Prescott Center for the Arts to Offer Virtual Ghost Talk Experience October 30
By Tina Boden-Blake, Development Director, Prescott Center for the Arts
The best part of trick-or-treating as a kid is the anticipation of never knowing what candy you might get. I still remember putting my hand in the candy bowl at a neighbor’s house and being so excited when it was my favorite, a Butterfinger. Sometimes you don’t know what you are going to get in life and sometimes you can see things clearly and know exactly what to expect. With recent events around the pandemic, I think we all can relate to not knowing exactly what we are going to get. And, sometimes what we get isn’t our favorite candy bar or Halloween event. Flexibility and innovation are the answer.
Prescott Center for the Arts (PCA) is excited to bring you Ghost Talk the Experience—with a twist. The 13th annual event will provide patrons a virtual night of terror on October 30th, 2020 at 7 p.m. This ghostly encounter is an annual fundraiser for local youth art programming and scholarships at PCA. The Prescott tradition of “where haunting legends” come alive has changed over the years, and Ghost Talk 2020 is no exception.
This year, Ghost Talk the Experience is more than a theatrical stage of ghosts or a walking tour around our historical grounds. As a patron you will have the opportunity to watch bone-chilling tales of the dead from the safety of your home. The adventure will start with contests throughout October (decorating, make-up, costumes) and end in a compilation of frightening stories from around Yavapai County and beyond. The accounts vary from the fictional writing of a budding creative playwright to a factual interpretation based-on authentic events and people from historians. You get to decide what is based on the truth and what is a creepy trick!
There will be spooky surprises, interactive encounters, and a new understanding of the fables that inspire the horror, science fiction, and thriller genres we have today.
Because PCA’s historical Mainstage Theater is under construction, being transformed into a Cabaret to allow for tables and appropriate social distancing precautions (and for beer, wine, and food service—a completely unique experience for engaging the quad-city area), PCA needed to change the Ghost Talk event this year.
Ghost Talk the Experience will be a fun time for you, your family, and friends. The best part is that all the stories will be produced for you as a short movie, performed by community actors. In fact, you probably know some of them. How do you want to celebrate Ghost Talk the Experience to make it even more experiential? Maybe a romantic date night, a friendly movie night marathon, or a full-on spooky party or dinner. How you choose to commune with the dead is all up to you.
Executive Director Robyn Allen said, “Ghost Talk is a great way to engage our community and raise money for our need-based and merit-based scholarships as well as funding for our classes, competitions, and shows. The arts provide more than self-confidence to a child as it boosts their academics and social skills. And, all children with or without the financial means deserve the opportunity to experience it. Your support helps to make it happen.”
You can register for a small fee to view it exclusively on the nightly premiere of October 30, 2020 at 7pm. And, not to worry, if you already have a party to attend you will have access to the recording for two weeks after.
Prescott Center for the Arts is at 208 N. Marina Street in Prescott. For more information or to view Ghost Talk the Experience, call 928.710.9131 or visit www.pca-az.net.