- This event has passed.
Mary Shelley
Love, Loss, and the Lightning Bolt: Why “Mary Shelley” Hits Now
Mary Shelley wrote a monster story that made the creator the real question. That’s why Helen Edmundson’s Mary Shelley lands with such modern voltage. Presented by Women’s Theatre Collective in the courtyard at The Hut Event Centre (Fair Oaks), the production surrounds you with candlelight and night sky—an elemental frame for a life lived at the edge of convention.
Edmundson traces Mary’s passionate love for Percy Bysshe Shelley, her turbulent relationship with her father, and the cascade of losses that shaped her creation of one of the greatest science fiction stories of all time, Frankenstein. The play doesn’t reduce her to tragedy; instead, it honors the audacity of her mind—a teenage girl who dared to imagine a new life form and, more radically, a new moral landscape. Under WTC’s outdoor, star-washed staging, you feel those stakes: intimacy amplified, whispers carrying like weather.
WTC’s mission elevates the evening beyond theatre. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on improving the portrayal and treatment of women, WTC channels a portion of proceeds to nonprofits serving women in need. This October, they partner with Susan G. Komen® for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, tying Mary’s legacy of resilience to today’s urgent care and research.
What is The Hut Event Centre? A boutique event venue in Fair Oaks Village—a renovated Quonset hut that once housed the Fair Oaks Theater (1950–1970). It hosts weddings, parties, memorials, performances, and more, with both indoor space and an outdoor courtyard.
Pro tip: It’s outdoors—dress warmly; the chills should come from the story, not the breeze.
Love, Loss, and the Lightning Bolt: Why “Mary Shelley” Hits Now
Mary Shelley wrote a monster story that made the creator the real question. That’s why Helen Edmundson’s Mary Shelley lands with such modern voltage. Presented by Women’s Theatre Collective in the courtyard at The Hut Event Centre (Fair Oaks), the production surrounds you with candlelight and night sky—an elemental frame for a life lived at the edge of convention.
Edmundson traces Mary’s passionate love for Percy Bysshe Shelley, her turbulent relationship with her father, and the cascade of losses that shaped her creation of one of the greatest science fiction stories of all time, Frankenstein. The play doesn’t reduce her to tragedy; instead, it honors the audacity of her mind—a teenage girl who dared to imagine a new life form and, more radically, a new moral landscape. Under WTC’s outdoor, star-washed staging, you feel those stakes: intimacy amplified, whispers carrying like weather.
WTC’s mission elevates the evening beyond theatre. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on improving the portrayal and treatment of women, WTC channels a portion of proceeds to nonprofits serving women in need. This October, they partner with Susan G. Komen® for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, tying Mary’s legacy of resilience to today’s urgent care and research.
What is The Hut Event Centre? A boutique event venue in Fair Oaks Village—a renovated Quonset hut that once housed the Fair Oaks Theater (1950–1970). It hosts weddings, parties, memorials, performances, and more, with both indoor space and an outdoor courtyard.
Pro tip: It’s outdoors—dress warmly; the chills should come from the story, not the breeze.
Love, Loss, and the Lightning Bolt: Why “Mary Shelley” Hits Now
Mary Shelley wrote a monster story that made the creator the real question. That’s why Helen Edmundson’s Mary Shelley lands with such modern voltage. Presented by Women’s Theatre Collective in the courtyard at The Hut Event Centre (Fair Oaks), the production surrounds you with candlelight and night sky—an elemental frame for a life lived at the edge of convention.
Edmundson traces Mary’s passionate love for Percy Bysshe Shelley, her turbulent relationship with her father, and the cascade of losses that shaped her creation of one of the greatest science fiction stories of all time, Frankenstein. The play doesn’t reduce her to tragedy; instead, it honors the audacity of her mind—a teenage girl who dared to imagine a new life form and, more radically, a new moral landscape. Under WTC’s outdoor, star-washed staging, you feel those stakes: intimacy amplified, whispers carrying like weather.
WTC’s mission elevates the evening beyond theatre. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on improving the portrayal and treatment of women, WTC channels a portion of proceeds to nonprofits serving women in need. This October, they partner with Susan G. Komen® for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, tying Mary’s legacy of resilience to today’s urgent care and research.
What is The Hut Event Centre? A boutique event venue in Fair Oaks Village—a renovated Quonset hut that once housed the Fair Oaks Theater (1950–1970). It hosts weddings, parties, memorials, performances, and more, with both indoor space and an outdoor courtyard.
Pro tip: It’s outdoors—dress warmly; the chills should come from the story, not the breeze.
Love, Loss, and the Lightning Bolt: Why “Mary Shelley” Hits Now
Mary Shelley wrote a monster story that made the creator the real question. That’s why Helen Edmundson’s Mary Shelley lands with such modern voltage. Presented by Women’s Theatre Collective in the courtyard at The Hut Event Centre (Fair Oaks), the production surrounds you with candlelight and night sky—an elemental frame for a life lived at the edge of convention.
Edmundson traces Mary’s passionate love for Percy Bysshe Shelley, her turbulent relationship with her father, and the cascade of losses that shaped her creation of one of the greatest science fiction stories of all time, Frankenstein. The play doesn’t reduce her to tragedy; instead, it honors the audacity of her mind—a teenage girl who dared to imagine a new life form and, more radically, a new moral landscape. Under WTC’s outdoor, star-washed staging, you feel those stakes: intimacy amplified, whispers carrying like weather.
WTC’s mission elevates the evening beyond theatre. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on improving the portrayal and treatment of women, WTC channels a portion of proceeds to nonprofits serving women in need. This October, they partner with Susan G. Komen® for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, tying Mary’s legacy of resilience to today’s urgent care and research.
What is The Hut Event Centre? A boutique event venue in Fair Oaks Village—a renovated Quonset hut that once housed the Fair Oaks Theater (1950–1970). It hosts weddings, parties, memorials, performances, and more, with both indoor space and an outdoor courtyard.
Pro tip: It’s outdoors—dress warmly; the chills should come from the story, not the breeze.