Kyle Jarrow and Tony Winner Duncan Sheik's Whisper House to Be Workshopped at Arts Emerson
(© David Gordon)
Whisper House, a new play with music, will receive a workshop at Boston's Arts Emerson with a private industry presentation February 20. Written by Kyle Jarrow (Sky-Pony) and composed by Grammy and Tony Award winner Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening) with lyrics by Jarrow and Sheik, conceived with Keith Powell, the play will be directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar.
In Whisper House, which is described as "a new style of musical," it's the height of World War II and Christopher, an imaginative young boy, is sent to live with his aunt, a reclusive woman who serves as the keeper of a remote New England lighthouse. When Christopher begins to hear strange music no one else can hear, it doesn’t take long for him to suspect the lighthouse may be haunted.
Whisper House received its world premiere at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre in January 2010. The play utilizes music from Sheik’s 2009 studio album of the same name. The Arts Emerson workshop marks the debut of a new draft of the piece.
Mark Holthusen joins the team as a visual designer.
