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Muskingum University students will open their production of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. in the Sandra Wolfe Thompson Theatre in Philip and Betsey Caldwell Hall. “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” is a Jeffrey Hatcher-adaptation of the novel “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Play dates for the production are Thursday, Oct. 19 through Saturday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets, $5 each, are available at the door prior to the performances or by calling the theatre box office at 740-826-8376. Muskingum University students, faculty and staff are admitted free with their university identification card. The production is directed by Guest Director Patrick McGregor.

Hatcher’s adaptation is a new and shocking version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of depravity, lust, love, and horror. On the fog-bound streets of Victorian-era London, Henry Jekyll's experiments with exotic "powders and tinctures" have brought forth his other self — Edward Hyde, a sensualist and villain free to commit the sins Jekyll is too civilized to comprehend.

When Hyde meets a woman who stirs his interest, Jekyll fears for her life and decides to end his experiments. But Hyde has other ideas, so the two sides battle each other in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse to determine who shall be the master and who his slave.

For more information, or to reserve tickets, call the theatre box office at 740-826-8376.