HAUNTED VILLAGE THEATER 2025 is Saturday, October 18th
Call for scripts open until July 11th!
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 popularity 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 Select Board for their support of this project in and around the village of Barnard.
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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