What: "Ghost Sonata"

When: Through Nov. 23

Where: Nimbus Theatre, 1517 Central Ave. N.E., Minneapolis

Tickets: $15-$10, nimbustheatre.com

August Strindberg's 100-year-old play, "Ghost Sonata," has been performed thousands of times -- but it's never been done quite the way Nimbus Theatre is doing it: with a live musical score by Stillwater native Charlie McCarron.

It's the first theater music for McCarron, 28, who has a degree in music composition from St. John's/St. Ben's. Having done a fair amount of composing for film and video projects, he got the "Ghost Sonata" gig when another composer, who couldn't do it, suggested him.

"I composed the bulk of it in a week. Kinda crazy," McCarron says. "I had to get it finished before I went on a weeklong road trip with a couple friends."

Charlie McCarron (Jason Schumacher)

Much of the music McCarron composed plays between scenes but there's also something unusual for a play, although common for a movie: underscoring. McCarron discovered it's a little trickier to do it with live musicians (a piano, a clarinet and a cello) than on recorded film.

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