- Featuring the original play based on Death Bed: The Bed That Eats by Gwenyfar Rohler (see below)
So join us for our first ever event of this kind, as we present a mixture of new and known works that celebrate the spooky and macabre, with a series of programming built to scare and delight audiences of all ages. This festival will contain shows that will appeal to all ages, with a different play running each weekend . . . See one or see them all!
So join us for our first ever event of this kind, as we present a mixture of new and known works that celebrate the spooky and macabre, with a series of programming built to scare and delight audiences of all ages. This festival will contain shows that will appeal to all ages, with a different play running each weekend . . . See one or see them all!
WEEK 1
War of the Worlds
October 2-5 8pm Thursday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday. Written by Orson Welles, Directed by Cole Marquis. This is a dramatic recreation of the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles. This production will include the original script, along with live sound effects being created by foley artists (foley is the term for sound effects that were created in the broadcast studios using found objects...for example, unscrewing a mason jar slowly while it is being held in a toilet bowl to get the sound of a flying saucer rotating). Multiple actors will provide their voices. The show will also feature commercials done in an old radio style interspersed. |
WEEK 2
A Frightfully Funny Night of Comedy
October 9-12 8pm Thursday-Saturday, 3pm Sunday For a Frightfully Funny evening The Comically Impaired, Wilmington's longest running comedy improv group, will take suggestions from the audience and incorporate them into Halloween- themed hilarity followed by the Original Comedic One-Acts Die, Zombie, Extra Die!, & Buyers Can Be Bloodthirsty by local playwright Elaine Alexander. An evening of fright and delight! The Comically Impaired have been entertaining Wilmington audiences for 20 years. |
WEEK 3
The Witch, the Troll, & the Hairy Man
October 16-19 7pm Thursday & Friday, 3pm Saturday & Sunday. Adapted & Directed by Gina Gambony Tickets are only $10 (Children & Adults) for this production. The Witch, the Troll, and the Hairy Man (and a few of their friends) come together for this delightful collection of stories you might not have heard before. Featuring puppetry, masks, and storytelling, this production is not too scary…recommended for ages 7+. |
WEEK 4
Death Bed: The Play That Bites
October 23- 31 8pm Thurs-Sat, 3pm Sun October 23-26, 8pm Wed-Fri October 29-31 Written by Gwenyfar Rohler, Directed by Steve Vernon The old story of a man, a dream & a struggle to the death with killer furniture. The lost 70's cult classic is coming to the stage, live in 3-D this fall! In 1973 George Barry wrote, directed and produced Death bed: The Bed That Eats. It would not be officially released until 2003 (then on DVD) but would go on to become a cult classic through a pirated edition in Europe. Wilmington’s own inventor Jock Brandis worked on Death Bed as a Gaffer and made The Bed actually “eat”. Patton Oswlat made the rediscovered film famous through his material lamenting that someone put money into Death Bed but he can’t get his work made. Jock is actually the guy Oswalt is making fun of for making The Bed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01l1WIC9mBo Gwenyfar has adapted the film to the stage and added a “making of” element to Act One. More info may be found here: http://www.deathbedtheplay.com/about.html and here: http://www.lovetrain.super-coven.com/death-bed-bed-eats-coming-stage/ http://www.encorepub.com/welcome/deadly-dates-and-man-eating-beds-encore-reviewers-turn-playwrights-debut-halloween-shows-in-october/ |
The Hermit of Fort Fisher
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Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some)
by Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald, & John K. Alvarez
- Instead of performing Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday classic for the umpteenth time, three actors decide to perform every Christmas story ever told - plus Christmas traditions from around the world, seasonal icons form ancient times to topical pop-culture and every carol ever sung. A madcap romp through the holiday season.
December 4-7, 11-14 & 18-21
December 4-7, 11-14 & 18-21