Old Sturbridge Village to Present HAUNTED BY HISTORY: A PHANTASMAGORIA This Month

Old Sturbridge Village presents HAUNTED BY HISTORY: A PHANTASMAGORIA, October 18-29, 2017 during the Village's regular open hours.

Guests gather outside The Center Meeting House where they meet Dr. Lantornia, a mysterious showman who promises them he can conjure spirits from New England's past in his "Phantasmagoria." He leads them into the darkened meeting house, where they participate in a séance, encountering the ghosts of several New England figures who died in the 19th century with unfinished business, including abolitionist writer Lydia Maria Childs, millionaire industrialist Samuel Colt, decorated naval officer Commodore Mathew Perry, Zerah "The Human Calculator" Colburn and prison reform activist Dorothea Dix. The séance goes awry when we find out all is not as it seems and Dr. Lantornia has ulterior motives for his Phantasmagoria.

HAUNTED BY HISTORY is written and directed by P.J. Griffith, who created last year's sold-out Midwinter Mischief immersive adventure at the Village and starred in the original cast of The Sleepy Hollow Experience. His recent credits include St. Jimmy in American Idiot on Broadway, Leon Czolgoscz in Assassins at Yale Repertory Theater, Sleep No More, the acclaimed immersive theatrical experience Off-Broadway, and Jett Rink in The Public Theater's premiere of Giant. P.J. received the 2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Performance for Setup and Punch at The Blank Theater and the 2017 New York Musical Theater Festival Award for Outstanding Lead Performance for Georama. He can be seen guest starring in an upcoming episode of Blue Bloods on CBS this fall, as well as on Gotham, Jessica Jones and The Good Wife.

The cast of HAUNTED BY HISTORY consists of four gifted actors from NYC, led by Jake Austin Robertson (Torn Out Theater's Hamlet) as Dr. Lantornia. The performance also features Kirby Cernosek as Lydia Maria Child/Dorothea Dix, Sam Urdang as Samuel Colt/Zerah Colburn and Nathan Pecchia as Commodore Matthew Perry.

Admission to HAUNTED BY HISTORY is included with regular admission to the Village [$28 Adults, $26 Seniors (55+), $14 Youth (4-17), and FREE to children 3 and under]. A SPECIAL offer good through October is 2-for-1 Adult admission on weekdays only. The 30-minute HAUNTED BY HISTORY experience runs 4 times throughout the day between 10am-4pm. Old Sturbridge Village celebrates New England life in the 1830s and is one of the largest living history museums in the country. For more information about HAUNTED BY HISTORY and other upcoming events at the Village, visit www.osv.org.

Old Sturbridge Village, the largest living history museum in the Northeast, depicts a rural New England town of the 1830s. Each year, more than 250,000 visitors interact with costumed historians, experience up-close demonstrations of early American trades, and meet heritage breed farm animals. Situated on 200 scenic acres, the Village is a collection of more than 40 historic buildings - including homes, meetinghouses, trade shops, working farms and three water-powered mills - restaurants, shops and the Old Sturbridge Inn and Reeder Family Lodges.

Located just off the Massachusetts Turnpike and Routes I-84 and 20 in Sturbridge, Mass., Old Sturbridge Village is open year-round, but days and hours vary seasonally. Daily admission is: $28 for adults, $26 for seniors, $14 for college students with ID, $14 for children ages 4-17, and children 3 and under are admitted free. Each admission includes free parking and a free second-day visit within 10 days. For details, visit www.osv.org.

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