
Acadiana Repertory Theatre presents Mark Scharf’s The Quickening
Sun, May 13
|Cité des Arts
What if the brain receives consciousness, like your computer downloads a program from the Internet instead of generating consciousness?


Time and Location
May 13, 2018, 2:00 PM
Cité des Arts, 109 Vine St, Lafayette, LA 70501, USA
About The Event
What if the brain receives consciousness, like your computer downloads a program from the Internet instead of generating consciousness? Does that mean your consciousness does not end when your body dies? The Quickening, a ghost story for the stage, tells the tale of Matt and Beth Wells, a young couple expecting their first child, as they move into their new home on the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia; a house, it turns out, built where a skirmish occurred during the Civil War. At first happy, but overwhelmed, Beth is soon puzzled and frightened by unexplained events that at first, only she experiences – events that propel her to discover the story behind the supernatural activity in her new home. To succeed she must not only discover the truth but overcome her own fears and the hostile skepticism of her husband. With the help of her mathematician neighbor and her earthy mother…
Tickets
General Admission
Please arrive up to 15 minutes early. Seating is first come.
$15.00
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