Welcome to the Haunted House

The Warwick Valley Community Center will host its annual Haunted House fund raiser next Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18, 19 and 20.

Local artists, performers and student volunteers turn the 1920s former schoolhouse into a multiroom, interactive horror show.

This year’s theme, The Curse of Blackstone Manor, tells the story of a Robber Baron who made his fortune off the sweat of workers in his coalmines. It features three floors of haunts, including an abandoned mine shaft, séance room and nursery from hell.

“The show is always truly original,” said Melissa ShawSmith, the artistic director of Wickham Works who produces the event. “The students, many of whom have been performing with us for the last four years, bring lots of creepy inspiration to the table.”

This year’s acting talent will be directed by Will O’Dell from Acting Out Playhouse; artist Karen Decher is the lead designer for the gothic sets.

Anyone can drop by the OpenDoor Makers Lab held every Tuesday night at the Community Center from 6 to 8 p.m. to help build sets and props. And volunteers are always welcome to help out with the show.

Essentials

Show times are Friday, Oct. 18, and Saturday, Oct.19, from 7 to 10 p.m., and on Sunday, Oct. 20, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Tickets which can be purchased at the door are $10 or 4 for $30.

There is a Monster Mash party with games, snacks, and trick or treating for little ones.

For more information, call 9866422.

Community Center Youth Advisory Board members and Warwick Valley Middle and High Schools students help out making props for the Haunted House. LR: Hanna Ali, Jojo Gagliano Violet Ross, Sara Venter, Adella Kurosz, Gabby Adee.