Monroe County Civic Theatre's dinner theatre series launches its third season with Robert Louis Stevenson's famous tale of the duality of man. Russell McGee will direct this production, which will focus on the facades people wear in life through the use of masks. The story has been dramatized by Joseph William Comyns Carr and edited and adapted by Russell McGee. The world of the play has been set outside of its historical time so that the design team could take more artistic liberty in creating an atmospheric setting for this production. What an audience may expect to see is a theatrical world that is muted in neutral colors with splashes of more vibrant color to emphasis key moments in the play. The costume design will also be a mix of modern with Victorian influences to suggest the feel of the original time of the play. Another focal point is the masks that have been created for this production as it has been a collaborative effort between the cast and designer. The cast was asked to try to summarize their character in one word so that a mask could be created that exemplifies that quality of their character. This idea is not a new one but may be found in an episode of the classic series of The Twilight Zone entitled "Masks", where a dying eccentric requests that his heirs wear a mask that he has made for each of them that magnifies the baser nature of their character. The play is also made more accessible to an American audience as there will be no British accents, though the play is set in England, thus the actors were able to focus their efforts on the acting work without the added pressure of recreating a style.

This production has truly been a labor of love for director, Russell McGee, as he has wished to direct a production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for fourteen years. This long bred fascination stems from the idea that there are passions in human nature that society inhibits and though we may deny that passion, no man is made of pure shades of black or white.

The Monroe County Civic Theater Dinner Theatre Series is provided with support from the Bloomington Area Arts Council; the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency; and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.