Productions of Previous Years
The Elephant Man

By Steven Deitz
Directed by Brad V. Olsen
April 13, 14, 15, 16
8:00 pm Curtain
Eccles Performing Arts Center
Adults: $6.50
Seniors/High School & Younger: $6.00
Snow College Students: $2.00 w/Activity Card
Season Ticket
Adults: $20.50
Seniors/High School & Younger: $19.00
Call: 435.283.7478
The true story of John Merrick; a man whose body is hideously deformed,
but within is a remarkably sensitive and intelligent being. Merrick is exploited
by Victorian society and philanthropy. He is befriended by an ambitious
and brilliant young surgeon who looks after him in his last few years—finding
him a home in a London hospital where the lovable freak's presence
is shrewdly used for fund-raising. Merrick is introduced to high society,
becoming dependent on the success his deformity brings him. A well-known
actress tries to ease his loneliness, but her efforts are thwarted by hypocrisy.
Even those who love him can't help him and ultimately he dies from
his horrible affliction.