PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: OCTOBER 14, 2014
CONTACT: Kate Brandt, kate.brandt@mrt.org
PR CONTACT PHONE: 978-654-7595
BOX OFFICE: 978-654-4678
ONLINE: mrt.org
MERRIMACK REPERTORY THEATRE INTRODUCES HALLOWEEN EVENTS
Halloween Family Fun Tour, Oct. 28
Backstage Fright Tours, Oct. 30, 31
Lowell, MA – Merrimack Repertory Theater is introducing back stage tours with a twist this Halloween season. Families and children will be invited for a special trick-or-treating tour on October 28. The more frightening late night tours will be held on October 30 and 31. Tickets for both events are available at mrt.org or by calling 978-654-4678.
The Halloween Family Fun Tour will take place on Tuesday, October 28 from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Children will have the opportunity to trick-or-treat around the theatre, see MRT’s backstage, costume workspace, props storage, and lighting space, collecting candy and fun facts along the way. Free face painting will also be available in the lobby. Tickets are $10 per family.
The Backstage Fright Tour will be held on Thursday, October 30 and Friday, October 31, beginning at 10:00 pm. Every 10 minutes, tours will begin on stage and quickly progress from a typical backstage tour to a haunted trek through the subterranean labyrinth of the theatre’s working spaces. The experience is designed for brave adults and teens. Tickets are $20 per person.
The events are a collaboration between MRT and the UMass Lowell English and Theatre Arts Departments, Merrimack College Department of Visual and Performing Arts and Middlesex Community College (MCC) Theater Performing Arts Department. Proceeds from the tours will benefit MRT’s community and educational outreach programs.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) has been the Merrimack Valley’s professional theatre company since 1979, and is an integral part of Lowell’s identity as the cultural heart of the region. Under the artistic direction of Charles Towers since 2001, MRT is known for its high production standards and for creating compelling new plays and regional premieres that reflect the lives and emotions of its audiences. It is one of the 74 members nationwide of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT.)
MRT 2014-15 SEASON
Year Zero by Michael Golamco
September 11 – October 5, 2014
Dusk Rings a Bell by Stephen Belber
October 23 – November 16, 2014
13 Things About Ed Carpolotti
Book, music and lyrics by Barry Kleinbort, based on a play by Jeffrey Hatcher
November 28 – December 21, 2014
The Best Brothers by Daniel MacIvor
January 8 – February 1, 2015
Oceanside by Nick Gandiello
February 12 – March 8, 2015
Out of the City by Leslie Ayvazian
March 19 – April 12, 2015
The Outgoing Tide by Bruce Graham
April 23 – May 17, 2015
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Performance Space: The Nancy L. Donahue Theatre
(In Liberty Hall, adjacent to Lowell Memorial Auditorium)
50 E. Merrimack Street
Lowell, MA 01852
Box Office: 978-654-4678
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