Marshall Creates Street Theatre

Here's a teaser for an interesting story you can catch in Thursday's edition of the Herald-Dispatch:

Marshall University theatre professor Nicole Perrone and one of her classes of students have created Street Haunting, an interactive walking theatre for downtown Huntington that will run through March 31.

Written by Matthew Earnest, a New York-based playwright, Street Haunting is adapted from a Virginia Woolf essay for this project that begins in the lobby of the Pullman Plaza Hotel.

Using a cell phone or Smartphone, you call the local number printed in the brochure and begin the theater show that leads you to seven sites within downtown, or you can access the website loaded with the pre-recorded audio.

Pick up a brochure that has the phone number, the link and more info about the play at several downtown locations including the Pullman Plaza Hotel, Old Village Roaster, Empire Books, Village Collection, and Mug and Pia and the brochures are also available for download from our website www.marshall.edu/cofa/theatre.

The sites were chosen to evoke an atmosphere appropriate for the scene you're hearing. At the end of the play you may leave feedback or make a donation directly from your cell phone. There is no cost for the 22-minute-long play.