Buntport Theater

Percy Shelley sits on the edge of a bathtub reading from a book to his wife Mary Shelley who is sitting in the bathtub hanging onto his arm and looking longingly off in the distance.

My Hideous Progeny

A MODERN PROMETHEUS

A fever-dream of a production that weaves through different moments of Mary Shelley’s life and work.

My Hideous Progeny weaves through different moments of Mary Shelley’s life, the infamous evening when Lord Byron suggests that everyone write a frightening tale, her relationship with the great Romantic poet Percy Shelley, the loss of her children…creating an unusual glimpse of the author/wife/mother.

Buntport Theater places Mary Shelley in a bathtub of ice water, following one of the many tragedies that befell (and inspired) her. Featuring Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, John Polidori and Mary’s stepsister Claire, this production is another trip to Buntport’s darker side.