THANK YOU! From A Nightmare on Main Street

Our Premiere Haunted House " A Nightmare on Main Street' is now just a happy memory. I had no idea what was really involved when I started this project rolling. But it was worth it in the end. We converted our 22 x 160' building into one awesome haunted house. Before I go much further I have to say that it would not have happened without the hard work and hundreds of hours of volunteered time of Bernie and Roann Kofron and James Hubers. You people are amazing!

We had 17 rooms in our haunted house:
 Spider Den
 Zombie Cage
Graveyard
Acme Mask Factory
Portrait Gallery
Fur Maze
Electric Chair

Children of the Corn

Dracula's Resting Place
Hansel, Gretel and the Witch
The Butcher
The Dot Room
Zombie Nursery
Surgery
Birthday Party
House of 1000 Corpses

and finally- The Girl from the Well

There were over 35 people working in the event each night from taking tickets, to acting as safety people, to the persons dressed to scare- and over 700 people walked through our house.

If it wasn't for the generous support of these people, and our sponsors, this haunted house might never had happened.

I need to thank our sponsors too- the money/materials you donated helped tremendously and we would not have been able to create such a good house without you!

Anytime Fitness
Carroll Broadcasting
Carroll Cycle Center
Casey's
Commercial Savings Bank
Computer Concepts
Dr Gene Glass
Greteman Agency
Greteman Chiropractic
Haley Implement
K & D Painting
Options Ink
Piranha Club
Pro Auto

Wittrock Motors

In the end I am not sure who had more fun- the people walking through the house or those of us who were scaring them.  We are already planning next year's house and it promises to be even better than this year. We are even trying to figure out a little kid loop of not so scary stuff so they can enjoy it too. I will admit I was very surprised at the number of small children who went through the house and didn't seem to be forever scared by it. But then I wasn't the one putting them to bed later either.

So THANK YOU to everyone who helped us create this event!

A Nightmare on Main Street

It's gonna be big!

A Nightmare on Main Street

This fall the CAC/CCT decided to do things a bit differently- no play.  With the help of some dedicated volunteers ( a HUGE  shout out to James Hubers) we are transforming our building into a 14 room haunted house. We are getting close to having all the rooms planned out and several of them are finished. I don't want to give anything away but we have some pretty cool special effects and totally unexpected scenes in the works.

I had no idea how into Halloween James is. Maybe I should be a bit worried? He has come up with some pretty "interesting" ideas for the haunted house. I must admit I am having waaay to much fun with the black lights!

The response we have had from the business community has been amazing.

Anytime Fitness

Carroll Broadcasting

Carroll Cycle Center

Casey's General Store

Commercial Savings Bank

Computer Concepts

Dr Gene Glass

Greteman Agency

Greteman Chiropractic

Haley Implement

K & D Painting

Options Ink

Pro Auto

The Piranha Club

Wittrock Motors

The above mentioned businesses and individuals have donated money, materials or resources to help us create the ultimate haunted house.  THANK YOU! We could not have done this without their support. Please support them!

A Nightmare on Main Street

Things are coming together very well for our first ever attempt at a haunted house. We have been kicking around making a haunted house for a few years and this year I met a couple of amazing people who were a huge help during Harry Potter this summer. So now I am cob-web deep in making a haunted house.

The response from the community has been wonderful. We have collected over $800 in sponsorships from area businesses so we could afford to purchase things we need to make this haunted house the best ever. We also have a couple of businesses who have donated materials and in-kind items for the haunted house.

So far we have 7 rooms designed, built and almost finished. My favorite thing to do is to "decorate" scenes when we do shows. So I am in my element decorating these haunted rooms. We are still looking for some more actors and safety people to be in the haunted house during its four night run. If this is successful I am pretty positive that this will become an annual event.

For more information please check out carrollarts.org

Be there and help SCARE!

CAC/CCT is creating a Haunted House in our building. This a FUNDRAISER for building repairs, insulation and upkeep. We are looking for VOLUNTEERS to help with all parts of the Haunted House. We have Sponsors lined up with cash and in-kind donations and we have room ideas!. Now we need people for characters, safety, construction, make-up- costumes. The dates of the Haunted House are October 24th and 25th 7-9PM and October 26th and 27th 7-10PM. Please come to our meeting! Be There and Help Scare

There's an angel among us!

This summer was busy for the CAC/CCT with Harry Potter in June and then our high school and college summer shows in the black box in July. 

This summer was HOT. As in extremely warm. The air conditioner in the black box decided to quit during the worst of the summer heat in July. I was proud of our cast of "Collective Dating" for going on with the show in spite of the lack of AC. We had fans running and doors open and cold water available for the audience and actors. I think every one in the place lost about 5 pounds each night. The shows were great and the actors did a wonderful job. We warned the audience that the ACwas broken and we didn't have the $1300 to get it fixed. We had a donation jar for the AC and garnered $185- which we were extremely grateful for! But it wasn't enough to get the job done.

During the two weeks between shows we got a phone call from an anonymous person who said- call and get the AC fixed and I will have a check for you for the amount by the end of the week! The cast of "Fresh Brewed" was very appreciative of the cooler climate for rehearsals and the audience was too!

So- THANK YOU to the angel who heard about our plight and gave us the money to get the air conditoner fixed. Thank you from all of us at the Black Box Studio Theatre!

Collective Dating

The first in our Summer Theatre Series is this week at the Black Box Studio located at 311 N Main St (South of Rancho Grande) Friday July13th and Saturday July 14th at 7:00 PM

Collective Dating is a wacky collection of romantic comedies based on the world of dating. From cavemen to the Internet, from an uptight, upright dating service to one that knows no bounds, Collective Dating is a wild ride of fun.

All seats are $5.