By Gabriela Furtado Coutinho and Jerald Raymond Pierce
May 28, 2024
A ghost light can have so many meanings in theatre. It can be the source of ghost stories and superstitions. It can be a simple safety tool illuminating an otherwise unoccupied theatre. In 2020, it became a symbol of resilience in the face of forced theatre closures. But in the 2024 film Ghostlight, written by Kelly O’Sullivan and starring a litany of Chicago-area theatre folk, the term becomes an ode to the power of theatre as told through the life of someone who found theatre right when he needed it the most.
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