Tickets are now available for Brush Creek Playhouse’s Castle of the Rose — the Real Story of the Beauty and her Beast. The opening of this year’s teen/young adult show has been delayed until August 9, but you won’t to miss this new interpretation of the classic French story of the kind and beautiful young lady and the anguished “beast” who has been trapped in his castle by a terrible curse.

Brush Creek’s production, using an original script by Emily Wood and Michael Wood, begins with the family of Belle Beauchene (who is not, in the oldest stories, an only child). But after a terrible storm and an ill-fated search for a rose, both Belle and her father encounter the castle’s beast — the seemingly young lord of the castle who has been ruling his enchanted home that vanished from the hills above the village more than 125 years ago! He is served by a handful of his original retainers, most of whom have developed a quirk or two of their own.

When Belle’s world and the Beast’s castle collide, the two begin to learn about — and appreciate — one another. But sinister forces are at work, leading to an attack by the French army that threatens to tear them apart and to end the castle’s existence forever!

Performances will be at 7 pm on August 9 (Friday), August 10 (Saturday), August 16 (Friday) and August 17 (Saturday). Brush Creek also offers 2 pm matinee performances on August 11 and August 18 (both Sundays). Reserved seat tickets are just $10 each ($8 for seniors 60 and over, children 12 and under and students) and can be purchased in advance at Brush Creek’s two ticket-selling partner locations:

Books-N-Time: 210 N. Water Street in downtown Silverton; (503)874-4311

Runaway Art & Craft Studio: 311 Commercial St NE in downtown Salem: (503)881-6270

Tickets are also available at the door beginning 30 minutes before each performance. For more tickets and for group sales, contact Michael Wood at (503)508-3682.