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Harper to stage ghost-ridden drama

The Harper Ensemble Theatre Company presents a story of grief, loss, guilt and karma in "Language of Angels," a ghost-ridden drama by playwright Naomi Iizuka.

The play runs Friday, April 20, through Sunday, April 29, at the Building L Drama Lab on Harper College's main campus, 1200 W. Algonquin Road in Palatine. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.

Directed by Harper alumnus Cale Haupert, "Language of Angels" begins in a cave on the edge of a rural North Carolina town, where a young girl once went missing. One of nine friends is responsible for her death, yet her ghostly, echoed cries will haunt each of them forever.

The story unfolds and morphs into a multilayered musing on grief, loss, guilt and karma as the missing girl's life and death reveals itself one piece at a time.

Hidden beneath a haunting and mysterious exterior, "Language of Angels" is ultimately a touching and deeply heartfelt play. As the surviving friends come to terms with their own mortality, they must also face the truth about their childhood and the regret and guilt their mistakes have caused them.

The performance runs about 75 minutes without an intermission.

Tickets are $15 for seniors and Harper students, faculty and staff, and $18 for general admission. To purchase tickets, contact the Harper College Box Office at (847) 925-6100 or visit harpercollege.edu/boxoffice.

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