Valley Center Stage in North Bend has hosted its share of unique events, including world premiere plays, but this week, a television show debuts at the community theater.

Starting on Thursday, Oct. 8, Valley Center Stage will present four episodes of the eerie television show “The Twilight Zone.”

The episodes, “A Piano in the House,” “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” “Nothing in the Dark,” and “The Hunt,” were chosen by the directors, Jim Snyder and René Schuchter, for their own reasons.

“We each chose stories that were compelling to us,” said Snyder, adding that the scripts for each episode are available online.

They aren’t however, in the public domain, so “We have permission from CBS for a one-time production,” he said.

Snyder, a theater veteran, but new to Valley Center Stage, chose the two episodes that close out the show, “Nothing in the Dark,” and “The Hunt.” Schuchter, in his directorial debut at the theater, chose the two episodes that begin the show. He was drawn to their surprising twists, especially “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” which he remembered being awed by in his youth.

“The end is when it turns around,” he said, “and it really is a mind trip….”

The TV show was cancelled after its fifth season, to Schuchter’s disappointment, so he said “I was just thrilled that I got a chance to go full circle with that story.”

As with all Twilight Zone tales, there’s a twist in “Piano,” too, Schuchter said. “This piano has a kind of mystical quality that brings out people’s inner characters,” he said, including the bully of the story. “He gets his in the Twilight Zone,” Schuchter says, cryptically.

Valley Center Stage’s “Twilight Zone,” runs at 7:30 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays, Oct. 8 to 10, 15 to 17 and 22 to 24.

For tickets and information, visit www.valleycenterstage.org.

A rebel soldier accepts some water from a farm girl in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”

Jerry, played by Tim Platt, makes a show of greeting party guest Marge, played by Michelle Conklin.