HAUNTED VILLAGE THEATER is
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Tickets on sale soon!
Haunted Village Theater 2025 includes 5 story scenes and one musical ensemble number. Four scripts are original works by local writers!
Come, Seeling Night - written & directed by Albert Falcone
~ An influencer assistant is missing their influencer and a 20-something is missing their father and there may or may not be a mystical selkie about
Lady of the Lake - written by Erin Bennett & directed by Aaron Hodge
~ Audience members come across a tomb with a statue that can reveal the fate of it's deceased
The Coffin Maker - written by Carlene Kucharczyk & directed by Killian White
~ Someone is building coffins! Why?
A Ghost in a Petticoat - written by Cora Dunne & directed by Dory Psomas
~ A ghost hunter is sent a real live ghost who is not pleased with their current situation
"Masquerade" from The Phantom of the Opera - directed by Claire Shilling, Carol Cronce & Linda Treash
~ This singing and dancing montage sets the scene for and overlaps with the final scene...
The Cask of Amontillado - written by Edgar Allen Poe, adapted by C.A. Sullivan, directed by Fergus Ryan
~ A powerful wine lover has offended the vindictive narrator who takes on a plan of revenge amid the happy chaos of carnival in Venice.
History
Haunted Village Theater was created in 2021 by BarnArts Executive Director Linda Treash and a small group of actors as a way to continue offering engaging community theater safely during the second autumn of the pandemic. The event's success was immediately apparent, and it is formally a part of our theatrical schedule, alternating each October with a seasonal musical.
Thanks to the Universalist Church and Society of Barnard, Barnard Community Trust, Silver Lake Association, Trustees of Danforth Public Library, Barnard Historical Society, and the Barnard Selectboard for their support of this project in and around the village of Barnard since 2021.
2021
Our first year had outstanding weather and turnout! Costumed actors led each audience group around Barnard to experience these haunting tales by firepits:
- “The Mad Wolf”
- Based on an 18th century Barnard Tale
- Written & directed by Linda Treash
- Starring Jake O’Neill & Trish Macri
- “Lake of the Dolls”
- Adapted, Written, & Directed by Aura Paige
- Starring Alice Craft, Izzy Cellini, Finn Leland, Leah Paige, & Jesse Paige
- “The Raven”
- Written by Edgar Allen Poe
- Adapted, Directed, & Starring Aaron Michael Hodge & Erin Bennett
- “The Monkey’s Paw”
- Adapted, Written & Directed by Dan Deneen
- Starring Marlena Farinas, Omi Malin-Stremlau, Grace Perreault, & Molly McDermott
- “Emily’s Bridge”
- Written & Directed by Neal Cronce
- Starring Jill Clough & Neal Cronce
This inaugural year was supported by a Spark! Connecting Community grant from the Vermont Community Foundation!
2023
For our second year we expanded the event to two days and added a full dinner option at the Barnard Town Hall. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate and we had to shift our performances inside. What resulted was a cozy and festive dinner theater with the following performances:
- “This is Halloween”
- Written by Danny Elfman
- Directed by Kaetlyn Collins
- Music Direction by Carol Cronce
- Starring Kaetlyn Collins, Doug Abbot, Anita Hamalainen, Nat Holland, Beth Damon, Marlena Farinas, Sara Norcross, Isa Snyder-Hamalainen, Leo Snyder-Hamalainen, Sally Zwain
- “The Cremation of Sam McGee”
- Written by Robert W. Service (1907)
- Directed & Starring Kory Hirak
- “The Mad Wolf”
- Based on an 18th century Barnard Tale
- Written by Linda Treash
- Directed & Starring Tapley Trudell
- “The Yellow Wallpaper”
- Based on the 19th century story by Charlotte Perkins Gillman
- Adapted & Directed by Killian White
- Starring Killian White & Vander Gac
- “The Trial of Beth Wilde (again)”
- Written & Directed by Elyse DeNeige & Olivia Piepmeier
- Starring Elyse DeNeige, Olivia Piepmeier, & Mary Urban
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