Sensory Friendly Series: Moana 2
Friday, July 18, 2025 @ 4pm

The goal of our Sensory Friendly Series is to make each event as inclusive to all people as possible. Some people forgo attending certain viewing experiences, like movies, theatre performances, or other community events because of an expectation for attendees to remain quiet, and attentive, and doing so is difficult for them. Whether you need to move around to remain calm, or you are a mother with energetic and loud kiddos, or whatever the case may be, our Sensory Friendly Series is attentive to you!

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, a strong-willed girl journeys with her crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.

Director – Jason Hand
Production year – 2024
Rating – PG
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Auli'i Cravalho, Hualālai Chung, Dwayne Johnson, Rose Matafeo, David Fane
Runtime – 100 minutes

FIRST FRIDAY FILM Pay-What-You-Can
Tickets: $4.00 [Minimum]
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Moana 2
Friday, July 18, 2025 @ 7pm

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, a strong-willed girl journeys with her crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.

Director – Jason Hand
Production year – 2024
Rating – PG
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Auli'i Cravalho, Hualālai Chung, Dwayne Johnson, Rose Matafeo, David Fane
Runtime – 100 minutes

FIRST FRIDAY FILM Pay-What-You-Can
Tickets: $4.00 [Minimum]
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

The Avalon Theatre’s Christmas in July
Give the Gift of the Arts to Union County!

The Avalon Theatre is in the giving spirit all year long as we deliver impactful and accessible arts programming to the Union County and Central Ohio communities.

Invest in the arts and have a little fun while you’re at it by being a part of our Christmas in July!

Christmas in July at The Avalon Theatre is our new premier fundraiser, and there’s a way for everyone to get involved in the spirit of Christmas, the spirit of giving!

What’s in store for our 2nd Annual Christmas in July at The Avalon Theatre?
• A fabulous Christmas Tree Silent Auction
• A delightful cookie exchange
• Christmas Classic Cartoons
• Pictures with Summer Santa
• A Christmas Mimosa Bar with Ugly Hawaiian Shirt Contest
• The Avalon Children's Choir Performance at 11:30am
• Classic Holiday Cartoons on the big screen at 12pm
• The Columbus State Gospel Vocal Ensemble Performance, under the direction of Dr. Emma L. Easton @ 1pm

Proceeds from this fundraising event will go towards the continuation and sustainability of The Avalon Theatre, dedicated to enriching our community through diverse arts programming that captivates, entertains, and celebrates the arts. Interested in sponsoring a Christmas tree or wreath or participating in the Holiday Bake Sale? Email hello@theavalontheatre.org. If you are looking to get a jump start on your holiday cheer, pull out your tropical Christmas finest and join The Avalon Theatre for a fun event to support one of the pillars of Union County this July!

The Sandlot
Saturday, July 19, 2025 @ 7pm

When Scottie Smalls (Thomas Guiry) moves to a new neighborhood, he manages to make friends with a group of kids who play baseball at the sandlot. Together they go on a series of funny and touching adventures. The boys run into trouble when Smalls borrows a ball from his stepdad that gets hit over a fence.

Director – David Mickey Evans
Production year – 1993
Rating – PG
Studio – 20th Century Studios
Cast – Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, Brandon Adams, Grant Gelt, Shane Obedzinski, Victor DiMattia, Denis Leary, Karen Allen, James Earl Jones
Runtime – 102 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Christmas in July
National Lampoon's CHRISTMAS VACATION - Shadow Cast
Featuring The Lucky Bannisters

The Lucky Banisters are a diverse group of performers based in Marysville, OH. Our goal is to perform creative and boundary pushing content in hopes of creating community.

Your favorite holiday disaster comes to life—literally. While the film plays, our shadow cast performs it live onstage, bringing every turkey fire, squirrel chase, and Griswold meltdown to glorious, chaotic life.

Christmas Vacation is the story of one man’s quest for the perfect family Christmas—and how everything goes hilariously, horribly wrong. Expect big laughs, bigger wigs, lots of audience participation, and full-on holiday mayhem, shadow cast style.

It’s part movie, part live theatre, and 100% holly-jolly ridiculous.”

Tickets: $20.00
Prop Bags $5.00 [Available at the door]

Sounds of The Avalon Presents…
Kat Edmonson
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 @ 7pm

Kat Edmonson is an award-winning songwriter and singer "with an equal foothold in jazz, cabaret and vintage cosmopolitanism pop" (The New York Times). Raised on the music and film of the early-to-midtwentieth century, Kat is a rare artist who embodies the spirit of the past while remaining resolutely au courant. She performs original songs and familiar classics in her live show, interweaving humorous anecdotes, philosophical musings, and her love of film with disarming candor and vulnerability. Her longtime band members’ keen and sensitive accompaniment allows Kat to freely veer off-script as she’s often inclined to do. She has been featured on Austin City Limits, Tiny Desk Concerts, A Prairie Home Companion, and The Tonight Show.

Kat’s sixth studio album Holiday Swingin’! A Kat Edmonson Christmas Vol. 1 was released in November of 2021 and was included on the NY Times list of "13 Albums That Revisit (and Redefine!) Holiday Classics" and was described by Jazziz as "impeccably hip”. In 2020, the vintage-pop and jazz artist was on a 40-city tour promoting her new critically acclaimed album Dreamers Do when the pandemic struck. Kat quickly transformed her living room into an attractive set where she performed live every Sunday night at 7PM ET. Drawing from her love of old variety shows, Kat dubbed her livestream The Kat Edmonson Show. Her modern-day variety show ran for 66 episodes.

Kat’s fifth album, Dreamers Do (2020) combines mid-20th century Disney songs (from Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Mary Poppins, Babes in Toyland), with familiar classics (“What A Wonderful World” as well as “All I Do is Dream of You” from Singin’ in the Rain), and features two new, original songs (“Too Late to Dream” and “Someone’s In The House.”) The LP, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Chart, takes place in a single night, from bedtime till morning. “It's about our concepts around dreaming- all of the wonderful things, the fearful things, and the things that keep us awake in the middle of the night,” Kat explains of the music, “It's also about the quiet power of merely having a dream. There are interludes between the songs indicating different points in this nocturnal journey and if someone wants to listen to the entire record as an experience, it's available to them.” Of Dreamers Do, American Songwriter says, “terrific!” and UNCUT calls it a “Bewitching songcycle from a masterful vocalist.”

Recently, The Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded Kat the Abe Olman Scholarship Award for Excellence in Songwriting. “Intuitive about melody and handy with a turn of phrase (The New York Times), the songsmith has been writing ever since she was a little girl, having published over 40 songs to date. JAZZIZ magazine says, “…her lasting contribution might very well be her songs.” NPR says, “she's a savvy student of '60s film soundtracks, jazz-pop stylists and Brill Building songcraft, nodding to her influences at every turn. But her take on those stylized musical languages is so fresh and fluent that the referencing never feels cumbersome." Her original song “Lucky” was featured in the Coca-Cola “Footprints” ad from the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Tickets: $25.00
Sponsored by: Union County Tourism

2025 Avalon Film Festival VIEWING & AWARDS
Friday, August 01, 2025 @ 7pm

The Avalon Film Festival is a new annual event, bringing independent filmmakers and their films into the spotlight. Filmmakers and their teams were given 52-hours to write, film, and edit a 6-8 minute film. Team chose, at random, a specific genre and all films were required to include a specific prop [Buckeye], line ["If only camels could dance."], and character [Roberta or Raymond Hallohan].

Once the films were completed, a panel of experts in the film industry took time to judge the films following a specific rubric for the Avalon Film Festival.

Tonight we get to see the hard work of our teams on the BIG SCREEN at The Avalon Theatre, and award prizes in multiple categories.

Filmmakers and Teams include:
Andy Lindsey
Magnolian Pictures
Natures Eyes
Simon House Productions

Tickets: $2.00
Sponsored by Cool World Film

Sensory Friendly Series: Clue
Saturday, August 02, 2025 @ 7pm

The goal of our Sensory Friendly Series is to make each event as inclusive to all people as possible. Some people forgo attending certain viewing experiences, like movies, theatre performances, or other community events because of an expectation for attendees to remain quiet, and attentive, and doing so is difficult for them. Whether you need to move around to remain calm, or you are a mother with energetic and loud kiddos, or whatever the case may be, our Sensory Friendly Series is attentive to you!

Six blackmail victims are invited to an isolated mansion by a man who knows a dark secret from each of their pasts. On arrival, each is given a pseudonym drawn from Cluedo before being introduced to the blackmailer. Each is handed a weapon, at which point the lights are switched off and the blackmailer is killed. Can the guests uncover the murderer before they all become victims?

Director - Jonathan Lynn
Production year – 1985
Rating – PG
Studio – Paramount Pictures
Cast – Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean
Runtime – 94 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Clue
Saturday, August 02, 2025 @ 7pm

Six blackmail victims are invited to an isolated mansion by a man who knows a dark secret from each of their pasts. On arrival, each is given a pseudonym drawn from Cluedo before being introduced to the blackmailer. Each is handed a weapon, at which point the lights are switched off and the blackmailer is killed. Can the guests uncover the murderer before they all become victims?

Director - Jonathan Lynn
Production year – 1985
Rating – PG
Studio – Paramount Pictures
Cast – Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean
Runtime – 94 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Waitress: The Musical
Friday, August 08, 2025 @ 7pm

Jenna Hunterson is a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim part of herself.

Director - Diane Paulus
Production year – 2023
Rating – NR
Studio – Bleecker Street Media
Cast – Sara Bareilles, Drew Gehling, Charity Dawson, Dakin Matthews, Christopher Fitzgerald
Runtime – 144 minutes

FIRST FRIDAY FILM Pay-What-You-Can
Tickets: $4.00 [Minimum]
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Sensory Friendly Series: Friday Nights Uptown
Friday, August 15, 2025 5pm - 9pm
[The Avalon Theatre will not be participating in the July 2025 Friday Nights Uptown due to our production of STEEL MAGNOLIAS]

The goal of our Sensory Friendly Series is to make each event as inclusive to all people as possible. Some people forgo attending certain viewing experiences, like movies, theatre performances, or other community events because of an expectation for attendees to remain quiet, and attentive, and doing so is difficult for them. Whether you need to move around to remain calm, or you are a mother with energetic and loud kiddos, or whatever the case may be, our Sensory Friendly Series is attentive to you!

Join us for Friday Nights Uptown streamed LIVE in a Sensory Friendly space at The Avalon Theatre in partnership with the Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities, the City of Marysville, Haven Community Church, Derek Schwyn and the generous support of Katie Crocco, UCO Industries, and the Law Offices of Schulze, Cox, & Will.

With the house lights brought up and the viewing audio brought down (with closed captions in some cases), there is no expectation for anyone to remain seated or quiet, the only expectation is to be yourself! This viewing experience caters to those who want a more relaxed experience, where everyone who attends knows that they can be comfortable being themselves!

At The Avalon Theatre, we strive to be an inclusive and safe space for everyone in our community. We are partnering with the Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities, to create sensory-friendly events and provide a safe viewing experience for the 1,131 people with disabilities in our community, and the community at large!

Follow The Avalon Theatre and The Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities on Facebook and Instagram to keep up with all of our new sensory-friendly events happening near you!

FREE Community Event - Concessions Available for Purchase

Shrek: The Musical
Saturday, August 16, 2025 @ 2pm

Make room for ogre-sized family fun as the greatest fairy tale never told comes to life in a whole new way in this breathtaking Broadway musical adaptation of the hit movie Shrek!

Director – Jason Moore
Production year – 2013
Rating – TV-G
Studio – Universal Pictures
Cast – Brian d'Arcy James, Sutton Foster, Christopher Sieber, John Tartaglia, Daniel Breaker
Runtime – 120 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Central Ohio Symphony - Summer in Brass
Saturday, August 16, 2025 @ 7pm

The Central Ohio Symphony brass quintet returns to The Avalon Theatre with a vibrant mix of jazz, rock, and your favorite movie music. From irresistible rhythms to virtuosic solos, this performance will showcase the versatility of brass like you’ve never heard before. This concert is a perfect way for music lovers of all ages to celebrate the height of summer.

Ticket Price - $15.00 [Adults] & $5.00 [Children 13 & under]

Waiting for Guffman
Friday, August 22, 2025 @ 7pm

When the town of Blaine, Mo., approaches its sesquicentennial, there's only one way to celebrate: with a musical revue called "Red, White and Blaine." Hoping the show will be his ticket back to Broadway, impresario Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest) rounds up a cast of enthusiastic but untalented locals (Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara) to perform his masterwork. But, when Corky reveals that theater agent Mort Guffman will attend the opening, things really kick into high gear.

Director – Christopher Guest=
Production year – 1996
Rating – R
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Eugene Levy, Bob Balaban
Runtime – 93 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory [The Movie]
Friday, September 12, 2025 @ 7pm

Join the expedition visiting legendary Candy Man Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) in a splendiferous movie that wondrously brings to screen the endlessly appetizing delights of Roald Dahl’s classic book. Coated with flavorful tunes and production design that constantly dazzles the eye, this effervescent musical never fails to enchant the young and old. On a whirlwind tour of Willy’s incredible, edible realm of chocolate waterfalls, elfish Oompa-Loompas and industrial-sized confections, a boy named Charlie (Peter Ostrum) will discover the sweetest secret of all: a generous, loving heart. And You’ll rediscover the timeless magic of a delicious family classic.

Director – Mel Stuart
Production year – 1971
Rating – G
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Michael Bollner, Denise Nickerson
Runtime – 98 minutes

FIRST FRIDAY FILM Pay-What-You-Can
Tickets: $4.00 [Minimum]
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Fried Green Tomatoes [The Movie]
Saturday, September 13, 2025 @ 2pm

On one of trapped housewife Evelyn Couch's (Kathy Bates) Wednesday nursing home visits, she encounters Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), a colorful old woman who brightens Evelyn's outlook by sharing tales from her past. As Ninny recounts the exploits of her free-spirited sister-in-law Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson), owner of a small Alabama café in the 1920s, and the bond Idgie shared with her friend Ruth (Mary-Louise Parker), Evelyn gains the confidence to change her own life for the better.

Director – Jon Avnet
Production year – 1991
Rating – PG-13
Studio – Universal Pictures
Cast – Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson
Runtime – 130 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Elvis [The Movie]
Friday, September 19, 2025 @ 7pm

A thoroughly cinematic drama, Elvis’s (Butler) story is seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Hanks). As told by Parker, the film delves into the complex dynamic between the two spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge).

Director – Baz Luhrmann
Production year – 2022
Rating – PG-13
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh
Runtime – 159 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Music from the Heart - Avalon Benefit Concert
Saturday, September 20, 2025 @ 7pm

Enjoy an evening of music from the hearts of local musicians including students ranging from the Marysville High School jazz combo and the acapella group as well as various local adult vocalists and instrumentalists in a variety of musical genres that is sure to warm your heart.. These talented musicians will be performing a benefit concert to support The Avalon Theatre on Saturday evening, February 22 at 7 pm. Tickets are a suggested donation of $10 for adults and $5 for students/ children. All proceeds will benefit the Avalon Theatre.

Reserved Seating
Suggested Donation
$10.00 [Adults] and $5.00 [13 & under]

Sister Act [The Movie]
Friday, September 26, 2025 @ 7pm

When lively lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) sees her mobster beau, Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel), commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, Deloris proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters. In an effort to keep her out of trouble, they assign Deloris to the convent's choir, an ensemble that she soon turns into a vibrant and soulful act that gains widespread attention.

Director – Emile Ardolino
Production year – 1992
Rating – PG
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena
Runtime – 100 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

A Minecraft Movie [The Movie]
Saturday, September 27 2025 @ 2pm

Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected, expert crafter.

Director – Jared Hess
Production year – 2025
Rating – PG
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Jack Black, Emma Myers, Jason Momoa, Jennifer Coolidge, Danielle Brooks
Runtime – 101 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

ARTRAGEOUS
Monday, September 29, 2025 @ 7pm

Buckle up and get ready for the road trip of your life with Artrageous! This 5-star, internationally touring show has fans raving. Harrison Ford says, “You are amazing!” CBS shouts, “Go See This Show!” And The NBA All Stars proclaim, “So spectacular! So immediate! So brilliantly creative!”

Embark on an unforgettable journey where every turn reveals a new adventure! Our adventure is fueled by a visual concert that blends the mesmerizing music of Artrageous' original recording artists and composers with dynamic live art by award-winning artists.

Let your imagination run wild as we make thrilling pit stops and create memories along the way. You're in the driver's seat! Turn up the speakers by joining the troupe on stage to star in your own number, or watch as your family and friends take the limelight. Discover historic road markers that deepen the experience, and even those in the backseat can join a quest to win a prize valued at $25,000!

Come early because the first 100 passengers to enter the theater will receive a complimentary Adventure Kit. Ready to hit the road with Artrageous? Let's roll!

Tickets: $25.00 [Adults] and $10 [13 & under]
Sponsored by: IMPACT60

North by Northwest [The Movie]
Hitchcock Directors Series
Thursday, October 02, 2025 @ 7pm

Cary Grant stars as an innocent man mistaken for a spy in one of director Alfred Hitchcock's greatest thrillers. While leaving New York's Plaza Hotel, advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Grant) has the misfortune of standing just as the name "George Kaplan" is paged--starting a lethal case of mistaken identity and a nonstop game of cat and mouse as he is pursued across North America by espionage agents trying to kill him--and by police who suspect him of murder.

Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Production year – 1959
Rating – TV-PG
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Philip Ober
Runtime – 136 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Batman [The Movie]
Friday, October 03, 2025 @ 7pm

Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman who calls himself The Joker (Jack Nicholson) seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger).

Director – Tim Burton
Production year – 1989
Rating – PG-13
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle
Runtime – 126 minutes

FIRST FRIDAY FILM Pay-What-You-Can
Tickets: $4.00 [Minimum]
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial [The Movie]
Saturday, October 04, 2025 @ 2pm

After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.

Director – Steven Spielberg
Production year – 1982
Rating – PG
Studio – Universal Pictures
Cast – Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace Stone, Robert MacNaughton, Peter Coyote
Runtime – 115 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Rear Window [The Movie]
Hitchcock Directors Series
Thursday, October 09, 2025 @ 7pm

A New York magazine photographer is confined to his apartment after breaking his leg. He passes the time by spying on his neighbors from his window, and suspicious goings-on in one of the apartments lead him to believe that someone has been murdered.

Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Production year – 1954
Rating – PG
Studio – Universal Pictures
Cast – James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr
Runtime – 112 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

The Shining [The Movie]
Friday, October 10, 2025 @ 7pm

A writer takes a job as a winter caretaker at an isolated (and haunted) hotel. After he and his family move in for the winter, the hotel's spirits slowly drive the writer mad.

Director – Stanley Kubrick
Production year – 1980
Rating – R
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson
Runtime – 146 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Vertigo [The Movie]
Hitchcock Directors Series
Thursday, October 16, 2025 @ 7pm

An ex-police officer who suffers from an intense fear of heights is hired to prevent an old friend's wife from committing suicide, but all is not as it seems. Hitchcock's haunting, compelling masterpiece is uniquely revelatory about the director's own predilections and hang-ups and is widely considered to be one of his masterworks.

Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Production year – 1958
Rating – PG
Studio – Universal Pictures
Cast – James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Runtime – 129 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

The Nightmare Before Christmas [The Movie]
Friday, October 17, 2025 @ 7pm

The film follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the "real world." When Jack accidentally stumbles on Christmastown, all bright colors and warm spirits, he gets a new lease on life -- he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role. But Jack soon discovers even the best-laid plans of mice and skeleton men can go seriously awry.

Director – Henry Selick
Production year – 1993
Rating – PG
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, Ken Page
Runtime – 76 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Frankenweenie [The Movie]
Saturday, October 18, 2025 @ 2pm

Young Victor Frankenstein (Charlie Tahan) is a science nerd and outsider at school, but he does have one good friend: his dog, Sparky. But then, tragedy strikes, and Sparky shuffles off this mortal coil. Victor is heartbroken, but his science teacher (Martin Landau) gives him an idea of how to jolt old Sparky back to life. The experiment is successful, and all goes well, until Victor's fellow students steal his secret and use it to resurrect other dead animals -- with monstrous consequences.

Director – Tim Burton
Production year – 2012
Rating – PG
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Charlie Tahan, Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short
Runtime – 90 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Psycho [The Movie]
Hitchcock Directors Series
Thursday, October 23, 2025 @ 7pm

Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.

Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Production year – 1960
Rating – R
Studio – Universal Pictures
Cast – Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam
Runtime – 108 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice [The Movie]
Friday, October 24, 2025 @ 7pm

Beetlejuice is back! After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it's only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice's name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.

Director – Tim Burton
Production year – 2024
Rating – PG-13
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Jenna Ortega, Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Monica Bellucci
Runtime – 104 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Hocus Pocus [The Movie]
Saturday, October 25, 2025 @ 2pm

After moving to Salem, Mass., teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) explores an abandoned house with his sister Dani (Thora Birch) and their new friend, Allison (Vinessa Shaw). After dismissing a story Allison tells as superstitious, Max accidentally frees a coven of evil witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy) who used to live in the house. Now, with the help of a magical cat, the kids must steal the witches' book of spells to stop them from becoming immortal.

Director – Kenny Ortega
Production year – 1993
Rating – PG
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch
Runtime – 95 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Avalon Productions Presents…TWISTED TALES OF POE
Saturday, October 25, 2025 @ 7pm
Sunday, October 26, 2025 @ 2pm
By Philip Grecian
From the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe.

Four stories from Edgar Allan Poe are told in the form of a staged radio drama. The prisoners of Leverett Street Jail, Death Warrant Division, await their fates as three of the doomed souls tell their stories, and we enter the mind of a fourth. The Caretaker insists that, although she has murdered the old man she was caring for, chopped him up and buried him under the floor, she is not mad. In fact, she says, she loved the old man. We segue into the night the deed was done and witness the murder and the concealment of the old man's body. It is his unnerving, staring eye she seeks to murder, but it is his Tell Tale Heart that eventually leads to the discovery of her crime. Montresor tells of luring Fortunato away from carnival and into the wine cellar with the promise of sampling from a Cask of Amontillado. He proffers the notion that by walling Fortunato up to die, he has done a service to humanity, thereby amputating "a diseased portion from the body human." In the third tale, we enter the mind of the catatonic Poet, who has witnessed the death of his lover or has, perhaps, been responsible for it. After the memorial service, the Poet is visited by guilt … and The Raven. Finally, Bedloe, who has buried an axe in his wife's skull and hidden her in the cellar, is brought to justice by The Black Cat.

Tickets: $15.00 [Adults] and $8.00 [13 & under]

Avalon Productions Presents…TWISTED TALES OF POE
Saturday, October 25, 2025 @ 7pm
Sunday, October 26, 2025 @ 2pm
By Philip Grecian
From the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe.

Four stories from Edgar Allan Poe are told in the form of a staged radio drama. The prisoners of Leverett Street Jail, Death Warrant Division, await their fates as three of the doomed souls tell their stories, and we enter the mind of a fourth. The Caretaker insists that, although she has murdered the old man she was caring for, chopped him up and buried him under the floor, she is not mad. In fact, she says, she loved the old man. We segue into the night the deed was done and witness the murder and the concealment of the old man's body. It is his unnerving, staring eye she seeks to murder, but it is his Tell Tale Heart that eventually leads to the discovery of her crime. Montresor tells of luring Fortunato away from carnival and into the wine cellar with the promise of sampling from a Cask of Amontillado. He proffers the notion that by walling Fortunato up to die, he has done a service to humanity, thereby amputating "a diseased portion from the body human." In the third tale, we enter the mind of the catatonic Poet, who has witnessed the death of his lover or has, perhaps, been responsible for it. After the memorial service, the Poet is visited by guilt … and The Raven. Finally, Bedloe, who has buried an axe in his wife's skull and hidden her in the cellar, is brought to justice by The Black Cat.

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