Dreadful Things: Bloodwood Forest

A Note from the Director

Since the dawn of civilization itself, the witch in the woods has been a magical figure that has appeared in different guises in all cultures across the world. A mysterious figure that some say is as old as the earth itself, with the powers to both heal and kill, the witch in the woods transcends time, and is reinvented in the imagination of each generation.

As children, we are often warned of the bent and gnarled figure in the shadows of the forest, a magical hag who only emerges from her enchanted abode to gather herbs, or lost children, for her simmering cauldron. In other instances in folklore, the witch in the woods is the magistrate of poetic justice, a wise protector of the natural world, a healer and mid-wife.

Our story tonight is inspired by all of these (them!) witches of the past.

Vesper Thorne waits for us all in the dense brush of the dark forests we dare to tread, but when you find her, be forewarned, for it is your very soul that she will See. I hope you enjoy our show tonight, and that it remains a crimson memory in your mind and heart, forever in the shadows and the dark!

By Ghost Light,
~Maria-Juliet Coon
MA, MFA Director/Writer
Owner - Spectral Raven Theatre Company