 15, 21, 22 at 7:00pm
November 15, 22 at 2:00pm
Tickets at
https://hilhitheatre.ludus.com/index.php?show_id=200502489
Hilhi - 3285 SE Rood Bridge Rd, Hillsboro, Oregon 97123
This faithful stage version of Mary Shelley’s horror classic proves that the novel wasn’t merely ahead of its time, but that it’s as relevant as ever in the 21st century. Opening and closing in the arctic and telling the full story, not only of Victor Frankenstein, Elizabeth, Henry, and his family, but that of The Creature as well, including the exiled Parisian family and their savior, Safie. As the epic story unfolds and Victor and his Creature go to battle, Shelley’s themes — the responsibility of creation, obsession and revenge, love and hate, and, ultimately, devotion and abandonment — emerge, and as The Creature, bit by bit, destroys Victor’s life, we see that the monster knew more about being human, from the beginning to the tragic conclusion, than its human creator ever did.