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The 16th Annual Haunted Halloween Arizona Spotlight!

Featuring: The stars of Live Theatre Workshop's "Misery"; Broadway designer David Korins' creations from "Beetlejuice"; a ghost story from "Stories That Soar!"; and the supernatural invades suburbia in the Ten-Minute Drama "The Jack-O-Lantern".

jackolantern esme and owen hero Esme Canelos stars as Tina and Owen Green stars as Basil in a new Ten-Minute Drama called "The Jack-O-Lantern" by Alejandro Canelos. "The Jack-O-Latern" wreaks havoc on two suburban young adults.
graphic design by Boo Mellinger

Arizona Spotlight

October 31, 2024

NPR
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Featured on the October 31, 2024 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

It's that time of year again -- light up the jack-o-lantern, grab some trick-or-treat candy, and turn up the volume to listen to the 16th annual Haunted Halloween Arizona Spotlight! Don't be too afraid, it's just some seasonal stories intended to provide thrills and chills in the Tucson night!

  • Live Theatre Workshop is presenting a new production of “Misery”, the play by William Goldman based on the novel by Stephen King. Meet Lesley Abrams and Brendan Guy Murphy, who are bringing this harrowing tale of fear, obsession and awkward laughter to life.

misery live theatre hero The Live Theatre Workshop's play, "Misery" stars Lesley Abrams and Brendan Guy Murphy and is directed by Sabian Trout.
Gretchen Wirges

misery poster 617 VIEW LARGER Live Theatre Workshop is presenting a new production of "Misery", a play by William Goldman based on the Stephen King novel. The play runs through Nov. 10.
courtesy of Live Theatre Workshop
  • Emmy award-winning designer David Korins has provided sets for more than 25 Broadway shows, including Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Annie and The Pee Wee Herman Show. A current exhibit at The Mini-Time Machine Museum of Miniatures presents an immersive, up-close look at Korins’ work. He visited Tucson to open the exhibition, and Sophia Hammer talks with him about paying tribute to the imaginative worlds of Tim Burton for the musical Beetlejuice.
Beetlejuice David Korins 617 VIEW LARGER Emmy Award-winning set designer David Korins stands with a prop from the seasonal favorite "Beetlejuice". The exhibit, "Stages of Imagination: The Iconic Broadway Designs of David Korins" is at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures until the end of May.
Sophia Hammer
Beetlejuice chair 617 VIEW LARGER "Stages of Imagination: The Iconic Broadway Designs of David Korins" offers viewers an immersive experience through the early stages of set design to the finished set. The couch pictured is from the Broadway play, "Beetlejuice".
Sophia Hammer
  • The Tucson non-profit Literacy Connects sponsors a group of performers and musicians called “Stories That Soar!”. They help young writers realize the power and potential of bringing their stories to life, for the stage, video, and radio. We are now presenting these stories on the first Thursday of every month here on Arizona Spotlight. This month’s "Stories That Soar!" offers a seasonal tale written with relish by a 6th grader at Homer Davis Elementary, about the perils of doing a job no one wants to do. It's called “The Gravedigger”.

  • Aspiring student-age writers can submit their stories to The Magic Box Story Portal now!

gravedigger illustration hero "Stories That Soar!" helps to bring school-age writers stories' to life. "The Gravedigger" is by a 6th grade student at Homer Davis Elementary.
courtesy of Literacy Connects

  • And, a new Ten-Minute Drama called “The Jack-O-Lantern” tells how the supernatural can invade suburbia, creating havoc for two young adults who are on their own. Written for radio by Alejandro Canelos, starring Esme Canelos, Owen Green, and Betsy Kruse Craig. With a score by Alejandro Canelos, produced by Mike Levy at 11:11 Studios. Photos and graphic design by Boo Mellinger.

jack-o-latern hero Esme Canelos stars as Tina and Owen Green stars as Basil in a new Ten-Minute Drama called "The Jack-O-Lantern" by Alejandro Canelos. "The Jack-O-Latern" wreaks havoc on two suburban young adults.
graphic design by Boo Mellinger

esme and Owen jackolatern hero Esme Canelos and Owen Green who star in "The Jack-O-Lantern" in the AZPM studio.
Betsy Kruse Craig

betsy and Alejandro jackolatern hero Alejandro Canelos gives stage direction and Betsy Kruse Craig directs and stars as Samantha in "The Jack-O-Latern".
Brian Deevers

ten minute dramas Twenty-four plays, for reading or performing. In ten minutes or less. With Ten-Minute Dramas, Alejandro Canelos gets right to the point.
design by Gabriela Fleming
Halloween Cupcake spot

Web page by Sophia Hammer.

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