Ghouls await in the Haunted Forest!

Want some chills and thrills this Halloween? Visit the UNC Asheville Drama Department’s Haunted Forest 7-10 p.m. nightly through October 30 for a spine-tingling experience. UNC Asheville drama students will transform the woods outside the University's Carol Belk Theatre into shadowy trails filled with ghouls and other supernatural surprises. Special less-scary "lights on" tours will be available for children and the weak-of-heart upon request. Tickets are $3.

The Haunted Forest is sponsored by UNC Asheville’s student chapter of the United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT). Proceeds will benefit the group’s trip to the national conference next year in Cincinnati to compete in the March 2009 Tech Olympics. This competition tests the speed and accuracy of backstage skills -- light hanging, properties shift, quick costume change, cut/saw/nail, and crosby and thimble, where competitors rig cable to hold scenery or people. The UNC Asheville USITT student chapter is the longest continuing in the United States and consistently wins top honors at the Tech Olympics, including the National Title in 2003, 2000 and 1996.

For more information, call UNC Asheville’s Drama Department at 828/251-6610.