The Curiosity Cabinet brings The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to the Frank Shiner Theatre at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in New York City, running June 10th through 13th, 2026. Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella. Get tickets below.

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Adapted, composed, and sound-designed by Whitney E. George and co-directed by George and Attilio Rigotti, the production reimagines Hyde not as a simple embodiment of evil but as something more dangerous. George explains: “For me, Jekyll and Hyde is not simply a story about good and evil. It is about the pressure to remain respectable, desirable, controlled, and legible until the body itself begins to revolt. Hyde is terrifying because he is also seductive: appetite without shame, impulse without apology, the self released from the performance of being acceptable. I want audiences to leave wondering which self they have been performing, and which one has been waiting underneath.”

The production fractures identity across body, image, voice, and sound, with live videography, lighting design by Sierra Shreves, chamber music, voice acting, and projection and set design by Orsolya Szánthó. What begins as a classic transformation story becomes a contemporary chamber thriller about repression, performance, and the dangerous pleasure of becoming unrecognizable to oneself.

Cast: Kyle Decker Pitts as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Attilio Rigotti as Utterson and Carew; Blake Friedman as Lanyon, Enfield, and Inspector Newcomen; Maayan Voss de Bettancourt as Poole, Narrator, and additional roles.

Musicians: Alice Jones, flute; Adam von Housen, violin; Christie Echols, double bass; Tamika Gorski, percussion; Whitney George, conductor.

Performances run on June 10th, 11th, and 12th at 7:30 PM, and on June 13th at 1:30 PM. Runtime is approximately seventy-five minutes.