What kind of man brings his beautiful young bride to a notorious lighthouse, stuck on a rock in the middle of the Thousand Islands in 1913?
Peter Colley has woven an enticing tale in his new comedic thriller The Ghost Island Light. The play is directed by award winning director Pamela Niesiobedzki –Curtis, assisted by Jayne Simpson and produced by Denise Gismondi.
Josiah Tollifsen (Ken Cameron) is not a nice man. He is jealous of other men’s attentions to his young wife. He has convinced her that they are so destitute they have to leave their society life in port to live on a Spartan rock.
No matter how much Rowena (Oriana Abrahamse) complains, he insists it is a done deal – the lives of thousands depend upon his running the lighthouse.
He counted on the new assistant lighthouse keeper (Shayne Coffin) being a grizzly old man from whom he could learn from.
Instead, the assistant is a handsome, wealthy, ladies man (who knows as little about the running of the place as Josiah Tollifsen does). Add to the cast a no-nonsense house keeper (Rihannon Phillips) who can only come once a month and a ghost who has a mysterious hold upon Rowena, and it makes for a wonderful evening of entertainment, officials state.
The Ghost Island Light opens at Guelph Little Theatre on April 6.
There will be an opening gala following the show that night. The play runs for three weekends with evening performances April 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 at 8pm and two Sunday matinees on April 8 and 15 at 2pm.
For tickets call 519-821-0270 or visit www.guelphlittletheatre.com.
