The Shoestring Players at the University of South Carolina Upstate will perform “Let the Right One In”, Thursday-Sunday (Oct. 5 – 8) in the Performing Arts Center Theatre at USC Upstate.
Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday; midnight on Friday; and 3 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $8 general admission and $4 for faculty, staff and students with USC Upstate ID. Tickets may be purchased at the USC Upstate Box Office from 1 – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or at (864) 503-5695. Cash or check only, please.
“Let the Right One In,” adapted by Jack Thorne from a novel and screenplay by the Swedish writer, John Ajvide Lindqvist, is the story of Oskar, who is a sensitive and bullied boy who lives with his mother. He and his new neighbor, Eli, a unique young girl, strike up an initially reserved friendship. As they gradually form a close bond, it becomes apparent that she is far from ordinary. As she reveals her macabre secret, the audience discovers her connection to a series of bloody murders.
Meet the cast
Joseph Richer of Waxhaw, N.C., as Oskar
Garrett Gibson of Inman as Jonny
Kyle McIntyre of Spartanburg as Micke
Gabe Troski of Boiling Springs as Hakan
Joshua Witt of Boston, Mass., as Torkel
Dexter Simmons of Clinton as Kurt
Kacy Winterhalter of Columbia as Mum
Jordan Montemayor of Piedmont as Eli
Brigitte Staggs of Woodruff as Halmberg
Feenix Smith of Inman as Jocke
Najeee Joyner of St. Stephen as Mr. Avila
McCray Earls of Lugoff as Nils
John Gibbs of Lyman as Dad
Doug Yates of Oviedo, Fla., as Janne
Aaron Nathanson of Egland Air Force Base, Fla.
John Marshall Branham of Sharon as Stefan
Professor Jimm Cox, director, is in his 45th year teaching at Upstate and is nationally and internationally recognized. He has fostered collaboration that established an exclusive partnership with The Rose Theatre and the American Conservatory Theater both in London, England.
Contact Jimm Cox, professor of theatre, at 864-503-5697 or at [email protected].