‘Hotel Nepenthe,’ contemporary play, coming to Milton March 16

Fantasy, betrayal, dreams and the absurd create the fascinating landscape of John Kuntz’s contemporary play, “The Hotel Nepenthe.” With a versatile cast and director Alex Lonati at the helm, Brown Box Theatre Project will bring this dark comedy to the Milton Theatre at 8 p.m., Friday, March 16.

Through the twisting, winding corridors of the mind lies a world both chillingly and thoroughly alien. As the settings and characters shift and morph through a series of delightfully turbulent vignettes, audience members are drawn down a rabbit hole of the familiar and the bizarre, held captive by endless parallel universes that seep from the stage to consume their attention from the start. Not for the faint of heart, “The Hotel Nepenthe” is a perilously absurd romp through the mysteries of human nature, the ripples of fair wings and alternate realities, and the search for meaning from within the abyss.

Lonati, who is making her Brown Box directorial debut, said, “I chose ‘The Hotel Nepenthe’ both because of a love for John Kuntz’s work and because of the relevance it has to the world as it exists right now. All the characters in this play are trying to make sense of the chaos and to find connection amidst changes, challenges, and loneliness. Although this show is truly fun, silly and weird, at its core it is about searching for meaning, and that feels very real.”

Tickets are $15-$20. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to www.MiltonTheatre.com or call 302-684-3038.