BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture DESCRIPTION:The University Theatre presents Frankenstein: Playing with Fire by Barbara Field\n\nBased on the novel by Mary Shelley\nWritten for and or iginally produced by THE GUTHRIE THEATER\nDirected by Michael Malek Najjar\ n\nNov. 8\, 9\, 15\, 16\, 17*\, 21\, 22\, 23 & 24*\n7: 30 PM Evenings | 2:0 0 matinees*\nHope Theatre\nFree tickets for UO students with UO ID\n\nVisit https://tickets.uoregon.edu/UT for tickets.\n\nAs the play begins\, an exh austed and dying Victor Frankenstein has finally tracked down his Creature in the lonely\, frozen tundra of the North Pole. Determined to right the wr ong he has committed by\, at last\, destroying the malignant evil he believ es he has created\, Frankenstein finds that he must first deal with his own responsibility and guilt—for\, as their fascinating confrontation develops \, it is evident that the Creature has become a pathetic\, lonely and even sensitive being who wants only to find love and that he\, Frankenstein\, by intruding into the very secrets of life\, is truly the evil one. As the tw o debate\, scenes from the past flash by: Frankenstein’s young bride\, whom the Monster killed out of pique when the scientist failed to provide him w ith a mate of his own\; the brilliant\, quick-witted Professor Krempe\, Fra nkenstein’s university mentor\; and moments between the youthful Victor and his brother\, who also fell victim to the Creature’s vengeance. Ultimately the exchange between Frankenstein and the Creature becomes a confrontation between parent and child\, scientist and experiment\, rejection and love\, and even good and evil—culminating in the Creature’s agonizing question\, “Why did you make me?” It is a question the exhausted Frankenstein cannot a nswer and\, as the play ends\, the Monster lives on\, condemned to pass his remaining days in the awful loneliness he has so desperately sought to esc ape. Synopsis courtesy of Dramatists Play Service DTEND:20241122T043000Z DTSTAMP:20260311T101925Z DTSTART:20241122T033000Z GEO:44.047401;-123.076408 LOCATION:Miller Theatre Complex\, Hope Theatre SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:University Theatre Presents "Frankenstein: Playing with Fire" UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_47688331991979 URL:https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/university-theatre-presents-frankens tein-playing-with-fire-4587 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture DESCRIPTION:The University Theatre presents Frankenstein: Playing with Fire by Barbara Field\n\nBased on the novel by Mary Shelley\nWritten for and or iginally produced by THE GUTHRIE THEATER\nDirected by Michael Malek Najjar\ n\nNov. 8\, 9\, 15\, 16\, 17*\, 21\, 22\, 23 & 24*\n7: 30 PM Evenings | 2:0 0 matinees*\nHope Theatre\nFree tickets for UO students with UO ID\n\nVisit https://tickets.uoregon.edu/UT for tickets.\n\nAs the play begins\, an exh austed and dying Victor Frankenstein has finally tracked down his Creature in the lonely\, frozen tundra of the North Pole. Determined to right the wr ong he has committed by\, at last\, destroying the malignant evil he believ es he has created\, Frankenstein finds that he must first deal with his own responsibility and guilt—for\, as their fascinating confrontation develops \, it is evident that the Creature has become a pathetic\, lonely and even sensitive being who wants only to find love and that he\, Frankenstein\, by intruding into the very secrets of life\, is truly the evil one. As the tw o debate\, scenes from the past flash by: Frankenstein’s young bride\, whom the Monster killed out of pique when the scientist failed to provide him w ith a mate of his own\; the brilliant\, quick-witted Professor Krempe\, Fra nkenstein’s university mentor\; and moments between the youthful Victor and his brother\, who also fell victim to the Creature’s vengeance. Ultimately the exchange between Frankenstein and the Creature becomes a confrontation between parent and child\, scientist and experiment\, rejection and love\, and even good and evil—culminating in the Creature’s agonizing question\, “Why did you make me?” It is a question the exhausted Frankenstein cannot a nswer and\, as the play ends\, the Monster lives on\, condemned to pass his remaining days in the awful loneliness he has so desperately sought to esc ape. Synopsis courtesy of Dramatists Play Service DTEND:20241123T043000Z DTSTAMP:20260311T101925Z DTSTART:20241123T033000Z GEO:44.047401;-123.076408 LOCATION:Miller Theatre Complex\, Hope Theatre SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:University Theatre Presents "Frankenstein: Playing with Fire" UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_47688331994028 URL:https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/university-theatre-presents-frankens tein-playing-with-fire-4587 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture DESCRIPTION:The University Theatre presents Frankenstein: Playing with Fire by Barbara Field\n\nBased on the novel by Mary Shelley\nWritten for and or iginally produced by THE GUTHRIE THEATER\nDirected by Michael Malek Najjar\ n\nNov. 8\, 9\, 15\, 16\, 17*\, 21\, 22\, 23 & 24*\n7: 30 PM Evenings | 2:0 0 matinees*\nHope Theatre\nFree tickets for UO students with UO ID\n\nVisit https://tickets.uoregon.edu/UT for tickets.\n\nAs the play begins\, an exh austed and dying Victor Frankenstein has finally tracked down his Creature in the lonely\, frozen tundra of the North Pole. Determined to right the wr ong he has committed by\, at last\, destroying the malignant evil he believ es he has created\, Frankenstein finds that he must first deal with his own responsibility and guilt—for\, as their fascinating confrontation develops \, it is evident that the Creature has become a pathetic\, lonely and even sensitive being who wants only to find love and that he\, Frankenstein\, by intruding into the very secrets of life\, is truly the evil one. As the tw o debate\, scenes from the past flash by: Frankenstein’s young bride\, whom the Monster killed out of pique when the scientist failed to provide him w ith a mate of his own\; the brilliant\, quick-witted Professor Krempe\, Fra nkenstein’s university mentor\; and moments between the youthful Victor and his brother\, who also fell victim to the Creature’s vengeance. Ultimately the exchange between Frankenstein and the Creature becomes a confrontation between parent and child\, scientist and experiment\, rejection and love\, and even good and evil—culminating in the Creature’s agonizing question\, “Why did you make me?” It is a question the exhausted Frankenstein cannot a nswer and\, as the play ends\, the Monster lives on\, condemned to pass his remaining days in the awful loneliness he has so desperately sought to esc ape. Synopsis courtesy of Dramatists Play Service DTEND:20241124T043000Z DTSTAMP:20260311T101925Z DTSTART:20241124T033000Z GEO:44.047401;-123.076408 LOCATION:Miller Theatre Complex\, Hope Theatre SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:University Theatre Presents "Frankenstein: Playing with Fire" UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_47688331995053 URL:https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/university-theatre-presents-frankens tein-playing-with-fire-4587 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR