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triguing concept : What if you could travel through a rabbit hole like Alice to another time , place , and circumstance where your son was still alive ? “ How do you move on after a tragedy like that ?” wonders Louis Scarpati , the Managing Artistic Director of The Company Theatre Group who will direct the production . “ How do you get your life back together ?” Previous incarnations of the play have focused on the grief , but Scarpati wants the hope to shine through . It ’ s the idea that people can find a way to move on ; that it is a sad story , but one

which explores the complex human condition of grief while offering something more . The emotional ride of Rabbit Hole forces the director and cast to navigate a balance between telling the story and avoiding the production to become too morbid for the audience to watch . “ It ’ s not a morbid piece ,” explained Scarpati . “ There is hope . It ’ s a journey for each of the major characters from the beginning where it ’ s complete and utter loss to how they each get themselves back to living their lives . It ’ s a sad story . The death of a child is always a sad story .

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