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Prescott Ghost Talk 2012
Where Arizona Legends Come Alive!
Thanks to all of the amazing cast and crew of this year's GHOST TALK, it was an unforgettable show! Thanks also to all of our generous sponsors and to the wonderful folks at West Yavapai Guidance Clinic for the great volunteers and adminstrative work. And most of all, thanks to our loyal patrons! We had three sold out shows, with one only 16 unsold tickets away from a sell out!
Ghosts, goblins, ghouls, monsters, and poltergeists will take over PCA once again for the annual Ghost Talk, where enactment of historic ghostly folklore will feature 12 spooky tales each evening. Proceeds from the fundraiser benefit youth programs at the PCA and the West Yavapai Guidance Clinic Foundation, the event's co-sponsors.
The stories are mixed and matched with something new and different each year so even folks who have become Ghost Talk regulars will find a completely innovative show at Ghost Talk 2012. Features tales include the Poisonous Brew Deaths of 1911, the Revenge of the Iron King Mine Monster, the Hotel Vendome Apparition, the Deep Freeze Phantom of Iron Springs Road, the Montezuma Street Specter, the Crazed Miner of Granite Creek, the Legend of the Prescott Forest Skinwalkers, the Ghost Dog of Whiskey Row, the Arizona Train Trunk Murderess, the Haunting Death of Gussie Palmer, the Notorious Outlaw of Yavapai County, and the Gothic Ghosts of Marina Street.
Inside this local landmark, (one of the best examples of 19th-century religious architecture designed in the Sober-Gothic styles), a dedicated group of volunteers use their theatrical skills and talents to transform the time-honored ghostly tales into dramatic vignettes that merge the traditional and modern principles of storytelling and performance art. The spirits "come to life" through special effects, mood lighting, eerie sets, and realistic props, costumes, and make-up to enact the historic folklore. The Sacred Heart building was in use as a church between 1894-1969 and has been an active theatre since 1969 to the present.
Patrons will be greeted with spectral entertainment in the PCA courtyard, and then ushered into the theatre's haunted crypt for the presentation of the spooky tales. Ghost Talk 2012 is not recommended for children under seven years of age, and definitely no whiners, scared-cats, pantywaists, or yellow-bellied cry babies of any age are allowed.
Tickets are $12 if you call 928-445-3286 or go by the PCA Ticket Office located in the PCA Gallery located on the corner of Marina Street and Willis. Tickets ordered online at www.pca-az.net will include an additional processing fee.
Where Arizona Legends Come Alive!
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photos from past Ghost Talks by David Cottle
Ghost Talk is funded in part by a generous grant from
and the City of Prescott
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