James I: The Key Will Keep The Lock

Presented by the BFA Acting Class of 2025 Kilburn Theater, Rarig Center

Thursday, October 24, 7:30 P.M.

Saturday, October 26, 7:30 P.M.

Sunday, October 27, 2:00 P.M.

Bold and irreverent storytelling explores the complex character of this colorful Stewart king – a poet, a lover, and a law-maker but also the product of a harsh political system.

James I of Scotland was captured when he was only 13 and became King of Scots in an English prison. 18 years later he’s finally delivered back home with a ransom on his head and a new English bride. He’s returning to a poor nation, the royal coffers are empty and his nobles are a pack of wolves ready to tear him apart at the first sign of weakness. But James has his own ideas about how to be a king and, after 18 years, he finally has the chance to realize them. James is determined to bring the rule of law to a land riven by warring families, but that struggle will force him to make terrible choices if he is to save himself, his Queen and the crown.