Don’t miss Chilling Tales in Salem this October!

Kris Burke of Salem in "Wives of the Dead" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This story, along with two by Edgar Allan Poe, have been adapted for the Salem Theatre Company's 2009 production of "Chilling Tales."

STC’s annual Halloween treat, “Chilling Tales,” is not to be missed this October!  New stories from the original master of the macabre – Edgar Allen Poe – as well as a bonus tale from Salem’s own Nathaniel Hawthorne, in the creepiest, authentic venue in Salem: the Custom House on Derby Wharf.

Bob Karish of Salem rehearses "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Whether you are a “Chilling Tales” regular or this is your first visit, this October’s production offers new stories, new scares, and a brand new venue.  We’re still in partnership with the National Park Service and at the Maritime Site, but stroll on over to the Custom House, opposite the Wharf, weekend evenings starting October 9th for the most bone-chilling Halloween offering in Salem!

Tickets are just $15/$10 and are on sale now.  Performances are every 30 minutes starting at 5:00pm; with only 30 seats per performance, tickets will go fast.  Every year we have to turn people away at the door because they waited to the last minute to buy their ticket at the box office and we already sold out every performance that evening!  Don’t let this be you.  Book your tickets online now to ensure you get your seats for the all new “Chilling Tales” from the Salem Theatre Company.

The Custom House is located opposite the TICKETS booth on Derby Street.

STC presents 7th annual “Chilling Tales” this October!

Weekends commencing Oct. 9^th, 5PM-9PM, at the Custom House on Derby Street

“The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere — The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October, Of my most immemorial year.”

The STC brings back the creepiest of the classics, with new adaptations of master works of the macabre by Edgar Allan Poe and Salem’s own Nathaniel Hawthorne, on stage for the seventh annual presentation of Chilling Tales this October.

Presented once again in conjunction with the National Parks Service, this year’s Chilling Talesis not to be missed.  In celebration of the 200^thanniversary of Poe’s birth, the STC will stage two of his most gruesome, terrifying tales, as well as an additional offering from Hawthorne, at the historic Salem Custom House on Derby Street, directly opposite Derby Wharf.

The tales will be directed by STC Artistic Director John Fogle and feature a cast of professional actors from across the region.

Performances begin every thirty minutes from 5PM to 9PM on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from October 9^th through October 31^st.  Tickets are $15 for ages 13 and up and $10 for age 6 to 12.  Tickets are now available online at www.salemtheatre.com and those planning on attending are strongly encouraged to book their tickets online in advance; telephone reservations cannot be accepted for this production.  Tickets will also be available on show dates beginning at 4:30PM at the STC Box Office tent situated at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site on Derby Street just past Pickering Wharf.