HAUNTVILLE 2026
Hauntville High: Class of ’26
HAUNTVILLE’S SIXTH ANNUAL HAUNTED HOUSE
Asheville-based immersive theatre producers Vinny Vignette Bonanno and Andrew Magazine have gathered over twenty performers and visual artists to bring you the sixth annual Hauntville.
An immersive haunted house that guides audiences on a sensory, hypnotic, terrifying journey through thirteen exciting vignettes. Hauntville High: Class of ’26 takes groups of up to 15 people on an hour-long walking tour both indoors and outdoors. This year, the show is co-directed by Chirstine Maiello, Mr. Vignette, and Mr. Magazine.
Hauntville High: Class of ’26 is a collaborative production of live and immersive theatre in the style of high school horror – we’ll take you back to high school to relive the best (or worst) years of your life, drawing upon familiar archetypes to stimulate and dysregulate our audience’s systems. Our goal is to entice and scare.
This Halloween weekend, we’re taking over the familiar and beloved Asheville theater, The Hazel Robinson Amphitheater, for three nights and using it as it has never been used before, thanks to the team at Montford Park Players.
The tour will take you backstage, behind stage, above and below stage, on stage and off. Regardless of if high school was a few years or a few decades ago, our players are ready to rattle your bones. This gnarly, messy, raunchy cast of characters are preparing their classrooms and crafting their lesson plans with the sharpest of pencils as they await the first day of school.
The only thing missing is you, the students.
Performances will take place at The Hazel Robinson Amphitheater, 92 Gay St, Asheville, NC 28801, on October 29, 30, and 31 with tours of up to 15 people starting every 15 minutes beginning at 7:000 PM. The last tour each night will depart the entrance at 10:00 PM.
Tickets range from $35 – $50.
Adults only 18+.
The show has sold out every year in the past. Should you be unable to attend, please consider providing a tax-deductible donation to support the artists of Hauntville instead. Tickets are available at www.hauntvilleavl.com. Montford Park Players will be providing adult concessions on site.
For further information, contact [email protected]
About the Directors
Vinny Vignette Bonanno is here to give you an experience! From his local and virtual Yoga classes and Stretching in Public visual art pop-ups to directing the West Asheville Tailgate Market and producing immersive theater. This year marks his 16th haunted house production; ten in Queens New York, one in Boulder Colorado, and now five consecutive in Asheville baby!
Come get moved!
Andrew Magazine’s driving force is to make effective art. He is a dancer, a butcher, and a homesteader. When not facilitating fear, he spends his time helping agriculturally-rooted businesses in the food industry “close the loop” as a consultant on all things meaty. Andrew came to Hauntville in 2022 with a vision to menacingly work the audience as a scantily clad vampire while butchering a whole hog. Well, the audience ate it up! He joined Hauntville as Producer in 2023 and can’t wait to twist up some tails for you. Come get fed.
Christine Josephine (CJ) has been wiggling her way through the wonders and play of the performing arts world for over 20 years. Growing up she didn’t participate or train in the performing arts but spent countless hours in the visual arts and talking with the birds in the trees. Later, after many late night dance parties and the awakening of a childhood dream, she minored in dance at UNCA. She has been performing and creating structural performing art forms ever since. Her collective, Caro&Chri, performs annually in the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival and was seen in Hauntville ‘23, in Kitchen Cacophony. She lives for moving audience members through a journey they won’t forget.
