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The Seeing Place
September 26 - October 5, 2025
The Seeing Place
by Lauren Wilson
Directed by Marybeth Gorman Craig and Lauren Wilson
Longstreet Theatre
This new play by USC Theatre Assistant Professor Lauren Wilson is a ghost story inspired by the “haunted" reputation of our most notable performance venue. In the face of budget cuts and theatre closures, directing student Sam and her cast sneak into a long-abandoned Longstreet Theatre to stage a renegade production of Hamlet. The play imagines Longstreet, an 1855 building once used as Civil War hospital and morgue, in an advanced state of disrepair, having been closed for a decade for safety reasons. Undaunted by the theater’s flickering lights and creeping mold, the director and her cast throw themselves into the project – that is, until spirits of the building’s past begin to stir. By turns funny, frightening, and poignant, The Seeing Place is a theatrical homage to the theatre and its artists, who carry compassion forward like a flickering spark through a world of danger and sorrow.
Contains language that may not be appropriate for young audiences.
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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3194127-0
