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Mystery Lit Details Announced for May 22 and 24

Details for the staged reading of MYSTERY LIT have been announced! Adapted by Unbound’s Executive Director Jonathan Josephson, the play is a  mash-up of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed Sherlock Holmes stories A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, and The Adventure of the Copper Beeches. Follow Sherlock, Holmes, and the Consulting Detective through a 3×3 mystery with an explosive original ending! 

Two performances only:
Thursday, May 22 at 7pm
Saturday, May 24 at 2pm
Total running time: approximately 70 minutes

RESERVE TICKETS FOR MYSTERY LIT 

Pasadena Central Library
285 E Walnut St, Pasadena, CA 91101

Supported by the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs DepartmentCity of Pasadena Logo

 

 

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Tickets to A Night at the Mausoleum II are available now!

Make your reservations now – we will sell out!

Saturday, April12, 2014
6 p.m.-12 a.m.

Poker Tournament *  Play Readings * Short Film Screening
Silent Auction *  Cash Bar & Munchies

Admission limited to 150
Poker tournament ~ $45 buy-in (49 max)*

General admission ~ $25 (100 max)*

MEMBERS GET $5 OFF Check Your Email for a Special Code!

Make your reservations now – we will sell out!
For more details, visit the A Night at the Mausoleum II page.
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Save the Date for A Night at the mausoleum, our festively creepy, hugely fun fundraiser at Mountain View Mausoleum!

A Night at the Mausoleum
April 12
6pm – 12am

– Poker tournament
– Staged readings of Wicked Lit plays and parodies
– Premiere of The Dead Smile film
– Silent auction
– Snacks & libations
– Loads of fun
Members receive $5 off admission, click here to join

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Announcing Our 2014 Events – Members Get In Free!

Join us for a series of fantastic theatre events, all inspired by classic literature! Members can attend all of these events for free by making monthly, tax-deductible donations to our company. Click here or contact Jonathan at jonathan @ wickedlit dot org for details.

Katie Pelensky - Photo by Daniel Kitayama
Katie Pelensky in a staged reading of “The Garden Party” – Photo by Daniel Kitayama

Workshop Reading
Mystery Lit: Sherlock Was Wrong May, 2014
This event is supported in part by the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Department. Location: Pasadena Central Library
FREE – Reserved seating for Members

Wicked Lit Installation The Monkey’s Paw
Summer, 2014
In the spirit of The Tell-Tale Heart at ScareLA and A Ghost Story at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel: LA Location: TBD

Wicked Lit 2014

October, 2014
An evening of classic horror literature performed as an immersive theatre event!
Location: TBD

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Ilona Kulinska and Eric DeLoretta in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” – Wicked Lit 2013. Photo by Daniel Kitayama.

Workshop Reading Holiday Lit: A Christmas Carol
December, 2014
Follow Scrooge through a stunning mansion as the classic holiday story unfolds as an immersive event. Location: Pasadena Museum of History
FREE – Reserved seating for Members

Members make monthly contributions to our non-profit theatre company that will allow us to grow our artistic programming as well as our education and outreach programs. Members receive many special benefits including the ability to see our shows, again and again, subject to availability.

One-year Membership commitment required. Members also receive a $5 discount on additional tickets for friends for all events (when applicable). Click here or contact Jonathan at jonathan @ wickedlit dot org for details.

Photo: Ilona Kulinska in THE GARDEN PARTY, History Lit 2012. Photo by John T. Cogan.

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The Criticis Rave About Wicked Lit 2013

We have two weekends left of Wicked Lit 2013! We have completely sold out of advance tickets, but you can sign up for standby here. Take a look at what the critics have thought of the show:"The Lurking Fear" - Wicked Lit 2013

Wicked Lit has transformed a mausoleum and cemetery into a hot ticket for horror-related site-specific theater.”
Don Shirley, LA Stage Times, October 21, 2013

“Wicked Lit celebrates its fifth anniversary with its most immersively frightening experience yet!”
Pasadena Weekly Cover Story, October 10, 2013

“Wicked Lit’s Best Halloween Theatre Festival Ever! …you must – absolutely must – head over to the Mountain View Mausoleum in Altadena for the 2013 Wicked Lit! We cannot recommend it highly enough.”Hollywood Gothique, October 6, 2013

“Act fast for standby tickets to Wicked Lit…very clever and using its terrain so delicately and observantly that at times you feel as if lost in some sort of psychic realm where time flies by effortlessly.”LA Beat, October 17, 2013

“Nothing could be more perfect for Halloween”Pasadena Now, October 6, 2013

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Wicked Lit 2013 Featured on the Cover of Pasadena Weekly

The village of Wicked Lit 2013 is featured on the cover of this week’s Pasadena Weekly! Click the image below to read the article by Carl Kozlowski.

Wicked Lit 2013 featured on the Cover of Pasadena Weekly
“Wildly Wicked” – cover story by Carl Kozlowski
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Standby Procedure – Get On The List For Sold Out Shows

Standby for Wicked Lit 2013The Dead Smile - Eric Keitel and Melissa Lugo - Photo by Daniel Kitayama - small

Wicked Lit 2013 is selling out left and right! If you would like to try and attend a sold out performance, please add yourself to our standby list using this form. Completing this form does not secure you a ticket to Wicked Lit 2013, it simply establishes a priority among all of the patrons that show up on the night of a given performance. The only way to guarantee yourself a ticket to the show is to purchase an advance ticket on an available date.

The Process

1. Add yourself to a standby list for a specific date using this form
2. Show up to the performance that you want to attend as early as possibly, starting at 6:15pm
3. Standby tickets will be sold for $50 each to standby patrons starting at 6:15 in order of priority (the lower the number – the higher the priority).

See the updated priority lists at https://unboundproductions.org/standby/

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Video Sneak Peek of Wicked Lit 2013

Some tickets remain for Thursday – enjoy this sneak peek!

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Final Weekend On Sale – Many Performances Are Sold Out

Reviews are pouring in –  Wicked Lit 2013 is a hit!Wicked Lit 2013 - Live Halloween Theatre in a Cemetery

*  Wicked Lit tickets for the final weekend available now!*

“Wicked Lit’s Best Halloween Theatre Festival Ever! …you must – absolutely must – head over to the Mountain View Mausoleum in Altadena for the 2013 Wicked Lit! We cannot recommend it highly enough.”
– Hollywood Gothique!

“Nothing could be more perfect for Halloween”
– Pasadena Now

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Wicked Lit 2013 production photos of “The Lurking Fear”

Check out these new photos of The Lurking Fear as seen through the lens of Unbound’s secret weapon, the unbelievably talented photographer, Daniel Kitayama!  Tickets are selling quickly for most weekend performances, don’t wait!

H.P. Lovecraft’s The Lurking Fear
Adapted by Jeff G. Rack & Jonathan Josephson
Directed by Paul Millet
There’s something out there, and it’s taking our women. We need to find it, kill it – or die trying.

"The Lurking Fear" - Wicked Lit 2013. Richard Large, Tory N. Thompson, Eric Keitel and Brian David Pope. Photo by Daniel Kitayama.
“The Lurking Fear” – Wicked Lit 2013. Richard Large, Tory N. Thompson, Eric Keitel and Brian David Pope. Photo by Daniel Kitayama.
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“The Lurking Fear” – Wicked Lit 2013. Richard Large, Tory Thompson, Eric Keitel and Brian David Pope. Photo by Daniel Kitayama.
"The Lurking Fear" - Wicked Lit 2013. Photo by Daniel Kitayama.
“The Lurking Fear” – Wicked Lit 2013. Richard Large, Eric Keitel and Brian David Pope. Photo by Daniel Kitayama.