Performance
The Ghastly Dreadfuls
Oct 7-Oct 31
Event Details
- Category: Performances
- Age Guidance: Ages 18+
- Running Time: 90 (1.5 hours)
- Museum Included
The Dreadfuls are Back!
This deadly ensemble of musicians, dancers, and puppeteers rises from the dead to lead audiences into a world beyond this mortal plane, delivering a cavalcade of creepy stories, frightful songs, and devilish dances unearthed from near and far.
Our seven talented phantoms play instruments, sing, dance, act, and incorporate various puppetry styles to tell their gothic tales. The stories are as wide-ranging as the puppetry, from marionettes and shadow puppets to hand, rod, and tabletop puppets. Highlights include the fan favorite “The 11:59” (based on a short story by Patricia C. McKissack about a former Pullman porter who hears the ominous whistle of an infamous ghost train) and a fantastically silly graveyard dance set to Saint-Saëns’ “Dance Macabre.”
Join us for a deliciously old-school cocktail of death and humor, a reminder of what has always made Halloween so delightfully creepy and fun.
Doors open 1-hour prior to showtime. Museum Collections access is available during this time. Museum closes before intermission.
The Ghastly Dreadfuls is a Signature Performance and is excluded from Member performance discounts.
The Ghastly Dreadfuls is a winner of the most prestigious award in puppetry.
A Ghastly & Ghoulish Affair | October 31
To celebrate the Ghastly Dreadfuls' 20th engagement here in the Land of the Living, we are throwing an extra special shindig on Halloween night! On Saturday October 31, A Ghastly & Ghoulish Affair includes a costume contest, a special exhibition of Ghastly puppets from years past, and an exclusive commemorative item. Every ticket includes one drink ticket, with lite bites and a cash bar available all evening.
Doors to the party open at 6pm, and the show is at 8pm. This is a 18+ event! Expect an evening simply to die for.
This production is supported in part by
This was great fun, intelligent humor and showmanship, wonderful puppets and stories.
A splendid blend of humor and spookiness…BRILLIANT.
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