The Marble Orchard Ghost Walk is a must-attend event in Lewiston, New York. If you love ghost stories, costumed actors, and having fun, this is it! You won’t want to miss this immersive Theater-in-the-Streets Presentation by Marble Orchard Players and Lewiston Council on the Arts.
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The Marble Orchard Ghost Walk
Details: Performances begin promptly at 7:00 PM on Saturday evenings.
RAIN OR SHINE.
Meet Marble Orchard Players in the Peace Garden, 476 Center Street.
No reservations are necessary.
Please check the Lewiston Council on the Arts website for current programming details and events.
And, oh yes, be sure to bring a flashlight. It gets dark early in the graveyard…… Lurking behind Lewiston’s serene facade lies a shadowy past filled with nightmarish spirits, ominous events, and haunted buildings.
The Marble Orchard Ghost Walks are one of WNY’s most popular tourist attractions, unmatched in presenting both historical truths and ghostly legends.
During the 1 1/2 hour walk, the Marble Orchard Players will take you back in time as they share ghost stories, myths, and tales of tragedy, crime, mayhem, and murder, the grim and ghastly deeds of Lewiston’s best…and worst. You’ll hear hilariously funny yet seriously sinister events that happened long ago.
SECRETS! Yesksksksksksksk…. apparitions, and witches still haunt Lewiston. Whether you’re just out to have some fun or learn something of the paranormal, the Marble Orchard Ghost Walks showcase Lewiston’s rough-and-tumble frontier of yesteryear and its gloriously creepy present.
“Some of the more superstitious townsfolk even believed she was a witch. The fact that she had four dead husbands lined up in a neat row in the Marble Orchard was not an argument in her defense.”
(Adapted from K. Martin Beckner, Chips of Red Paint)
About the Marble Orchard Players
The Marble Orchard Players are a family of talented VOLUNTEER actors that give every Saturday night in September & October to perform in this fundraiser that benefits Lewiston Council on the Arts.
The cast includes Don Batalaris as the gravedigger who saw Skedatti, the Screaming Killer of Dogs; Claudia Carnes as the oh, so proper Mrs. Smith, who knew ALL about William Morgan’s murder. Anna Frankovitch as Frozen Charlotte, who froze to death because of her vanity, Tim Henderson as Josiah Tryon, who was inclined to follow a higher law than the law of the land… always following his conscience…. and the full moon.
Justin Higner as Captain James Van Cleeve, who cursed anyone who would bring harm to sailors on Lake Ontario. John Jacoby as Judge Sherborne Piper, the “Hangin’” judge; Lynda LaGreca as Nina Starkweather, the aging spinster with a broken heart.
Marc Melzer as Rodney Dangerfield, who sets the tone with comic relief to a nervous audience, Eva Nicklas as Lewiston’s Queen Bee, Sally Tryon… AND Witch Hazel, who is eager to ride her broom home after the walk.
Kathryn Serianni as Catherine Hustler, inventor of the cocktail who will chill your bones with the story of the Sea Hag, and Lilu Wilson, as Mary Agnes, who was buried with her beloved baby doll so she wouldn’t be so alone!
The Marble Orchard Ghost Walks are so much FUN…. for the actors as well as the audiences!!!!