Want To Get Scared 1940s Style? How To Get Tickets

WEST HARTFORD, CT — Once upon a time, families didn't gather in front of the television set for entertainment or watch posted Youtube videos.

They listened to the radio.

And a program later this week will capture the spirit of that bygone era with the spirit of the Halloween holiday.

Starting Thursday, the Capital Classics Theatre Company will present “Halloween Horror: An Evening of Old Time Radio Theatre” at the University of Saint Joseph’s Hoffman Auditorium in West Hartford.

Performances will run Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 20-22 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m.

Just like the days of the golden age of radio, Capital Classics members will bring three spooky tales to life for audiences of all ages this Halloween season.

Originally broadcasted back in the 1940s on the radio program Lights Out, Capital Classics will perform “Don't Tell Me About Halloween” by Wyllis Cooper and “The Dark” and “Knock at the Door” by Arch Oboler— right before your very eyes — and ears — with live music and sound effects.

Co-founder Laura Sheehan will direct a theatrical staging of “Halloween Horror: An Evening of Old Time Radio Theatre,” and Mike Isko will be providing the Foley SFX.

The cast includes Betzabeth Castro, Emely Burns Larsen, Wil Moses, and Geoffrey Sheehan — with original music composed and performed by Dan Rice.

Over the years, Capital Classics has scared audiences for Halloween with radio theatre- performances of “The Invisible Man” (2019), Frankenstein (2018), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2017), The War of the Worlds (2016), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2015), Dracula (2014), “Poe Down Below,” an evening of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories (2013), and “Macabre Macbeth” (2010).

Hoffman Auditorium of the University of Saint Joseph is at 1678 Asylum Ave., West Hartford.
Tickets are $20 for the general public and $14 for seniors, students, and groups of 10 or more.

Cash-only tickets will be sold at the door, but you can also reserve online tickets in advance at www.CapitalClassics.org or via this link.