Wicked Lit
Wicked Lit x8
October 19, 2019
Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery
Production A, scenes from:
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Lurking Fear, Las Lloronas, and The Ebony Frame
Production B, scenes from:
The Damned Thing, The Monkey’s Paw, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Body Snatcher
Wicked Lit: The Chimes and The Corpse
October 4 – November 10, 2018
Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery
Charles Dickens’ The Chimes: a Goblin Story, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Darin Anthony
Teig O’Kane and the Corpse, adapted by Kerry Kazmierowicztrimm, directed by Paul Millet
Mountain View Museum, written and directed by Jonathan Josephson
Wicked Lit 2017
September 28 – November 11, 2017
Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery
Ambrose Bierce’s The Damned Thing, adapted by Jeff G. Rack, directed by Sebastian Munoz
Margaret Oliphant’s The Open Door, adapted by Kirsten Brandt, directed by Paul Millet
Thoth’s Labyrinth, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Darin Anthony
Liliom, by Kerry Kazmerovichtrimm, directed by James Castle Stevens
Wicked Lit 2016
September 29 – November 12, 2016
Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery
H.P. Lovecraft’s From Beyond, adapted by Trey Nichols, directed by Jeff G. Rack
Ellen Glasgow’s The Shadowy Third, adapted by Paul Millet, directed by Bruce Gray
Anansi and the Demons, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Jaime Robledo
Camp Mountain View, by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Paul Millet
The Initiation
August 6-7, 2015
adapted by Nicholas C. Pappas, directed by Paul Millet
ScareLA at Pasadena Convention Center
Wicked Lit 2015
October 1 – November 14, 2015
Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher, adapted by Paul Millet, directed by Jeff G. Rack
Edith Nesbit’s The Ebony Frame, adapted by Susannah Myrvold, directed by Jaime Robledo
The Grove of Rashomon, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Darin Anthony
The System, conceived and directed by Debbie MacMahon
The Monkey’s Paw + From Beyond
July 10-25, 2015
Mountain View Mausoleum
W.W. Jacobs’ The Monkey’s Paw, adapted by Jeff G. Rack, directed by Paul Millet
Enhanced staged reading of H.P. Lovecraft’s From Beyond, adapted by Trey Nichols, directed by James Castle Stevens
Wicked Lit 2014
October 3 – November 8, 2014
Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery
Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s Guest, adapted by John Leslie, , directed by Jeff G. Rack
Matthew Gregory Lewis’ The Monk, adapted by Douglas Clayton
Las Lloronas, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Paul Millet
The Spirits of Walpurgisnacht, conceived by Charlie Mount and Aurora Long
The Doll
June 6-21, 2014
Strub Mansion at the historic Mayfield Senior School
Ambrose Bierce’s The Doll, adapted by Jeff G. Rack, directed by Paul Millet
Enhanced staged reading of Ellen Glasgow’s The Shadowy Third, adapted by Paul Millet, directed by Douglas Clayton
Wicked Lit 2013
October 4 – November 2, 2013
Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Lurking Fear, adapted by Jeff G. Rack and Jonathan Josephson, directed by Paul Millet
Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Jeff G. Rack
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The New Catacomb, adapted by Jonathan Josephson
The Masque of the Red Death Experience, conceived and directed by Paul Millet
The Tell-Tale Heart
August 10-11, 2013
LA Mart, Downtown Los Angeles
In conjunction with the first annual ScareLA convention
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart, adapted by Paul Millet, directed by Jeff G. Rack
Wicked Lit 2012
October 12 – November 8, 2012
Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery
F. Marion Crawford’s The Dead Smile, adapted and directed by Jeff G. Rack
Johan Ludwig Tiek’s Wake Not the Dead, adapted by Paul Millet
M.R. James’ Count Magnus, adapted by Jonathan Josephson
Neil Gaiman Stories (the frame for WL13), directed by Jonathan Josephson
Wicked Lit 2011
October 20 – November 3, 2011
Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery
Production A
Charles Dickens’ The Chimes, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Paul Millet
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, adapted by Paul Millet, directed by Jonathan Josephson
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Unnamable, adapted and directed by Jeff G. Rack
Production B
Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Body Snatcher, adapted and directed by Paul Millet
Mark Twain’s A Ghost Story, adapted and directed by Jonathan Josephson
M.R. James’ Casting the Runes, adapted and directed by Jeff G. Rack
A Ghost Story
June 9-10, 2011
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
In conjunction with the Theatre Communications Group National Conference
Mark Twain’s A Ghost Story, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Paul Millet
Wicked Lit 2010
October 21-31, 2010
Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery
Charles Dickens’ The Chimes, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Paul Millet
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, adapted by Paul Millet, directed by Jonathan Josephson
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Unnamable, adapted and directed by Jeff G. Rack
Wicked Lit 2009
October 27-31, 2009
Inaugural production at Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills,
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher, adapted and directed by Paul Millet
Robert E. Howard’s Pigeons From Hell, adapted and directed by Jeff G. Rack, directed by Paul Millet
Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Paul Millet
October 8 – November 1, 2008 – Regional Reading Series
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown, adapted by Paul Millet
W.W. Jacob’s The Monkey’s Paw, adapted by Jeff G. Rack
Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, adapted by Jonathan Josephson
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, adapted by Paul Millet
Mystery Lit
Holmes, Sherlock, and The Consulting Detective
June 1-July 2, 2017
Los Angeles Arboretum
a mash-up of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Scandal in Bohemia,” “The Red-Headed League,” and “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”
by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Paul Millet
History Lit
July 2-31, 2016 – Pasadena Museum of History
Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Aurora Long
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Two Pictures in One, adapted by Paul Millet, directed by Darin Anthony
L. Frank Baum’s The Girl Who Owned A Bear, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Paul Millet
May 10-26, 2012 – Pasadena Museum of History
Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party, adapted by Jonathan Josephson, directed by Jeff G. Rack
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Two Pictures in One, by Paul Millet, directed by Jonathan Josephson
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper, by Jeff G. Rack, directed by Paul Millet
April 2, 2012 – Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451
“The Secret Library” – flash performance – watch the video, directed by Jeff G. Rack
February 16, 2012 – Selected works by Charles Bukowski
“Charles Bukowski: Back at Barney’s” – flash performance – watch the video, directed by Jeff G. Rack and Paul Millet
May 25 – July 24, 2011 – Regional Reading Series
Katherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party, by Jonathan Josephson
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Two Pictures in One, by Paul Millet
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper, by Jeff G. Rack
“Part classic storytelling, part haunted house, Wicked Lit Theatre Festival is an unique theatrical/literary experience that places the audience in the middle of the story – allowing them the feel the horror first-hand.” – Examiner.com
“Of course, great, compelling art and theater and music can transcend a ho-hum venue, but a spectacular setting can raise the spirit of what is being presented on stage…The perfect combo, of course, is great art and great setting. Wicked Lit… possesses just that.” – NBC Locals – Los Angeles
“Old graveyards are eerie enough in the daylight, but this Halloween season, Altadena’s Mountain View Mortuary & Cemetery is ratcheting up the fear factor with a vengeful premature burial, a spectral beast from the edge of time and a nest of ghostly goblins.”
– Brand X