Faculty Playwright New Production
Peggy Stafford’s “Behind the Attic Walls”
Assistant Professor and Chair of Playwriting in the Playwriting and Screenwriting program, Peggy Stafford has a new production of her adaptation “Behind the Attic Walls” going up this summer in the Hudson Valley at Vassar College’s Powerhouse Theatre.
Behind the Attic Wall is a beloved young adult novel by Sylvia Cassedy, adapted for the stage by playwright Peggy Stafford. When orphaned twelve-year-old Maggie Turner is sent to live with her two great-aunts in an old, empty boarding school she is bereft and alone. Soon she is called to the attic by two possessed china dolls, building a world that is at once intricate and theatrical—a place where she finds friendship and a sense of home. Featuring music by Mike Cassedy with masks and puppets designed by The Ladies of Mischief, Behind the Attic Wall is a play for all audiences directed by Meghan Finn.
BEHIND THE ATTIC WALL
directed by Meghan Finn at Powerhouse Theatre
July 28 – 30, 2023
Adapted from the novel by Sylvia Cassedy
Written for the stage by Peggy Stafford
Conceived and Directed by Meghan Finn
Music by Mike Cassedy
Puppetry by Ladies of Mischief
Projection Design by David Pym