HellSpawn II: Black Aggie Speaks presented by Active Cultures Theatre at Riverdale Park Town Center

HellSpawn II: Black Aggie Speaks

Riverdale Park Town Center
4650 Queensbury Rd Riverdale

A trilogy of ghost stories inspired by the local legend of Black Aggie, a mysterious statue that maims, tortures and makes you forget. Featuring: Faceless by Mary Resing, What Fresh Hell by Alexandra Petri, & Grief by Michael John Garces, Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner and Mary Resing.

Presented by Active Cultures Theatre

Thru - Nov 4, 2012

Price: $15-$25

Show Type: Drama

Running Time: 1 hr; 25 mins with no intermission

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HellSpawn II: Black Aggie Speaks Reviews

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Washington City Paper - Recommended

"... Hellspawn II, Active Cultures Theatre’s second annual Halloween anthology, is an upgrade from last year’s edition. The playlets here are all ghost stories. Each of the three one-acts riff on local legends surrounding “Black Aggie”—an unauthorized copy of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ hooded, female figure that adorns that Adams Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery. Henry Adams, grandson of the sixth president of the United States and great-grandson of the second, commissioned the untitled statue to mark the grave of his wife, Marian “Clover” Adams, after she committed suicide in 1885."

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- Chris Klimek

DCTheatreScene - Somewhat Recommended

Alexandra Petri, who writes a witty column for the Washington Post, writes witty dialogue for this charming sketch about two drunk fraternity wannabes, Tony (Kumasi) and Steve (Joe Feldman) who are sentenced to spend a night in Lafayette Square with Black Aggie (Talvacchio) as part of their initiation. The other part of their initiation – they must drink twenty-four beers in twenty-four hours – assures that their reasoning powers will not be at optimum when they spend time with the spooky statue.

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- Tim Treanor

HellSpawn II: Black Aggie Speaks presented by Active Cultures Theatre at Riverdale Park Town Center