A Child Shall Lead Them

The 1955 film The Night of the Hunter was largely ignored upon its release but is now widely regarded as an American masterpiece.

This new multimedia production is a historical re-imagining of the making of the film, woven from the classic screenplay and accounts of the shooting from those who were there.

The play, written by director Derek Goldman, provides a powerful new framework for experiencing this uniquely chilling tale of corruption and evil, in which the forces of creation and destruction do battle with each other, within and outside of the frame.

A Child Shall Lead Them, presented by the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies is a Co-production between University of Maryland and Georgetown University.