Glassheart

Hopewell Theatre opens “Glassheart” by Reina Hardy and directed by Jaye Mills on July 17 for a one-weekend run. “Glassheart” is a romantic tragicomedy about facing the witch in your head and finding the wish in your heart. An offbeat, mature riff on the classic “Beauty and the Beast.”

Beauty never showed up. After centuries under the curse, the Beast and his remaining magical servant (a hopelessly optimistic lamp) move into a shabby Chicago apartment, hoping for a lower cost of living and better luck with girls. In the threatening, impossible, completely ordinary world of paying rent and taking public transportation, is a happy ending even possible?

The show runs July 17 and 18 at 7:30pm and July 19at 2:00 pm. Tickets are available online at www.hopewelltheatre.org and at the door. Tickets purchased for the June show dates are able to be transferred by calling 330-746-5455.