Images: TOP - GHOSTLIGHT poster, artwork from a 1914 ACTOR'S FUND "MONSTER BENEFIT" souvenir program. BOTTOM - Halloween Queen FLLOYD, photo by HIGH HEEL NEWS
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MONDAY OCTOBER 31
THE JACKIE FACTORY + EDITRIX ABBY PRESENT
GHOSTLIGHT
THE HAUNTED EAST VILLAGE
THEATRE 80 ST. MARKS
80 ST. MARKS PLACE NYC
9 PM - 2 AM
TICKETS $10 TILL OCTOBER 24, $15 AFTER + AT DOOR IF AVAILABLE
ADVANCE TICKETS
mothernyc.com/ghostlight
howlfestival.com
AN ACTOR'S FUND BENEFIT FOR H.E.L.P. (THE HOWL EMERGENCY LIFE PROJECT)
Halloween elite team THE JACKIE FACTORY (Jackie 60, Night of 1000 Stevies, Low Life @ Howl) reunite with
EDITRIX ABBY (Click + Drag, Burning Man) for GHOSTLIGHT, a gala Halloween follies benefitting the HOWL EMERGENCY LIFE PROJECT. That most
haunted of East Village venues THEATRE 80 ST. MARKS will become a ghostly MUSIC HALL for the evening, with
three sets (10 PM, 11 PM and midnight) starring a panoply of local legends and emerging talent.
From master puppeteer BASIL TWIST (ARIAS WITH A TWIST, THE ADDAMS FAMILY) comes the evening's demon mascot,
and the Haunted Spectacle onstage stars THE PIXIE HARLOTS, FLLOYD, AMBER RAY, RACHEL KLEIN THEATRE in THE
TRAGEDY OF MARIA MACABRE Ballet, PRINCESS XTRAVAGANZA, VANGELINE THEATER, ST. EVE, AMMO and NATORAJ in PSYCHIC
LAUNDRY, A New Year Samhain Ritual, HEATHER LITTEER and ZECCA ESQUIBEL, POISON EVE, aerialist RACHEL SALZMAN,
THE DUELING BANKHEADS (DAVID ILKU and CLARK RENDER) and FUDGIE FROTTAGE as LEON TROTSKY. MC PAUL ALEXANDER of
THE ONES presides with GHOSTLIGHT producers CHI CHI VALENTI and EDITRIX ABBY, and special guest MISSTRESS
FORMIKA. Visuals will include vintage ROB ROTH creations and the evening's soundtrack is by ALTHEA LOVELESS
(Long Black Veil @ Mother), JACKIE FACTORY maestro JOHNNY DYNELL (Jackie 60, Vandam) and East Village music
guru LOAD REZENHAND.
Before and after each act, stop by the ABSINTHE BAR in the Theatre (a former 20s speakeasy) for a cocktail, or
use your show wristband for drink specials ($4-5) right across the street at LA PALAPA. A portion of bar sales
at LA PALAPA are being donated to HOWL! HELP, With your THEATRE 80 ticket, stay for one or more sets for the
same ticket price and return anytime through the night before 1:30 AM. ADVANCE TICKETS STRONGLY ADVISED.
BOX OFFICE
THE HOWL EMERGENCY LIFE PROJECT (H.E.L.P.) was created to provide emergency financial assistance and social service support to artists who have participated in the annual Howl Festival or who make their careers in New York City's East Village and Lower East Side arts community. Administered by THE ACTOR'S FUND, H.E.L.P. serves the needs of many artists whose work (of any generation) challenges the traditional boundaries of dance, theatre, music, multimedia and the spoken word.
THE JACKIE FACTORY is the NYC based nightclub arts collective founded by husband and wife team CHI CHI VALENTI and JOHNNY DYNELL in 1990. Most famous for the 450 themed editions of its decade-long party JACKIE 60, venue MOTHER, and annual Stevie Nicks extravaganza NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STEVIES, THE FACTORY also creates large-scale spectacles in New York and cities nationwide and worldwide, including LOW LIFE @ HOWL! Fresh from her work at BURNING MAN, EDITRIX ABBY jumps back into NY Nightlife with GHOSTLIGHT.
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Photos: TOP - THE TRAGEDY OF MARIA MACABRE, photo by ALLULLI PHOTGRAPHY. BOTTOM: THEATRE 80 Founder HOWARD OTWAY, courtesy of THEATRE80.NET
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