
Alison Pill stars as a blind woman stalked by a killer in “Wait Until Dark” opening at the Geffen Playhouse on October 8th. Photo used with permission.
Alison Pill steps away from The Newsroom next month to lead us into the dark in Jeffrey Hatcher’s world premiere adaptation of Wait Until Dark. The ground-breaking 1966 thriller written by Frederick Knott (Dial M for Murder), has been transported to 1944, a time when women were left alone with most men away at war. Pill, whose film work includes Midnight in Paris and the sci-fi drama Snowpiercer, plays Susan, a blind woman who becomes entangled with dangerous con men. They try to take advantage of her vulnerability, but in a stunning turn of events she fights back by plunging herself (and the audience) into her world… complete darkness. During wartime, surrounded by violence both at home and abroad, Susan is a strong female character who takes charge of her perilous situation instead of becoming a victim.